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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] (PR#2565) Plural form needed for unit types
From: "Jason Short via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:42:38 -0800
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[guest - Fri Jan 10 13:22:15 2003]:

> [rfalke - Thu Jan  9 14:41:23 2003]:
> > What do you think if this is changed to
> > 
> > "Game: 1 unit of type legion upgraded to ..."
> > "Game: 1 unit of type carrier upgraded to ..."
> 
> I do not think it is an improvement over what is in CVS now. Like I said
> before, I do not think that this particular message should be tweaked
> before the greater plural issues are fixed, even if that would not
> happen in the near future.

From what I've been told, even if the English string is unchanged it
would be beneficial to introduce a PL_() to allow languages that need to
have the verb match the number translate it correctly.

And, do you still have the opinion even if "in the near future" is "ever"?

jason



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