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

[Chipong Luo]

On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 09:10 +0200, Nick Schermer wrote:
> 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

Hi, Nick

Thank you for your patience. I don't know code at all. You can just tell
me:

If '%1' will be displayed as a number 'n' such as 2, 3, 12...what can I
substitute '%1' to make it displayed as a number 'n-1' (n minus 1) such
as 1, 2, 11...

Regards,
Chipong