Add Spanish translation

AlejandroMoc commented

2025-06-23 07:11:43 +03:00

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Add a Spanish translation. I've also considered the plural forms.

TJYSunset commented

2025-06-23 11:27:18 +03:00

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Thank you!

Some questions:

Unicode CLDR specifies a third plural category for whole millions (many), but its usefulness seems to be disputed. What's your take on this?

(If you think many is useless, no changes are needed since other covers all unspecified categories.)
Are Spanish variants usually considered mostly the same thing with minor differences by their speakers (as in the case of American and British English), or often distinguished whenever possible (as in the case of Simplified and Traditional Chinese)? Do they have formatting differences for numbers?

Thank you! Some questions: - Unicode CLDR specifies [a third plural category for whole millions (`many`)](https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/46/supplemental/language_plural_rules.html#es), but its usefulness seems to [be](https://discourse.gnome.org/t/millions-plural-form-in-french-spanish-portuguese-italian/12867/8) [disputed](https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/issues/4515). What's your take on this? (If you think `many` is useless, no changes are needed since `other` covers all unspecified categories.) - Are Spanish variants usually considered mostly the same thing with minor differences by their speakers (as in the case of American and British English), or often distinguished whenever possible (as in the case of Simplified and Traditional Chinese)? Do they have formatting differences for numbers?

AlejandroMoc commented

2025-06-23 20:21:26 +03:00

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Yes, I think it can be useful in case of exact millions, as described in the Unicode documentation. I have added these. However, in three strings I had to use a slash since "many" should also account for the plurality of the millions in these strings, and there's no real way to check that from my understanding.

For example, for 1M it should say "Se exportó 1M de listas de reproducción"
But for 2M onward it should be "Se exportaron XM de listas de reproducción"

The strings in which this happens are toast_playlist_exported, toast_playlist_exported_with_failure and toast_playlist_imported.

As for the Spanish variants, in this scenario they have very minor differences since the strings do not use regionalisms. And they are closer to American and British English since any Spanish speaker should be able to understand these strings. In some countries, however, there's the use of "vos" instead of "tu". However "tu" is used in the Android documentation, apparently it has more speakers and it's probably understood by every Spanish speaker. In some countries, both "vos" and "tu" are also used.

And as for the number formatting difference, it depends on the country. In some, the coma "," is used to indicate difference between thousands and the dot "." is used to indicate the separation between integers and decimals. But in another countries it is the opposite. But I think Android already handles this.

Yes, I think it can be useful in case of exact millions, as described in the Unicode documentation. I have added these. However, in three strings I had to use a slash since "many" should also account for the plurality of the millions in these strings, and there's no real way to check that from my understanding. For example, for 1M it should say "Se exportó 1M de listas de reproducción" But for 2M onward it should be "Se exportaron XM de listas de reproducción" The strings in which this happens are toast_playlist_exported, toast_playlist_exported_with_failure and toast_playlist_imported. As for the Spanish variants, in this scenario they have very minor differences since the strings do not use regionalisms. And they are closer to American and British English since any Spanish speaker should be able to understand these strings. In some countries, however, there's the use of "vos" instead of "tu". However "tu" is used in the Android documentation, apparently it has more speakers and it's probably understood by every Spanish speaker. In some countries, both "vos" and "tu" are also used. And as for the number formatting difference, it depends on the country. In some, the coma "," is used to indicate difference between thousands and the dot "." is used to indicate the separation between integers and decimals. But in another countries it is the opposite. But I think Android already handles this.

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