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== Linguistic == | == Linguistic == | ||
=== Numeric inflection === | |||
Currently Bugzilla templates have hardcoded provisions for English: any number not equal to 1 implies plural usage. Example (''[http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla%2Fwebtools%2Fbugzilla%2Ftemplate%2Fen%2Fdefault%2Fadmin%2Fcomponents%2Fconfirm-delete.html.tmpl&rev=&cvsroot=%2Fcvsroot#108 admin/components/confirm-delete.html.tmpl]''): | |||
<pre> | |||
Sorry, there | |||
[% IF comp.bug_count > 1 %] | |||
are [% comp.bug_count %] [%+ terms.bugs %] | |||
[% ELSE %] | |||
is [% comp.bug_count %] [%+ terms.bug %] | |||
[% END %] | |||
outstanding for this component. | |||
</pre> | |||
; Solution : define and use function to switch between multiple forms. Example ([http://bugzilla-ru.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bugzilla-ru/bugzilla-ru/template/ru/default/global/variables.none.tmpl?revision=108&view=markup#l_78 Bugzilla-ru]): | |||
<pre> | |||
[% MACRO numeral(n, name1, name2, name5) BLOCK %] | |||
[% n1 = n % 10 %] | |||
[% n10 = n % 100 - n1 %] | |||
[% IF n10 == 10 || n1 == 0 || n1 > 4 %] | |||
[% name5 %] | |||
[% ELSIF n1 == 1 %] | |||
[% name1 %] | |||
[% ELSE %] | |||
[% name2 %] | |||
[% END %] | |||
[% END %] | |||
</pre> | |||
and then [http://bugzilla-ru.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bugzilla-ru/bugzilla-ru/template/ru/default/admin/components/confirm-delete.html.tmpl?view=markup#l_110] | |||
<pre> | |||
Для компонента | |||
[% numeral(comp.bug_count, | |||
"зарегистрирована ${comp.bug_count} ${terms.bug}", | |||
"зарегистрировано ${comp.bug_count} ${terms.bug_gen}", | |||
"зарегистрировано ${comp.bug_count} ${terms.bugs_gen}") | |||
FILTER html %]. | |||
</pre> | |||
It is important to note how other words are affected: while in English ''outstanding'' did not change, its Russian translation must be declined properly. | |||
; References : | |||
* {{bug|412161}} | |||
* {{bug|394516}} Same problem in Mozilla | |||
* [http://perldoc.perl.org/Locale/Maketext/TPJ13.html Article about software localization] | |||
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Localization_and_Plurals Mozilla localization and plurals] | |||
* [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/l10n/pluralforms Summary of known plural forms rules] | |||
=== Grammatical gender === | |||
Many languages observe grammatical gender which may affect verb inflection. In template translation one cannot rely on ''terms.bug'' having certain gender. Example (''[http://bugzilla-es.cvs.sourceforge.net/bugzilla-es/es_ES/2.18/default/bug/create/created.html.tmpl?view=markup#l_24 bug/create/created.html.tmpl]''): | |||
<pre> | |||
[% PROCESS global/header.html.tmpl | |||
title = "El $terms.Bug $id ha sido enviado" | |||
%] | |||
</pre> | |||
This is correct when ''terms.bug'' is defined as '''bug''' or any other masculine noun. However, with '''petición''' (request) it should read ''La $terms.Bug''. | |||
== UTF-8 == | == UTF-8 == | ||