From 25d586f7753475a8259bb3f5b6e9deb3b22d5a00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Zaitseff Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:26:55 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some translator comments regarding company names and ordinals --- src/globals.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/globals.c b/src/globals.c index 3deab67..7c7269b 100644 --- a/src/globals.c +++ b/src/globals.c @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ // Company names const char *company_name[MAX_COMPANIES] = { + /* TRANSLATORS: The eight company names do NOT have to be literal + translations of the English names. In fact, if possible, the + names should start with successive letters of your alphabet (in + English, "A" to "H"). */ N_("Altair Starways"), N_("Betelgeuse, Ltd"), N_("Capella Freight Co"), @@ -51,7 +55,12 @@ const char *company_name[MAX_COMPANIES] = { // Ordinal strings const char *ordinal[MAX_PLAYERS + 1] = { - N_("0th"), + "", + /* TRANSLATORS: The ordinal strings "1st" to "8th" are used in the + Game Winner dialog box at the end of the game. If ordinals depend + on the gender of the player, it may be simpler to list cardinal + numbers instead (eg, "No. 1"). Up to five characters are allowed + (see ORDINAL_COLS in src/intf.h). */ N_("1st"), N_("2nd"), N_("3rd"),