[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Cannot upload correct translation (Issue #3997)

[Niklas Laxström]

This is OSM problem in my opinion, and I believe I have reported this earlier already. The `zero` form should not be used in English. If you look at for example Latvian at https://unicode-org.github.io/cldr-staging/charts/37/supplemental/language_plural_rules.html you can see that the `zero` form is not just number 0.

For most languages this is not a problem, but for languages like Latvian, the translation is either wrong or it is impossible to provide translation for "no X".

This can be resolved in two ways:
* Have a separate message when N is 0. This works for all languages, though it is a bit more work.
* Hack the I18n library to add support for explicit integer forms. This was done in MediaWiki. Then you can replace `zero` form with `0` form.

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