Strike Witches:guidelines
The purpose of this page is to lay down the guidelines by which the editors and translators will fulfill their respective roles for this project. Guidelines are required to create a consistent reading format throughout all the novels, to ensure the best Strike Witches experience for readers.
This page will be updated to include all terms, formats notes and other points for this project, it should always reflect the joint agreement of all parties.
This does not mean the Translators will have to take it upon themselves to apply the guidelines. This guide will mainly affect Editors, and we stress to Translators not to take it upon themselves to change their habits or preferences in any way that will hamper their progress.
At the same time, these are guidelines, not rules carved in stone, and no one will be crucified for failing to follow them. The idea of these guidelines is that all the work will eventually converge on them after enough editing.
It is strongly advised that if you have any issues with these accepted points, that you please add your voice to the Discussion on the Talk page, or post a message on the forums, before you edit.
Translation
Foreign words
Proper nouns/ranks in other languages will be used where appropriate when characters would logically be speaking in their own language. Ranks will be kept in their respective languages until the entire squadron meets up and starts speaking in Britannian. In the prologue, appropriate terms for the various forces have been used for diversity, but starting from Chapter 1, translated terms will be used. Afterwards, everyone starts speaking Britannian, making the issue moot.
Characters
| Character info | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Character | Affiliation | Rank | Abbr | Equiv.Rank (Britannian Air Force) | Abbr (Brit.) | Notes |
| Häkkinen | Suomen Ilmavoimat | Kapteeni | Kapt. | Flight Lieutenant | F/L | Later promoted to Squadron Leader | |
| Ahonen, Mika | Suomen Ilmavoimat | Kapteeni | Kapt. | ||||
| Leivonen, Elma | Suomen Ilmavoimat | Luutnantti | Ltn. | Flying Officer | F/O | ||
| Anabuki, Tomoko | Fuso Imperial Army Air Service | Shou-i | --- | Pilot Officer | P/O | Later promoted to Flying Officer | |
| Beurling, Elizabeth F. | Britannian Air Force | Pilot Officer | P/O | ||||
| O'Hare, Katharine | US Naval Aviation | Ensign | Ens. | ||||
| Hartmann, Ursula | Karlsländer Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | --- | Flight Sergeant | F/Sgt | ||
| Sakomizu, Haruka | Fuso Imperial Navy | Ittou Hikou Heisou | Ichi-hisou | ||||
| 1 | BAF Commandant | Britannian Air Force | Group Captain | G/C | Group Captain | G/C | |
| USN Captain | US Navy | Captain | Capt. | ||||
| USN ACO | US Naval Aviation | Commander | Cdr. | Wing Commander | W/C | ||
| Washizumi | Fuso Imperial Army Air Service | Chuu-sa | --- | ||||
| Sakuma | Fuso Imperial Army | Chuu-sa | --- | ||||
| Katoh, Takeko | Fuso Imperial Army Air Service | Shou-i | --- | Pilot Officer | P/O | ||
| 2 | Itokawa, Mamoru | Nakajima Striker Company | Gishi | --- | Engineer | --- | |
| Rudel, Hannah | Karlsländer Luftwaffe Schlachtgeschwader 2, 10 Staffel | Hauptmann | --- | Flight Lieutenant | F/L | ||
| Adelheid | Karlsländer Luftwaffe Schlachtgeschwader 2, 10 Staffel | Oberleutnant | --- | Flying Officer | F/O | ||
| 3 | Cenni, Giuseppina | Fourth Joint Air Force No.2 Group | Maresciallo | --- | Warrant Officer | WO | AKA "The Non-Commissioned General" |
Full list of Strike Witches
| Name | Service | Service (English) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADER, Dolores | Britannian Air Force | Britannian Air Force | Britannia |
| BEURLING, Elizabeth F. | |||
| BISHOP, Lynette | |||
| BISHOP, Minnie | |||
| MALAN, Adolpha | |||
| SHADE, Patricia | |||
| MILES, ? | Britannian Royal Army | Britannian Royal Army | |
| BISHOP, Wilma | Royal Farawayland Air Force | Royal Farawayland Air Force | |
| ANABUKI, Tomoko | Fusou Koukoku Rikugun | Fuso Imperial Army | Fuso Empire |
| INAGAKI, Mami | |||
| KATOH, Takeko | |||
| KATOU, Keiko | |||
| KUROE, Ayaka | |||
| NAKAJIMA, Hayate | |||
| NAKAJIMA, Kotaka | |||
| NAKAJIMA, Nishiki | |||
| OBAYASHI, Teruko | |||
| SANO, Honoka | |||
| SASAUCHI, Satoko | |||
| SUMI, Chie | |||
| SUWA, Amaki | |||
| SUWA, Goshiki | |||
| SUWA, Masuzu | |||
| HONDA, ? | Fusou Koukoku Kaigun | Fuso Imperial Navy | |
| MIYAFUJI, Yoshika | |||
| NISHIZAWA, Yoshiko | |||
| NISHIZAWA, ? | |||
| OHTA, ? | |||
| SAKAMOTO, Mio | |||
| SAKOMIZU, Haruka | |||
| SHINDOU, Mie | |||
| TAKEI, Junko | |||
| WAKAMOTO, Tetsuko | |||
| YOKOKAWA, Kazumi | |||
| ?, Tomoko | |||
| ADELHEID, | Karlsländer Luftwaffe | Karslander Air Force | Karlsland |
| BÄR, Heinrike | |||
| BARKHORN, Gertrud | |||
| BOELCKE, Oswalda | |||
| GALLAND, Adolfine | |||
| HARTMANN, Erica | |||
| HARTMANN, Ursula | |||
| IMMELMANN, Maxi | |||
| KRUPINSKI, Waltrud | |||
| LANGER, Karla-Heinrike | |||
| LENNARTZ, Helma | |||
| LOSIGKEIT, Friederike | |||
| MARSEILLE, Hanna-Justina | |||
| MÖLDERS, Vera | |||
| MULLER, Rudolfine | |||
| NOWOTNY, Waltraud | |||
| POTTGEN, Liesa | |||
| RALL, Gundula | |||
| ROßMANN, ? | |||
| RUDEL, Hannah U. | |||
| SACHSENBER, Rike | |||
| SCHNAUFER, Heidemarie W. | |||
| SCHRÖER, Wendeline | |||
| TONNE, Wulfhilda | |||
| WILCKE, Minna-Dietlinde | |||
| ?, Matilda | |||
| PORSCHE, Friederike | Karlsländer Heer | Karslander Army | |
| ?, Charlotte | |||
| LITVYAK, Sanya V. | Armiyskaya Aviatsiya Protivovozdushnoi Orossii | Orussian Army Counter-Air Aviation | Orussian Empire |
| POKRYSHKINA, Alexandra I. | |||
| RASKOVA, Marisha | |||
| SHLOPOVA, Alyona V. | |||
| SAFONOVA, Bronislava F. | Aviatsiya Voenno-Morskogo Flota Orossii | Orussian Naval Aviation | |
| BONET, Giovanna | Sovrana Aeronautica Romagniana | Romagnan Sovereign Air Force | Principality of Romagna |
| CENNI, Giuseppina | |||
| LUCCHINI, Francesca | |||
| MARTINOLI, Teresa | |||
| RUSPOLI, Carla | |||
| TARANTOLA, Enrica | |||
| TORCHIO, Luisa | |||
| CRESPI, Martina | Pantaloni Rossi | The Redpants | |
| MALVEZZI, Fernandia | |||
| MAZZEI, Luciana | |||
| CLOSTERMANN, Perrine H. | Forces Aériennes Galliaises Libres | Free Gallian Air Force | Republic of Gallia |
| PLANCHARD, Amelie | |||
| ACCART, Jeanne | Armée de l'Air Galliaise | Gallian Air Force | |
| GAUTHIER, Gabi | |||
| LE GLOAN, Pierrette | |||
| LEMARE, Georgette | |||
| AHONEN, Mika | Suomen Ilmavoimat | Suomish Air Force | Suomus |
| JUUTILAINEN, Eila Ilmatar | |||
| KATAJAINEN, Nikka Edvardine | |||
| LEIVONEN, Elma | |||
| LYLY, Erika | |||
| WIND, Hanna | |||
| ANDERSON, Clarissa | Liberian Army Air Forces | Liberian Army Air Forces | United States of Liberion |
| PREDDY, Jeana | |||
| STRAIT, Donna | |||
| WELCH, Berta | |||
| YEAGER, Charlotte E. | |||
| O'HARE, Katharine | Liberian Navy | Liberian Navy | |
| ?, Beth | |||
| ?, Ingrid | |||
| ?, Linda | |||
| ?, Mary | |||
| ?, Rita | |||
| ?, Sally | |||
| ?, Vivian | |||
| BOYINGTON, Greta (Granny) | Liberian Marine Corp. | Liberian Marine Corp. |
Countries
| Countries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Full name | Adjective | Language | Nationality |
| Suomus | Suomish | Suomish | Suomish | |
| Fuso | Fuso Empire | Fuso | Fusogo | Fusojin |
| Karlsland | Imperial Karlsland | Karlslander | Karlslaendisch | Karlslander |
| Britannia | Britannian Commonwealth | Britannian | Britannian | Britannian |
| Liberion | United States of Liberion | Liberian | Britannian | Liberian |
| Romagna | Principality of Romagna | Romagnan | ||
| Hispania | ||||
| Gallia | Republic of Gallia | Gallian | Gael | Gallian |
| Orussia | Orussian Empire | |||
| Venezia | Principality of Venezia | |||
| Ostmark | ||||
| Baltland | ||||
| Neuroi | ||||
Formatting
Punctuation
British style punctuation and quotation marks are to be used. This means that the position of commas and periods will follow logic, and not always end up inside quotation marks. Besides this, standard American English will be used throughout.
Speech quotation marks will use double quotation marks "...".
The preferred order for a paired ! and ? is '!?'.
