Dutch translation

[sjamaan]

I would call them Ethereal, because it's how I know them from the beginning... I think you have to ask someone who doesn't know the game

Well, that won't do for a *proper* translation.  I have a few others that are pretty horrible too right now. You can follow along at https://github.com/sjamaan/OpenXcom - not that much has been added yet, I first wanted to get a feel for your translations and try to improve upon them.

This all does sound horribly cheesy

[Danny]

Yeah best to just use the English names for alien names... ^^

[sjamaan]

I managed to find an acceptable translation for Ethereals: "Etheriërs". And an Ethereal soldier is still "Etherische soldaat", which actually sounds like it could be a true Dutch word.

Unfortunately, I was unable to coax The Gimp into opening the Dutch.geo image file in a way that it was recognisable, so this is still the original.

Anyway, I've made a pull request (https://github.com/SupSuper/OpenXcom/pull/629), so hopefully we can all play the game in Dutch soon!

[kevL]

sj,

if you or someone can do the lettering I should be able to convert it back to .Geo

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attached: Dutch.Geo converted to .Gif (info)

[SupSuper]

I managed to find an acceptable translation for Ethereals: "Etheriërs". And an Ethereal soldier is still "Etherische soldaat", which actually sounds like it could be a true Dutch word.

Unfortunately, I was unable to coax The Gimp into opening the Dutch.geo image file in a way that it was recognisable, so this is still the original.

Anyway, I've made a pull request (https://github.com/SupSuper/OpenXcom/pull/629), so hopefully we can all play the game in Dutch soon!

Here you go:

[Danny]

"-DEZE CONVENTIONELE LASERSTRAAL WORDT GEVOED DOOR EEN ANTI-MATERIE REACTIE. "

What?! :\
I though lasers were concentrated beams of light... XD

[sjamaan]

"-DEZE CONVENTIONELE LASERSTRAAL WORDT GEVOED DOOR EEN ANTI-MATERIE REACTIE. "

What?! :\
I though lasers were concentrated beams of light... XD

They are. It's "just" using an anti-matter energy source. Why? Because we can, of course! 

[sjamaan]

Here you go:

Awesome! Thanks a lot.  Could you also accept the pull request?

[Danny]

They are. It's "just" using an anti-matter energy source. Why? Because we can, of course! 

Duracell batteries would be funnier

[Danny]

Speaking of Duracell batteries, they could use the T'leth in one of those battery ads with the rabbit... XD