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

[Chipong Luo]

On Sun, 2012-04-08 at 22:02 +0200, Nick Schermer wrote:
> On 2012-04-08 17:33, Chipong Luo wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> The number is calculated as tm.hour - %?, so yes, %0 should be 2 when 
> %1 is 3.


If '%1' in msgid is a number 'n' and I put '%0' in msgstr, 
then '%0' will be displayed as a number 'n-1' (n minus 1), and the
translation will not be lost?

In Chinese there is not the expression of '差' ('to' in 'quarter to %1')
when we express time. So it need calculate, a hard work to Transifex?



> > 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'.
> 
> But that's not really fuzzy isn't it ;-).
> 
> Nick