[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Translation problem!

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 03:16:57PM +0100, Egbert Hinzen wrote:
> At least the German translation needs an additional case field for
> nations, because phrases like
> 
>       #: server/diplhand.c:150
>       #, c-format
>       msgid "Game: The %s have aquired %s from the %s"
>       msgstr "Spiel: Die %s haben Kenntnisse über %s von den %s erhalten."
> 
> aren't translatable. Problem is the 3rd %s: different endings are needed.
> 
> IMHO s.th. like the "plurals-list" has to be added:
> 
>       Example:
>               #: data/default/nations.ruleset:125
>               msgid "German"
>               msgstr "deutsch"
> 
>               #: data/default/nations.ruleset:126
>               msgid "?plural:Germans"
>               msgstr "?plural:Deutschen"
> 
>       NEW:    msgid "?dativ:Germans"

In .pl Genetiv is needed for this text. It is impossible to solve
every such problem with gettext. I suggest some fields like :

"to Germans"
"from Germans"
"with Germans"

translatable w/o "?foo:"s.
(they may be even some automatizations, so nobody have to write it in
English as they are always the same. They will be generated by some external
tool during .po-making etc.)