Terminology and capital letters

[dfmchfhf]

When translating (or even writing strings in a game's native language), should the capitalisation of game terminology be standardised?

I was recently looking over strings (fr->en + en->fr) for Through the Ages and noticed that there were many strings such as (apologies for obnoxious quote tags)

${card_name}: ${player_name} récupère une Action Civile

${card_name}: ${player_name} gagne ${nbr} action(s) civile(s)

${player_name} construit un nouveau bâtiment ${name} pour ${actionnbr} action Civile et ${cost} ressource(s)

At the time I was reading over the TtA rulebook and noted that all terms ("Civil Action", "Food", "Resource", "Worker Pool", &c.) were majuscule. But when I got to checking individual cards and actual game components, I noticed the cards were in minuscule (or had symbols in lieu of the words).

I've also noticed that some other games have the same issues with capitalisation of terms -- though I cannot name one off the top of my head at this immediate moment.

Should these capitalisations be standardised across individual games and/or the site? If so, which capitalisation would be most acceptable? Should at least obviously incorrect capitalisations (e.g. "action Civile" or "civil Action") be corrected should they be noticed?

[Een]

Should these capitalisations be standardised across individual games and/or the site?

Yes, it's better when capitalization is consistent.
The best is to use the same standard as in the game rulebook. When there is a double standard like one in the rulebook and one for the cards, I think the best is to adopt the standard used in the most strings to make it easier.

Should at least obviously incorrect capitalisations (e.g. "action Civile" or "civil Action") be corrected should they be noticed?

Yes, definitely!
Thanks for your help in fixing these small mistakes.

Cheers,
Een

[dfmchfhf]

Can you add this to the "Translation Guidelines" sticky please? It seems I am not the first to ask this and it is important information to know when translating.