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But doesn't the counter always follow the numeral in a non-declined manner in Japanese? That is, a pattern like "%n-satsu book" would work, right? I thought o
by Vivtek 16y ago
But doesn't the counter always follow the numeral in a non-declined manner in Japanese? That is, a pattern like "%n-satsu book" would work, right? I thought of Japanese, too, but I think maybe this is a pattern that is the inverse of the problem discussed.
- Natsu 16y agoSo long as you know what you're counting, you're fine, yes. But the real problem is that we have a different problem in each language. Every single language has its own way to do things and that's where we run into trouble, because you need generic ways of doing things and there really isn't one for all languages. You essentially need one function to create text for each language, even though some of them can share helper functions, like that one for numerals.
- Vivtek 16y agoOh - I'm not doubting the original point! I'm a professional translator myself. I know how weird it can get (most of my languages are Germanic and Romance and provide no great headaches, but Hungarian is hard to translate well).