Talk:Strike Witches

Translation issues

Foreign words

Words in other languages will be used where appropriate when characters would logically be speaking in their own language. This mainly goes for character speech, but I'll probably change things and just give a translation if it gets needlessly awkward. I will keep ranks in their respective languages until the entire squadron meets up and starts speaking in Britannian.

Some issues - in Chap 1, it've been a bit inconsistent, and just used translated terms, like Imperial Ground Forces, but kept ranks and things as Chuu-sa, etc. Need to do something about that.

Ranks

Ranks
Character	Affiliation	Rank	Abbr	Rank (Britannian Air Force)	Abbr (Brit.)
Washizumi	Fuso	Chuu-sa	---	Wing Commander	W/C
Hakkinen	Suomus	Kapteeni	Kapt.	Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Ahonen	Suomus	Kapteeni	Kapt.
Elma	Suomus	Luutnantti	Ltn.	Flying Officer	F/O
Tomoko	Fuso	Shou-i	---	Pilot Officer	P/O
Takeko	Fuso	Shou-i	---
Beurling	Britannia	Pilot Officer	P/O
Katharine	Liberion	Lieutenant	Lt.
Ursula	Karsland	Feldwebel	---	Flight Sergeant	F/S
Haruka	Fuso	Ittou Hikou Heisou	Ichi-hisou

Countries

Countries
Country	Full name	Adjective	Language	Nationality
Suomus		Suomus/Suomen (Nouns)	Suomi (?)
Fuso	Fuso Empire
Karlsland		Karlsländer	Karlslaendisch	Karlsländer
Britannia	Marine State Britannia	Britannian	Britannian	Britannian
Liberion	United States of Liberion	Liberian	Britannian	Liberian

The junk for Suomus (and Fuso) needs to be decided, since the entire novel takes place there. Use Suomi, like in the actual world? Or make something up like Suomis/Suomese/Suomish/Suoman.