Need translations for stringtable.xml

[iceman77 19]

Hi Acyprus. It's good to hear you like some of my projects. I appreciate any and all feedback. I'm not sure I understand the issue however. I figured "You've requested an Slammer" and "You've requested an Bobcat" was okay. What exactly is the issue? Please provide an example that's grammatically correct. Thanks and I appreciate you taking the time to spot faulty grammar. Cheers.

Kind Regards,

Iceman77

[654wak654 25]

English is not my native language, so I don't know the situation by it's name but I think I can explain it to you.

The thing is, if a word is starting with a vowel you should use an "an" (see?), but if it doesn't, you just put an "a" so there isn't 2 consonant sounds one after another. It's really easy notice the difference while speaking, "an slammer" doesn't sound right but with "a slammer" the switch between the words in your mouth is smoother.

For example:

a Bobcat

a Translation

an Iceman

an Interface

Best way of going around this issue is changing the sentence, but I'm sure you can code something like this since you're hardcore: if (first_letter_of_string in ["e","o","a","i","u"]) then {"an"} else {"a"};

Oh, and I'm also a fan :p.

Edited October 19, 2014 by 654wak654

[A.Cyprus 16]

Exactly right.

Also, the article 'an' is used instead of 'a' when the first letter of the following word sounds like a vowel. This is often the case for acronyms.

E.g. "An M4 Slammer" would be correct usage.

Further examples of consonants sounding like vowels, to put it into context:

- An honourable discharge

- An hourly patrol

- A helicopter

- An LMG

- A light machine gun

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Chopper / Jet / Vehicle too loud to hear comms?

You need Cyprus Push-to-Hear!

Edited October 19, 2014 by ACyprus

[iceman77 19]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the explanations and I've noted them for future updates. Cheers.

---------- Post added at 11:28 ---------- Previous post was at 11:26 ----------

since you're hardcore:

Hardly. SQF is the only programming(?) language I know :p

[654wak654 25]

Hardly. SQF is the only programming(?) language I know :p

You said that like everyone here knows 5 :cool:.

Anyway, I never worked with stringtable.xml things before, but if we get 2 different sections as "STR_VSYS_REQUESTED_A" and TR_VSYS_REQUESTED_AN" it whould be possible to script it even for the conditions ACyprus said. I wonder if any other languages here have any grammatical issues with the "%1" sections.

[iceman77 19]

You said that like everyone here knows 5 :cool:.

Hehe. Well from what I've seen folks whom enjoy coding the way I do and are decent at it usually have some sort of background in C#, C++, Java etc etc. There are exceptions ofcourse, but generally speaking :)