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People here are talking about complicated, difficult solutions, like using a library to create text in multiple languages from an AST(!) I think the moral of t
by dcposch 12y ago
People here are talking about complicated, difficult solutions, like using a library to create text in multiple languages from an AST(!)
I think the moral of the post is simple: don't try to generate natural language. It won't sound natural. Just keep it basic.
"Directories scanned: %d"
"Directories matched: %d"
"Files matched: %d"
...will localize just fine
- jpatte 12y agoThat might be ok for technical people who are used to this kind of "machine speak", but for end users it's often not acceptable. Consider the difference between: Purchased credits: %d. Remaining credits: %d. Buy more : 5 [link] / 10 [link] / 20 [link]. and You have purchased a total of %d credits and have used %d of them so far. You can buy [drowdownlist] additional credits by clicking here [link]. Which one do you think will have the highest conversion rate?