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Translation question
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:53 pm
by 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.
Re: Translation question
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:17 pm
by 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)
Re: Translation question
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:38 pm
by 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.
Re: Translation question
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:43 pm
by 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.
Re: Translation question
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:08 pm
by 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
Re: Translation question
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:45 pm
by bszlrd
Resting System Administration might be a better wording, now that you mention it. Like "Boston Offices"
Re: Translation question
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:33 pm
by GunChleoc
Yes, that phrasing would make sense, if the place is called "Resting" and we're talking about the system's administration