package i18n
 
 import (
+       "fmt"
        "reflect"
        "strings"
 
                                PluralCount:  pluralCount,
                        })
 
-                       if err == nil && currentLang == translatedLang {
+                       sameLang := currentLang == translatedLang
+
+                       if err == nil && sameLang {
                                return translated
                        }
 
+                       if err != nil && sameLang && translated != "" {
+                               // See #8492
+                               // TODO(bep) this needs to be improved/fixed upstream,
+                               // but currently we get an error even if the fallback to
+                               // "other" succeeds.
+                               if fmt.Sprintf("%T", err) == "i18n.pluralFormNotFoundError" {
+                                       return translated
+                               }
+                       }
+
                        if _, ok := err.(*i18n.MessageNotFoundErr); !ok {
                                t.logger.Warnf("Failed to get translated string for language %q and ID %q: %s", currentLangStr, translationID, err)
                        }
 const countFieldName = "Count"
 
 // getPluralCount gets the plural count as a string (floats) or an integer.
+// If v is nil, nil is returned.
 func getPluralCount(v interface{}) interface{} {
        if v == nil {
-               return 0
+               // i18n called without any argument, make sure it does not
+               // get any plural count.
+               return nil
        }
 
        switch v := v.(type) {
                        return in
                }
                // A non-numeric value.
-               return 0
+               return nil
        default:
                if i, err := cast.ToIntE(in); err == nil {
                        return i
                }
-               return 0
+               return nil
        }
 }
 
                                {Key: "2", Value: "2 hours"},
                        },
                },
+               {
+                       name: "Other only",
+                       lang: "en",
+                       id:   "hour",
+                       templ: `
+[hour]
+other = "{{ with . }}{{ . }}{{ end }} hours"`,
+                       variants: []types.KeyValue{
+                               {Key: 1, Value: "1 hours"},
+                               {Key: "1", Value: "1 hours"},
+                               {Key: 2, Value: "2 hours"},
+                               {Key: nil, Value: " hours"},
+                       },
+               },
                {
                        name: "Polish",
                        lang: "pl",
 
                c.Run(test.name, func(c *qt.C) {
                        cfg := getConfig()
+                       cfg.Set("enableMissingTranslationPlaceholders", true)
                        fs := hugofs.NewMem(cfg)
 
                        err := afero.WriteFile(fs.Source, filepath.Join("i18n", test.lang+".toml"), []byte(test.templ), 0755)
 
                        tp := NewTranslationProvider()
                        depsCfg := newDepsConfig(tp, cfg, fs)
+                       depsCfg.Logger = loggers.NewWarningLogger()
                        d, err := deps.New(depsCfg)
                        c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
                        c.Assert(d.LoadResources(), qt.IsNil)
 
                        for _, variant := range test.variants {
                                c.Assert(f(test.id, variant.Key), qt.Equals, variant.Value, qt.Commentf("input: %v", variant.Key))
+                               c.Assert(int(depsCfg.Logger.LogCounters().WarnCounter.Count()), qt.Equals, 0)
                        }
 
                })
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(map[string]interface{}{"Count": "32.5"}), qt.Equals, "32.5")
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(map[string]interface{}{"count": 32}), qt.Equals, 32)
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(map[string]interface{}{"Count": "32"}), qt.Equals, "32")
-       c.Assert(getPluralCount(map[string]interface{}{"Counts": 32}), qt.Equals, 0)
-       c.Assert(getPluralCount("foo"), qt.Equals, 0)
+       c.Assert(getPluralCount(map[string]interface{}{"Counts": 32}), qt.Equals, nil)
+       c.Assert(getPluralCount("foo"), qt.Equals, nil)
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(countField{Count: 22}), qt.Equals, 22)
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(countField{Count: 1.5}), qt.Equals, "1.5")
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(&countField{Count: 22}), qt.Equals, 22)
-       c.Assert(getPluralCount(noCountField{Counts: 23}), qt.Equals, 0)
+       c.Assert(getPluralCount(noCountField{Counts: 23}), qt.Equals, nil)
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(countMethod{}), qt.Equals, "32.5")
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(&countMethod{}), qt.Equals, "32.5")
 
        c.Assert(getPluralCount(1234.0), qt.Equals, "1234.0")
        c.Assert(getPluralCount("1234"), qt.Equals, "1234")
        c.Assert(getPluralCount("0.5"), qt.Equals, "0.5")
-       c.Assert(getPluralCount(nil), qt.Equals, 0)
+       c.Assert(getPluralCount(nil), qt.Equals, nil)
 }
 
 func prepareTranslationProvider(t testing.TB, test i18nTest, cfg config.Provider) *TranslationProvider {