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[VERY MINOR] Slight mistake in the German menu traslation

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by SuperNoob05, Apr 5, 2015.

  1. SuperNoob05

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    In the Main Menu, the german traslation says "Controllers" instead of just saying "Controller" as it's said in Germany.
    I know that it's a very minor thing, but it is a bug, and since it doesn't take too long to fix, it's not that big of a deal.
     
  2. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Its controllers on the english menu. Plural on purpose I believe as you may have multiple controllers connected.

    That said. I do not speak german so I am simply assuming that the pluralisation is correct. As the BeamNG HQ is in germany and tdev is german, I would have assumed it would have been caught if not intentional.
     
  3. SuperNoob05

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    I myself am German and I've never ever heard any body say : "controllers"
    It's one of those words that doesn't have a plural.
     
  4. Dummiesman

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    What would be the equivalent of "How many game console controllers do you own?" in German then? I'm curious here. :p
     
  5. SuperNoob05

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    "How many game console controllers do you own?" would be traselated into "Wie viele Videospielkonsolencontroller besitzt du?"
     
  6. Ghost187

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    as a fellow german, he's right.
    the english singular "controller" works in german as both, singular and plural.
     
  7. Bubbleawsome

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    So you have a controller, but the store sells a bunch of controller? That's neat. English should be set up that way, it's simpler.
     
  8. Diamondback

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    it's actually quite funny since controller isn't even a German word. We just use the English one but without the correct English plural.
    A more suiting German word would be Eingabegerät which also has a proper plural.

    But then again we all know English and German has so many English words in it anyway...

    Maybe just change it to Steuerung instead.
     
  9. tdev

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    I simply think it fell back to English as this term was not yet translated :)
     
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