llunak Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 There are a number of issues related to Czechoslovakia (see below for patches): 1) Czech female surnames take a different form than male surnames (see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_name#Female_surnames), so all the Czech surnames in soldiernamesfemale.xml are in the incorrect form. Fixed in a patch below. I believe a similar problem exists with Polish surnames (e.g. Kowalski should be Kowalska for female AFAICT), but since I don't speak Polish, I'll leave that for somebody who knows for sure if/how they should be corrected. 2) 'Alina' looks Russian to me, the Czech name should be 'Alena'. Fixed in a patch below. 3) Czechoslovak population was about 2/3 Czechs and 1/3 Slovaks, but all the surnames are either Czech, or neutral, there is none that'd be typically Slovak. I've added a few in a patch below. 4) (This is probably a nitpick, but for completeness) All the first names used in the game are neutral, so it doesn't matter if they go with Czech or Slovak surnames, with the exception of Jozef, which is Slovak, the Czech variant being Josef (z vs s). I assume the game mixes the names randomly, so given the number of typically Czech surnames, the resulting names for Jozef should be somewhat rare, although possible (mixed marriages, whatever). The simplest solution would be to delete the name, but it's very common, so technically it's about equally ok to either keep it as it is, add the Josef variant, or delete it. Your call , I mainly listed this one to be able to say that otherwise the names look ok to me (I'm half Czech, half Slovak, just for the record). 5) I believe it should be 'Czechoslovak' rather than 'Czechoslovakian' (similarly like today Slovak vs Slovakian), but as I'm not a native English speaker, I'll leave that up to you. 6) The region referred to as 'Soviet Union' in the game is clearly not just the Soviet Union but also its satellite states in the eastern half of Europe, therefore a correct name for it would be e.g. 'Eastern Bloc'. Similarly, the region referred to as 'Europe' is just the western half of it, so a more proper name for it would be 'Western Europe'. Patches for V20.7 for items 1), 2) and 3) are at http://pastebin.ca/2493573 and http://pastebin.ca/2493574 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Thanks for the bug reports. I've merged your two patches in with the main code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llunak Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 There's one more typo, the Geoscape is missing one 'o' in Czechoslovakia (as in 'Prague, Czechslovakia'). Patch here: http://pastebin.com/2zsz6ZHM . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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