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[François Marier <francois@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mits,

The reason why this was changed is that we need a more flexible system
for plural forms of strings. There are some languages where there are
different endings for all of these cases:

  1 page[?]
  2 page[?]
  3 page[?]
  4 page[?]

In English (and Japanese I guess?) it's either "page" or "pages", but in
Slovenian, we need more flexibility.

I've assigned Richard to this bug so that he can comment (once he's back
from holiday) on the particular format he picked when he designed the
new system.

Cheers,
Francois

** Changed in: mahara
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: mahara
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Richard Mansfield (richard-mansfield)

** Changed in: mahara
    Milestone: 1.5rc1 => None

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Title:
  Language strings for plural.

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I think it's not so easy to translate Mahara strings for plural  using array() on translations.launchpad.net now.
  So it's good for Mahara translators using the standard string definition instead of using array() as below.

  ----------

  Langfile:
  artefact/file/lang/en.utf8/artefact.file.php

  [before]
  $string['fileattachedtoportfolioitems'] = array(
      0 => 'This file is attached to %s other item in your portfolio.',
      1 => 'This file is attached to %s other items in your portfolio.',
  );

  [after]
  $string['fileattachedtoportfolioitem'] = 'This file is attached to %s other item in your portfolio.';
  $string['fileattachedtoportfolioitems'] = 'This file is attached to %s other items in your portfolio.';

  ----------

  Langfile:
  artefact/file/lang/en.utf8/artefact.file.php

  [before]
  $string['nprofilepictures'] = array(
      'Profile picture',
      'Profile pictures',
  );

  [after]
  $string['nprofilepicture'] = 'Profile picture';
  $string['nprofilepictures'] = 'Profile pictures';

  ----------

  Langfile:
  artefact/file/lang/en.utf8/artefact.file.php

  [before]
  $string['nfolders'] = array(
      '%s folder',
      '%s folders',
  );

  [after]
  $string['nprofilepicture'] = '%s folder';
  $string['nprofilepictures'] = '%s folders';

  ----------

  Langfile:
  artefact/file/lang/en.utf8/artefact.file.php

  [before]
  $string['nfiles'] = array(
      '%s file',
      '%s files',
  );

  [after]
  $string['nprofilepicture'] = '%s file';
  $string['nprofilepictures'] = '%s files';

  ----------

  Langfile:
  lang/en.utf8/mahara.php

  [before]
  $string['nusers'] = array(
      '1 user',
      '%s users',
  );

  [after]
  $string['nuser'] = '1 user';
  $string['nusers'] = '%s users';

  ----------

  Langfile:
  lang/en.utf8/view.php

  [before]
  $string['nviews'] = array(
      '1 page',
      '%s pages',
  );

  [after]
  $string['nview'] = '1 page';
  $string['nviews'] = '%s pages';

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