Board Thread:Wikia Discussion/@comment-25683568-20150318062713/@comment-25351051-20150406093428

Ckwng wrote:

The 装 is not meant to convey a set, more a combined installation. Like, 12.7cm単装砲 is an installation of the 12.7cm gun in a single mounting (turret?). The 12.7cm連装砲 is an installation of the 12.7cm gun in a twin (literally: consecutive) mounting or turret. The non-existent 12.7cm三連装砲 is an installation of the 12.7cm gun in a triple (literally: thrice consecutive) mounting, etc. I definitely agree with the translation consistency. As (currently) the one who translates the update notes, I find that if I don't immediately come up with a translation (sometimes I don't have the time, given the fact that the next update note came in, or some other reason), I notice that the translation goes all over the place, e.g. the name for the 12.7cm HA + FD (this is my abbreviation, don't mind it), and how it's inconsistent with the 10cm HA + FD, before it was fixed.

In general, I'd say to keep in consistency with the name of the original Japanese ITEM name, i.e. not the name in the picture, but the name as per the item name, as specified by the text. A good example, as mentioned before, would be the 12.7cm HA + FD, which should be translated from 12.7cm連装高角砲+高射装置 and not 12.7cm連装高角砲+94式高射装置; actually, the same applied for the 10cm HA + FD, but this problem didn't arise there.

However, for radar and sonar and other acronyms, I believe that the proper capitalizations should be observed: i.e. radar -> RADAR and sonar -> SONAR, and no other.

Regarding the 装 :

I propose that: 12.7cm単装砲 be translated into: 12.7cm single gun 12.7cm連装砲 be translated into: 12.7cm double gun 12.7cm三連装砲 be translated into: 12.7cm triple gun ""   四 ""   be translated into: "" quad or quadruple gun (needs consistency, if one, then stick with it) and so on.

Anything that is inconsistent with this idea, or will cause this idea to backfire (e.g. bad English reading) can be discussed in further detail.