Should untranslated file be using "other" value for pluralized strings? about go-i18n

[nicksnyder]

Good question @jcbwlkr; this is intentional.

You are assuming that the "one" category corresponds to the number "1" in all languages; it doesn't. For example, the "one" category in Belarusian corresponds to most numbers that end in the digit "1". You probably don't intend to have the sentence "Only 100001 Points!" in Belarusian.

The same is true for all the other categories: "zero" doesn't necessarily mean "0" and "two" doesn't necessarily mean "2".

If you want to use different variations of a sentence for specific numbers, you can't rely on plural categories so you need to put this logic in code. Each translation should represent a single formation of a sentence.

switch points {
case 0:
  T("zeroPoints") // "No points!"
case 1:
  T("onePoint") // "Only 1 point..."
default:
  T("manyPoints", points) // "{{ .Count }} Points!"
}

Make sense?

[jcbwlkr]

@nicksnyder makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.