i18n() issue

Stephan Kulow coolo at kde.org
Tue Dec 9 09:20:57 GMT 2003


On Monday 08 December 2003 19:01, Rob Kaper wrote:
> 
> Another small thing: if %1 ends in 's', the string should be "Join %1' %2
> Game". I could check for this, but different languages might need to replace
> "'s" under different circumstances than english. How to handle the
> possessive suffix in translatable messages?
You better close your eyes and ignore all that. Otherwise you'll find that other
languages make the translation depend on the gender of the player and you'll
find that you have no solution for that :)

Greetings, Stephan

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There may be no I in TEAM, but a M and an E.




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