My German speaking friends -- I am pondering how to make polyglot a tool I work on. As input it takes things like: Given this starting condition When some action is taken Then some result occurs The Given/When/Then are keywords. Would Gegeben/Als/Dann be acceptable in German?

Sep 7, 2021 ยท 8:18 AM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone
"Gegeben" is not used as naturally as "given" in English. It feels a little off but I can't think of anything else. For "When" I'd use "Wenn", which is its literal translation. "Dann" is good. "Wenn ..., dann ..." sentences are very common.
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Thank you. How about Bestimmt for Given? (Though frankly that's getting a tad long for a keyword)
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Replying to @dsilverstone
Agree with all Jannis and Simon said and can't think of a better word for given. I think I'm losing my German!