[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9396: Month name declension

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#9396: Month name declension
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 Reporter:  waclawjacek            |        Owner:  nbachiyski
     Type:  enhancement            |       Status:  reopened  
 Priority:  normal                 |    Milestone:  2.8       
Component:  i18n                   |      Version:  2.7.1     
 Severity:  minor                  |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |  
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Comment(by waclawjacek):

 I've got two other ideas on solving the issue, which of the former is, I
 believe, the most universal, though more messy. I think it's better to
 discuss them first.

  * '''Separate strings for everything''' - allow the translators to
 translate month names wherever they appear (separate string for every
 month in every spot).
  * '''Add an argument optionally passed to date_i18n() occurrences''' -
 every time a month name should be inflected - pass an argument telling the
 function which variant of a month name it should return (eg. the default
 being MONTH_NAME and the other two being OF (as in "of January") and IN
 (as in "in January")). Though it's probably neater, there is a serious
 drawback - feedback from other translators would be mandatory, because
 it's essential to know how many different cases there are in a language
 and some of them could be specific for just one language. That'd probably
 be a lot more complex and require way more planning.

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