[pitivi: 1/6] Use separate translatable strings for thumbnail periods

[Jean-FranÃois Fortin Tam <jfft src gnome org>]

commit f79ccb2113200e9806540792bf13fa35085954c3
Author: Marek Äernockà <marek manet cz>
Date:   Sun Oct 2 19:45:06 2011 -0400

    Use separate translatable strings for thumbnail periods
    
    Fixes bug 656652

 pitivi/ui/previewer.py |   18 +++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/pitivi/ui/previewer.py b/pitivi/ui/previewer.py
index 0a52a75..cf96308 100644
--- a/pitivi/ui/previewer.py
+++ b/pitivi/ui/previewer.py
@@ -66,13 +66,17 @@ PreferencesDialog.addChoicePreference("thumbnailPeriod",
     section=_("Performance"),
     label=_("Thumbnail every"),
     choices=(
-        (_("%s second") % "1/100", gst.SECOND / 100),
-        (_("%s second") % "1/10", gst.SECOND / 10),
-        (_("%s second") % "1/4", gst.SECOND / 4),
-        (_("%s second") % "1/2", gst.SECOND / 2),
-        (_("%s second") % "1", gst.SECOND),
-        (_("%s seconds") % "5", 5 * gst.SECOND),
-        (_("%s seconds") % "10", 10 * gst.SECOND),
+        # Note that we cannot use "%s second" or ngettext, because fractions
+        # are not supported by ngettext and their plurality is ambiguous
+        # in many languages.
+        # See http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/gettext/Plural-forms.html
+        (_("1/100 second"), gst.SECOND / 100),
+        (_("1/10 second"), gst.SECOND / 10),
+        (_("1/4 second"), gst.SECOND / 4),
+        (_("1/2 second"), gst.SECOND / 2),
+        (_("1 second"), gst.SECOND),
+        (_("5 seconds"), 5 * gst.SECOND),
+        (_("10 seconds"), 10 * gst.SECOND),
         (_("minute"), 60 * gst.SECOND)),
     description=_("The interval, in seconds, between thumbnails."))