[OpenStreetMap] #4968: "%{variable} ago" cannot be translated to some languages (incl. Hungarian)

[OpenStreetMap]

#4968: "%{variable} ago" cannot be translated to some languages (incl. Hungarian)
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 Reporter:  kempelen  |      Owner:  rails-dev@…
     Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  minor     |  Milestone:
Component:  website   |    Version:
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 There are several strings for OpenStreetMap.org website GUI that use a
 combination of "{variable}" for a time period and followed by word "ago".

 The strings related to changes to NOTES:

 2 hours ago

 The string related to license acceptance:

 2 years ago


 "hours ago" is a single modified word of "hours" in Hungarian, so it
 cannot be translated separately. Also "years ago", "minutes ago" and so
 on.

 2 hours -> 2 óra
 ago     -> óta
 2 hours ago -> 2 órája

 While current resulting string: "2 óra óta", that means "since 2 o'clock"
 which is totally false.


 Some of the affected strings:


 {{PLURAL|one=1 hour|%{count} hours}}‎

 %{when} ago

 Created %{when} ago‎

 Accepted %{ago} ago‎


 Recommended solution:

 Possible solution 1:

 Created %{when} hours ago‎
 Created %{when} minutes ago‎
 Created %{when} years ago‎

 Or another solution:

 %{count} hours ago
 %{count} hours   (if this format is also needed, make separate string)
 %{count} years ago
 %{count} years

 But the first might be more secure for more languages, as that also allows
 to freely modify the order of words and so on.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/4968>
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