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

[Nick Schermer]

On 2012-04-09 05:08, Chipong Luo wrote:
> 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?

Sorry I meant tm_hour + %1. So if the system time is 5:30, %0 will be 
replaced with 5, %1 with 6.

> 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?

This has nothing to do with transifex, the panel code gets your 
translated string and replaces the %?

http://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/tree/plugins/clock/clock-fuzzy.c#n313

Nick