Creator Response Translating Questions

[Shaklin]

Hello :)

my native language is german and I have problems to understand "any".
Does that always mean "any" or "all"?
The example sentences are:

-You may buy any Building(s) spending only Gold
-Gain any forageable from the board
-Any player may donate to any Museum Slot
-Mimic any other player's friend's gift ability
-Plant any crop

Would be nice if someone would explain that to me :)

 

[JamieDactyl]

I don't play the boardgame, but this does not mean that you can buy as many as you want. It means you can buy any type of the thing.
For example, if I had
- Starfruit Seeds
- Ancient Fruit seeds
- Corn Seeds
- Pumpkin Seeds
I would be able to choose one of these four to buy, I would not be able to buy all 4.
I hope this helped and didn't just over-complicate matters for you!

 

[Shaklin]

Ok, then in all cases its really "any" and not "all". Thank you :)

 

[Shaklin]

Hi, me again^^

"Discard any fish to flip all planted crops Quality side up."

That mean 1 fish or all?

EDIT: because google translate it with "all fish"

 

[Ereo]

Discard one fish.

Also, you might be interested in the German translation provided by this user: https://forums.stardewvalley.net/th...lation-of-the-stardew-vally-board-game.12393/

 

[Shaklin]

Ok, thank you :)!
I use stardew wiki and ingame files, so I can translate it correctly, but this "any" drives me crazy ^^. PDF is not on my to-do-list, maybe I contact him. Thanks!

 

[Colito]

Part of the problem here is that "any" is actually not being used consistently

-You may buy any Building(s) spending only Gold
This was intended to allow you to build multiple buildings, assuming you have enough gold. Notice the (s) which implies the sentence could be read "You may buy any Buildings..."

-Gain any forageable from the board
Since "foragable" is singular, it means only 1 can be gained.

-Any player may donate to any Museum Slot
This is intended to allow multiple people to donate. This is because it's already pretty restrictive, since you have to have the proper artifacts/minerals.

-Mimic any other player's friend's gift ability
This allows you, using Gus, to mimic one other villager's ability.

-Plant any crop
Any 1 crop.

Sorry for the confusion! :)

 

[Shaklin]

I think it's also because my English isn't that great ^^. Thank you for the Information :).

-Any player may donate to any Museum Slot
This is intended to allow multiple people to donate.

In this case I have to ask again. So all players are allowed to donate?
Because that would be the only villager-card for all players, all other villager cards are only for oneself.
Edit: Nevermind, I think I got it. it is just meant to express only player who have these requirements can donate and who has this card^^.

 

[kailomonkey]

multiple people to donate

That does imply multiple people at once... Wording is surely tricky to convey everything.

 

[Colito]

Yes this allows any and all players who may donate, to do so.