bug#35287: dired-do-copy English beef-up

[Juri Linkov]

>> >> > Copy: 11 files
>> >> > Actually "Copied 11 files" is proper English and doesn't leave us
>> >> > somewhat worrying...
>> >>
>> >> Other messages that use the same operation name:
>> >>
>> >>   "Copy: 2 of 3 files skipped"
>> >>   "Copy failed for 2 of 3 files"
>> >>
>> >> Shouldn't the latter be "Copying failed"?
>> >> So for every operation three verb forms are needed:
>> >> "Copy", "Copying", "Copied", correct?
>> >
>> > My own advice is to leave it alone.
>>
>> This is important in light of our efforts for i18n.
>
> You could perhaps use this:
>
>   Copy * [2 files] to: ~/foobar/
>   Copy: 2 files done

Then a complete set of messages:

  Copy: 3 files done
  Copy: 2 of 3 files skipped
  Copy: 2 of 3 files failed
  Copy: 2 files in 3 requests failed