[freeciv.de] Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Discussion: German leader titles

  • From: Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:19:25 +0200

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:30:23PM +0200, Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> While creating an experimental Nazi nation, I picked a bunch of  
> German-language leader titles. Now the project is scrapped, but I  
> though maybe some of the titles could be recycled and used in the  
> German nation. Share your thoughts on this!

Hi Daniel,

1. freeciv.de at freelists org exists (preferred, requires subscription)

2. freeciv-data at freeciv org exists.


> 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.

Christian

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