[Xfce-i18n] If '%1' is 3, what can I substitute '%1' to make it be displayed as 2?

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well ... is there uses expression like "15分前 %1 点" ??

I don't know about Chinese and Chinese Simple.
Korean and Japanese uses like that expression.
(because Korean and Japanese grammar is similar.)

2012/4/9 Chipong Luo <chipong.luo at yahoo.com>:
> On Sun, 2012-04-08 at 16:52 +0200, Nick Schermer wrote:
>> On 2012-04-08 15:16, Chipong Luo wrote:
>> > Hello, Nick
>> >
>> > It is a problem in Chinese translation, maybe in other eastern
>> > languages,
>> >
>> > Suppose '%1' is 3, let's see,
>> >
>> >         Source:         quarter to %1
>> >         Trans:          %1 点差 15 分
>> >         Display:        3 点差 15 分
>> >
>> > But,
>> >
>> >         "3 点差 15 分" doesn't meet Chinese custom,
>> >         "2 点 45 分" does.
>> >
>> > I've been confirmed by Mișu it can't be translated like this,
>> >
>> >         Source:         quarter to %1
>> >         Trans:          %0 点 45 分
>> >         Display:        2 点 45 分
>> >
>> > It is to say, if '%1' is 3, what can I substitute '%1' to make it be
>> > displayed as 2?
>> >
>> > Could it be solved in the xfce4-panel.po?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Chipong Luo
>>
>> And what about "%1点差一刻" ?
>>
>> But what I don't understand, is %0 not working?
>>
>> Nick
>
> Hi, Nick
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> "%1 点差一刻" is same as "%1 点差 15 分" in Chinese.
>
> If the '%1' in msgid denotes 'n', can it be calculated to 'n-1'
> automatically when I put '%0' into msgstr?
>
> Maybe the best method to resolve this problem is to show it in digital
> format instead of in words, such as '02:45' instead of 'quarter to 3'.
>
> Regards,
> Chipong
>
>
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