Talk:Czech Republic
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Dan Polansky in topic Short forms in translation table
Short forms in translation table[edit]
The translation table should IMHO be allowed to list short forms (e.g. German "Tschechien") when they exist and are commonly in use. This is because "Czechia" is rare: (Czechia*110),Czech Republic at Google Ngram Viewer; compare to Tschechien,Tschechische Republik at Google Ngram Viewer. Thus, German "Tschechien" is best mapped to "Czech Republic" rather than "Czechia", so that a commonly used native term is mapped to a commonly used native terms with the same meaning. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:06, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
- On the Czech Republic site should be translations of the political name "Czech Republic", because translations of the geographical name "Czechia" are on the Czechia site. Frequencies of use of 'Czechia' or of the 'Czech Republic' are in this case irrelevant. — This unsigned comment was added by 62.168.13.98 (talk) at 28 September 2014.
- Yes, this seems reasonable. Even though it would be ideal to mark the slight difference in meaning somehow. --Mormegil (talk) 20:44, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
- In Russian, we just call the country Чехия, even if it's awkward or rare to use a short name in Czech or English. The long name Чешская Республика also exists. The translations reflect this. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 22:07, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
- In Czech, it is now very common to use "Česko". You can hear it on TV all the time, and people use the term in speech. There used to be a controversy about the use of "Česko", but it has subsided years ago. --Dan Polansky (talk) 19:41, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
- In Russian, we just call the country Чехия, even if it's awkward or rare to use a short name in Czech or English. The long name Чешская Республика also exists. The translations reflect this. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 22:07, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
- The Portuguese translations Tchéquia and Chéquia are rare and used in poetic contexts, unlike República Checa/Tcheca which has usage equivalent to English Czech Republic. For this reason, I support removing them from this translation table. — Ungoliant (falai) 15:47, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Fair enough for the removal of these poetic Portuguese translations. If they are not removed, the reader may think they are the usual translations of the Czech Republic. --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:27, 6 August 2016 (UTC)