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Re:Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding tr... by ajuc on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @08:39AM (#19681972)
Funnily enough "Strona 3 z 6" and "Strona 3 z 7" sounds correct but "Strona 3 z 100" doesn't.

So I think it's only words starting with "s", not "sz" nor "si". And only 0 starts with "z" so it's not a problem (you never have "X out of 0"). So the only special case is for 100-199, 100 000-199 999, etc.

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Re:Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding tr... by chungleong on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @10:22AM (#19682795)
A filler vowel is needed with certain consonant clusters. 100 is "stu" and "st" requires it, whereas "dwustu" (200), "trzystu" (300), "czterystu" (400) don't. I don't remember the list. "mn" is another combo that needs the vowel: "ze mnóstwa".
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Re:Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding tr... by lifthrasiir on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:02AM (#19682134)
Yeah, it is clear that I don't speak Polish ;-) What is a common workaround there? "Strona X z(e) Y"?
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Re:Fluent 1.0: a localization system for natural-sounding tr... by ajuc on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:25AM (#19682298)
> What is a common workaround there?

Ignoring the issue altogether :) Or, if you're pedantic - implementing the special cases in the source code. But that's unmaintenable if you have lots of languages.

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