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diff --git a/po/README.md b/po/README.md index dcd8436c25..19fabb4acf 100644 --- a/po/README.md +++ b/po/README.md @@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ General advice: - Adjust the strings so that they're easy to translate. Most of the advice in `info '(gettext)Preparing Strings'` applies here. +- Strings referencing numbers of items may need to be split into singular and + plural forms; see the Q\_() wrapper in the C sub-section below for an + example. + - If something is unclear or ambiguous you can use a "TRANSLATORS" comment to tell the translators what to make of it. These will be extracted by xgettext(1) and put in the "po/\*.po" files, e.g. from |