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Hi!

The string:

${player_name} plays a ${combination} -> ${player_name} juega una ${combination}

has the problem that different combinations use different articles (as sets are masculine and sequences femenine), it should be "juega una escalera" and "juega un conjunto"

An alternative could be translating set as "pierna" (leg, it's an idiomatic way used on several card games, like poker, burako, canasta, carioca... but it seems it's an Argentinism so I'm not sure how it would work for players from other countries)

Thanks,
H

Hi horape,

A common solution to this translation issue (other games such as Dominion and Race for the Galaxy are into it) is to use 'un(a)'. It is not the most elegant option but it works pretty well.

Another option would be re-formulate the sentence this way: ' ${player_name} juega la siguiente combinación de cartas: ${combination}'. More elegant but lengthy and would require more revision work.

So I leave it up to you

I don't know about other countries but 'pierna' is not used in Spain and players here would not understand. I looked up 'pierna' in RAE and it says it is the equivalent of a 'three of a kind'. Is this true?

Kind regards,

Gallardus

At least in Argentina we play several games (burako, carioca, chinchón, la loba, ...) based on making sequences ("escaleras") and sets ("piernas") On some games piernas can be as long as needed, on some games piernas must be composed of cards of differents suits (so they can be 3 or 4 cards when playing with french/spanish cardsets)

"Conjunto" doesn't convey the sense of "set of same-ranked cards", really.

Thanks,
H

horape wrote:At least in Argentina we play several games (burako, carioca, chinchón, la loba, ...) based on making sequences ("escaleras") and sets ("piernas") On some games piernas can be as long as needed, on some games piernas must be composed of cards of differents suits (so they can be 3 or 4 cards when playing with french/spanish cardsets)

"Conjunto" doesn't convey the sense of "set of same-ranked cards", really.

Thanks,
H

I happen to have a physical copy of Haggis and it contains a set of rules in Spanish. The word used there for 'set' is 'conjunto' although it is true that it doesn't sound very cardgame-like. The same for big and little bets: they chose 'a la chica' and 'a la grande', what is clearly taken from the card game 'mus'. I may not be the best option but seems to be the official one

Gallardus

i solve the problem adding the article to the name of the combination... so the string dont have the article

${player_name} plays a ${combination} -> ${player_name} juega ${combination}

and

un conjunto

una bomba

una secuencia

=)

and works fine

horape wrote:Hi!

The string:

${player_name} plays a ${combination} -> ${player_name} juega una ${combination}

has the problem that different combinations use different articles (as sets are masculine and sequences femenine), it should be "juega una escalera" and "juega un conjunto"

An alternative could be translating set as "pierna" (leg, it's an idiomatic way used on several card games, like poker, burako, canasta, carioca... but it seems it's an Argentinism so I'm not sure how it would work for players from other countries)

Thanks,
H

astrero wrote:i solve the problem adding the article to the name of the combination... so the string dont have the article

${player_name} plays a ${combination} -> ${player_name} juega ${combination}

and

un conjunto

una bomba

una secuencia

=)

and works fine

Great idea!!!

very good!

Si he tratado de no usar el un(a) etc. en tanto como es posible, pero pues hay veces que no se puede evitar

To Gallardus: has it been fixed now ? If not, can you give me the string(s) that is incorrect?

Thank you again for contributing to this translation.