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This post shows a lot of the challenges with localisation, that many seemingly simple tools don't have an answer to: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/fluent-1-

by Vinnl 8mo ago

This post shows a lot of the challenges with localisation, that many seemingly simple tools don't have an answer to: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/fluent-1-0-a-localization-system-for-natural-sounding-translations/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/fluent-1-0-a-localization-... (Fluent informed much of the design of MessageFormat 2.)

draw_down 8mo ago
Indeed, if only it were as simple as “{n} rows”. I18n / l10n is full of things like this, important details that couldn’t be more boring or fiddly to implement.
- Joker_vD 8mo ago
  Which is why Windows UI is littered with language like "number of rows: {n}".
  - Gabrys1 8mo ago
    Makes it easier to parse by automatic tools too
- magicalhippo 8mo ago
  > Indeed, if only it were as simple as “{n} rows”. How long till we just have a LLM do it on the fly?