Plural form format

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1

I just started translating and I can’t find any documentation on how the plural form format works.

Example string: All the places have been taken|One place is still available|{places} places are still available

My language’s plural rules

In an nutshell, I need to have multiple versions of the {places} places are still available depending on which number it is being fetched for.

2

Unfortunately for now we’re stuck with this library to handle front-end translations which has poor build-in support for pluralization, so it needs custom rules for languages.

If you are interested, I can help giving a hand with building the custom pluralization rules for your language, as we’ll only be able to move to something else in the long term.

3

Thanks for the info! This rule should do it (untested):

    /**
     * Plural Groups for gd locale:
     * - 1, 11
     * - 2, 12
     * - anything else > 2 && < 20
     * - 0, 20+
     * @param choice {number} a choice index given by the input to $tc: `$tc('path.to.rule', choiceIndex)`
     * @param choicesLength {number} an overall amount of available choices
     * @returns a final choice index to select plural word by
     */
    'gd': function(choice, choicesLength) {
      // this === VueI18n instance, so the locale property also exists here

      if (choice === 1 || choice === 11) {
        return 0;
      }

      if (choice === 2 || choice === 12) {
        return 1;
      }

      return (choice > 0 && choice < 20) ? 2 : 3;
    }

In the example I have above, there is special handling for 0 and 1. We now have 2 choices - make an unusual plural rule, or split the string?

4

I’m not sure what you mean. You refer to the fact the string is translated as All the places have been taken instead of something like 0 place is still available ?¹

I’ve merged this rule and it seems to work properly.

¹ Also this string is a bad example, it shouldn’t have been pluralizable in the first place.

5

Thanks for implementing the rule :slight_smile:

Yes, it’s definitely a bad example. Do you want me to flag strings like this one up with source string comments on Weblate as I go along?

6

Yes, I’ve just configured Weblate to notify me of those.

7

I have searched for | and marked them all up.

Most of the pural uses contain a special case for 0 and 1 - maybe it would be less work to modify the plural rule with a special case for 0 and 1 after all? I’m simply skipping these strings for now until we have a final decision.