Re: Patch to reduce the number of messages to translate

Kris Jurka wrote:
> > For example "Bad short" => "Bad {0}" with "short" as argument.
> > This way "Bad int" becomes "Bad {0}" we have reduced the number of
> > messages to translate.
>
> Is this a good idea?  I'm willing to take your word as someone who
> actually does translations, but I wanted to confirm that
> parameterizing the message in this way won't cause translation
> problems.

I'm pretty sure it will.  Splitting the adjective away from the noun
isn't a good idea.

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