[i18n] Add variable to usermetrics string

[David Planella]

I cannot translate this string correctly into my language:

 "podcasts listened to today"

Generally such strings present the variable, so that its position can be rearranged depending on the language. As an example:

- This is how I can translate it (incorrect): "3 podcasts escoltats avui"
- This is how I would like to translate it (correct): "Heu escoltat 3 podcasts"

Would it be possible to add the number variable to the translatable string as it's customarily done with such messages?

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Yeah I copied this thing straight from the music app. Can you let which one of the following is correct,

Method 1: i18n.tr("<b>%1</b> podcasts listened to today")
Method 2: i18n.tr("podcasts listened to today: <b>%1</b>")

The issue with method 1 is that it could show "1 podcasts listened to today" which is grammatical incorrect. But since the usermetrics library doesn't support gettext plurals may be method 2 might be better?

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

We had a similar bug 1445972 reported by another translator.

[David Planella (dpm)]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Nekhelesh Ramananthan <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Yeah I copied this thing straight from the music app. Can you let which
> one of the following is correct,
>
> Method 1: i18n.tr("<b>%1</b> podcasts listened to today")
> Method 2: i18n.tr("podcasts listened to today: <b>%1</b>")
>
> The issue with method 1 is that it could show "1 podcasts listened to
> today" which is grammatical incorrect. But since the usermetrics library
> doesn't support gettext plurals may be method 2 might be better?
>

I'd suggest method 2 as well (starting podcasts with a capital P). I think
everything we do will be a workaround for the missing plurals support, but
for translators, it does not matter which one of the two we pick, as they
will translate it as it better fits their language.

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> Title:
> Add variable to usermetrics string
>
> Status in Podbird:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I cannot translate this string correctly into my language:
>
> "podcasts listened to today"
>
> Generally such strings present the variable, so that its position can
> be rearranged depending on the language. As an example:
>
> - This is how I can translate it (incorrect): "3 podcasts escoltats avui"
> - This is how I would like to translate it (correct): "Heu escoltat 3
> podcasts"
>
> Would it be possible to add the number variable to the translatable
> string as it's customarily done with such messages?
>
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