Qt Reference Documentation

Translation Rules for Plurals

The table below shows the specific rules that are produced by Qt Linguist and lrelease for a selection of languages. Cells marked otherwise indicate the form used when none of the other rules are appropriate for a specific language.

LanguageRule 1Rule 2Rule 3

English

n == 1

otherwise

N/A

French

n < 2

otherwise

N/A

Czech

n % 100 == 1

n % 100 >= 2 && n % 100 <= 4

otherwise

Irish

n == 1

n == 2

otherwise

Latvian

n % 10 == 1&& n % 100 != 11

n != 0

otherwise

Lithuanian

n % 10 == 1&& n % 100 != 11

n % 100 != 12 && n % 10 == 2

otherwise

Macedonian

n % 10 == 1

n % 10 == 2

otherwise

Polish

n == 1

n % 10 >= 2 && n % 10 <= 4 && (n % 100 < 10 || n % 100 > 20)

otherwise

Romanian

n == 1

n == 0|| (n % 100 >= 1 && n % 100 <= 20)

otherwise

Russian

n % 10 == 1&& n % 100 != 11

n % 10 >= 2 && n % 10 <= 4 && (n % 100 < 10 || n % 100 > 20)

otherwise

Slovak

n == 1

n >= 2 && n <= 4

otherwise

Japanese

otherwise

N/A

N/A

The rules themselves are not documented and are internal to Qt Linguist and lrelease.

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