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moses-palmer on June 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Localizing “Papers, Please” (2014)

What about gettext _N? I have used a library with a similar interface, and we didn't even get complaints for Slavic languages with very complex pluralisation rules.

jwilk on June 25, 2017 [–]

GNU gettext has pretty good support for translating messages with numerals:

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural...

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Transl...

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