Hi guys,
though I am not a paying supporter, I became interested in Rimworld with the first ever videos that surfaced a few months ago. And I was hooked!
I would like to contribute at least by translating what I can into my native - slovak - language for when the game is eventually out. I already started a few weeks ago with the wiki pages and currently I am going through the L10n pages on the wiki, the "Localization" section. The other files (I presume mods etc.?) under "DefInjected" would come later...
How shall I approach this, seeing in the other topic that Github is maybe the ultimate way to go for official translations?
Just to add, I do not have access to the Alpha releases etc...
Welcome! I wrote some new notes on the "read this first" thread in this forum, so just check that out and follow the instructions.
We can also get you in the test crew so you can translate with pre-alpha4 builds.
Quote from: joeyeti on April 17, 2014, 03:42:50 AM
I would like to contribute at least by translating what I can into my native - slovak - language for when the game is eventually out. I already started a few weeks ago with the wiki pages and currently I am going through the L10n pages on the wiki, the "Localization" section. The other files (I presume mods etc.?) under "DefInjected" would come later...
How shall I approach this, seeing in the other topic that Github is maybe the ultimate way to go for official translations?
Just to add, I do not have access to the Alpha releases etc...
Wikis L10n
Keyed section A4 ready, i'm trying to update it after each dev.build.
DefInjected contains other parts that may be/or not/partially included into
Keyed (but mostly it for mods i think), anyway translate it for complete localization.
About distribution, i prefer Git, cuz you can have several branches - e.g stable for A3, testing for A4...
Ok guys, will check out Github and create an "sk" project there, send it to Tynan and set him as admin for it (and upload what I have already).
If I can be part of the test team, great (whatever that means in detail :))!
Translating without access to the game can be hard (as a tester you will gain access). You translate and then suddenly realize, that what you translated is not appropriate for intended action in game or your conjugation is totally wrong :P
Quote from: Neone on April 17, 2014, 11:42:57 AM
Translating without access to the game can be hard (as a tester you will gain access). You translate and then suddenly realize, that what you translated is not appropriate for intended action in game or your conjugation is totally wrong :P
Yeah, I know that very well :) But this should serve primarily as the base translation and any tweaks (and there will be many, given that the game is still alpha) can be incorporated gradually.
I know the meaning of all the names and explanations in game from all the AARs I watch on youtube - and they constantly upgrade as new Alphas come out, so the current verbiage changes accordingly.
I also hope to procure the game in the near (or far, whatever) future, so one day I will DEFINITELY be "part of the gang". It's just the current situation that is worse financially (given my two 3-year old twin ladies and the fun associated).
Thx AcDie for adding me into the Github, created a first few files in there...
np ;) better place aio, easy for work & compare
I'll update english DefInjected soon..
Hey, I tried it in the game and it crashed, maybe you can test it and get it working? Probably a simple XML mistake.
Hi Tynan,
unfortunately I do not have access to the game itself (although I plan to in the near future after I sort my finances out a bit), but will at least check the XML code. It's true that I copy/pasted the code into Github (and before that into my text editor), but on the other hand I translated the files on the wiki, so... We shall see :)
Game issued to you in thanks for the translation. :)
Oh WOW! :o
Thx Tynan! This will make things much easier, thank you again!!!
Found the email...
Back to checking first and translating then!
No worries man! I also added you to the tester group so you can translate with the latest internal test version. A3 misses a lot.
Thx! Currently checking what could cause the issues with the slovak translation under the latest build, whilst finishing translating Gameplay.xml...
I have only a few of the Keyed XML files to translate and can happily report that so far everything works as expected. Your issue with the earlier SK Translation state was probably an out-of-date version of some files, as there have been many changes between Alpha 3 and the current one... Will also update Github with the latest files as per what is currently on the Wiki for translation.
Finished the Keyed entries for the Slovak translation, will slowly check in-game for any inconsistencies...
Also uploaded the latest files to GitHub.
Excellent!
Small updates on GitHub for the Orbital Trade Beacon translation (was Drop Beacon before I think).
Bigger updates to bring the Keyed folder up to snuff with 0.4.420.
Slovak language is now almost fully translated. Tomorrow I will go visit my friend and test it everything is working. Then I will upload it :)
I have uploaded everything on GitHub. Everything translatable should be now translated. My friend and I tested it, it is working. Translated on version 0.5.496 .. I do now know if there is newer version, my friend has got this one.
You're an official translator, so you can go to the Private Tester forum and download the test version of Alpha 6 from there.