Add english translations

[NicoJG]

This should be everything needed to write a thesis in English. (apart from the user content)

[maxnoe]

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

[maxnoe]

Supervisor

[maxnoe]

Title case (Co-Supervisor)

[maxnoe]

TU Dortmund University

[NicoJG]

To be honest, I don't know what the correct terms are, I mainly wanted to implement the translations package.

• "Arbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades" is unique to Germany, I think. In other English theses, there is often something like "A thesis submitted for the degree of".
• "Supervisor" for "Gutachter" sounds wrong in my opinion. At least for a bachelor or master thesis, the person supervising is often someone else than the person assessing/reviewing the thesis.
• If "TU Dortmund University" is used, I think it would be good to also change the TU logo, but there is no English logo in the official TU Corporate Design.

But overall, I think this should be discussed with more experienced people than me. For example, the advisor for my bachelor thesis said none of these things should be translated. Many people use this template and the translations should be well thought of. If this template is even used in other departments, I think discussions should maybe even take place in some official setting.

I allowed editing this pull request. This way you could change the translations, when they are final. (simple edits like this can even be done on the GitHub Website: https://github.com/NicoJG/tudothesis/edit/add-english-translations/tudothesis.cls)

[NicoJG]

I've just found out that the TU actually has a list of official translations:
https://service.tu-dortmund.de/en/group/intra/englischer-sprachgebrauch

For example, "Gutachter*in (Erst- / Zweitgutachter/in)" is translated to "reviewer (primary / secondary reviewer)".
Also, in the "Styleguide" it says American English should be used. I'm not sure if the language setting here should therefore be american instead of english.

[maxnoe]

Also, in the "Styleguide" it says American English should be used. I'm not sure if the language setting here should therefore be american instead of english.

It should yes.

[maxnoe]

@NicoJG concerning the rest, these are simply the terms used in past theses. There are as far as I know no official guidelines for these at TU Dortmund, but they match guidelines of other German universities.

Maybe it would be good to inquire about official guide lines with the deans office.