[Freeciv-Dev] Re: ideas for some i18n problems (was: call for updated tr
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[Freeciv-Dev] Re: ideas for some i18n problems (was: call for updated translations) |
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Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:58:01 +0200 |
> Perhaps we could address all these problems by adding a new field to the
> buildings, nations and units rulesets. It could be called 'limited', and
> would include the name, appropriately limited.
[...]
> E.g.:
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> name = _("Roman")
> limited = _("?limited:a Roman")
This is a good fix for English, but be aware that it is language specific.
For Hungarian or some other inflected language you need a different, more
complicated system. There is nothing against including language specific
fixes of course but I'm not sure, once you start, where it will end.
--
Reinier
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