Scoll Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 Hi, There is no Dunkirk town in France but Dunkerque is its name, no Dunkirk or Dünkirchen or Дюнкерк. Thank you to correct this. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Scoll Posted January 10, 2021 Author Posted January 10, 2021 Dear ED, maybe you can, please, write it like that : Dunkerque (Dunkirk). @Nealius, are you writing on behalf of ED ? so, clearely and without any animosity, i don't care about your remarks. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
YoYo Posted January 26, 2021 Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 5:41 PM, Nealius said: I'm writing on behalf of common sense. Good point! Hahaha, for sure its ok, the name is in English, like the movie for example: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056/ [Dunkirk (original title)]. Nothing needs to be changed, in that case we should change the whole map of the Caucasus to Russian (or even Georgian). 2 Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9-13900 KF, RTX 5090 32Gb OC, RAM 64Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3600MHz,, 3xSSD+3xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: Meta Quest Pro
Nealius Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Furthermore if you click the "map" function you get a historical paper-map that's labeled Dunkerque. It's a non-issue. 4
Pitbull59 Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 hello, I make a brief passage to indicate that Dunkerque is a proper name and that it cannot be changed. I live in dunkerque not a "dunkirk", and you, you live in Tokyo not "toquio"
Nealius Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 6:41 AM, Pitbull59 said: you live in Tokyo not "toquio" I live in 東京 not Tokyo, if we go by your logic. 1
Scoll Posted May 13, 2022 Author Posted May 13, 2022 Surprising how the terms common sense, the map is in English, have little meaning in a historical context where it is hard to see the Germans having maps of France delivered sportingly in 1940 by the English... Map in English, "on the starter" and "clear" when starting the 109, German communication ground /pilot in english, etc., for historical immersion it's great ! When you are flying an SU-33 and requesting aerial refueling, what language is the communication in? Did we understand correctly, these "reviews" are intended to help improve the "game play" and I understand that it is more selling to use English but it goes against, in some cases, historical and national contexts. Regarding Tokyo, if ED publishes a map of Japan with an A6M, I would like to see Tokyo written 東京 on it [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
DD_Fenrir Posted May 13, 2022 Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) English is the current lingua franca of international business, science, technology, and aviation. It is the third most understood language across the world, the primaries being Mandarin Chinese and then Spanish but these sums are mainly based on total number of peoples speaking, which naturally lends weight to those nations with very large populations, many of these being less developed nations. However, economically speaking, EDs market resides in the 1st World, where English is more dominant. Ergo, if you aim to be consistent in your map annotation and want any place name to be understood by the widest percentage of your customers, English is the logical choice. Why anyone would be so piqued about the spelling of their hometown on a map in a computer game is, I feel, a far more knotty question. Edited May 13, 2022 by DD_Fenrir 5 1
Nealius Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) On 5/13/2022 at 11:08 PM, Scoll said: intended to help improve the "game play" Can't play the game if you don't understand what's being said, or are your subtitles in Russian when you fly REDFOR? If someone wants specific languages in their game then get the developer to localize the entire game for that market. On 5/13/2022 at 11:42 PM, DD_Fenrir said: Why anyone would be so piqued about the spelling of their hometown on a map in a computer game is, I feel, a far more knotty question. 8 times out of 10 the answer to that would be nationalistic pride. Edited June 8, 2022 by Nealius 1
WinterH Posted June 8, 2022 Posted June 8, 2022 I know, not helpful, but this is one of the most hillarious threads I've seen in the forum for quite a while, and that's quite something! 5 Wishlist: F-4E Block 53 +, MiG-27K, Su-17M3 or M4, AH-1F or W circa 80s or early 90s, J35 Draken, Kfir C7, Mirage III/V DCS-Dismounts Script
Catseye Posted June 19, 2022 Posted June 19, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 1:00 AM, Nealius said: Can't play the game if you don't understand what's being said, or are your subtitles in Russian when you fly REDFOR? If someone wants specific languages in their game then get the developer to localize the entire game for that market. 8 times out of 10 the answer to that would be nationalistic pride. Napoleonic grandeurism as per normal. 1
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