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Hello, late to the party. I've just started using Dicier. In case you ever find the time, I'd like to propose a German translation. Happy to answer questions, of course, and thanks for all your work on this typeface!


CARD VALUE LIGATURES

  • ACE = ASS (A)
  • TWO = ZWEI
  • THREE = DREI
  • FOUR = VIER
  • FIVE = FÜNF
  • SIX = SECHS
  • SEVEN = SIEBEN
  • EIGHT = ACHT
  • NINE = NEUN
  • TEN = ZEHN
  • JACK = BUBE (B)
  • QUEEN = DAME (D)
  • KING = KÖNIG (K)
  • CARD SUIT LIGATURES
  • HEARTS = HERZ
  • DIAMONDS = KARO
  • CLUBS = KREUZ
  • SPADES = PIK

Note: Germans would normally use the inverse word order for card combinations:

ACE_SPADES = PIK_ASS


JOKER LIGATURES

  • JOKER = JOKER
  • RED = ROT
  • BLACK = SCHWARZ
  • RED_JOKER = JOKER_ROT
  • BLACK_JOKER = JOKER_SCHWARZ

If you really need to abbreviate SCHWARZ, go with SCH, though SCHW might be more common.


YES/NO/AND/BUT DICE LIGATURES

  • YES = JA
  • NO = NEIN
  • AND = UND
  • BUT = ABER

Combinations work just like in English. 


SYMBOL DICE LIGATURES

  • CHECK/TICK = HÄKCHEN, HAKEN, CHECK
  • CROSS (an X shape) = X (also KREUZCHEN, too long, or KREUZ, but that's a suit, too)
  • CIRCLE/NOUGHT/RING = KREIS, RING
  • PLUS (+) = PLUS
  • MINUS (-) = MINUS
  • BLANK = LEER (synonym NICHTS)
  • SLASH (/) = SCHRÄGSTRICH, QUERSTRICH, SLASH are common; I would find the abbreviation QUER useful
  • EXCLAMATION = AUSRUFEZEICHEN, abbr. AUSRUF
  • QUESTION (?) = FRAGEZEICHEN abbr. FRAGE


COIN LIGATURES

  • HEADS = KOPF
  • TAILS = ZAHL
  • ANY_FLIP = BELIEBIG (that really just means ANY, but BELIEBIGE_SEITE is too long)


WILDCARD LIGATURES

ANY = BELIEBIG

This would preferably be followed by the Die type, i.e. BELIEBIG_D6


BONUS 

  • EVEN = GERADE
  • ODD = UNGERADE

Thanks for this—the only thing that looks like it could be an issue is "BELIEBIG" for "ANY". By itself that's fine for cases where the code just needs to be the word Any, but some cases need to add other letters, numbers or underscores, and for technical reasons the maximum number of characters per code is 8 (outside of combining codes, which are kind of a hack that I don't wanna use if I can possibly avoid it). Do you think BEL would work as a short form?

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Ah, I see. Yes, that is a good idea. BEL is a common abbreviation for "beliebig". I can't think of a better term.

It's finally here:  the German translation test file. I had to make a few changes, but the only significant one is that I shrank NEIN_ABER ("no, but" dice) to N_ABER to get it within the 8-character limit. I also added MÜNZEN for generic coins, and went with BEL_SEITE for "any coinflip". There's a few places where I had to add underscores before codes (e.g. _PIK, _KREUZ vs KREUZ).