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Translate [1] %xx string [2] %xx strings

Asked by Lukáš Papík

How to translate something like this : https://translations.launchpad.net/wingpanel-indicator-power/trunk/+pots/power-indicator/sk/+translate?show=untranslated ?

because it is still marked as untranslated ..
does [0] mean singular and [1] plural?

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Best Colin Watson (cjwatson) said : 		#1

https://translations.launchpad.net/wingpanel-indicator-power/trunk/+pots/power-indicator/sk/+details indicates that Slovak has three plural forms: the translation identified as [1] is for when the number in question is 1; the translation identified as [2] is for when the number in question is 2, 3, or 4; and the translation identified as [0] is for all other cases. So following the terminology in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_declension, we have:

[0] genitive plural
[1] nominative singular
[2] nominative plural

Taking "%lld day until full"/"%lld days until full" as an example and referring to https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de%C5%88 for the declension since I don't speak Slovak myself, I think you want translations more like this:

[0] %lld dní pred plným
[1] %lld deň pred plným
[2] %lld dni pred plným

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) said : 		#2

As a mnemonic, note that [0] is the translation you'd use if the number is 0 (or 5, 6, ...), [1] is the translation you'd use if the number is 1, and [2] is the translation you'd use if the number is 2 (or 3 or 4). So it does make some sense this way. :-)

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Lukáš Papík (stereo839) said : 		#3

Thanks Colin Watson, that solved my question.

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Lukáš Papík (stereo839) said : 		#4

Thanks <3