Translation: Presence of % in strings confuses Launchpad

Bug #2067078 reported by Walter Garcia-Fontes
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Bug Description

There are some "%" in the strings to be translated that are confused as macros, generating an error when the translation is saved. Check for instance the following string:

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/+source/snapd/+pots/snappy/ca/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=%25+o

In the sixth paragraph, there is:

...
it to 50% means that the quota group...
...

and "% m" is interpreted as a macro, if it is not translated with a word starting with "m" after this %, the string is not saved and Launchpad says that the macros don't coincide.

Something should be done because it is not always possible to find a matching word starting with "m" in another language, and this is not actually a macro.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: snapd 2.62+24.04build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri May 24 16:17:53 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-17 (3142 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-04-15 (39 days ago)

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