Re: [Tiki-devel] How to create RTL translations?

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Using the *%d* and *printf*
```
>>> *$format* = "منتقل %d تصاویر، %d غلطیاں واقع ہوئیں"
=> "منتقل %d تصاویر، %d غلطیاں واقع ہوئیں"
>>> *printf*($*format*, 4, 5)
منتقل 4 تصاویر، 5 غلطیاں واقع ہوئیں⏎
```

Using the *%1* and *%2* and tr_replace
```
>>> include 'lib/init/tra.php'
>>> $*format* = "منتقل کیا گیا %0 تصاویر، %1 نقائص واقع ہوئے"
=> "منتقل کیا گیا %0 تصاویر، %1 نقائص واقع ہوئے"
>>> *tr_replace*($*format*, [4, 5])
=> "منتقل کیا گیا 4 تصاویر، 5 نقائص واقع ہوئے"
```

Which one seems to be correct?

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 3:26 PM Fabio Montefuscolo <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> (specially eastern folks)
>
> Recently, I got super confused when trying to help a girl from Pakistan to
> add translations to Tiki. Urdu is a language written from right to left.
> Just this aspect of the language is enough to short circuit my little brain.
>
> At least on Vim, I am struggling a lot to add placeholders into Urdu
> messages. For example, in the middle of all that Urdu symbols, I need to
> insert the ascii symbols %d. When I try that, it changes the flow to LTR
> and split the phrase.
>
> Does that also happen to Hebrew (@bernard), for example? If yes, how do
> you (@bernard❤) are doing to add placeholders like %d, %s, etc.
>
> *# Messy scenario 1:*
> ## Steps to confusion using the string "*moved %d images, %d errors
> occurred*":
> *1.* Go to https://www.translator.eu/english/urdu/translation/ (google
> translator is not working for me)
> *2.* Paste "moved %d images, %d errors occurred" in the english field
> *3.* The result should be something like "منتقل کردہ ٪ڈی تصاویر، ٪د نقائص
> واقع ہوئے"
>
> Question: Where to replace %d ??
>
>
> *# Messy scenario 2:*
> ## Steps to confusion using the string "*moved %d images, %d errors
> occurred*":
> *1.* Go to https://www.translator.eu/english/urdu/translation/
> *2.* Paste "moved ## images, ## errors occurred" in the english field
> *3.* The result should be something like "منتقل ## تصاویر، ## غلطیاں واقع
> ہوئیں"
> *4.* Replace *##* by *%d*
> *5.* Then you get "منتقل %d تصاویر، %d غلطیاں واقع ہوئیں"
>
> As you can see, the string is visually different. The chunks delimited by
> %d had the order changed. I am not sure if the meaning changes when I do
> that.
>
> *# Not so Messy scenario 3:*
> ## Steps to confusion using the string "*moved %d images, %d errors
> occurred*":
> *1.* Go to https://www.translator.eu/english/urdu/translation/
> *2.* Paste "moved %0 images, %1 errors occurred" in the english field
> *3.* The result should be something like "منتقل کیا گیا ٪0 تصاویر، ٪1
> نقائص واقع ہوئے"
> *4.* Replace *٪* by *%.*
> *5.* Then you get "منتقل کیا گیا %0 تصاویر، %1 نقائص واقع ہوئے"
>
> Here, the translations seems to be similar to the first case, but it is a
> bit easier to work with.
>
>
> Any hint is welcome!
> Cheers
>
>
>

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