Support for localization (translation)?

[SiongSng]

Description

Will Wurst support localization?
I would like to translate Wurst through the lang file so that other users can translate Wurst into their language as well.

[Alexander01998]

Yes. I want to add localization support and I have started working on it. Check out the i18n branch if you would like to submit some translations.

Currently only descriptions of hacks can be translated. I want to add translation support for other descriptions in the future.

However, the names of hacks/commands/etc will not get translation support. This ensures that everyone can use the same commands, keybinds, etc. regardless of their language setting. It also makes it easier to communicate with someone who uses Wurst in a different language.

If you encounter any descriptions that mention a specific feature by name, please keep the name in English.

[SiongSng]

I got it, thank you.

[SiongSng]

Sorry for the interruption, is there an estimated time of arrival (ETA) from the i18n branch to the master branch?

[Alexander01998]

I plan to merge the i18n branch into master once it's ready to be included in a Wurst update.
With the current amount of translations I think it's still too early to release this feature.

[SiongSng]

Ok thanks for your reply

[Alexander01998]

Update: I have changed my mind and merged the i18n branch into master. This should make it easier to work with and help to attract more translators.

I have also marked the translation feature as experimental, so that end users should not be confused about the current lack of translations.

[Alexander01998]

I am seeing more and more cases where translators are disagreeing about how something should be translated. Of course, I can't resolve these conflicts by simply checking with Google Translate and trying to guess which translation is better, in a language that I don't even speak.

I think we might need some kind of community voting system, so that people who natively speak these languages can vote on each individual translation, rather than me trying to choose between entire pull requests that contain up to 137 translations each.

[SiongSng]

You can use translation platforms such as Crowdin, Weblate, etc., which have community voting capabilities

[MineYuanlu]

I suggest that in the search function, you can search the translated language and original English at the same time.

[KTibow]

Implemented. Consider closing?

[b1ek]

I can help with the Russian translation

[Alexander01998]

@b1ek We already have Russian translations of all hack descriptions. Only a few tooltips in AltManager are currently missing Russian translations.

Please talk to @faseri if you think the current Russian translations should be improved. Please do NOT simply open another Pull Request with different translations, as I don't natively speak Russian and thus have no way of knowing which translation is better.

[b1ek]

@Alexander01998 sorry, i didn't know that. You should add a list with translated languages somewhere so this won't happen again.

[Alexander01998]

@b1ek I agree. I've added a table to the README file.

[ghost]

Hi, Alex!
I sent this on Twitter, but since you seem to be not that active on it, let me post it here too!

I and a friend of mine found that you're looking for the translators yesterday, and checked the current translations on Github, but it seems all the strings in Japanese translation are "translated" by using Google translate (and as you may not know, Google translate sucks, especially on Japanese), so we're currently re-translating every single string ourselves.
Could you replace the file when the translating is done please? Not sure when exactly, but we've already translated all the strings and all we need to do left is only proofreading, so it'd be done soon!

[Alexander01998]

@skidderrom Great! I have been looking for a Japanese proofreader for some time.

I actually asked on Twitter if anyone could proofread that translation before I merge it, but at the time nobody replied. Eventually I just merged it, hoping that someone would eventually notice if anything is wrong with it. Seems like that's exactly what happened now. :)

BTW, Twitter doesn't notify me about DMs for some reason. I only saw your message now. A tweet usually works better.

[ghost]

@Alexander01998 Thank you for the reply!
I'm sorry if I'm dumb, but how should I upload the file when the translating is done?
I'm supposed to fork the repo, update the ja_jp file, and make a pull request, right?

[Alexander01998]

I'm supposed to fork the repo, update the ja_jp file, and make a pull request, right?

Yes.

You can actually do this all in the browser by clicking the pen icon here.

Or, if you set it up locally with Eclipse and all that, it will let you preview the translations in-game before submitting.

[ghost]

@Alexander01998 Thank you for the help! <3
Just made a pull request. ;)

[Alexander01998]

I've replaced the big translations table in the readme file with GitHub's new "Projects Beta" feature. It's kind of like Notion, but built into GitHub.

The overview of how many strings have been translated to each language is now here: https://github.com/orgs/Wurst-Imperium/projects/4/views/1

And an overview of all pending translations and their status is now here: https://github.com/orgs/Wurst-Imperium/projects/4/views/3