[bug #59005] Can't translate strings properly to Hebrew and Arabic

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                 Summary: Can't translate strings properly to Hebrew and
Arabic
                 Project: GNU gettext
            Submitted by: uri
            Submitted on: Mon 24 Aug 2020 12:07:19 PM UTC
                Category: Translator tools
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

I can't translate strings such as "2 weeks" to Hebrew and Arabic properly.
There is a word in Hebrew and a word in Arabic for 2 weeks, but I get an error
message "`The expression '%d' is not present in the translation`" in Transifex
and also `msgfmt -vc django.po` raises exceptions. In some languages, with
some plural forms, such as `n == 1` or `n == 2`, we don't need `%d` to be
present in the translation. Also "1 week" can be written in words "one week",
also in Hebrew, and I think it's a better translation than "1 week". I also
think English can use `"one week"` instead of `"%d week"` ("1 week", but in
English, there is the issue of capital letters).

https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/31937




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