# This is the PHOST language database
# Comments start with '#'

# Keep all string names (e.g., Cant_read_generic_file) just the
# way they are. Do NOT translate them. Translate only what is in
# between the ^_ markers (the string values). It is suggested that
# a new language be created by simply copying the English part and
# then deleting (or translating) all lines that DO NOT begin
# with ^_ (or @@, or ^!).

# For example:
#
#      @@ English
#
#      ^_ String_one
#      Hello.
#      ^_ String_two
#      Goodbye.
#      ^!
#
#      @@ French
#
#      ^_ String_one
#      Bonjour.
#      ^_ String_two
#      Au revoir.
#      ^!

# There are two kinds of parameters used: position-dependent and
# position-independent parameters. Position-dependent parameters
# must preserve their relative ordering within a string (since
# the string will be passed verbatim to C's sprintf function
# which will not take kindly to reordering parameters). However,
# position-independent parameters may be reordered within
# a string, if the grammar of the language so dictates.

# Position-dependent parameters are simply C format specifiers. For
# example, %s and %u. Position-independent parameters begin with
# '@', for example @1%H and @5%s. The number after the @ indicates
# the parameter number, and the %-specifier is similar to C format
# specifiers but some special ones are introduced.
#
# The only thing to remember is:
#     1) position-dependent specifiers (without the '@') must appear
#        in the same order in the translated string as they do in
#        the English string.
#
#        EXAMPLE:      'The name of planet #%u is %s'
#
#        This string, however it is translated, must have the %u appear
#        before the %s.
#
#     2) position-independent specifiers may appear in any order in the
#        the translated string but the specifier itself shouldn't
#        be changed.
#
#        EXAMPLE:      'The name of planet #@1%u is @2%s'
#
#        This string may be translated with the order of the parameters
#        reversed. For example, it may be written as:
#
#                      'The planet named @2%s has an ID of @1%u'
#
#        (in a different language, of course)
#
# Please note that player messages (the kind that players see when they
# play their turns) must be limited to 40 characters per line, AFTER
# substitution of parameters. Ship names, for example, can be up to
# 20 characters so any line containing a %S must have at most 20
# other characters (this is just an example).

# These files generate languages for PHost 3 and PHost 4. We use #ifdef
# to differentiate between those. Don't touch them; the locations of
# all #ifdefs must agree throughout all files. If you know C, don't try
# to be clever.
#
# Another special command is `#use'. This causes the rest of the line to
# be processed, but not output. Therefore, `#use @1%S' will let the
# validator know that @1 must be a ship name even if the message template
# does not look like that.

^# english.db
^# german.db
^# french.db
^# spanish.db
^# italian.db
^# dutch.db
^# russian.db
^# estonian.db
^# nenglish.db
^# polish.db