Conditional French translation context dependent on variable

  • Resolved samjeansoper

    (@samjeansoper)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    I am building a plugin that creates a custom post type which displays the gear in different players bags. I would like to share the site, but this is a work project so I cannot share a link to it. I’m hoping I am just glazing over some translation option and it can be resolved without needing to look at the front end.

    I am currently using sprintf(__('%1$s\'s %2$s:', $this->plugin_name ), $players_name, $equip_option)); for one of my translation phrases.

    MY ISSUE: I am translating this into French and the specific phrasing $players_name's $club_option has two additional words that vary based on the variable (le/la/les $equip_option de/d'$player_name). I was attempting to tackle the first word first, with the following context translation:

    $has_vowel = $this->is_vowel($players_name_metadata);	
if($has_vowel == true) {
	$players_name = _x($players_name_metadata, 'starts with vowel', $this->plugin_name);
} else {
	$players_name = _x($players_name_metadata, 'does not start with vowel', $this->plugin_name);
}

    $this->is_vowel(); checks whether the player’s name starts with a vowel to define the use of de or d’ in the translation.

    Unfortunately, that conditional translation is not showing up when I run the plugin through POEdit. The %1$s\'s %2$s: part is showing up for translation, but there are no other options depending on context.

    Am I missing something about the context translation options? Is my code just out of order? Am I supposed to make a method to feed the variables and generate the correct translation string?

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  • Thread Starter samjeansoper

    (@samjeansoper)

    Nevermind, I figured it out. My solution was creating the following method, after I realized I didn’t need the feminine article for the equip_options:

    public function get_player_equip_context($player_name, $equip_option) {
	$context = sprintf(_x('%1$s\'s %2$s:', 'default', $this->plugin_name ), $player_name, $equip_option);
		
	$has_vowel = $this->is_vowel($player_name);
	$is_plural = $this->is_plural($equip_option);
		
	if($has_vowel == true) {
		if($is_plural == true) {
			$context = sprintf(_x('%1$s\'s %2$s:', 'plural article & vowel name', $this->plugin_name ), $player_name, $equip_option);
		} else {
			$context = sprintf(_x('%1$s\'s %2$s:', 'single article & vowel name', $this->plugin_name ), $player_name, $equip_option);
		}
	} else {
		if($is_plural == true) {
			$context = sprintf(_x('%1$s\'s %2$s:', 'plural article & non-vowel name', $this->plugin_name ), $player_name, $equip_option);
		} else {
			$context = sprintf(_x('%1$s\'s %2$s:', 'single article & non-vowel name', $this->plugin_name ), $player_name, $equip_option);
		}
	}
	return $context;
}
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