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Space Empires translation

Submitted by EreKoSe on Mon, 2007-03-05 07:49. Space Empires V General

Would be very difficult to translate the game in another languages?
I can help to translate into spanish if someone guides me in the process (files and format used in translated language...).

Perhaps a Translation Project can be initiated and it can be added to a future patch?

I think this is a very good game and much more poeple will enjoy it if it were translated. And of course the Space Empires community will grow up.

What do you think? I offer myself to translate to spanish in my spare time.

Regards

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Captain Kwok on Mon, 2007-03-05 08:29.

There are localization versions being prepared by MM already for the European market. They'll probably be available in a couple months.

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Deer on Mon, 2007-03-05 12:25.

I do it myself. I have translated app. 70% to Hungarian language. But my nightmare is the HelpText.txt (near 4000 line!) I modified the GUI .bmp files, too. Hard work...
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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by ekolis on Mon, 2007-03-05 15:41.

Slavery just doesn't suit us...
(three dreadnoughts decloak in orbit and blow away the Splurg shields with ripper beams)
FALL BACK! FALL BACK!
(dreadnoughts obliterate the Splurg with quantum torpedoes)
Attention defense fleet... new orders... prepare to bring peace to the galaxy under our enlightened rule...

(Anyone get the reference here? It's pretty old but I'm sure someone will Eye-wink)

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Kamog on Thu, 2007-03-08 00:42.

Yes, it's the intro from SEIII. Smiling

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by scaseman on Thu, 2007-03-08 05:48.

Can anyone tell me why my original post leading to this reply has apparently been deleted from the forum.

ekolis wrote:
Slavery just doesn't suit us... (three dreadnoughts decloak in orbit and blow away the Splurg shields with ripper beams) FALL BACK! FALL BACK! (dreadnoughts obliterate the Splurg with quantum torpedoes) Attention defense fleet... new orders... prepare to bring peace to the galaxy under our enlightened rule...

(Anyone get the reference here? It's pretty old but I'm sure someone will Eye-wink)

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The power of the ancients is now yours to command. You are truly the Master... of the obvious :P

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Grendel on Thu, 2007-03-08 06:14.

I can help a bit with spanish translations... Eye-wink

May I get some "artistic license"?? I´d like to see a "cañon lanzaplátanos" (de Canarias, por supuesto) Eye-wink

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by boromeo on Thu, 2007-03-08 08:41.

Could help with the french translation..Smiling

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by BlueTemplar on Fri, 2007-03-09 18:29.

Quote:
There are localization versions being prepared by MM already for the European market. They'll probably be available in a couple months.

Yeah, but what about a localised Eee translation?
Pff, it's always the third world (from the Sun) nations who always get all the attention!

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Khizlek on Thu, 2007-04-19 19:47.

I can help with an english transation Eye-wink

BlueTemplar wrote:
Yeah, but what about a localised Eee translation?

They are too busy being eaten by Drushocka weapons.

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by ColonialAdmiral on Thu, 2007-04-19 20:49.

Wait going back to what ekolis said (WTF ekolis) Space empires used to have intros? I've played 4 and 5 and there is absolutly zero plot....

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by EreKoSe on Sat, 2007-06-09 04:01.

The European version has been released and it is only translated in German and French (in spanish it's only the manual).

Perhaps now would be a good idea to start the project to translate it in spanish.

Could anyone tell me what are the files to trasnlate, and the format of the trasnlation (text to translate in the files...)?

Thx

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Deer on Sat, 2007-06-09 07:51.

Because I have translated about 80%, I can tell you.
So you need translate files in /Data, /Empires folders and script files. It isn't difficult, the problem is: you must use names exactly in each files or you will suffer (you make some bugs). Then you must modify the UI's .bmp files with a graphich program (GIMP, Photoshop, etc) where you find English texts. That's not so easy. The most difficult is to translate MainText.txt, beacuse it is hard to find what you can translate and what you musn't.
My advice: first time just start to tranlate description text in .txt files, beacuse they can be translated without bugmaking. Then you will find if you want to continue.
I have been working on it for more then a half year and I need a lot of things to do.
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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Fyron on Sun, 2007-06-10 03:17.

EreKoSe wrote:
And of course the Space Empires community will grow up.
For reference, the phrase "grow up" means to mature; to go from being a child to an adult. You probably wanted "grow larger."


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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Zanfib on Mon, 2007-06-11 13:28.

Hi all,

I will ask about a patch for translations.
I've buy the original version by downloading since monthes now (in english only at this moment), I'm french, and I want to know if the french translation will be released in a patch ?

Thanks for any infos about this point !

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Captain Kwok on Mon, 2007-06-11 14:40.

There's an actual French version. You'd probably just need a player to send you the French data files to use with your version.

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From what I was told by MM, when the French/German versions are patched up to date, then mods etc. can just include all the english data files and it will work just fine. The Spanish/Italian versions should be able to use English mods with no problem right now.

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Re: Space Empires translation

Submitted by Deer on Sat, 2007-10-13 13:21.

May anybody send me French or German translation files for me?
Only /Data dir needed.

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