Title: String singular / plural Last modified: November 17, 2020 --- # String singular / plural * Resolved [Johan WALTER](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) * (@johan_walter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/) * Hi * The string “There are %d names in this directory beginning with the letter %s.” in translation file is only plural (names) but if only 1 name is in directory it should be singular (name) Example [https://prnt.sc/vklrbl](https://prnt.sc/vklrbl) * Is there any chance you can add singular / plural on this string in pot file ? * Thanks * Regards * Johan Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [Johan WALTER](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) * (@johan_walter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13671788) * I guess that’s related issue [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-directory-total-when-only-1-term/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-directory-total-when-only-1-term/) * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13672100) * Hi [@johan_walter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/), * thanks for pointing that out. I totally missed that one! I will work on it this week when I have a day off from my dayjob. * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13685324) * Hey [@johan_walter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) , * I have just released v1.17.3, which should fix this. If you have time to update/ test it, can you please let me know if this works for you? * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters * Thread Starter [Johan WALTER](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) * (@johan_walter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13686290) * Hi [@jeroenpeters1986](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * This update seems to cause a mix in language Language of my WP and plugin file in language is french * On first page ALL, it is fine Screenshot [https://prnt.sc/vmlzbt](https://prnt.sc/vmlzbt) * When fileting on a letter with several names, it is english with name plural, not in french whereas the string is in po file fr_FR Screenshot [https://prnt.sc/vmlzf5](https://prnt.sc/vmlzf5) * When filtering on a letter with one name, there is a mix of language, the string is in english and “name” is in french but it is singular Screenshot [https://prnt.sc/vmlziy](https://prnt.sc/vmlziy) * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13686453) * Hi [@johan_walter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) , * Thanks you for testing. This is “correct”. * The translations these days are all coming from translate.wordpress.org and have to be maintained by volunteers. As I am not a native speaker, I cannot (read: am not allowed by WordPress rules, there are not giving me the permissions on the site) edit or add translations in other languages than Dutch (my own language) or English (the language we need to code in). * So if there is a new sentence it needs to be translated for all the languages again. * If you want to, you can add translations by going to [https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/name-directory/](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/name-directory/) and submit them. * A French moderator will then approve them and the translation will be updated. * These are all crowd/cloud based. So if you edit the .po file (which is downloaded from the translate site) this will be only fixed for you and for this update only. * I am sorry about it but this the way WordPress wants to work when it comes to translations. If you neees any more assistance, please let me know. * Kind regards, Jeroen Peters - This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/). * Thread Starter [Johan WALTER](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) * (@johan_walter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13686617) * Hi * I did translations on translate.wordpress.org * I am not a huge fan of this system, I already did translations for an other plugin it took months to have them approved. Good be nice if WordPress commmit to have translations approved or rejected without few days otherweise websites using plugins do not have proper translations * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13686724) * Hi [@johan_walter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) , * I am also not a big fan of this system. Also because in the beginning everything was relaxed, but now all the specific country communities have their own (sometimes too strict and weird) rules. I cannot even translate one of my own plugins because me in Dutch.. * Anyway, for Name Directory there is no way back. I can ofcourse ask them to give you “PTE” permissions because you are a native French speaker. I am not sure what the current French rules are though. * Are you interested in that? * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters * Thread Starter [Johan WALTER](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) * (@johan_walter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13686733) * Hi Jeroen * Yes , definitely ! * Regards * Johan * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13686987) * I will post a request when I am at home again and I will keep you updated. * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13688202) * Hmm I see they have changed the proces of translations again.. You now have to submit lots of translations and they are going to review it against their guidelines before you can get access. I can lookup what you have to do to become an editor, but it’s now also possible to request a translation review for the plugins locale itself. I think it might be best to do that, or do you want to become an active PTE editor? If so, there is a page for the French community, but I don’t understand what it says haha: [https://fr.wordpress.org/traduire-wordpress-en-francais/](https://fr.wordpress.org/traduire-wordpress-en-francais/) * I will request a translation review, and hopefully it will be translated soon. If you want to be a PTE editor after reading the page, please let me know as well and I can see what I have to do to get you approved. * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters * Thread Starter [Johan WALTER](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/) * (@johan_walter) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13688229) * The page does not say much, only that we have to create a account to submit translations, explain how to translate and read guidelines. * I don’t want especially to become a PTE editor, I do translations every time I use a plugin which does not have french translation Most of the time I prefer to use po file, then submit my translation to the dev of plugin I hope that most of dev will keep po file * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13688278) * Looking back, I might have done that too, keeping the PO file. But at the time of the switch (several years ago) it was a lot easier. * I did submit a request however. Maybe they will try to ping you, but you don’t have to respond if you don’t want to. But with this request, they will also check the submitted translations haha 😉 * [Peter Smits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psmits1567/) * (@psmits1567) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13688414) * Hi Johan * To be able to suggest translations you need to have an account indeed. WordPress today is not using .po as standard anymore. You can use the .po yourselves if you put it into the “languages” folder. But be aware if a new version is installed, that will be overwritten! If you have a translated .po you can send it to the author. He has the possibilities to import those lines into the translation library If you are a PTE then you can use the translated .po to import it into the translation database. But you will have to check the import results yourselves as a PTE Hope this will help you understand the process. As indicated if you ask for a review it can take a while, before that is done due to the large amount of translations. But the French team is normally pretty quick in responding * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13688597) * Thanks [@psmits1567](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psmits1567/) I was not aware of the import possibility! * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters * Plugin Author [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * (@jeroenpeters1986) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/#post-13692407) * Hi [@johan_walter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johan_walter/), * member peexy was so kind to check the translations and even corrected some older ones. So the plugin is now translated to 100% again. * Kind regards, * Jeroen Peters Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘String singular / plural’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/name-directory/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1008185) * [Name Directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/name-directory/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/name-directory/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/name-directory/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/name-directory/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/name-directory/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/name-directory/reviews/) ## Tags * [plural](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plural/) * 25 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Jeroen Peters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenpeters1986/) * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/string-singular-plural/page/2/#post-13694946) * Status: resolved