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Added translations to the document class
NicoJG May 28, 2022
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Added setting the locale of siunitx automatically and instructions to…
NicoJG May 28, 2022
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Fix for hyperref not using the main= option of babel
NicoJG May 29, 2022
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added translations to the packages list
NicoJG May 29, 2022
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions tex-packages.txt
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epstopdf-pkg
grfext
hyphen-german
translations
13 changes: 9 additions & 4 deletions thesis.tex
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\usepackage{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX} % -- becomes en-dash etc.

% load english (for abstract) and ngerman language
% the main language has to come last
\usepackage[american, ngerman]{babel}
% load all used languages
% and set the main language of this thesis
% use this if this thesis is written in German:
\usepackage[english, ngerman]{babel}
% use this if this thesis is written in English:
%\usepackage[ngerman, english]{babel}

% intelligent quotation marks, language and nesting sensitive
\usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}
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%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\usepackage[
locale=DE,
separate-uncertainty=true,
per-mode=symbol-or-fraction,
]{siunitx}
\sisetup{math-micro=\text{µ},text-micro=µ}
% automatically choose the right locale
\addto\extrasngerman{\sisetup{locale = DE}}
\addto\extrasenglish{\sisetup{locale = UK}}

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%-------------------------------- tables -------------------------------------
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\let\oldtitle\title%
\renewcommand{\title}[1]{\oldtitle{#1}\newcommand{\thetitle}{#1}}

% Provide all translations through the "translations" package
\RequirePackage{translations}

\DeclareTranslation{German}{thesisclass}{Arbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades}
\DeclareTranslation{English}{thesisclass}{Thesis for obtaining the academic degree}

@maxnoe maxnoe May 31, 2022

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These are not the usual translations of these terms, I don't know if there is an official source for english terms though.


\DeclareTranslation{German}{birthplace}{geboren in}
\DeclareTranslation{English}{birthplace}{born in}

\DeclareTranslation{German}{firstcorrector}{Erstgutachter}
\DeclareTranslation{English}{firstcorrector}{Reviewer}

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Supervisor


\DeclareTranslation{German}{secondcorrector}{Zweitgutachter}
\DeclareTranslation{English}{secondcorrector}{Co-reviewer}

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Title case (Co-Supervisor)


\DeclareTranslation{German}{submissiondate}{Abgabedatum}
\DeclareTranslation{English}{submissiondate}{Submission date}

\DeclareTranslation{German}{university}{Technische Universität Dortmund}
\DeclareTranslation{English}{university}{Technische Universität Dortmund}

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TU Dortmund University

% For now, the name of the university is not translated into English,
% but this could be changed in the future

% initialize commands:
\newcommand\thebirthplace{}
\newcommand\thechair{}
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\newcommand\thesecondcorrector{}

% new commands for information about the thesis
\newcommand\birthplace[1]{\renewcommand\thebirthplace{geboren in #1}}
\newcommand\birthplace[1]{\renewcommand\thebirthplace{#1}}
\newcommand\chair[1]{\renewcommand\thechair{#1}}
\newcommand\division[1]{\renewcommand\thedivision{#1}}
\newcommand\thesisclass[1]{\renewcommand\thethesisclass{#1}}
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\newcommand\secondcorrector[1]{\renewcommand\thesecondcorrector{#1}}

% set title page elements
\subject{Arbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades\\ \thethesisclass}
\publishers{\thechair \\ \thedivision \\ Technische Universität Dortmund}
\subject{\GetTranslation{thesisclass} \\ \thethesisclass}
\publishers{\thechair \\ \thedivision \\ \GetTranslation{university}}

% page for the correctors
\newcommand{\makecorrectorpage}{%
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
\begin{tabular}{@{}l@{\hspace{2em}}l@{}}
Erstgutachter: & \thefirstcorrector \\
Zweitgutachter: & \thesecondcorrector \\
Abgabedatum: & \thesubmissiondate
\GetTranslation{firstcorrector}: & \thefirstcorrector \\
\GetTranslation{secondcorrector}: & \thesecondcorrector \\
\GetTranslation{submissiondate}: & \thesubmissiondate
\end{tabular}
\newpage
}

% add birthplace to author
\let\oldauthor\author
\renewcommand\author[1]{%
\oldauthor{#1 \\ \thebirthplace}
\oldauthor{#1 \\ \GetTranslation{birthplace} \thebirthplace}
}