# Towels in kitchens

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751>\
**Category:** Translations Team Discussion\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751 "2021-01-20T00:09:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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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:** [January 20, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/1 "2021-01-20T00:09:49Z")

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Do you use the word ‘_ **towel** _’ (‘_toalla_’ in spanish) for the big one you use after shower, and also for the little one you have in the kitchen (‘_repasador_’ in spanish)?  
Because in spanish it’s weird to find so many ‘toallas’ in kitchens instead of ‘repasadores’…

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**Author:** ![Sediment](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/sediment/32/6534_2.png) [@Sediment](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sediment)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/2 "2021-01-20T00:43:41Z")

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Often “towel” is what you use after a shower and “dish towel” would be what you call the ones in the kitchen.

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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:** [January 20, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/3 "2021-01-20T01:25:20Z")

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Can we have two differents strings for the translation?

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/4 "2021-01-20T01:55:44Z")

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The game does not differentiate between towels found in bathrooms and those in the kitchen (as far as I know), at least for now.  
That’s why there aren’t two different strings available; it’s the same item.

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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:** [January 20, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/5 "2021-01-20T02:46:22Z")

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Well, I imagine that’s not easy to do, but I hope that we can have two differents items for towel.  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Profugo\_Barbatus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@Profugo\_Barbatus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Profugo_Barbatus)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/6 "2021-01-20T02:56:05Z")

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Wouldn’t be that hard actually, add a new item and modify the loot tables to spawn it appropriately. If the towels drying function is hardcoded, it gets a bit more complex but still not terribly. Could also just say “its too small to dry you off like a towel” and then not worry about it at all.

Really would just depend on a volunteer caring enough to add it.

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**Author:** ![zantanzuken](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zantanzuken/32/10325_2.png) [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/7 "2021-01-20T11:30:37Z")

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… and what about paper towels~? one use ‘towels’ but come in stacks perhaps?

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/8 "2021-01-20T18:19:19Z")

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Different sizes seem like they’d be doable, you’d just need to have a towel reduce the wet/slimed timer by X amount based on towel size.

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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:** [January 20, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/9 "2021-01-20T19:33:48Z")

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There is a ‘_washcloth_’ item (I’ve never find it in game, I don’t know if you can use it to dry yourself) that I’ve translated like a little towel (for drying hands and face). I don’t know in wich buildings it appears, so I don’t know if I’m translating it correctly.  
But in spanish we have a different word for the dish towel you use in the kitchen.

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**Author:** ![coolvape](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolvape/32/10741_2.png) [@coolvape](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/coolvape)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/towels-in-kitchens/25751/10 "2021-01-20T22:36:07Z")

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i’ve never actually done one of these before so i’m not sure if it’s done right but made a pull request to add a “kitchen towel” item which spawns under sinks in kitchens. [Add a "Kitchen Towel" item by COOLVAPE · Pull Request #46912 · CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA · GitHub](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/46912)