https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/gettext/ Recent content in Gettext on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-10-31-go-i18n-libraries-go-i18n-gotext-x-text/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-10-31-go-i18n-libraries-go-i18n-gotext-x-text/ <p>Adding a second language to a Go service looks like a two-hour task until you hit plural rules. English has two forms, Polish has four, Arabic has six, and Japanese has one — and the moment a product manager asks for &ldquo;3 pliki&rdquo; versus &ldquo;5 plików&rdquo; you discover that <code>fmt.Sprintf</code> with an <code>if count == 1</code> branch is not an internationalization strategy. Go has no blessed answer in the standard library; there are three credible packages and they disagree about almost everything: message format, translation workflow, and who owns plural logic.</p>