Re: Russian translation

Coming back to this old post:

Konstantin Vedeneev writes:
> 2015-02-24 2:54 GMT+05:00 Jacob Nevins wrote:
>> msgid "Starting now, researching %s would need %d bulbs."
>> I think the answer to this one is just to make it a msgid_plural.
> Yes, I agree.
> 
>> # FIXME: Already pluralized msgid "%d bulb" should be used as %s instead
>> # of these "%d bulbs"
>> msgid_plural ""
>> "To reach %s you need to obtain %d other technologies first. The whole "
>> "project will require %d bulbs to complete."
>>
>> (We've done this before, for gold. Has this caused any translators any
>> actual problems?)
> 
> I cannot speak for everyone, but a proper /* TRANS: */ comment really helps
> in avoiding confusing, so I think injecting link to "%d bulb" should not
> confuse.
> 
>> ...however, in this case there's no choice, so we'll have to take the
>> approach you suggest.
> The sentence quoted have two parts, so there is one more way to split it.
  [...]

This was dealt with in <https://gna.org/bugs/?23333>.

>> # FIXME: There're no "?unitclass:Diplomat" sentence to translate.
>>
>> Not sure quite what you want here.
>> There are three uses of this unqualified string:
>>  - A unit type name
>>  - A unit flag name
>>  - A unit role name
> 
> Yes, I meant second and third cases, mostly third: "?unitrole:Diplomat" and
> unmentioned "?unitrole:Settlers", or even change them to something like
> "DoesDiplomatActions" and "DoesTerrainAlteration"...

Unit flag and role names are now qualified. <https://gna.org/patch/?5960>
(They can't be renamed as they are used directly in rulesets, so must
remain backward compatible.)

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