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[David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In ../libgwibber-gtk/stream-view-tile.vala:658:

"person liked this"

In ../libgwibber-gtk/stream-view-tile.vala:662:

"people liked this"

These strings are untranslatable in many languages, as the number is
missing from the sentence, and they cannot be translated in a correct or
understandable way, as the number would need to be rearranged within the
sentence.

In general, it's always a bad idea to split sentences, which in most
cases results in missing context or untranslatable strings.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gwibber 3.1.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 30 08:33:39 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: gwibber
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-06 (23 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-translations
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: gwibber (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863039

Title:
  Untranslatable strings

Status in Ubuntu Translations:
  New
Status in “gwibber” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In ../libgwibber-gtk/stream-view-tile.vala:658:

  "person liked this"

  In ../libgwibber-gtk/stream-view-tile.vala:662:

  "people liked this"

  These strings are untranslatable in many languages, as the number is
  missing from the sentence, and they cannot be translated in a correct
  or understandable way, as the number would need to be rearranged
  within the sentence.

  In general, it's always a bad idea to split sentences, which in most
  cases results in missing context or untranslatable strings.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gwibber 3.1.92-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 30 08:33:39 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  SourcePackage: gwibber
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-06 (23 days ago)

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