[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52047: Twenty Twenty-One: Remove untranslatable post type names

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#52047: Twenty Twenty-One: Remove untranslatable post type names
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  5.6.1
Component:  Bundled Theme   |     Version:  5.6
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Replying to [comment:4 aristath]:
 > The post-type label is translatable... Just not in the theme itself.
 I'll use WooCommerce products for this example but the same goes for any
 plugin that registers a post-type.

 Sorry I should have been a bit more clear :) Yes, the post type name
 itself might be translatable, it's just that `Next %s` or any other
 generic string like that is not ''correctly'' translatable.

 For example, in Russian, "Post" is feminine and "Product" is masculine, so
 "Next post" and "Next product" would require a different translation and
 there is simply no way to translate `Next %s` to account for both. We also
 don't use capital letters for multiple words in a row, so "Next Post" or
 "Next Product" is not quite correct, it should be "Next post" or "Next
 product".

 That is the case for many other languages too, and is the reason why
 WordPress core does not use generic strings for post type or taxonomy
 names, and offers an array of labels to be used instead.

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