[wp-polyglots] Basic feminine form

[Ran Yaniv Hartstein]

+1

Would solve many problems in the Hebrew locale as well

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:28, Xavier Borderie <xavier at borderie.net> wrote:

> Hey Nikolay and crew,
>
> I just did a POT update, which brougth a set new strings:
> Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>
> Scheduled <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>
> Drafts</a> <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>
> ...ans some others.
>
> These strings, as it is the usage now in WP, are correctly tagged for
> plural forms, and that's truly great: we get the tabs in poEdit :)
>
> But in my language's case, and I guess also in other languages, it
> would be nice to see them further tagged for feminine form also, in
> some way.
>
> See, for instance,
> Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>
> ...would be translated in French as
> Publié <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>
> ...and the plural form
> Publiés <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>
>
> But the thing is, the Published line, as many other, is used without
> distinction on post and pages. Likewise, some strings apply without
> distinction to tags, categories, etc.
> You see were I'm going. In french, Post is Article (masculine), Page
> is Page (feminine), Comment is Commentaire (masculine), Category is
> Catégorie (feminine), Tag is Mot-Clef (masculine), Custom Field is
> Champs Personnalisé (masculine).
>
> That means for instance that, for now, a Page is "publié" instead of
> the feminine "publiée", and so on.
>
> I'd like to request for a change in the way some strings are marked:
> adding a contextual comment:
> For instance:
> Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>|Article
> Published <span class=\"count\">(%s)</span>|Page
> This way, we could have a clear distinction between the various items,
> and translate each accordingly.
>
> I know it won't solve all "masculine/feminine/neutral/xxx" issues for
> all languages (I think Czech has 4 forms...), but that would be a very
> cool first step.
>
> Additionnaly, since I feel it is a small change to the internal code,
> it could probably go into 2.7 :D
>
> --
> Xavier Borderie
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