Re: [Inkscape-devel] Small translation patch to commit.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:19:21PM +0100, Luca Bruno wrote:

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Well, I promised to review and commit, so no worries :) Already done :)

Please note that: if (num >= 2) { gtk_widget_set_sensitive (be, true);

•    gtk_button_set_label (GTK_BUTTON(be), g_strdup_printf 
  

  (_("Batch export %d selected objects"), num));

•    gtk_button_set_label (GTK_BUTTON(be), g_strdup_printf 
  

  (ngettext("Batch export %d selected object", "Batch export %d selected objects",num), num));

here num is never less than 2. So why this patch?

Because in some languages (say Polish is a good example here) there will be a different form depending on the number, so the translation could be something like:

2 wybrane obiekty 5 wybranych obiektów

So while it does not matter for English and the singular form would never be used the ngettext functionality is still valuable.

Also:

• ngettext("Area filled, path with <b>%d</b> node created and unioned with selection."

is really possible to (union-)fill an area with a path consisting of only one node? (I'm not sure, so I'm asking)

I have no idea myself but the previous remark still holds valid.

Regards, -- Marcin Floryan http://marcin.floryan.pl/