i18n: Splitting up i18n enabled text into parts leads to incorrect grammar in languages such as German

[nebulon42]

Expected Behavior

I'm able to provide a grammatically correct translation for all i18n enabled text.

Current Behavior

Splitting up text like in form titles makes it impossible to provide grammatically correct translations.
Example: frontend/app/views/repositories/new.html.erb

<h2><%= I18n.t("actions.new_prefix") %> <%= I18n.t("repository._singular") %>  <span class="label label-info"><%= I18n.t("repository._singular") %></span></h2>

Here the title is split up into "actions.new_prefix" and "repository._singular".

In the attached screenshot you see a form title which in English would read "New Repository". In German this is now "Neu Aufbewahrungsort" which is incorrect. It should be "Neuer Aufbewahrungsort" to be grammatically correct.

Possible Solution

Do not split up text into parts. For the example file frontend/app/views/repositories/new.html.erb change to

<h2><%= I18n.t("actions.new_repository") %> <span class="label label-info"><%= I18n.t("repository._singular") %></span></h2>

This leads to more text to translate but only with that it is possible to provide grammatically correct translations.

Context

Grammatically incorrect translations just look ugly.

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