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-<H2><A NAME="SEC201" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC201">12.3 Discussions</A></H2>
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-<H2><A NAME="SEC202" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC202">12.4 Organization</A></H2>
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I also think GNU will need sooner than it thinks, that someone set up
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I suggest we look for volunteer coordinators/editors for individual
-<H4><A NAME="SEC205" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC205">12.4.2.1 Sub-Cultures</A></H4>
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Taking French for example, there are a few sub-cultures around computers
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I expect the next big changes after the official release. Please note
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If we get any inquiries about GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE>, send them on to:
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-<H2><A NAME="SEC208" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC208">12.5 Information Flow</A></H2>
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-<H2><A NAME="SEC209" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC209">12.6 Translating plural forms</A></H2>
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Suppose you are translating a PO file, and it contains an entry like this:
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the text depends on a cardinal number. The general form of the message,
in English, is the <CODE>msgid_plural</CODE> line. The <CODE>msgid</CODE> line is the
English singular form, that is, the form for when the number is equal to 1.
-More details about plural forms are explained in section <A HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC188">11.2.6 Additional functions for plural forms</A>.
+More details about plural forms are explained in section <A HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC190">11.2.6 Additional functions for plural forms</A>.
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A translator sometimes has only a limited amount of time per week to
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Here a more details. The GNU <CODE>libintl</CODE> library (but not the
corresponding functions in GNU <CODE>libc</CODE>) supports an environment variable
<CODE>GETTEXT_LOG_UNTRANSLATED</CODE>. The GNU <CODE>libintl</CODE> library will