[Bug 475434] New: ngettext strings are not translated

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  sabayon | general | Ver: 2.19.x
           Summary: ngettext strings are not translated
           Product: sabayon
           Version: 2.19.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: sabayon-maint gnome bugs
        ReportedBy: thep linux thai net
         QAContact: sabayon-maint gnome bugs
                CC: gnome-i18n gnome org
     GNOME version: 2.19/2.20
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Trying to take a localized screenshot for sabayon, I find that the warning
messages telling the time since last saving are not translated, although they
are already translated in po files.

In sabayon's admin-tool/saveconfirm.py:

            secondary_msg = gettext.ngettext ("If you don't save, changes from
the last %ld second "
                                              "will be permanently lost.",
                                              "If you don't save, changes from
the last %ld seconds "
                                              "will be permanently lost.",
                                              seconds) % seconds

Nothing looks wrong. But gettext happens to be initialized with
gettext.install() in lib/util.py : init_gettext().

I've written a simple test program to check this. It seems gettext.install()
has defined the meaning of _(), but not ngettext(). However, had gettext been
initialized by bindtextdomain() and textdomain(), both would work.


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