#21408: Fallback to timesince produces erroneous translations in naturaltime
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Reporter: 676c7473@… | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: | Version: master
Internationalization | Resolution:
Severity: Normal | Triage Stage: Accepted
Keywords: i18n l10n | Needs documentation: 0
translation | Patch needs improvement: 0
Has patch: 0 | UI/UX: 0
Needs tests: 0 |
Easy pickings: 0 |
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Comment (by 676c7473@…):
I'm running into some difficulties with the code and the translations.
Could it be that the .po files are out of sync with the code?
in `humanize.py`, line 204, there are bits like this one:
{{{
return ungettext(
# Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
'a second ago', '%(count)s\u00a0seconds ago', delta.seconds
) % {'count': delta.seconds}
}}}
There is a corresponding entry in the "en" locale, but in the "de" locale
it looks different:
{{{
#. Translators: \\u00a0 is non-breaking space
#: templatetags/humanize.py:198
#, python-format
msgid "a second ago"
msgid_plural "%(count)s\\u00a0seconds ago"
msgstr[0] ""
msgstr[1] ""
}}}
{{{
#: templatetags/humanize.py:196
#, python-format
msgid "a second ago"
msgid_plural "%(count)s seconds ago"
msgstr[0] "vor einer Sekunde"
msgstr[1] "vor %(count)s Sekunden"
}}}
I guess the translation is still found because the msgid is the same, but
the German translation doesn't have the non-breaking space.
Also, these gettext messages in `timesince.py`, line 24,
{{{
chunks = (
(60 * 60 * 24 * 365, ungettext_lazy('%d year', '%d years')),
(60 * 60 * 24 * 30, ungettext_lazy('%d month', '%d months')),
...
}}}
don't exist in the "de" translations. As far as I can tell, the msgid
`"year"` will not match `"%d year"`.
{{{
#: utils/timesince.py:23
#, python-format
msgid "%d year"
msgid_plural "%d years"
msgstr[0] ""
msgstr[1] ""
}}}
{{{
#: utils/timesince.py:22
msgid "year"
msgid_plural "years"
msgstr[0] "Jahr"
msgstr[1] "Jahre"
}}}
I'm not sure what's happening here. I'll experiment some more, maybe
things will become clearer soon. If you want to share some advice, please
do! Thanks.
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