Aluminium localization

by brevven

Enables alternate en locale with 'aluminium' spelling for Aluminum mod.

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2 years ago
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g working on including bz collection to en-gb

2 years ago

working on my mod "British English" to add translations with the bz set and other mods

2 years ago

Ah thank you! Let me know if you'd like me to mark this one obsolete at some point.

2 years ago

ive done it and to some of your other mods, you mite want to note on your mods for what the british translation is

2 years ago
(updated 2 years ago)

Thanks.

Although I still require the international localization. I don't require the British English locale as I don't want "colour" etc. :-p (Yuck!)
I simply needed "Aluminium" as it is the internationally used name for Aluminium, in the common American English.
"Aluminum" is mainly just for the North American region, which is what throws a spanner in the works... for some. :D

Now perhaps the North American English locale with "Aluminum" really should be called "en-021" if following IEC locale naming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English

Now, I pretty much based my silly little argument on what I've read here (aluminum specialist company):
https://eagle-aluminum.com/what-is-the-difference-between-aluminum-and-aluminium/

Although there is some paradox related to this, as indicated at this site:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/aluminum-vs-aluminium

Names were tossed about...
In a different universe, we may very well call it Alumium or whatever, but what happened in our universe, it seems, is that some other person decided to call it Aluminium, so it ends with -ium, as already familiar alongside potassium and sodium, named by that same person, so here we are...

So, anyway, it seems, that...
First, the American Chemical Society (ACS) officially adopted aluminum in 1925, but some time later, things changed a bit...
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) accepted aluminium as the international scientific standard in 1990.
So I suppose elders want to keep using "Aluminum" but those who want to follow the latest standard may say "Aluminium". :P
Therefore, both spellings are still accepted. That could change in the future?

At the end of the day, it's a bit of an old-potato-argument between neighbors on what to call the proverbial fruit today...
I'm of course rooting for Aluminium, given these two choices, although I'd prefer Alumium, however...

2 years ago

Thanks for increasing my understanding of the subtleties. I will leave this mod available for cases like yours, PcNm, and add notes for folks to try the British English mod if preferred.

2 years ago

So this mod is more or less trash a.t.m ?

2 years ago

If you want full British English I would recommend using Mightnighttigger's mod (including their new mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/mods-en-gb).

However this is still useful if you mostly use something close to standard North American English, with Aluminium as an exception (or if for some reason you can't edit the config.ini, as is required by that mod)

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