@j.e.f.f Traditionally, sanserif and serif would fit.
In a few days, I’ll send you whole scheme for CJK.

@j.e.f.f noto font from google could be possible in raspbian. With my experience, people should install additional fonts for CJK supports like noto.

@strawberry-3.141 ^^ I was confused.^^ anyway, whether i’m living in Germany for several years as foreigner, Deutsche is verry difficult to learn. The only phrase I can speak is “Bitte? Leider ist meine Deutsche nicht so gut, Kennen Sie Engilsch sprechen?” :P

@j-e-f-f Do you have any interest about Far-East-Asian version for your clock? For Korean, Japanese and Chinese I can help you for the schemes of word clock with proper characters. They are probably easier than Indian-European languages. And even shorter and less exception.
Maybe it’s not useful for most users, but it could be pretty beautiful.

:D
In Standarddeutsch(Hochdeutsch),
08:20

• Es ist zwanzig nach acht.
• Es ist zehn vor halb neun.
  both are available. (Also, zwanzig vor = zehn nach halb)

How about this?
08:15

• Es ist Viertel nach acht.
• Es ist viertel acht.

And in some southern German, even this is available.

09:45

• Es ist drei viertel neun.

09:40

• Es ist fünf Minuten vor drei viertel neun.

That is why I dropped my German lesson. :)

• Deleted - I’d misread your question.

@j.e.f.f said in Help Translating Word Clock:

@Sean From the link you sent, it appears that “Viertel” should always be capitalized, much like “Uhr.”

Viertel is a noun. viertel is an adjective. All nouns begin with capital in German.

Additionally,
Eins is a feminine-noun. It means ‘number 1’
eins is a numeral, but varied form. The root form is ein. eins is used as neutral-noun when used alone without any other subjective. So, eins is shorten from ein Uhr. One more funny thing, Uhr is feminine-noun, so eine Uhr means a clock not an hour

@iamoric As I’ve said, any LCD is ok. MagicMirror is not your luxury furniture. Even if, the quality comes from the mirror and the frame, not the monitor. :)

And my suggestion is here.
You’d better use LCD panel not LCD monitor itself. LCD monitor housed is very thick so your mirror will be thicker and heavier.
If you have a plan for purchasing new LCD monitor, LCD panel could be the better option.

You can purchase 23~24" LCD panel in Amazon, ebay or any other repairment shop nearby. under $100 or $150 you can get one. and $20~30 for the controller.

Trust me. To assemble parts is easier than to disassemble factory-made monitor.

Well, that is based on what points you consider.
Usually, every normal LCD monitor could be used for MM. There is no problem. It probably supports HDMI and it might have USB for your RPi or not.

Anyway, better contrast ratio could be the main point of your consideration.(and even power consumption, the thickness…) But the real quality of MagicMirror more depends on which type of mirror you use. I think some good mirrors are more expensive than your monitor and they are hard to get.

I am ashamed to tell this, I’m living in Germany for years but cannot speak any Deutsche. :)

You can see this.
https://learn-german-easily.com/tell-time-in-german