German and English

Fenexity operates in English and German. FTL defines how the two languages relate without imposing English grammar on German and without building a “German STE”.

Baseline policy

• English is the canonical language for Fenexity code, APIs, repositories, and most technical Notion content.
• German source material remains German where fidelity matters.
• FTL does not impose English grammar rules on German. FTL constrains English technical writing; it is not a style guide for German.
• German terms map to concepts, not to words. A German term should map to the same FTL concept rather than be treated as a literal word-for-word translation.
• Do not silently normalize legal, regulatory, contractual, customer, or standard-specific German terminology into a different meaning.
• Meeting summaries may be English while retaining important original German terminology where necessary.

Concept mapping

The Terminology pages record a German term where useful, for example:

State of Charge (SoC)  →  Ladezustand
Charging station       →  Ladestation
Alarm                  →  Alarm

The German term belongs to the same concept, not to the same string. When the mapping is uncertain, the term is left without a German entry rather than guessing.

Translating and summarizing

When translating or summarizing German source material, FTL applies the same preservation rules that apply to English: preserve meaning, intent, uncertainty, and modality; do not strengthen a possibility into a requirement; and flag terminology that would change legal or domain meaning if translated.

Example — German customer statement:

Wir wollen eigentlich nur vermeiden, dass morgens irgendein Bus nicht rauskommt, weil er nicht genug geladen ist.

Controlled summary:

Customer intent: avoid missed morning departures caused by insufficient vehicle charge.

Open definition: the required departure-readiness criteria are not yet defined.