[TYPO3-core] RFC: #9860: Fileadmin: New folders: Singular and plural are the same ("folders")

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Stefano Kowalke wrote:
> Problem:
> In the filelist module there is a drowdown, where you could choose how many
> folders you want create, there are no separation between singular and
> plural:
> 1 Folders
> 2 Folders
> 3 Folders
> ...
> 
> 
> Solution:
> Showing only 'Folder' for the first entry. 

This does not work well for some languages either. For example in
Russian there are two forms for "folders" depending on the
preceeding number:

1 каталог

2 каталог*а*
3 каталог*а*
4 каталог*а*

5 каталого*в*
6 каталого*в*
(and so on)

21 каталог

22 каталог*а*
23 каталог*а*
24 каталог*а*

25 каталого*в*
26 каталого*в*
(and so on)

100 каталого*в*

I guess same will be in some other languages (Ukranian, Belorussian,
Serbian???, Bulgarian???).

What about dropping "folder" and "folders" completely, leaving only
numbers and adding a new label that sounds like "Number of folders
to create:"? This will look correctly in all languages. Also it will
let people to focus on numbers (no need to read "folders" word in
the select box).

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov
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