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== Use plural forms ==

Do not assume that all languages have a concept of singular and plural like English. Some languages might have a single form, and some have more than two form. Use [http://www.gnu.org/software/~~automake~~/manual/gettext/Plural-forms~~.html~~ plural forms] via ''ngettext()'' in these cases. Example (from sugar-update-control):

Do not assume that all languages have a concept of singular and plural like English. Some languages might have a single form, and some have more than two form. Use [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Plural-forms plural forms] via ''ngettext()'' in these cases. Example (from sugar-update-control):

<pre>

header = gettext.ngettext("You can install %s update",

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Make a request by filing a ticket on bugs.sugarlabs.org. You should set Type to 'task' and Component to 'localization'. Please include a link to the project page on git.sugarlabs.org (or whatever other repository you use).

== Specify the character encoding if necessary ==

Python files with non-ascii characters or declaring strings representing them, need to add the following line to the header.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

If not, the pootle helper won't generate the pot/po files.

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 == Use plural forms ==
-Do not assume that all languages have a concept of singular and plural like English. Some languages might have a single form, and some have more than two form. Use [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/gettext/Plural-forms.html plural forms] via ''ngettext()'' in these cases. Example (from sugar-update-control):
+Do not assume that all languages have a concept of singular and plural like English. Some languages might have a single form, and some have more than two form. Use [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Plural-forms plural forms] via ''ngettext()'' in these cases. Example (from sugar-update-control):
 <pre>
                  header = gettext.ngettext("You can install %s update",
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 Make a request by filing a ticket on bugs.sugarlabs.org. You should set Type to 'task' and Component to 'localization'. Please include a link to the project page on git.sugarlabs.org (or whatever other repository you use).
+== Specify the character encoding if necessary ==
+Python files with non-ascii characters or declaring strings representing them, need to add the following line to the header.
+  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+If not, the pootle helper won't generate the pot/po files.