Localization

[Morgantine]

Folks who have localized your apps for work in English, French, and German, how do you find the right terminology? There isn't some reference somewhere with all of the names LOTRO uses now, is there? Or do you switch languages in the game (this is what I do), or have friends to help, or ask the forums, or...?

Curious what resources there are out there and if I'm doing it the hard way.

[homeopatix]

Hello,

I do not know if i am doing the right way, but for me.

i initialize the language at the start of the addon,depending on the language
that the user have chosen, like this, in my library file (that load all the libraries needed for my addon)

i import the needed file depending of the language
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-- Import Globals --
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if Turbine.Engine.GetLanguage() == Turbine.Language.German then
import "Homeopatix.AltHolic.Localization.GlobalsDE";
GLocale = "de";
elseif Turbine.Engine.GetLanguage() == Turbine.Language.French then
import "Homeopatix.AltHolic.Localization.GlobalsFR";
GLocale = "fr";
elseif Turbine.Engine.GetLanguage() == Turbine.Language.English then
import "Homeopatix.AltHolic.Localization.GlobalsEN";
GLocale = "en";
end

and then in the three different language file

in french :
_G.T = {};
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-- Francais --
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T[ "Lang" ] = "Français";

in english :
_G.T = {};
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-- English --
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T[ "Lang" ] = "English";

in german :
_G.T = {};
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-- Deutsch´ --
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T[ "Lang" ] = "German";


and in the your code, you juste have to call the T[ "Lang" ] array the get the valor in the
defined language

hope that will help you

Homeo

[Hyoss]

I happen to be both fluent in English and German and switching the client's language I accomplish using OneLauncher and it's launch parameters - that makes switching the client language way more convenient, as I can create shortcuts to launch in En, DE, FR.

For French, I have over the years used Google translate first and accepted corrections from the community as they were sending them in.