# Errors in English strings

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155>\
**Category:** Translations Team Discussion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155 "2013-11-22T18:31:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/41 "2014-12-27T08:41:11Z")

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> [@Vareruma](#):
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> [quote=“KA101, post:39, topic:4155”]Negative, those are intended. The Flammenschwert is an All German weapon (I think we need a flaming nodachi “Amaterasu” written in Japanese to make the point) and “puño” is apparently the technical eskrima term for bashing someone with the hilt/handle of your weapon.

Thanks for pointing that out. I am still thinking that without an english description people will see it as a localization mistake, but perhaps that’s just me.

While reviewing the Italian translation I have found other german strings as well (the first one only is translated in Italian) are these intended too and should I leave them as is? ([https://imgur.com/cblLf46](https://imgur.com/cblLf46))[/quote]

No, it’s pretty common that folks mistake this and the Jacqueshammmer for translation issues. :-/

Those are the functions of the Flammenschwert. In order, roughly translated into english should you want to translate 'em, they’re:  
Light the flame.  
What do you want to do? (use menu)  
Use as a knife.  
Do nothing.  
The blade of your sword burns!  
Your flamingsword (literally, that’s what it means) has no more gasoline.  
The fire on your sword blade burns brightly!  
Your flamingsword is running out of gasoline!  
Extinguish the flame. (back in the menu, for the lit sword)  
Light a fire.  
The flame on your sword goes out.

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**Author:** ![Wuzzy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/wuzzy/32/41_2.png) [@Wuzzy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wuzzy)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/42 "2014-12-31T20:17:58Z")

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I am aware that the Flammenschwert and some other texts are intentionally held in German in the English locale, but I never really understood why you do this. It seems silly and if it was intended as a joke, it is not really funny either. It is just irritating.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/43 "2015-01-01T00:29:58Z")

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Jacqueshammer was a joke item IIRC. Flammenschwert was looking for a niche and being (over)fond of German.

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/44 "2015-01-18T11:47:40Z")

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Some plural forms of items have been messed up:

metal fragmentss  
bag glovess  
bag sockss  
paper arm guardss  
motorcycle pantss  
motorcycle bootss  
sewagass  
stimgass  
broken animatoric foxs  
broken animatoric bunnys  
broken animatoric sheeps  
broken animatoric wolfs  
animatoric foxs  
animatoric bunnys  
animatoric sheeps  
animatoric wolfs  
ski mask (open)s

Here plural and singular has been switched:

This book has unread chapter.  
This book has unread chapters.

Edit: More mistakes:  
Plural has been written as singular:

Dual Nail Turret  
Nail Turret  
Dual SMG Turret  
SMG Turret  
Scorpion Turret  
Rotary Spear Turret  
Slingshot Cannon  
Avalanche Turret  
Gatling Gun Turret  
Machine Gun Turret  
Splintergun Turret

Edit 2:  
Not exactly an error, but I consider this to be bad practice:

is frostnipped and has gone numb.  
is frostbitten! Its tissues are frozen from the cold!  
is starting to feel the damage cold has wrought.  
is blistering from the intense heat.

The problem here is that this string forces the variable string to the beginning of the string. Please change these strings so they become a former format string (with “%s” and stuff).

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**Author:** ![Noctivagante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noctivagante/32/365_2.png) [@Noctivagante](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Noctivagante)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/45 "2015-02-06T03:17:31Z")

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I’d like to fix these myself, but I have no idea how…

Nº 4672:

> H&K 416A5 [i](singular)[/i] / H&K [i](plural)[/i]

Nº 4761:

> ...and a small pump attached to the side allows for repressurization, though this process [b][u]takes takes[/u][/b] a few minutes.

Nº 4861:

> Civilian version of the SVS-24. It has a modified [b][u]reciever[/u][/b] and...

Nº 4903:

> Automated Machine Gun Turret [i](singular)[/i] / Machine Gun Turrets [i](plural)[/i]

Nº 5003:

> pickerel [i](singular)[/i] / whitefish [i](plural)[/i]

Nº 5970:

> This is a katana with a nozzle just behind [b][u]the the[/u][/b] cutting edge...

Nº 5986:

> Excalibur can eat [b][u]it's[/u][/b] heart out.

Nº 6262:

> electronic handcuffs [i](singular)[/i] / electronic handcuffss [i](plural)[/i]

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**Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/46 "2015-02-25T03:55:58Z")

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Thanks for reporting, fixes inbound as [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/11371](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/11371) and [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/11374](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/11374)

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**Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/47 "2015-02-27T12:34:50Z")

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Meh, now most animatoric strings are wrong again.

They were correct for a short time in Transifex, now they are incorrect again. ☹

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**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/48 "2015-03-05T07:58:28Z")

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The string “blue” is used a couple of times with different meanings, which will fail as soon you must translate it and your language has different words for both senses (pretty likely).

The first sense is “color” and is used for instance in the map legend (help screen, key 5).  
The second sense is “to be sad” and is used in NPC talk.

Those two different senses must be disambiguated, either by using the context functioniality of gettext or by using a different word for “sad” (and hope that it does not collide with anything else).

And I spotted a missing string, it is “You forage through %s.” and is found in iexamine.cpp.

EDIT:

More missing strings:

[ul][_]In the vehicle menu, while installing something the type of charges (“battery”, “muscle”, etc.) is missing translation  
[_]“Watch the last moments of your life…?”[/ul]

EDIT 2:  
The profession in the last tab of the character creation menu is not translated.

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/49 "2015-03-07T22:13:51Z")

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I’m in the middle of addressing these right now, and unfortunately there is a bugfix that required changing a string, so I’m going to push those changes, generate a new .pot, and we can hopefully get the translations to 100% soon, then kick off this release.

Sound good?

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/50 "2015-05-18T04:40:43Z")

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Nº 4595:

> A vehicle frame made of bone. It's coated in a thick layer of ooze, particularly at the bindings that hold it [b][u]togather[/u][/b].

Nº 4611:

> [b][u]An[/u][/b] large engine and power system made to align with...

Nº 5197:

> RM298 turret [i](singular)[/i] / RM298 HMG [i](plural)[/i]

Nº 5222:

> [b][u]TThis[/u][/b] weapon is an... odd combination of blob and human ingenuity. A constructed skeleton made of shaped bones, held together by a living blob; [b][u]Which[/u][/b], when fed...

Nº 5260:

> It's capabilities are limited by its prodigious power requirements however; and its large size necessitates a specially made turret mount be installed first.

Nº 6316:

> You misprogram the mininuke hack; [b][u]Pray[/u][/b].

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/51 "2015-08-12T19:52:34Z")

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№ 76.

> 9x18mm 57-N-181S [i](singular)[/i] / 9x18mm [i](plural)[/i]

№ 88.

> .40 FMJ [i](singular)[/i] / .40 S&W FMJ [i](plural)[/i]

№ 703.

> pistol ammo, AP [i](singular)[/i] / AP pistol ammo [i](plural)[/i]

№ 712.

> handloaded rifle ammo [i](singular)[/i] / hand loaded rifle ammo [i](plural)[/i]

№ 3487.

> roasted coffee beans [i](singular)[/i] / coffee beans [i](plural)[/i]

№ 3756\*.

> morel mushroom spores [i](singular)[/i] / \_morel mushroom spores [i](plural)[/i]

№ 3765.

> gelatin [i](singular)[/i] / marloss gelatin [i](plural)[/i]

№ 4533.

> sealed jar of human broth [i](singular)[/i] / sealed jar of bone broth [i](plural)[/i]

№ 5386.

> H&K MP5A5 EOD [i](singular)[/i] / H&K MP5 [i](plural)[/i]

№ 5396.

> pipe gun: pistol ammo [i](singular)[/i] / pipe rifles: pistol ammo [i](plural)[/i]

- \_=space character

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/errors-in-english-strings/4155/52 "2015-11-14T19:04:08Z")

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- The mission is “Collect 30 Glass Sheets” but on the dialog, when they told you to get the sheets of glass it says 20.

- They are still some strings with “wearable flashlight” instead of the new name “head torch” (strings 17640, 17641 and 17810).

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