Last modified: 2014-02-12 23:39:59 UTC
This bug is refering to [[MediaWiki:Donate interface-error-msg-field-correction]] message. Thread copied from http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Translating_talk:MediaWiki/About_MediaWiki:Donate_interface-error-msg-field-correction/en There are some problems with this message due to gender issues. Parameter may $1 take many values. This values are words that take different genders in some languages. For example (for Galician): :$1 = first name (nome) → Por favor, corrixe os erros '''no teu''' $1. :$1 = city (cidade) → Por favor, corrixe os erros '''na túa''' $1. And so on.
I don't completely understand the problem yet (sorry) - could you provide a concrete example which has problems?
Parameter $1 may take many values. For example: $1 can be "donation amount", "email address", "first name", "last name"... (complete list at http://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=MediaWiki:Donate_interface-error-msg-field-correction/qqq&oldid=4586899) The problem is that translation may vary depending on the value of $1. In Galician, for example, the message can take to wordings: *Por favor, corrixe os erros no teu $1 *Por favor, corrixe os erros na túa $1 Being one or another depends on the grammatical gender of the word which will be shown instead of "$1". Example: *Por favor, corrixe os erros no teu nome ($1 = name) *Por favor, corrixe os erros na túa cidade ($1 = city) I can't provide a concrete example, because I would have to specify the phrase with all the possible values for $1.
Ah, thanks a lot for explaining, understood now.
I have translated the message as follows: Please correct the errors in the following field: $1 I think that the meaning is not lost and we just skip the problem. Maybe it would be a good idea to add this suggestion in the documentation to help other users.
