<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=39638 >
The way I have translated these strings might help. I have adapted the sentence to read: "Each worked tile with at least 1 point of %s will yield ..." Then "All" might become "all kinds of output", or "any output", or something similar, and it would fit in all the sentences Marko has dug up. Of course, some translator comments would be essential for us translators to make it fit in the sentences. Some sentences should be modified, too; anyway, "All production will suffer massive waste" is misleading, if it refers to both trade and shields (perhaps also food?). Maybe just removing "production" will do the trick: "each worked tile with at least 1 point of 'any output' will yield..." "any output" "will suffer massive waste" "any output" "waste will increase ..." What do you think? Joan 2007/8/31, Marko Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=39638 > > > On 31/08/2007, Daniel Markstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The sentence produced by this string is awful even in its raw English > form: > > > > * Each worked tile that gives more than 2 All will suffer a -1 > > penalty when not celebrating. > > > > Wouldn't it make more sense to replace 'All' with something like 'of > > any output'? > > ...with some code changes and additional strings. It is currently > used in sentences: > > "Each worked tile that gives more than %d <All> will suffer a -1 > penalty when not celebrating." > "Each worked tile with at least 1 <All> will yield %d additional <All> > when celebrating." > "Each worked tile with at least 1 <All> will yield %d additional <All>." > "<All> production will suffer massive waste." > "<All> production will suffer some waste." > "<All> production will suffer a small amount of waste." > "<All> waste will increase quickly with distance from capital." > "<All> waste will increase with distance from capital." > "<All> waste will increase slowly with distance from capital." > > Following sentences also use 'output', but they should only appear if > there > is some real output type (and not with "All"): > "You pay %d times normal <All> upkeep for your units." > "Each of your cities will avoid paying %d <All> towards unit upkeep." > > > This help generation function is very broken considering alternative > rulesets (not only that it lacks information, but it also produces > misinformation in some cases) > > > - ML > > >
The way I have translated these strings might help. I have adapted the sentence to read:
"Each worked tile with at least 1 point of %s will yield ..."
Then "All" might become "all kinds of output", or "any output", or something similar, and it would fit in all the sentences Marko has dug up. Of course, some translator comments would be essential for us translators to make it fit in the sentences.
Some sentences should be modified, too; anyway, "All production will suffer massive waste" is misleading, if it refers to both trade and shields (perhaps also food?). Maybe just removing "production" will do the trick:
"each worked tile with at least 1 point of 'any output' will yield..."
"any output" "will suffer massive waste"
"any output" "waste will increase ..."
What do you think?
Joan
2007/8/31, Marko Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=39638 >
On 31/08/2007, Daniel Markstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> The sentence produced by this string is awful even in its raw English form:
>
> * Each worked tile that gives more than 2 All will suffer a -1
> penalty when not celebrating.
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to replace 'All' with something like 'of
> any output'?
...with some code changes and additional strings. It is currently
used in sentences:
"Each worked tile that gives more than %d <All> will suffer a -1
penalty when not celebrating."
"Each worked tile with at least 1 <All> will yield %d additional <All>
when celebrating."
"Each worked tile with at least 1 <All> will yield %d additional <All>."
"<All> production will suffer massive waste."
"<All> production will suffer some waste."
"<All> production will suffer a small amount of waste."
"<All> waste will increase quickly with distance from capital."
"<All> waste will increase with distance from capital."
"<All> waste will increase slowly with distance from capital."
Following sentences also use 'output', but they should only appear if there
is some real output type (and not with "All"):
"You pay %d times normal <All> upkeep for your units."
"Each of your cities will avoid paying %d <All> towards unit upkeep."
This help generation function is very broken considering alternative
rulesets (not only that it lacks information, but it also produces
misinformation in some cases)
- ML
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