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In the pot is "breaks" a noun or verb ?

Asked by Denis

Hello,
 In the po template I don't know if the "breaks" is a plural noun or the verb. French and portuguese teams translated it as a verb but breton, spanish translated it as a noun.
Thanks

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theadmin (theadmin-) said : 		#1

Could you please specify the full sentence where it states this?

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Denis (bibar) said : 		#2

No sentence, just one word.
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/synaptic/+pots/synaptic/br/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=breaks
Thanks for your interest,

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theadmin (theadmin-) said : 		#3

One word... Then it has to be a noun, because as a verb it makes no sense.

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Denis (bibar) said : 		#4

Mmm, that's my problem, I am not sure.
It could be used as:
%d breaks %s

The previous/next word is "enhances", one word two but it only can be a verb, the noun is enhancements

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#5

I'd vote for plural noun.
German translation 'Unterbrechungen' into english could be also e.g. 'Interruptions' instead of 'breaks'.
https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/synaptic/+pots/synaptic/de/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=breaks

http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/breaks
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/breaks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_language

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Denis (bibar) said : 		#6

German team also translated as a noun. I can consider it as a noun.
But I guess the good question are :
What the author wanted to say when he wrote breaks and how is it displayed in Synaptic ?

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