Re: [PATCH] Use plural form in i18n.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:22:29 -0600
> From: Bob Proulx <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Petr Písař wrote:
> > This allows translator to use different wording based on number of
> > bytes.
> > 
> > (I'm not sure if English prescribes "2 bytes allocation", however
> > it's usefull for other languages.)
> 
> In English saying "a 2 bytes allocation" is really odd and would never
> be seen.  It would be "a 2 byte allocation".  The "%d byte" part is a
> modification and description of "allocation".

Actually, the original message is worded in a way that makes it hard
to translate, precisely for the reason that "2 byte allocation" is
almost idiomatic in English.  I would suggest to reword that as

  "not enough memory for allocating %d byte"

(with "bytes" used by the plural form).