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Some languages have some specifics that are not common in other languages, and if the language is small, it's hard to account for that too. In slovene, you hav
by ajsnigrutin 3y ago
Some languages have some specifics that are not common in other languages, and if the language is small, it's hard to account for that too.
In slovene, you have singular, plural but also dual forms, so even the basic "strings.xml" types of localizations don't work:
eg: "I eat" would be "Jaz jem", if it was two of us the "We eat" would be "Midva jeva", and if 3+ of us would be eating, it would be "Mi jemo".
Also when counting, we have a different form for one thing, two things, three-or-four things and five+ things, So, "(1-5) beer/s" would be "1 pivo, 2 pivi, 3 piva, 4 piva, 5 piv"
So yeah, good luck :)
- orthoxerox 3y agoIs it "piv" all the way to 20 and then it's "21 pivo" and the pattern repeats every 10 items?
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoAll the way luckily, "19 piv, 20 piv, 21 piv,...", so at least this is consistent :)
- HexDecOctBin 3y ago> In slovene, you have singular, plural but also dual forms This is not unusual amongst Indo-European Languages, Sanskrit is similar. In fact, Baltic languages like Lithuanian seem to be a close sister to Indic languages like Sanskrit. [1] [1]: https://www.news9live.com/art-culture/why-lithuanian-sanskrit-similarities-continue-to-intrigue-linguists-two-centuries-on-158492 https://www.news9live.com/art-culture/why-lithuanian-sanskri...
- numpad0 3y agoDo "strings.xml" types of localization work for anything anyway? To me it just seems to let garbages match originals easily and giving false sense of accuracy to English speakers.