The translation of "Free"

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CyclopB
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The translation of "Free"

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Hi.

I would like to ask the admins to make two separate translation strings out of the string "Free". Currently it is used in the following contexts
Context: User-membership-status, Premium, Game Game lobby, Game lobby, Table, Game management
Recently Aksugen modified the ten-years old translation of it into "免費版", which means "free-of-charge version". While this makes sense in the Premium-Free context, it changes "free [seats]" into "free-of-charge version" :?: in the Game lobby context.

While Aksugen was careless, the conflict could not be have been resolved unless two separate strings are created as there is no phrase in Chinese (and in many other languages too, I believe) that means both "free of charge" and "vacant".

Thank you!
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cigma
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Re: The translation of "Free"

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There is a suggestion report for this: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=155571
Feel free to vote for it ;)
#zan_zendegi_azadi / #woman_life_freedom
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CyclopB
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Re: The translation of "Free"

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Thank you! I have just upvoted the proposal, and I encourage everyone who feels the same to do so as well. :)
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