[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Discussion: German leader titles

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 05:55:25PM +0200, Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> On 2005-10-12, at 12.19, Christian Knoke wrote:

> >Hi Daniel,
> >
> >1. freeciv.de at freelists org exists (preferred, requires 
> >subscription)
> 
> ...is in German. I don't know German very well. ;-)

This list is mainly about Freeciv translation, so people should understand
you. ;-)

> >2. freeciv-data at freeciv org exists.
> 
> Are you sure? I can't seem to subscribe to it...

Oh yes, I missed that this list had been closed.

> >>ruler_titles = { "government",     "male_title",       "female_title"
> >>             "Despotism",      _("Fuhrer"),          _("Fuhrer")
> >>             "Monarchy",       _("Kaiser"),          _("Kaiser")
> >>             "Republic",       _("Reichskanzler"),   _("Reichskanzler")
> >>             "Communism",      _("Genosse"),         _("Genosse")
> >>             "Democracy",      _("Bundeskanzler"),   _("Bundeskanzler")
> >>             "Anarchy",        _("Reichsmarschall"), _("Reichsmarschall")
> >>               }
> >

> >IMHO the ruler titles need to be in english, otherwise it is impossible
> >for translators of other languages to localize this.
> >
> >Anyway, I forward your mail to freeciv.de.

> My idea was that they don't necessarily have to be localized at all.

Dunno.

> At least "Kaiser" is quite well known in English. This is already quite
> common in, say for example Japanese nation (Shogun) and Polish nation
> (Pierwszy Sekretarz etc.)

These are exceptions, aren't they? Most people won't understand
Bundeskanzler or Reichsmarschall.

Christian

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