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This article describes the processes involved in the translation or localization of games based on the Source engine. | |||
==Localizable resources== | ==Localizable resources== |
Revision as of 03:41, 20 March 2006
French Localization Bugs
Moved to User Interface feedback/Bugs/Localization issues/French. 04:57, 9 Nov 2005 (PST)
Localization of HL2 Third Party Mods
This applies both to developers who wish to release a multilingual mod and to translators who begin working on a released mod.
Notes
- Determine the need for a localized version
- Identify the resources requiring localization
- Issues with cost: translation volume, new voice recording
- Identify the files that need to be added or changed: weapons, dialogs,
- Preparing the mod files: tokenization
- Translation and reuse of existing translations ([english])
- Testing
- Clipped strings
- Special case: languages not supported in Steam
- more translation (HL2) and override the language (see Ts2do's tip)
- Tips - \n, tokenize eveything, encoding, test tips TEST FRENCH***, resizing panels
Wednesday November 9th, 2005
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Introduction
This article describes the processes involved in the translation or localization of games based on the Source engine.
Localizable resources
Preparation
Translation
Testing
Fixing bugs
See Also
Minerva:fr draft translation
Moved to Minerva:fr.