Translation question

[GunChleoc]

I have a question regarding a string in the main UI:

"This is a difficult start from the System Administration Resting prison station"

I do not understand what "System Administration Resting" is supposed to mean here.

[impaktor]

That's the name of the station, I believe:

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	local impression_station = {
		CustomSystemBody:new('System Administration Resting', 'STARPORT_ORBITAL')
		:semi_major_axis(f(233,100000))
		:rotation_period(f(1,24*60*3))
		:orbital_phase_at_start(fixed.deg2rad(f(0,1)))
		:axial_tilt(fixed.deg2rad(f(668,100))),
	}

(that system has names after budist thingy, I think). So I guess the title of the station shouldn't be translated? (Since it's non-translatable in the actual star map)

[bszlrd]

Yes, it's the name of the station, from some Buddhist concepts. I think it should not be translated, since it can only be untranslated as the station name in the system.

[GunChleoc]

If it's untranslatable, maybe it should be a placeholder variable?

I still think that "System Administration Resting" is really weird English in any context and I still can't make sense of it.

[FluffyFreak]

"System Administration Resting" is the name, a bit like the names of boats or ships which can be partial, even nonsensical, words, names or sentences.

Kind of like the ship names from Iain M. Banks novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... er_Phlebas

[bszlrd]

Resting System Administration might be a better wording, now that you mention it. Like "Boston Offices"

[GunChleoc]

Yes, that phrasing would make sense, if the place is called "Resting" and we're talking about the system's administration