Call for translations: Beru

[Fòram na Gàidhlig]

07/09/2014 20:27, sgrìobh Robert Schroll:
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Fòram na Gàidhlig
> <fios at foramnagaidhlig.net> wrote:
>> For this string:
>>
>> %1 Books
>>
>> / Argument will be at least 2. /*/
>>
>> Located in ui/LocalBooks.qml:469
>>
>> please use ngettext for proper plural forms. Even starting from 2, my
>> particular language will need 4 of them ;)
> 
> I've made the switch.  Unfortunately, Launchpad wasn't smart enough to
> work out that the plural form was already translated, so everyone has a
> new string.  I'll try to move over the existing strings if I have a chance.

That's how Gettext works and not the fault of Launchpad per se - any
change in the source string will break the string. Launchpad can't
handle fuzzy strings though.



> Out of curiosity, what langauge is it?

Scottish Gaelic in this case, but as Yuri said, there are quite a lot of
languages that handle plural forms differntly from English.



>> This string needs a comment:
>>
>> Contents
>>
>> Located in ui/BookPage.qml:128
>>
>> does it mean "Table of Contents", or the actual contents?
> 
> The former.  I've added a comment on this.

Thanks, I know how to translate this now.


> FYI, I just got Beru released a few days ago.  I'm planning on another
> release in a few weeks; I'll announce a string freeze here before that
> should there be more changes. If it's only the plural, I'll make sure
> it gets copied over from the existing translations myself.

How do you plan to do that properly for languages that you don't speak?
Better leave that to the translators, even if it's more work for them ;)