Title: Single/Plural comments error
Last modified: February 11, 2022

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# Single/Plural comments error

 *  Resolved [Lock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/locksoft/)
 * (@locksoft)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-plural-comments-error/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I’ve two problems with translation:
 * -1-
    I’ve this scheme in my PO file:
 *     ```
       msgctxt "comments title"
       msgid "%1$s thought on “%2$s”"
       msgid_plural "%1$s thoughts on “%2$s”"
       msgstr[0] "Un pensiero su “%2$s”"
       msgstr[1] "%1$s pensieri su “%2$s”"
       ```
   
 * Problem is that, when there’s only one comment, the theme (or is it WordPress?)
   generates this string:
 * One thought on …
 * With the word “one”, not a number.
 * So I’ve downloaded the PO file and manually changed the second row in:
 * `msgid "One thought on “%2$s”"`
 * Problem is that, when I upload the file in Loco Translate and sync, it automatically
   changes it in:
 * `msgid "%1$s thought on “%2$s”"`
 * How to solve this problem? Or else when I’ve only one comment, nothing is translated.
 * -2-
    Second problem is that, when I trunk a post in the home, I correctly get
   the “Read more” link, and it’s correctly translated. When I trunk an aside post
   type I get an “(altro)…”. I’d like to have “Read more” as well, but I’ve no idea
   where to find this string and how to force change it to the string I need (the
   italian translation of “Read more”).
 * Can you help me?
    Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [Lock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/locksoft/)
 * (@locksoft)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-plural-comments-error/#post-15353309)
 * Update: I don’t know how, but I was able to solve both problems.
 *  Plugin Author [Tim W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timwhitlock/)
 * (@timwhitlock)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-plural-comments-error/#post-15354411)
 * I’m glad you solved your issue. For anyone else reading this – Don’t manually
   edit `msgid` keys! If you don’t understand why, you need to understand the Gettext
   workflow. See [Working with POT files in Loco Translate](https://localise.biz/wordpress/plugin/manual/templates)
 * Some themes (including for example twentytwelve) use a separate **non-pluralized**
   message for when there is **one** comment. Additionally, the pluralized message
   is required for languages that use the first form for quantities other than one.
   e.g. 10, or 100.

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