[Interest] Translating plural with is/are

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Mon Mar 7 18:38:02 CET 2016


Em segunda-feira, 7 de março de 2016, às 18:23:20 PST, Jason H escreveu:
> While Qt handles certain phrases like:
> "Use %n upper case character(s)"
> 
> adequately, if phrased slightly differently:
> 
> "At least %n upper case character(s) is required"
> breaks because the translation is:
> 1. "At least 1 upper case character is required"
> 2a. "At least 2 upper case characters is required" <- grammatical error. 
> Should be: 2b. "At least 2 upper case characters are required"
> 
> Is  there a way to indicate that if plural, that 'are' shoud be used?
> "Use %n upper case character(s) [is|are] required" - where the brackets
> specify [singular|plural]

Supply a translation file for en_US.

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