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This guide provides some ground rules to write user-facing texts for 0 A.D.

Terminology

In texts that the user needs to understands, such as menu entries, help tooltips, and similar, you must be consistent with the vocabulary that you use.

An object should always be referred to using the same word everywhere in the game, and an action should always be referred to using the same verb.

For example, if there is a unit type called ‘female citizen’, always refer to it as such, do not also use alternative forms such as ‘females’, ‘women’, and so on. Even in the same paragraph or sentence, you should use the same term.

For specific words that you should use or avoid in 0 A.D. gameplay texts, see the tables below:

Actions

Use Avoid
Collect (treasures)
Gather (resources) Collect
Train (units) Produce

GUI

Use Avoid
Icon Portrait

Stats

Use Avoid
HealthHitpoints, HP

Units

Use Avoid
Cavalry citizen soldier
Citizen (cavalry or infantry, female or male)Worker
Citizen soldier (cavalry or infantry)
Female citizen Female, female worker, woman
Infantry citizen soldier
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