Translating Game Dev Tycoon - We need your help!
Since the release of Game Dev Tycoon we had a number of players offering their help to translate the game into their own language. We have thought long and hard about how we can best provide translations for our game and in the end we came to the conclusion that a collaborative translation is the best way to proceed.
There are several reasons for this:
1. Game Dev Tycoon has, with more than 15000 words, a lot more text than similar games.
2. Game Dev Tycoon has many gaming references that only gamers would understand and be able to translate properly.
3. To properly translate a game the translator should be intimately aware of the game.
4. Only someone who truly enjoys the game will do its translation justice.
5. Using collaborative translations is the only feasible way we can support many languages quickly and on demand.
We have set up a web application to allow collaborative translations and tested it for a week by starting the German translation. Now, we want to invite fans of Game Dev Tycoon to help us out.
If you want to help us translate the game then your help would be most welcome!
You can visit our translation app at: http://translate.greenheartgames.com
We will also open more languages on demand but need a certain amount of interest before we unlock them. If you like to help translating the game in a language or you want to become a moderator for an existing language then please let your intentions be known on our brand new forum.
Will translaters get in-game credits? Where are the credits anyway?
Generally, I’d say yes but there are probably practical limits to that. We have over 1200 strings to be translated per language. Because anyone can suggest edits we can’t really know how many people will contribute to a translation and I wouldn’t want to include peoples name somewhere unless they are happy for us to do that. I certainly want to give credit where credit is due. I guess compiling a list of the most prolific translators when the translation is finished would be the best way to do that. In any case, by signing up to the translate app contributors will have their name listed there already.
Vietnamese please.
I’m from Vietnam.
Me too, Vietnamese please !!
Czech language please!
I already made czech version…
I can help you translating it (:
into GREEK language
and/or GERMAN language.
Teo Test.
Because I’m a phan of GameDevTy, I will help translate it ^^ very pleasure …
Буду благодарен за Русский перевод этой замечательной игры!
I would be grateful for the Russian translation of this great game!
Add Russian. I’ll help with translation.
I can help in Chinese version.
Indonesian ready here !
one indonesian here too !!
You are selling your game and make profit, you want people to contribute it without paying people back? Man, you are not hosting an open-source project here.
I can do the swedish! 🙂
Please translating Polish !! 😀
I finish the first play in the game yesterday, and it’s awesome!
I’m missed some features, making me eager to play it again 😀 I can help with the Brazilian Portuguese translations ^^
I can help with Dutch translation
know 4 different language, best in chinese and english
I can do Czech for you, if you consider adding this language…
Hi !
I am a native french speaker.
So I could help you for french translation.
I will gladly help to translate this epic game into Czech language.
I enjoyed this game very much and I would love to help you in every possible way. Your attitude towards game developing is fantastic. It warms my heart to see someone like you!
Czech Republic is small country like your dev team so we have smililar feelings of wanting to get our place in this big world. Give us chance to translate your game into our national language and let us inspire our fellow Czechs by your story!
I can help with Polish translation.
I’m From Argentina, my Home language is Spanish and I could contribute with the Spanish translation and a LatinAmerican localized one too if it’s on plan.
I can Translate into German, French, Korean and Spanish.
I can translate in French !! I’m Ready ! =)
Hello,
could you please add the italian language to the translate app? Please see italian translation topic in your forum. Thanks.
Italian pleaseeee
so i can help you
🙂
I do consider all of the ideas you have presented for your post. They are very convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are too quick for beginners. May just you please lengthen them a bit from next time? Thank you for the post.
well, you’ve got a point