translations

[digital island]

up to you totally 🙂 There's no rules as long as it's not offensive/violates zomboid ToS

Just keep in mind that while you can translate things to give you a headstart with b42, the translations are not yet accepted as the strings for b42 are not finialized

[pseudo warren]

So even if I translated all the game it wouldnt be implemented until b42?

Btw, would it be even implemented? It would be outdated so idk

[digital island]

yup, see pinned messages here

[digital island]

you can add it as a mod or use it as a base for new trnaslations, but other than that, yeah

[pseudo warren]

man then i'd have to wait un 2060

[digital island]

nah, I don't think it'll be that long, but no ETA as always :P. If you really feel up to it, you can make it a workshop mod, but not sure you'd finish it before b42 tbh

[pseudo warren]

I mean... The news file 💀

[digital island]

news file? as in updates?

[pseudo warren]

yes its too long

wait do i have to translate that?

[digital island]

the news.txt? Not really, keep in mind not all languages have everything translated too. What language you want to translate the game to btw? Also take a look at Riko Prushka's unofficial https://rikoprushka.github.io/PZL10nPOC/ (also pinned), it hopefully allows easier to contact translators once b42 hits.

and lists languages that will probably start be translated as soon as it happens

[pseudo warren]

Its a new language

Asked here and even used the search bar

It isnt on process by any other person

Nor it has any other contributors registered

[digital island]

ah I see, Galician indeed

I don't think there's even a mod on workshop for it, so yeah 😄

[pseudo warren]

I mean they are already doing Catalan so why not Galician lol

Btw should I name it in the language.txt as Galego or Galician? Galician is in English and Galego is its name in, well, Galician

[pseudo warren]

How would I publish it as a mod in the workshop though?

[digital island]

Galician

see https://github.com/TheIndieStone/ProjectZomboidTranslations/blob/master/PL/language.txt

[pseudo warren]

What do I put in the version thing?

Just 1?

[digital island]

yup

Also see the pinned https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3006690572

[pseudo warren]

Can I use scripts that autotranslate all of the game as a base for my translation? I'd then just check that all of the translations are correct.

btw i've noticed that in the context menu there is blacksmith... wasnt that one new hability of b42?

[sacred nymph]

That's the old skill, removed long ago. But it's gonna be back in 42, yeah

[pseudo warren]

Lol. I'm seeing that there's a whole section for it still in the context menu.

[digital island]

While some part could be reutilized, the Blacksmithing will be split into Welding and Metalworking most likely, as shown on one of the blog posts: https://projectzomboid.com/blog/content/uploads/2024/07/Captura-de-tela-2024-07-19-124318.png

[sacred nymph]

Yup, thanks for clarifying

[pseudo warren]

why is the link in spanish?

[digital island]

I think thedevloper who posted is in Spanish 😄

[sweet flicker]

hello fellas, is somebody working on ukrainian translation? cuz it contains too many misspellings and i want to help with this.

[digital island]

Seems it's Gorbach, valentk according to what Riko listed: https://rikoprushka.github.io/PZL10nPOC/

Though keep in mind that the translations won't be updated prior to b42 and the strings to translate aren't available yet.

[shrewd marsh]

The localization update comes along with the update of the game itself, right?

[digital island]

shoul be, yeah. The strings at https://github.com/TheIndieStone/ProjectZomboidTranslations will be updates, you can subscribe to get notifications when they do, but no ETA unless something will get shared on today's Thursoid for some reason 😛

[shrewd marsh]

Indie games it's so slow😩

By the way, I don't understand, how many developers in total?

[digital island]

What do you mean, in The Indie Stone?

[shrewd marsh]

Yeah

[digital island]

You can check the credits in https://www.mobygames.com/game/66026/project-zomboid/credits/windows/ (they scroll when you launch the game, stored in the text file, we actually had a discussion about it on #pzwiki_editing recently), that's where MobyGames has them from, but there were new hires for b42 so maybe a little more. But yeah, the development is slow on purpose to avoid crunches, so it takes time. The update is on final stretch from what we learned in the blog posts, but they don't want to release it unfinished.

[shrewd marsh]

[proud thistle]

How can I publish the translation as a mod?!

[subtle cape]

Lookup any existing translation mod on steam and see how it's set up

[proud thistle]

Wow, unexpected!!

[glad compass]

Hi, one question, when you activate the translation mode in the game, what did the “!” sign mean?

[digital island]

! meants there's no translation defined IIRC

see my comment in https://github.com/TheIndieStone/ProjectZomboidTranslations/pull/428#issuecomment-831216641

[glad compass]

thank you very much

[potent umbra]

waiting for RTL support so I can translate to hebrew

[proud thistle]

Don't wait for support, I made arabic translate without the support, because I use rtl coverter on the internet

[potent umbra]

yeah I know this is possible but I'd rather wait for support,
maybe I can use a RTL translater and then when there is support I can reverse it all back to normal..

[potent umbra]

I have a few questions, does the whole description and stuff need to be reversed or every word individually?

[proud thistle]

You can do the whole desc, but then the translation will be Ascending (from down to up) So to fix it you have to translate line by line.

[uneven matrix]

Hello, tell my pls. How creates adon translation for mods ?

[subtle cape]

best to contact the mod creator for him/her to add it to the mod

[bitter ocean]

Hi translators, I'm working on a project on the wiki designed to increase accessibility to other languages using automation.

The basic idea is to generate automatically translated articles so users in other languages can search and understand the data in their own language. We currently have Polish as a pilot language, and you can find an example here:
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Ball-peen_Hammer/pl

But it can't all be done automatically. There's some translations we need help with. That's where I'm hoping some people here can help.

For starters TIS haven't updated the translations in quite some time, so if you have a more updated version of your language, as a link or zip file that would be a great help.

Secondly, there's some templates we use on the wiki that require translating. If you're able to help, I've attached a file with instructions on how to help translate. Once done send it back to me with a ping or dm.

The main languages we are looking for next (in no order) are:
German
French
Chinese (simplified)

Then we're interested in the rest of the languages supported in the vanilla game.

We may also be interested in other languages as time goes on, or any other popular languages that I have missed. Please let me know if you are interested.

Edit: The attached file is now outdated. If you're interested in helping please contact me for the latest version.

[gusty cypress]

Is there a chance that with b42 we'll get unified encoding for files? Having a bunch of different encodings is a pain. UTF-8 can safely store pretty much every supported language and used almost everywhere yet if you put a UTF-8 russian translation instead of windows-1251 it'll choke the game. Anyone knows if something in the works?

[topaz compass]

someone give me the rundown for dummies

I cant read

I do know german though

[bitter ocean]

Basically if you download that file and follow the instructions, it would let us use the game code to automatically make articles in German. You just have to replace the word or sentences on the right with your translation. I'm happy to help further if you have specific questions.

[tough python]

I can translate the wiki or in-game language to Turkish, I was born and raised in Turkey and now I am almost 19 years old. Dunno if the wiki or the game translated well and finished since I do my things in English but the last time, I remember it was poorly made. My game was like, half English and half Turkish. It was kind of something weird like that. I love playing pz most of my free time, I would like to translate the game related content to Turkish. I can interact with both Turkish and English fluently. It even may be bug but I'm not sure

[bitter ocean]

I think Turkish is mostly done by @spiral light and @rocky mason, Not much can be done on the game side currently, but if you want to get into wiki editing theres plenty of people to help you in #pzwiki_editing

[tough python]

thanks

[bitter ocean]

Np, heres a good place to get started
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Editing_for_beginners

[rocky mason]

Calvy'nin de dediği gibi https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/473467044050894858 kanalında istediğin her şeyi sorabilirsin. Yardıma ihtiyacın olursa ben buralardayım.

[mystic loom]

Any french translation?

I can help with it

[bitter ocean]

If you could help with this that would be great #translations message

The french infobox is already translated so you can skip the part that says ==Infobox item==

[mystic loom]

Thank you

[hallow hemlock]

Any help for catalan?

[gusty cypress]

what encoding is used for Turkish files?

[frozen canopy]

charset = Cp1254

[gusty cypress]

the hell is that?

you mean Windows-1254?

also thanks

[robust swallow]

@proven crown Im a bit hesitant on pinging you for that, but anyway. Will there be any development on language system in b42? Like adding in support for gender based languages and such.

[idle smelt]

i can help with italian

[bitter ocean]

That would be great, feel free to download the file and get started, if you need any help let me know

[idle smelt]

ok great

[idle smelt]

sorry to ask so fast, but it's my first time taking part of a project like this, in the Article Translation section, location refers to the place an item can be found right??

[bitter ocean]

No problem. Yes that's correct

[idle smelt]

aight cool, i'll be sending the translation piece by piece so you can tell me if i'm getting something wrong ok??

[bitter ocean]

Sure, feel free to dm me if you don't want to fill chat here

[hallow hemlock]

mop

[misty flower]

Heya, native spanish speaker here, I can help with some translations on mods just reply or dm me

[deft elbow]

Oh I forgot translations channel exists

If you need any Russian translations just lmk I can help

[bitter ocean]

Would you be interested in helping with this for the wiki?
#translations message

[digital island]

For reference, Cataclysm: DDA has a good support for that, it uses GNU Gettext https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/doc/TRANSLATING.md though Transifex used for that while works is not perfect (at least was way simplified compared to Crowdin back when I was doing translations)

https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/doc/TRANSLATING.md#grammatical-gender

[robust swallow]

For reference, there is at least one good mod that handles this perfectly made by star

[digital island]

for PZ?

[robust swallow]

In pz

[robust swallow]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2280875467

[bitter ocean]

Hello again, still looking for German, French, Spanish, as well as other languages to help get this set up for the wiki ☝️

[rocky mason]

Honestly I think this is most certainly worth of a pin, if you don't mind the ping @proven crown (or whoever is in charge of pinning messages).

[edgy forum]

someone here working abt translating Ukranian here?

[digital island]

as in game or wiki?

[edgy forum]

game

[digital island]

Can't check right now but I think ot alrewdy is translated? As for b42, there's pinned point of contacts website

and yea https://rikoprushka.github.io/PZL10nPOC/

https://github.com/TheIndieStone/ProjectZomboidTranslations/tree/master/UA – keep in mind the translations updates are frozen till b42

[mild gull]

i dont really understand this thing but i speak spanish

[glacial mist]

hey I would like to translate to Greek

I cant find a folder for Greek

in github thats the problem

I dont really know how to do this

(get the files)

never mind found them

[bitter ocean]

Hi, if you want to give it a try dm me and i can help you through it

[unkempt hemlock]

i can translate to spanish

[molten plaza]

Ik this is a uncommon language but I can translate to Danish

[bitter ocean]

Currently we're only adding languages that already have some support on the wiki. But if you wanted to start on the wiki this is a good place to start.
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Contents

[deep sentinel]

hello i can translate to dutch (netherlands) if anyone needs that

cause when i was playing it had alot of mistakes

not alot

some mistakes

[bitter ocean]

Official translations are on pause till B42 #translations message

[deep sentinel]

oh ok

i can help if you ever need it

[earnest osprey]

I'll try to lend a hand on it for French, but I have many translation project ongoing with modders atm

[bitter ocean]

Thanks for your help. if you want to get started with this, this is the hardest part for most people. All you have to do is translate the sections on the right. Anything in curly brackets {} doesn't need to be translated. Anything in square backets [[]] only translate after the pipe |
The language used needs to be as generic as possible, as it will be used for all items. In gendered languages this can be difficult. For example in Italian, the translator used Il/la '''{lowercase_name}''' è un [[Item/it|Oggetto]] in [[Project Zomboid/it|Project Zomboid]].. The point of this project is the get the items onto the wiki, to encourage people to edit them in their own language. It doesn't have to be perfect.

You can also skip the lines condition_categories and "\n\n{{{{Durability weapon|{condition_lower_chance}|{condition_max}|skill={skill_type}}}}}"

[bitter ocean]

The next part is easier, you just have to translate the section on the right for each template. For infobox item, there's already a French translation https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Template:Infobox_item/fr so if youre happy with that you can skip that too. You can also skip the | #default = {{Error|translation}} section. There is an example at the bottom.
If you need any specific help just message me.

[earnest osprey]

Alright, I already translated many infoboxes on the wiki already so yeah. I will take a look

[bitter ocean]

Thanks, yeah i believe french infobox is done, so you can skip the biggest part

[earnest osprey]

I worked on it on the wiki already yes, but I didn't finished it I guess, I didn't finished the biggest infobox concerning items. But it's OK

[proven crown]

<@&445924124754182154>
Hi all ,
we have some news to share.

You might have heard it from the blog:
https://projectzomboid.com/blog/news/2024/09/heat-of-the-night/

From Build 42 onwards we are moving to using a more general games localization service company to cover all our current languages, and some other new ones besides.

As a part of this there will also be an edit pass on all existing B41 text, in all languages, to make sure everything is standardized.
One or two of the more sparsely translated and disparate community translations, meanwhile, have also been redone from scratch.

Through this process Build 42 will be fully localized by this games localization service in:

Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian

We are so grateful to our amazing community translators, who have brought so much and so many people to the game over the years, but had to make this decision because some of our primary translations have only ever had partial versions. Due to the extent and expanse of the full translation sheets over twenty different languages, it was simply going to be too complicated to keep going in this fashion especially with the motherload of B42 content still soon to drop and everything that we on the team know still lies ahead.
Our only sensible option, we increasingly felt, was a blanket approach to it all.

We have dreaded giving you all this news, given as so many of you have given us so much of your time, care and attention over periods of many years.
As such we have also been thinking of realistic ways to thank such a large group of people from all over the world, within some of whom smaller circles of co-translators working on various different parts of the game.
There's a real complex web of you based over many years, all of whom we want to show some gratitude to.

So this is what we want to do:

1. Importantly, your full existing translation will remain in the game and will be selectable for people to play with if they choose, for the time being. Community Translations will still live on in the form of mods.

2. Your credit will remain as is throughout, and more prominently than anything else in terms of translators.

3. All community translators, if they agree to it, will become named characters in our PZ international lore which will ultimately be accessed from the broadcast masts on the map. (This will likely be a B43 feature)

4. All community translators who have been with us since the early days (with the cut-off being the the end of Build 40) will get their own map location and appropriate sign. Placement and content of this will be, however, at Mash's discretion and again might appear in B43.

5. We wanted to send something physical too, and as such have spent some time organising a goodie bag full of exclusive merchandise and gear that can be mailed worldwide. We are so happy with the results of what they are coming up with that we are also going to use their stuff for our team Xmas presents. These are all super-exclusive, and only this batch will ever be manufactured.

In this Community Translator Gratitude Package there will be:

||Finnegan Research Group posh beanie||
||LBMW Radio notebook||
||Project Zomboid North Face Vault Backpack||
||B42 Jackie Jaye artwork mousemat||
||Fossoil water bottle||
||Spiffos mug||

To follow through with all the above bullet-points, however, we will need:
Permissions, the ways in which you would like to be known in the in-game broadcasts.
As such, should you want any/all of the above, please click through to the attached webform.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj9ZsAtLWeX3c8mNS-L-rb08MIQBSU8-4gWzjS7yXuxBIfnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Your Email will be required so we can send you an Email about the Community Translator Gratitude Package. If you live in an area where shipping might be challenging, please let us know the country/region so we can arrange a shipping workaround accordingly.
This might also become necessary if the company handling the shipping does not ship to your region.

The offer for the mailouts and game-inclusion is open for six months from now.

Finally, we would again like to express our thanks and appreciation for everything you have all done for us over so many years.

[paper lantern]

That’s awesome! ❤️

[blazing badge]

Hi, I just want to lend a hand with the Spanish version. Any idea on how to do it?

[robust swallow]

No more horrendous russian translation

[earnest osprey]

Read the news buddy

[spiral light]

there was a new translation waiting for the b42 release, quite a difference between current translation in the game, maybe it will help the new translation team. I leave the file.

[subtle cape]

Was it this bad?

[robust swallow]

It was and still is to an extent

[subtle cape]

well then it's good to see we'll have consistent translations across the board now

[strange quiver]

Hi, I want help translate to Brasilian Portuguese

[proven crown]

Thanks, not necessary though 🙂

[strange quiver]

@proven crown OK, thanks for replying, if you need, I'm here to help our lovely Zomboid, big hug bros!

[unkempt tide]

I wonder, is there way to verify that someone contributed to localization, without any github or discord activity?

[earnest osprey]

By asking the main translator in charge I assume.

[unkempt tide]

I see, so some kind of honors system I guess

[fathom karma]

we are working both so i said try to ask to indiestone

[earnest osprey]

Or by checking credits in game, for the language involved

[earnest osprey]

I mean for the language involved, there is no "main" translator for all translation, but there should be a main translator for each languages

So if you know he worked with you, you can confirm to TIS that he was working with you ^^

[fathom karma]

[earnest osprey]

I suppose, but yeah nasKo should be able to answer you 😉

[viral osprey]

The b42 is now more fun! Thanks for the wonderful gift!

[true musk]

Nah, don't listen to him, there are some minor mistakes, but not even close to "horrendous".

[robust swallow]

B42 drops on Christmas

Cause this is a miracle

[viral osprey]

@proven crown
Is the specific name of the localization service to be disclosed after B42 launch?

[stable vale]

do you need any help on the danish translation?

[pulsar cosmos]

do you need any help translating English to Polish?

[bitter ocean]

They have hired professional translators for Polish

[earnest osprey]

For almost all languages indeed

[pulsar cosmos]

yeah but maybe they need more?

the way i see it, the more the better

it's gonna get done faster then

[bitter ocean]

You'd have to get hired by the localisation company to do that, they're doing all translations going forward

You're welcome to help on the wiki, or offer your services to mod creators

[pulsar cosmos]

ah i see, well i guess that works too

[proven crown]

Yup

[vernal vector]

hello, what is discord handle? is it id?

[echo lodge]

I guess so.

[bitter ocean]

Your discord handle is madness_enjoyer

[vernal vector]

thx

[late root]

Hi, I want help translate to Russian

[bitter ocean]

Professional translators have been hired and includes all vanilla languages. Feel free to help translate on the Wiki.
You can start here
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Contents

And here
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Translations

And you can ask for more help here ⁠https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/473467044050894858

[late root]

How do I help with translate on the Wiki?

[bitter ocean]

Start here
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Contents

And here
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Translations

And you can ask for more help here https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/473467044050894858

Theres another active Russian person in that channel there too

[late root]

Thank you for the answer

[proven crown]

Mind editing that into your previous message so it's part of the pins? 😄

[bitter ocean]

Was waiting for that 🙂

[proven crown]

I know it's already pinned basically, but good to have it at the top

Ace, thanks ❤️

[bitter ocean]

Hows that?

Sick

[proven crown]

Perfecto

[chilly jungle]

Hello @proven crown , I'm part of the Brazilian translation but I don't have the translator position here on the zomboid server.

[spiral light]

@rocky mason noticed that there was a problem with the translation I sent before. Here is the correct one. Oppps.

[bitter ocean]

If you've contributed previously include the github account you used in your application

[chilly jungle]

Where do I put my github account?

[chilly jungle]

I think I understood, but I was already linked, I just didn't get the translator job. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Even so, thank you very much for your attention!

[shut furnace]

is this chat used for discussions about translations of the game itself or the wiki? or both?

[bitter ocean]

The game itself mostly, wiki discussion is mostly in https://discord.com/channels/136501320340209664/473467044050894858

[broken folio]

I have a question about some "voice line mod"
Somebody ever tried to make a mod that put real voice lines on the TV Programms to do more imersion? I know some actors friends (myself included) that could help to make brazilian portuguese voice lines to the TV programs like WBLN Reports.
I just want to know if somebody already have this idea or are putting efforts to make this a real thing.

[chilly jungle]

I don't think they've thought about this possibility yet, as it would be a lot of work.

[broken folio]

i imagine this, i have a ideia of a voice translating the programs, bring some voice actors, some friends and do this work, slowly, one program at the time, but i have this will

[subtle cape]

That's actually really cool, care to share how do you add the voice lines? Is it in the radio and TV editor?

[broken folio]

i don't have any ideia, i dont know how to programming or anything, i know how to act, but i imagine that in the game files there's a audio file that reproduces that "whisper" sound when you turn on the radio or TV, probably if you overwrite this with a full edited version with the voices and effects, will work fine

[digital island]

the problem is the sound is the same no matter the text is, so I think a whole new functionality would have to be written for it, maybe moddable, but can't say

[fresh edge]

https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/21318-wordzed/ com isso aqui você pode criar uma rádio personalizada

veja esses mods como exemplo https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=975088107 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2224576262

outro mod aqui que permite fazer isso também https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7SUjPzmgfM

[velvet jacinth]

I have read the pinned message. Who does the Community Translator includes? Seems it includes those involved in translating the game itself and the wiki
Do the ppl who publish translations for community mods in the steam workshop include as well?🤔

[broken folio]

vou dar uma olhada, isso ai provavelmente vai me ajudar demais

valeu

[paper viper]

Same question... :/

[frozen canopy]

Then there will be hundreds of people included

[drowsy pilot]

Hi there! I'm not verified or anything but I want to help, I can translate to spanish

[bitter ocean]

Check pinned messages #translations message

[flint trench]

Hello! If I want to continue with my non professional translations I should go to the mod server, right?

[dapper garnet]

Me too

[bitter ocean]

Check the pinned messages #translations message

[proud thistle]

I translate PZ to arabic but not fully (like 0.75), and I post it as mod, So can it be 'professional' and be as primary language in the game?!

[bitter ocean]

I'm not a dev, but that would still be community not professional. I believe theyre looking into RTL language support but no idea if its soon

[flint trench]

From what I understand, they have already hired the services of a translation company. You can just do mods from now on.

[wicked adder]

?

[raw vine]

wanted to find the channel

realised it was locked lmao

[heady hatch]

I can help to translate to Spanish and even Catalan:3

[subtle cape]

Read pin

[flint trench]

If I ever start a mod for Catalan I will contact you

[umbral totem]

I can translate in Bulgarian, if there is a market for the game in this region

[digital island]

a translation studio was hired for build 42 and onwars, so the translations are now handled by this, see pinned messaged

[strange jetty]

I can translate in arabic.

[strange jetty]

(btw the arabic community is laughing at the arabic background because she said "يا اسمر يا اسمر يا اسمر" which means "Hey Black guy Hey Black guy Hey Black guy")

[subtle cape]

No need for community translators anymore since devs hired a translation vendor (read pin)

[shrewd marsh]

Why can’t this channel be deleted already? It’s no longer needed, and people won’t be constantly writing about their assistance.

[sacred nymph]

They will write about this in other chats, so it's better stay for now, until the update is out

[subtle cape]

I'd rather have the channel stay for reporting issues with the new translations at least

[shrewd marsh]

Hmm, well, that makes sense. We’ll see how it goes after b42; maybe the translations will be SO PROFESSIONAL that they’ll finally delete the channel.

[strange jetty]

👍

[edgy lantern]

i can translate in ukrainian

[proven crown]

[edgy lantern]

yeah i did??

[proven crown]

It's merely a misunderstanding then. We hired a company and are not looking for translators.

[reef bluff]

Is it spain spanish or latin america spanish

[digital island]

There are both currently in the game, but I guess a valid question is whether both will be continued to be maintained for b42?

[rich fern]

is there a need for a bulgarian translation?

i could do that

for like the 12 other pz players in bulgaria hahah

[proven crown]

😄

[rich fern]

Ohhh

Really wanted to get my hands on build 42 hahah

[buoyant wagon]

damn, pzwiki in polish is almost empty

[bitter ocean]

Add to it

[unkempt swallow]

Dang….so there still no offical vietnamese in b42

[fringe oxide]

I’m gonna post here the message ‘cause this is literally a translations channel: My language uses a lot of special characters, but when printed on screen they turn out weird (for example when listening to a radio, every è turn to Ä or something like that). My language is not modded in, its included in vanilla pz (Italian)

[bitter ocean]

Wait for B42 release and if it continues than make a bug report on the forums. There will be no updates before B42

[fringe oxide]

Ok, Thanks

[hollow thistle]

good night. I have a question about translations... Im from Brazil and I study english. I love this game and I was thinking about the possibility to help to translate the game to portuguese, and improve my english in the process. If anyone can answer my question about it.

I dont know how to start, then its can be a good thing to do and improve my knowledge.

[bitter ocean]

Check the pins

[meager linden]

How can I help with the translations?

I mean

On the game. Not the wiki

[earnest osprey]

Check pinned messages.

[jaunty bone]

Just found this typo when I was planning to start translating Rosewood's page on the wiki, lol. Never noticed it before

[bright cloak]

I'm a bit confused when reading the pins, the listed languages are the ones that will be translated by the " general games localization service company" correct?

[bitter ocean]

Yes

[tribal sleet]

I can translate in polish

[bitter ocean]

Read the pins

[rough juniper]

would it be better to start translating the game onto another language (community translation) at the unstable launch or the full launch of build 42?

[subtle cape]

No more community translations are needed, we have professionals translating the game now

[rough juniper]

what about languages not included in the build 42 translations

[bitter ocean]

They should be translated as community mods

[proven crown]

Unstable for sure

Can't think of any reason to wait until stable tbh

[slow copper]

as a future translator (next year 😄 ) I'm SO happy to see this 😍 in the name of our profession, thank you so much for seeing us and hiring pros to get the job done right 💜

ok I feel kinda silly for not noticing one of your roles is also translator lol but my point remains ^^

[sly bridge]

Friends, why am I dying?

[obtuse lark]

what caused the laceration

[rare widget]

zombie

[obtuse lark]

you have 25% chance of catching zombie infection from lacerations and you seem to have a fever and high anxiety (which are signs of infection)

you may become a zombie in a couple days

[sly bridge]

im noob

[digital island]

guys, it's #translations and you probably want to speak in #pz_b42_chat

[earnest osprey]

The Spiffo Bot for ticket doesn't work anymore ? I know this isn't the good channel to ask but I'm surprised...

[edgy forum]

Full Ukranian localisation fr??

[edgy lantern]

ig

[bleak ice]

Its sad. Tr translation sometimes makes me want to translate the game myself

Turkish

Tooo complicated.

Still, its annoying to see "Mlee fighting weapons" instead "long blunt"

Literally got no time to do it lol

Better things to do w that time

Not everyone got 8 10 hours free

[bitter ocean]

Turkish will have professional translations in B42

[bleak ice]

Yeah but are they gonns do it from 0 or just translate new parts?

[bitter ocean]

All of the translations will be redone

[lapis tendon]

Love, come here to see if we can fix some italian translation for food because sometimes they're not culturally correct, but if get professionally redone it's gonna be great!

[spiral light]

Let me write a brief explanation about your opinion on translation.
Translation in the game is almost 3 years old and they don't get updates like in other languages.
The translation work will now be taken over by a professional team. Also, the translation and fixing the old typos of the game is normally finished, but in preparation for B42, the translations that are currently in the game are not being updated. I'm sending you the translation kept updated before the announcement. The same file is also can be found a up.

Change the TR folder in SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\shared\Translate

General Note to Turks: İki yıldır ve neredeyse her ay, çeviriyi güncelleyemediğim için özelden yemediğim küfür kalmadı. İndirin şu zip doyasını ve elle güncelleyin. Özelden birisine rahatsızlık vermek sizi adam yapmaz. Ayrıca şikayetinizin orjinal oyunla ilgili olduğunuzu da teyit edin, gelip mod çevirisi kötü diye de sövenleri gördüm. Düşmanınız mıyım oğlum ben sizin?

[bleak ice]

Sounds like it became a huge OOF in the translator, heh.

[uneven matrix]

eat high calory food

[static owl]

Hello @proven crown , in the new update of the game, the support of RTL texts is supposed to be added so that the Persian language can be added correctly.

[static owl]

@proven crown ?

[bitter ocean]

Ping once please, give him some time to get to it

Also with B42 so close, you will find out very soon how the translations will work

[static owl]

ok

[bitter ocean]

Hello translators, the wiki is still looking for help to generate translated pages in the following languages:
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)
German
French
Korean
Japanese

It only requires translating one file, if you are willing to help please reply or dm me

[sleek canopy]

Hello im french if you need someone to translate

[bitter ocean]

That would be great. I actually already posted the file for French but it was never finished. Here's the message

#translations message

It's that file and the one above it. But like I said you can skip the biggest one that says Infobox, as it's been done already

[sleek canopy]

Ok thx

[sleek canopy]

i dont realy understand what i need to translate, do i just translate the words ?

[bitter ocean]

Theres instructions in the message and an example at the bottom. Translate what's on the right for the templates. Translate the sentences for the other file

[earnest osprey]

Yeah sorry I'm already translating many many things so I tried to do it but I am overload with work

[bitter ocean]

That's ok, you've done plenty for the wiki in the past anyway

[strange jetty]

Hi, If you are looking for a Arabic translator just DM me or ping me here.

[teal sable]

reis bende turkum 300 saatım var yardım edebilirim dm gelirsen

[bitter ocean]

Sorry we can't support Arabic right now but if we do i will let you know

[gusty kite]

ewa

[buoyant ibex]

I would like to translate this game into Latin. I'm not very familiar with how GitHub works and stuff like that, how do I get added as a contributor and start working on a Latin branch or whatever?

Also, my GitHub username is TheUnstableNutcase btw

[bitter ocean]

From B42 all official languge will be professionally translated. For custom translations you will have to create or contribute to a mod #mod_development

[hexed arch]

Hello, I've never heard about that, I might miss, anyway is that information from dev's speaking or just a rumor?
I'm not denying what you said but I want to get a confirm.
Also, you said it will be professionally translated, does it mean all community translation, which is included in current B41 version, will be exchanged?
honestly, it's good to hear, I want to share that information with my community. thanks 🙂

[bitter ocean]

Yes check the pins

[hexed arch]

ohh I can't believe I missed that message even I read before. thanks again, have a good day

[bitter ocean]

No problem, you too 😄

[tawny haven]

is there someone to translate to spanish?

I think I could help

[earnest osprey]

#translations message

[earnest osprey]

Are new localization translations already available with unstable 42 branch out ? 😄

[charred sphinx]

I'm curious about this too. And the translation too.

[main siren]

If any one need polish translation in build 42 I can help

[earnest osprey]

Read up above

Or read pinned messages

[barren junco]

same

[subtle cape]

nie ma potrzeby, grę zaczęła tłumaczyć firma tłumaczeniowa

[uneven matrix]

Is there a localized translation of 42 pushed today?

[earnest osprey]

It doesn't seem so, I don't know, but I didn't noticed any new addition

[proven crown]

Not yet, they will follow in Q1

[earnest osprey]

Thanks for answering. And as for the Github, is it gonna be maintain up to date ? (At least, EN files ?)

For doing community mod's translation, it would be way better for us to know which lines have been removed/edited and which have been added, so we will have clean files 😄

[bitter ocean]

Its the panic moodle, hover over it. But also this channel is for translations. see #pz_b42_chat

[iron fjord]

Yes, i'll delete, it's because this is the only chat that i found that i can send image, thanks a lot!

[frozen canopy]

The B42 Thai fonts has a critical display problem where the third tone mark either overlaps with the second tone mark or fails to appear at all when they should be stacked, making text difficult to understand since tone marks are essential for reading Thai. The fonts need to be modified to properly display these stacked tone marks and diacritics.

[karmic lion]

Can help w/ french translation

[reef salmon]

Can help with Simplified Chinese translation

[leaden wigeon]

I am happy to help with the german translation

[jade shard]

@proven crown You hired professionals to translate the game. And the radio with Russian translation is already in the game, but where is the rest? Not translated yet? Or did you forget to add the files to the 42 build?

[bitter ocean]

#translations message

[bitter ocean]

Here's the instructions for French. Feel free to DM me for any more help
#translations message

[karmic lion]

Ty

[inner dock]

can help with Brazillian Portuguese translation

[bitter ocean]

In game translation are done professionally, if you'd like to help on the wiki there's still plenty to be done for pt-br

[inner dock]

hm ok, how can i help in the wiki?

[bitter ocean]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Translations

[inner dock]

thx

[proven crown]

Not sure if your screen is low res or you're on mobile but this is just a few posts above yours 🙂

#translations message

[covert kayak]

Guys, i want to extend my current localization and translate fresh adding in B42 items, where can i find the folder and file with item name, to translate them?

[unborn remnant]

(папка стима)\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\shared\Translate\RU

[junior charm]

Can’t you make the new files that need translation available?

[bitter ocean]

The new files will be translated by professionals

[junior charm]

I would like to have access now to create a temporary translation mod. 😦

[bitter ocean]

Unstable is unstable, they will be added in time

[proven crown]

The files ship with the game?

[junior charm]

Could you tell me the location of the files, sorry I'm new to this.

[earnest osprey]

Oh by the way nasKo, quick question, does all the language now encoded in utf-8?

[stuck scroll]

Hello, sorry for my ignorance, but I don't know much about editing files, even so, I would like to learn how to translate, I could provide well-done translations into Spanish.

[bitter ocean]

Translations will be handled by professional translators from B42 onwards

[real zephyr]

Even for Italian the accents are not visible, the ANSI files need to be corrected, I apologize for the intrusion, professional deformation.

[charred sphinx]

I think non-English languages still use ANSI. UTF-8 encoding is still not appropriate for the Hungarian language. I had a problem with two files. Print_Media.txt and Print_Text.txt. I struggled for 1 hour trying to convert them to ANSI for my translation. However, RadioData is now in the translation folder. BTW. There's not much new lines in the old files.

[earnest osprey]

I noticed that the French files are encoded in utf-8 instead of ansi in the b42 unstable files that's why I ask, b41 is encoded in Ansi so I was wondering

[digital island]

it seems so, yeah

[lucid valve]

how can i help to translate the game?

[bitter ocean]

If your language is in the official Support list it will be translated for professionals. Otherwise you can create or contribute to a mod

[frank jolt]

I noticed that the game translation has remained at the old version, can't you at least put the latest community version we had sended on GitHub? We had uploaded the finished version around January

[viral osprey]

Does anyone know the location of the original text data for this image?

[bitter ocean]

Only the professional versions will be used. Not all of them have been implemented yet, and will be in Q1 as per NasKo. Unstable is unstable for a reason, it is missing things

[frank jolt]

So all the translation work done by the communities over the past year will be discarded?

Just to know

[bitter ocean]

Discarded is a bit of a harsh word. They hired professionals to do the translations. There was posts about this multiple times through official channels, and users have been told to wait until after B42 to do community translations for the past 2 years. All community translators had their work appreciated by gifts from TIS, as well as credits, and an addition to the game in some form. Look at the pins if you are a credited translator and havnt submitted a request.

[frank jolt]

Thank you for the answer

[charred sphinx]

\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\lua\client\ISUI\WelcomeMessageB42.lua

[viral osprey]

Thank you!

[charred sphinx]

You're welcome, but it can't be translated because special, non-English characters are displayed as ?. Unfortunately, I don't know lua programming, so I have no idea where to change what in the file so that it gets included in one of the files in the Translate folder.

[viral osprey]

I am also facing the same problem right now 😆

[charred sphinx]

There is a solution.
I'll put the text in the game's welcome window.

Finally!

[charred sphinx]

Wow, I managed to make a double window.

[blazing glen]

yo congrats on b42 and happy holidays

[viral osprey]

There is a food called tato dots, is it a homage to something?
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Bag_of_Tato_Dots

I know that “Hi his” is also a homage food.

[misty rampart]

Tater Tots.

[chilly jungle]

Good morning everyone, I am a Zomboid mod translator but with the new update my translations are not working, can someone help me by telling me which files I need exactly? I await a response. Thank you for your attention!

[viral osprey]

This is good feedback for the developers. The translation was shifted to a localization company from Build 42, and it turned out to be extremely natural and exceeded expectations ❤️

[terse hedge]

hi, which file i need to translated Print_Media_EN or Print_Text_EN, thanks

[sand forum]

its normal to be in the B42 but on the text in spanish is the B41?

or do i need to verify files or smth like that

[rustic aurora]

same for me so I assume an error in localisation

[charred sphinx]

Official translation will be in Q1 2025. Until then, the version 41 translation is included in the game.

[upper olive]

Hello! I want to ask about the Ukrainian professional translation, will there be one at all? And will the Ukrainian localization be created using only the original language of the game, that is, English? I would be very grateful if anyone knows about this

[muted loom]

anyone need swedish translation for modding etc

🇸🇪🇸🇪

[bitter ocean]

Ukrainian will be included in the professional translations. Check the pin from NasKo for more information

[tidal edge]

Hello! If there is any need for Polish translation, I am happy to help 💪

[bitter ocean]

In-game Polish transltions will be done professionlly, but you can still help on the wiki or modding projects

[jade shard]

Does anyone know where to find this map? I would like to translate it too:

😄

[bitter ocean]

It's at media\maps\Muldraugh, KY\worldmap.png

[jade shard]

NICE! TY MAN!

[terse hedge]

hi guys, which file i need to translated Print_Media_EN or Print_Text_EN? Thanks

[unkempt tide]

Hello, I want to help translating wiki in Korean, how can I help?

[simple citrus]

devs need any help with translation b42 on russian?

[jade shard]

Has anyone figured out how to translate categories in craft? Or did the developers forget to add translation strings?

[jade shard]

Перевод уже какбы есть не первый день. Не полный, но качественно все делаю. А в первом квартале 2025го года будет официальный перевод

[simple citrus]

он как модом у тебя идет?

[jade shard]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2633338368

[jade shard]

разрабы профи наняли, поэтому и задержки. Я делаю для себя

[simple citrus]

понял, спс, помощь не нужна?

[jade shard]

нет)

[simple citrus]

хорошо, удачи

[upper olive]

<@&671452400221159444> please, the rule "Communication on the channel is conducted only in English" has been violated

[simple citrus]

прости, что не на украинском, хлопец 😂

[jade shard]

sorry :c

[hexed arch]

best!!

[foggy palm]

I was really confused on why there is russian, before seeing that i went from general to translations

[unique timber]

Anyone know how to begin translating? Would be interested in translating either in-game content or the wiki but unsure how to get started.

[unique timber]

Is it in the game files? Since all I find are files I can't open

[bitter ocean]

Which language?

[bitter ocean]

Hello, i will get back to you soon sorry! quite busy atm

[unique timber]

Norwegian

[bitter ocean]

Norwegian will be translated professionally, the translations will be included in the first part of next year

[unique timber]

Alr

[bitter ocean]

For the wiki, start here
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Help:Translations

If you need further help, feel free to ask here #pzwiki_editing

[unique timber]

👍

[misty solar]

will Tagalog/Filipino be among the languages that will be translated professionally for in-game content?

and if so, is there any way i could help with translating

[bitter ocean]

No, you will have to create/assist with a mod to add those languages

[misty solar]

thanks!

with that said, i'm currently working on a mod for that

is this the right place for me to reach out for interested folks?

[olive abyss]

Does anyone know if there is a seperate LUA file for languages?

Like lets say... if I wanted to bring an entirely new language into the game.

[bitter ocean]

There are folders with the language code of the language within them. Those are the translation files. You have to make a mod to add them. Beyond that I don't know sorry.

Which language? PZ doesn't support RTL heads up

[olive abyss]

I'm modding Icelandic into the game just for fun

[bitter ocean]

Good luck, this chat is often fairly dead, you may have more luck figuring out how to make a translation mod in #mod_support otherwise I recommend downloading another language mod from the workshop to see how it works 😄

[olive abyss]

I might do that

I'm looking at a guide right now too.

[proven crown]

As long as people are talking about the Translations, it is tolerated here.

[olive abyss]

hahahha... guys look!

Pog.

[potent umbra]

any word about RTL languages?

[grand crown]

Yo. I can try to help with polish language a bit. :)) 🦅 🇵🇱

[subtle cape]

nie ma potrzeby tłumaczenia gry już, bo od b42 robi to zewnętrzna firma tłumaczeniowa, ale zawsze możesz kontaktować się z twórcami popularnych modów, żeby je tłumaczyć

[hexed arch]

if so then can you write that somewhere so people will not be raged or upset again?
pinned message or rule channel..

[grand crown]

Aha, dobra dzięki za wytłumaczenie. 😅😁

[formal talon]

I encountered a bug while translating the new content of B42 update. How can I resolve this issue?

[bitter ocean]

Wait for the professional translations to be implemented

[last salmon]

Hi everyone, how's it going? Can you tell me if it's possible to replace the new map where we select the spawn with another image? I have knowledge in PS/AI and I think it would be really cool to translate the information on it to PT-BR (my native language).

[olive abyss]

translating stuff is so much fun lmao

my recent progress on my icelandic community translation

[earnest osprey]

Merry Christmas to everyone!

[subtle cape]

You definitely can, just some image editing skills required

[last salmon]

Yeah, I did find the PNG file (ProjectZomboid > media > maps > Muldraugh, KY > worldmap), but simply editing and replacing it with another PNG didn’t work. I have little experience with mods, so I’ll do some research here and on the forum. If you have any suggestions, I’d appreciate it!

[twin mist]

How can i help you transalte

I know perfect english and spanish

[bitter ocean]

Spanish translations will be done professionally from Build 42. If you'd like to contribute still, you can help translate in #pzwiki_editing and #mod_development

[twin mist]

ok

[robust swallow]

Man is the official Russian translation plain 😕

Had someone told them to remove every singe swear word for some reason

[bitter ocean]

There's no swears in English right?

[bitter ocean]

Hehe funny words

[robust swallow]

I mean, no one is hurt or dead from lack of swear words

But why would you change them if there is no publisher, no rating agency and its already there in the original

So its as bland as an average official russian translation of the game

There is also a thing that they had translated for some reason ALL business chain names

Maybe they wanted to translate all of the puns in them, but I think thats very unnecessary

The game isnt set in Russia, so the names should be transliterated, not translated

There is also a fact that they wont translate the signs in game

So what ends up happening is that they refer to Fossoil as "Бензавр" while in game world it is still Fossoil

[subtle cape]

@robust swallow lots of valid feedback imo

[torn swan]

Haha Turkish direct translation go brr

They changed a annotated map of West Point text of "Crazy son of a bitch" to "Çılgın orospu çocuğu"

which is a %100 accurate translation with the swear word

Kudos to them

[robust swallow]

As Ive said, russian translation, especially the official one is a bit cowardly when it comes to swearing which is annoying each time I see it, so thats why I may sound a bit picky. As funny as it sounds, you can have a mass murder, torture, killing of civilians and other 18+ stuff, including swear words, but the hardest line russian translations will give is "Damn"

Otherwise the translation is okay, Ive looked through what they had translated (which is only the Radio file I think) and its on par with what community would have made roughly in a year or two from initial b42 release

[robust swallow]

But still I suggest that translators should get a better direction on how to translate things going forward, especially since the are getting payed

[frozen canopy]

depends on cultural appropriateness and the target audience, but primarily on the customers who pay for the translations

[robust swallow]

I may be a bit confident in saying this, but the cultural appropriateness and target audience hadn't changed in iota since community made translation that was in b41 which had contained swear words

And its weird to say that the language known for being very, very creative and diverse on the swear words, is the one to lack any swears at all

I may be again too confident on saying that, but I dont think that the translators had come to Pat Bren(or any other tis member) and asked "Hey, we will cut out every usage of swear words, translated every company name so that the russian player will have no clue how anything that is said on the radio connects to the actual in game companies, and stabbed your story in some other minor ways, are you okay with that?"

They probably were just given a blank text with few directions and went "Alright, lets do it as we always do, remove every swear word because its safe for us and try to translate everything because we are getting payed per line of translation"

[spiral light]

I guess they haven't updated the translations yet or they decided to do start from scratch.

because I think that translation has been around for a long time.

[bitter ocean]

Please wait until later into unstable for full professional translations to be complete. Many are not finished or have not been implemented at all.

[next forge]

topluluk çeviri kalktı diye biliyorum resmi bir çeviri olacaktı galiba

hatta şu sarı ranklı ağabeylere hediye falan gönderiyorlar ama bizim gümrük mevzusundan zortladı galiba :d

[torn swan]

DALKFHAEOIFHALEFHASLFJH

[charred sphinx]

I don't understand why need to hire a "professional" translation team, or why aren't they contacting us? After all, we translated it, know the game very well. We may be needed in translation, even if only as consultants.
It is not certain that the Professional group is familiar with the context and therefore the translation may be inaccurate or incorrect.
I'll continue my translation to 42 as a mod.

[robust swallow]

Thats also the thing

[spiral light]

I can understand them switching to professional translation, after all it is very difficult to find a passionate translator for every country, I have seen cases where some languages were not updated for months

And since there is no translation guideline, each subsequent translator may make changes or translate in a way that the previous one would not approve the style.

I think the idea of consultation might be good, but if they are going to throw everything away and redo it, there is no need for that. Since they are a group of paid translators, they will do something like playtesting anyway.

[spiral light]

Biliyorum zaten arkadaşa ithafen yazdım, b42 çevirileri şu an eski çevirileri kullanıyor diye. Bir şeyler gelmese de olur, ödülüne yapmamıştık zaten bu çevirileri.

[robust swallow]

Ive spoken to previous translator and he will make a mod due to roughly the same reasons I had with new translation

[robust swallow]

Though community translators usually do it because they want to improve the game and make it as enjoyable for themselves and for others as possible, so they will try to do their best
While professionals rarely care about anything they translate because for them its a business so they will try to do the bare minimum, standard translation, because they are usually not payed at all for quality, just sheer amount of things that they had translated

[spiral light]

I don't really agree with your last sentence, it depends a lot on the translation group, a good translation group does not make a standard translation for its reputation.
A bad translation also means losing job for them.

[robust swallow]

Thats why there is a market for community translations even after official one gets released, standard translation is better than bad or no translation, but its usually mediocre and lacks in depth due to lack of involvement from the team

[spiral light]

Community translations can be more passionate but also can be lazier. There is also a difference in competence, as people in the translation group are more likely to be able to understand puns, idioms, etc.

Anyway, the decision has already been made so there is not much point in discussing it, a mod can be made for those who want it, of course, I think it was said that it would be an option if I remember correctly.

[robust swallow]

Just because the decision was made doesnt make it free from critique, these guys are getting payed unlike community translators, so I think they should properly work for every single penny. I also dont like the idea of "mods will fix it", its either most of pz players wont play with mods, or there will be more players that play with translation mod that the official one was just a waste of money

[spiral light]

Okay, but the translation is not finalized yet and it still is b42 unstable, so at this stage it seems more like prejudice than criticism.

[robust swallow]

Maybe in other languages yes, but in russian we had already got a full Radio and TV translation, so there is effectively almost nothing left to translate

We have a taste of what the rest of the translation would be like and Im saying that they should get a bit better directions on how to do it, seeing that overall the translation is decent, but has some mildly annoying quirks that should be addressed

[charred sphinx]

I only do it until professional translation is available. After that, I won't do it anymore. But in the meantime, those who have used my translation so far are still happy that I'm working on it. I've already found a line that isn't in the English version. For example, ItemName_Base.FlintNodule. I don't know how they're going to find these missing words that aren't even in English unless they watch the entire game.

[frozen canopy]

Going with a translation company is usually much simpler than trying to juggle multiple freelance translators. While you can't make everyone 100% happy with any translation, these companies do follow professional standards and ethics to ensure quality work.

[digital island]

Also with ChatGPT, DeepL and Google Translate, there's a lot of that. Using of which isn't bad, even professional studios do it, but sometimes they are just slapped and never fixed.

[spiral light]

I didn't mean that. What I meant was that sometimes they don't proofread, they don't understand the real context of the word, or they do a full translation without localization of something that doesn't exist in that culture.

[digital island]

Yeah, I was about pointing another issue you didn't, I think it was the case for some PZ translations too? (like Finnish IIRC)

[solemn canopy]

Hello! How can i help translating the game to my language?

[bitter ocean]

Which language

[solemn canopy]

romanian

[bitter ocean]

You will have to make a mod to add the language, start here
#translations message

[solemn canopy]

I heard that the new update will also have the translations improved.. is it true?

[bitter ocean]

All natively supported languages will be professionally translated

[boreal kernel]

The questions is more like "when" 🙂

[bitter ocean]

Q1

#translations message

[solemn canopy]

oh but romanian is already translated but not complete

[bitter ocean]

Romanian is not included in the list of professionally translated languages

[wild cradle]

Hi I would like to help in the Spanish translation of the game and was wondering if if there was already someone doing it, I read the steam post and it said to ask here

[bitter ocean]

Spanish will be translated professionally from B42 onwards. Feel free to help translate the wiki

[wild cradle]

Ok thanks for the answer 👍

[silk quail]

Hi, I made a PR to the translation repo regarding the czech translation, would it be possible for someone to review it? I've seen that the repo wasn't committed to in a long time, so I'm not really sure if it's still being used 🤔

[bitter ocean]

All vanilla languages are being translated professionally. You should post your translations as a mod.

#translations message

[silk quail]

I don't see czech on that list, but the game already has czech translation, so how will that work in the future?

[bitter ocean]

Existing translations will remain. Future community translations should be mods

[silk quail]

I'm not sure if I understand that correctly. So you're saying that the czech translation will be locked in, and any fixes to it will have to be mods?

[bitter ocean]

Yes it's in the message from NasKo beneath the one I linked

At this time there's no confirmation that any of them not in that list will be updated

[silk quail]

Alright, thanks. Might be a good idea to put a statement in the translations repo and archive it.

[idle juniper]

when estonian getting added??

[idle juniper]

My country never gets anything

[lime ruin]

Why sometimes the translation of Spanish language are more like Argentina Spanish?

[twin tide]

i can help translate everything to arabic as i have been born and lived all my life in egypt and is also fluent in english

please dm me or message me in any way if you would like me to help with arabic language

[bitter ocean]

The current translations are community translations, the professional translations will release Q1 2025

[earnest osprey]

Happy new year to everybody! Hope it'll grant you all a great health ❤️

[wide ibex]

What?
I've been doing the Spanish translation for all these years, and it's precisely the people from Latam who have always "complained" about it being too Spanish.
That's why someone made an Argentine version of it.

Could it be that you're using that one? 🤣

[lime ruin]

This game has a. Lot of Argentina people but latin america is more than Argentina. And im using some mods that change the names of the coats , from "chaqueta" to "campera" 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

[wide ibex]

I know Latam is more than just Argentina, but some guys made a translation specifically for them, that's why I mentioned it.

You were complaining about the Spanish translation while using mods—why am I not surprised? 😵‍💫

[tardy patrol]

How do I translate

Polish translation of long and short blunt weapons is really silly and I'd like to change that

[bitter ocean]

Polish will recieve professional translations in Q1 2025, otherwise create a mod for your own translation. Check the pins

[subtle cape]

Out of curiosity, what would you suggest as a better translation, and why do you think the current ones are silly?

[tardy patrol]

I think Długa broń tępa or Krótka broń tępa is how somebody would say it

The current translation at least from my expirence is used very rarely if ever

I just never heard anybody in Poland in real life or on the internet say "Obuchowa" instead of "tępa"

Btw im talking about translation for short/long blunt

I guess the translation could be up to debate

[subtle cape]

and that's where research is important, and not what we "feel" is right 🙂

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broń_biała
https://www.bron.pl/slownik-pojec/bron-biala

[frozen canopy]

it's not exactly something that comes up in everyday chat - like, who even says 'blunt weapon' normally if they're not a PZ player?

[proud thistle]

How can I transport b41 translation into b42 without wasting time copying & pasting?!

[normal cypress]

does anyone know where the go_to is for reporting wrong language translations?

[digital island]

in Baldur's Gate it was translated as "Obuchowa", and that's a game from my childchood

[bitter ocean]

The professional translation will be implemented Q1 2025, only after that should there be any reports

[normal cypress]

thx, kinda getting triggered, my translation calls a soldering iron a welding torch haha

[subtle cape]

"Przed wyruszeniem w drogę należy zebrać drużynę"

[silk quail]

How does the "Wooden Lance" look? There doesn't seem to be a picture anywhere 🤔

Or maybe more generally, what is the difference between "Wooden Spear" and "Wooden Lance" in the game? 🤔

[grave sapphire]

Something like this but wooden I think

[restive zephyr]

Does anyone get into translation lua keys for crafting/building categories? Tried to run game with -debugtranslation, but it seems like they're not generating. This ones:

[frank jolt]

How do I make my translations available for Build 42?

Is there some txt file I have to add or some line directly in the files?

Folders?

[restive zephyr]

@frank jolt here you can find all txt files with translations, it's good to look at what EN folder contains, as it has every change added officially within B42 Unstable

[frank jolt]

Thanks

[restive zephyr]

yw

I would also recommend to look for pinned messages of this channel, as there you can read more about localisations planned for the future by devs. Temporarily we have none I suppose, but they will eventually come.

[frank jolt]

But if i do a translation for a B42 mod?

[restive zephyr]

Hmm I'm not an expert here, but so far I've noticed mod based translations have different key pairs with particular phrases and work as an addition to the existing ones. Should not be a problem then

[robust swallow]

Is there any info on what the professional translators will be translating?

Will they also translate fliers(images), signs, anything apart from text?

[bitter ocean]

As far as I know only text will be translated. But text on fliers, not images, should be included

[earnest osprey]

Quick question, if anyone knows, in B42, we can craft Railspike weapons. Does anyone knows what could it be exactly ? I have no clue.

(I'm translating stuff atm)

[restive comet]

Hi Calvy. I am a English to French freelance translator, and I would like to help translate Project Zomboid, for free of course.

[earnest osprey]

Hello, it's only for the wiki. Devs have hired a localization company already to translate the game for b42. For more informations, read the pinned messages.

[digital island]

text is available in textual form; wasn't it made for the translations so the actual images don't have to be edited?

(would make sense lore-wise too)

[jade shard]

Comrades! Can it be translated? Or is it the same with the translation of these lines as with the crafting categories?

-debugtranslation It doesn't give me anything.

[jade shard]

=\

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Sorry)

[white bolt]

hello, sorry if this is random, but i figure i am semi fluent in Welsh, and would love the opportunity to translate it, however irrelevant the language
just curious about how this goes on.

[glossy kindle]

They hired professional translators to translate the game from now on. They are accepting community translations for the Wiki in case you're interested though.

#translations message

Don't know about relevance of Welsh, that's from Wales right?

[white bolt]

yea, the Welsh language although there are multiple dialects i know a decent amount of words and would like to contribute

got a B in my exams so i like to think i know a decent bit

[bitter ocean]

You'd have to create a mod for welsh. Currently the wiki is not looking for welsh translations

[white bolt]

Fair do's, just wanna help out if possible :)

[bitter ocean]

Can always contribute to the English wiki 😄

[white bolt]

Aye but im worse at that than welsh XD

[onyx sail]

Hii, I was wondering about a mod for belarusian translation of the game and if anyone is working on it. I've seen a mod from 2022 which added partial translation of PZ, but it seems that the project is dead. If you are working on it, or you know anyone who is planning/doing it, please let me know

[robust swallow]

Это Мотель а не отель

[jade shard]

[RU] У тебя не отель. У меня - отель. Лично я большой разницы не вижу.
Да и если уж разница есть, переделать могу в любой момент. Тем более что ретекстуры для 42 билда буду обновлять после того как перевод свой сделаю (с акцентом на сортировку).
и если что тут ругают когда не на енглише шпрехаем)

[ENG]
You don't not hotel. I have hotel. Personally, I don't see much difference.
And if there is a difference, I can redo it at any time. Moreover, I will update the retextures for the 42nd build after I do my translation (with an emphasis on sorting).

[robust swallow]

Не, мне немного поебать, главное чтобы ты имена собственные не переводил как наши профессиОналы

[jade shard]

В каком смысле?
In what sense?

[robust swallow]

Ты не видел кусок нового перевода?

Они уже успели перевести RadioData_Ru

[jade shard]

я сразу свой перевод обновлять начал. Для RadioData_Ru мой английский плох, чтобы за него браться)
I immediately started updating my translation. For RadioData_Ru my English is too bad to take it on)

[robust swallow]

Я бы не приебывался если наши професионалы с шилом в жопе не переводили названия бизнесов которые есть в игре как локации

[jade shard]

У меня это Крученная Пицца

[robust swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/kurt-angle-stare-100-yard-stare-meme-gif-251436459491629941

Ведь действия игры происходят в Саратове, а не Кентукки сша

Ладно, хер с ним, хотя бы будет возможность чтобы логотипы совпадали с текстом

А так в ванилле по радио нас будут "Бензавр", Морской конёк, Черноус, а в игре Fossoil, Seahorse, Churns-r-us

Ведь перевода табличек не будет

[jade shard]

Многие названия я завуалировал + иногда другие слова подбирал чтобы логотип не изменился сильно

А для американцев их язык не как для нас русский?)
Поэтому ретекстуры логотипов на зданиях это просто удобство в навигации когда играешь впервые. + Это отдельный мод, а не насильственное дополнение к моему переводу.
Нет. Официально разработчик переводить текстуры не будет, ты что!)

I veiled many names + sometimes chose other words so that the logo would not change much

And for Americans, their language is not the same as Russian is for us?)
Therefore, retextures of logos on buildings are simply a convenience in navigation when playing for the first time. + This is a separate mod, and not a forced addition to my translation.
No. The developer will not officially translate the textures, what are you talking about!)

@robust swallow А где свое образование получал ТЫ?)
And where did YOU get your education?)

Как говориться: Любой мод, это впервую очередь работа для самого автора, а кому нужно еще - тот себе скачает)
As they say: Any mod is primarily a job for the author himself, and else needs it will download it for himself)

@robust swallow Но вообще с тобой согласен. В официальном русском переводе не нужно переводить названия локаций и заведения, так как текстуры остаются на английском. Ибо те кто вообще английский не знает не поймут отсылок на локации.
But I generally agree with you. In the official Russian translation, you do not need to translate the names of locations and establishments, as the textures remain in English. Because those who do not know English at all will not understand references to locations.

[robust swallow]

Ну и мат вернуть сука, это ААА проэкт от сони или юбиков или инди игра без издателей и цензоров

[jade shard]

@waxen depot pay attention to the message above, and here:
#translations message

[robust swallow]

Ive already talked about it here and got nothing

[jade shard]

Я также не понял, почему в официальном переводе на русский язык были удалены все нецензурные выражения.
I also didn't understand why the official Russian translation removed all obscene language.

[jade shard]

[robust swallow]

Cause it seems like devs didnt give any feedback on how to translate things

So the professianal translators did what they usually do

Make a family frendly text by cutting off each and every swear

And translating company names that shouldnt be translated

[jade shard]

most likely to)

[robust swallow]

I cant deny that the translators are good at interpreting some stuff that is hard to get unless you have IELTS 9.0 or something

But they definitely require some directions

After all they are getting payed for their work, so they should work their asses off for the pay

Not make the game duller and as bland as recent COD translation

If there are no publishers, higher ups, other dickheads that translators have to please in order to release the game, then why we get the same results as if there are

[jade shard]

Я еще надеюсь, что официальные переводчики будут стараться сокращать очень длинные названия предметов, как это делали в русском переводе МЫ - СООБЩЕСТВО PZ. (Например "Консервированные бобы" мы сокращали в "Консерв. бобы". Меньшая длина названия предмета - удобство игры на маленьком мониторе)
Это не касается журналов и книг.
I also hope that official translators will try to shorten very long names of items, as WE, the PZ COMMUNITY, did in Russian translation. (For example, we shortened "Консервированные бобы" (Canned beans) to "Консерв. бобы" The shorter length of the items name makes it easier to play on a small monitor)
This does not apply to magazines and books.

[robust swallow]

I may be more pissed off at professianal translators, after being a community translator myself, and seeing how community translation that was done properly, is better than what we will potentially get in b42

No doubt that community translation is slow and may lack quality, but its usually done with passion by those that want others to enjoy the game

Not those that want to see larger paychecks if they translate every word in the game

Im also even more annoyed after seeing those type of professianal translations for my entire life(Until I just gave up and only use English in each game from now on)

So seeing my favourite game get the same treatment makes me frustrated

[jade shard]

Я был из первых кто начал переводить 41 билд. Потом ко мне присоединился Матрешка (он же Pe2h) со своим хорошим английским, а перекрыл все мои ошибки. (если быть точнее, я начал переводить 41билд модом в воркшопе, а Матрешка на моей базе переводил внутре-игровой перевод, файлы которого обновлялись через ГитХаб). Кто помогал матрешке не знаю, но могу сказать одно: перевод делался быстро, и качественно (особенно с матрешкой). До 41 билда Леофанов переводил игру с кемто..... Как говорится все ники переводчиков есть в 41 билде).

I was one of the first to start translating 41 builds. Then Matryoshka joined me with his good English, and covered all my mistakes. (to be more precise, I started translating the 41build mod in the workshop, and the Matryoshka doll on my base translated the in-game translation, the files of which were updated via GitHub). I don't know who helped the matryoshka doll, but I can say one thing: the translation was done quickly and efficiently (especially with the matryoshka doll). Before build 41, Leofanov translated the game with someone..... As they say, all translator nicknames are in 41 builds)

С:

Более того. Если бы перевод остался на сообществе игра на сегодня была бы уже переведена полностью (данная сборка 42, и я понимаю что она еще будет наполнятьтся контентом),

Moreover. If the translation had remained on the community, the game would have already been fully translated today (this build 42, and I understand that it will still be filled with content),

[digital island]

it has plushy PAWS character after all 👀

But yeah, was reading your conversation here, that's definitely an issue to be brught onto the public. I think nasko would be your first point of contact, not RJ though, may just have some time to forward, as TIS only went back from their christmas break.

[robust swallow]

That is also one of my points, instead of translating Russian, the language that is actively developed by community for many years and gained traction in the end of b41, there should be translation for other, less active languages

Why pay for the job that was already planned to be done for free by the community

[jade shard]

Кстати помимо того, что Матрешку задел БАН со стороны разработчиков за шутку про НОС, так еще ему было обидно что перевод забирают из под рук сообщества, так как ВЕСЬ перевод радио и ТВ делал он - а это колоссальные усилия)

By the way, besides the fact that Matryoshka was offended by the BAN from the developers for joking about the NOSE, he was also offended that the translation was being taken away from the hands of the community, since he did ALL the translation of radio and TV - and this is a tremendous effort)

[robust swallow]

It would have been done if TIS didnt scare off everyone with professional translators

[jade shard]

@proven crown oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!) You here&)

[robust swallow]

He didnt

He did VHS and Items

And CD's

[digital island]

The long names are a stop-gap until UI will be reworked I believe, as like you said, books titles are long already. Also I noticed a lot of names are inconsistent, when I'll wrap my head around it, I'll be suggesting some changes too 🤞

[robust swallow]

Radios and were done poorly

It was definitely in need of shape up, which we were planning to do and already having a small team of community translators to discuss it...

Until TIS announced that professianals will now be doing all the work and getting payed for it

[digital island]

not in the actual game (at least not yet, as not all translations were uploaded in B42), but https://github.com/TheIndieStone/ProjectZomboidTranslations/blob/master/RU/credits.txt

[jade shard]

Well, long titles of books and magazines are not critical, as many players will just use the book for its intended purpose.

[robust swallow]

Ive talked about by how poorly it was done previously

When "Run" was translated as "Go" instead of "Own, manage, ect"

[jade shard]

А точно! конкретно старое радио, и старые каналы были переведены другими ребятами (это было до 41 билда) Хз кто это был, но в той компании был и Леофанов
Oh, right! Specifically the old radio, and the old channels were translated by other guys (this was before build 41)

[robust swallow]

He assumed that it was goodenuf™️

It wasnt even remotely so I personally went out of my way to translate it with a team of community translators

[robust swallow]

And imagen my face when the people that had translated this got merchandise and people that had developed mods for adding in language structure, like suffixes, prefixes and other things didnt

Then the game receiving the most bland payed translations Ive ever seen for no apparent reason

[jade shard]

Well, what can I say. It remains to wait for the reaction @proven crown or @waxen depot (Sorry developers that I tag you again))

👋

[digital island]

I think Russian was one of the ones that got it, IIRC Polish did not get one at all (was 100% done by gerras), can retest back home.

But yeah, nothing set in stone, especially as it's all unsable still, so 🤞 valid feedback will get through to iron it out for b42 proper release.

[robust swallow]

Who knows, maybe we will get language support for gender based ones and other things in the future

Not asking for it, since it isnt that big of a thing, but combined will require a lot of work with each language

[digital island]

Yeah, that'd be nice, also RTL support. At least things seem to be UTF-8 properly now.

[bitter ocean]

I still think you should wait for the full implementation of the professional translations, Nasko said they would be out Q1. Unstable is still unstable

[robust swallow]

I dont think anything will change

We already have entire radio and tv text translated

Its more than enough to see how they translate and base a review

[digital island]

I'm not a professional translator, but I do belive translations are updated in these stuiod afterwards too

[subtle cape]

They should if they receive feedback. Usually, though, what gets delivered is final from my experience as a translator

[robust swallow]

Thats another problem, we know almost nothing on how they operate or get payed

Maybe they get payed once per text file, per line, per sentence, per anything

Maybe they will redo things as a part of their contract

[bitter ocean]

It's not a freelance company, it will be a contract with a set payment in exchange for all the files being completed

[bitter ocean]

That we dont know, but it likely has some

[digital island]

If I'm not mistaken, the studio's in credits, I looked at their website

[warped patrol]

Is it possible that the game will be 100% translated into Czech?

[bitter ocean]

Czech is not included in the professional translations

[warped patrol]

Thanks for answer

[viral osprey]

Has anyone been able to translate this text? It gets garbled when I translate it into my country's language.

[charred sphinx]

@viral osprey That's the only way I could solve it.
I deleted the entire content of this: lua\client\ISUI\WelcomeMessageB42.lua
So its size became 0.
In this file I added an extra section: lua\client\OptionScreens\MainScreen.lua
UI_News_Anim4 line before UI_News_Anim3.
Finally I added the new lines in this: UI_xx.txt in the same way.
It's a bit complicated to describe, but if you want, I'll give you the 3 files. If necessary.

[viral osprey]

#translations message
Did you solve the garbled text by displaying the message that appears at the start of the game in the main menu, as in this post?

[charred sphinx]

This is the only way I could solve it. I created a 2nd window on the main screen and disabled the window after the game started.
Unfortunately, all files that are not in the translation folder do not support other languages.

[charred sphinx]

This was the end result.

[floral thistle]

Sooo, playing build 42 a bit. But damn the dutch translation of the game is soooo bad. How do i go around getting stuf changed ?

[bitter ocean]

Dutch will be officially translated when the translations are added in Q1, otherwise you can create a mod

[warm jetty]

Hello,

I’m looking to see if anyone wants to play Project Zomboid in Arabic Language one day. There’s a big Arabic community for Project Zomboid, but the problem is that Project Zomboid doesn’t support the Arabic language. I think many Arab players are excited to play Project Zomboid in their native language.

I want to help translate Project Zomboid . If anyone knows how to work on translations and wants to help, I’m ready.

I’m a freelance translator and can help make Project Zomboid fully understandable in Arabic.

If anyone is interested, DM me Thanks!

[bitter ocean]

Currently Zomboid cannot support RTL languages like Arabic, this will be changed during unstable beta with the implementation of professional translations as far as I know

This should be within 3 months

[warm jetty]

I hope that.
Thank you for your response.

[sand heath]

Hello everyone,
I am an Italian programmer, and I would like to contribute to the Italian translation of the new PZ build. If anyone has already started (or is about to start) and wants to work as a team, I would be very happy and available to give my contribution.

[sacred nymph]

Hi, read pins

[jade shard]

Dear developers. I beg you! Release a fix that will allow us to translate the Crafting and Buildings categories into our languages. And the translation of all objects (tables, workbenches, etc.) on which we can work.
I understand that this is not a priority, but still. There have already been 4 patches of fixes.

😢

If me make strings in the old style (as it was in build 41), they don't work!!!!!
(For example: IGUI_CraftCategory_Assembly = "Сборка",)

@proven crown I'll just tag you according to old tradition

[proven crown]

The UI is undergoing heavy changes as we go, which have priority for now, sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime

[upper olive]

Good day everyone! Can I find out which studio is localizing the game for the Ukrainian language?

[potent umbra]

when's RTL gonna be supported

[bitter ocean]

Q1 2025

[bitter ocean]

Not sure if thats been given publically, all will be done by the same company

[frozen canopy]

What are you gonna do with that info? 🤔

[sacred nymph]

Enroll to help😆

[upper olive]

I want to know the background of this studio, what projects it has worked on, to find out how well they do their work.🙂

[frozen canopy]

The Most Games

[bitter ocean]

Here you go, theyre credited in the B42 translations
https://www.mostgames.org

[upper olive]

I learned that there is only one Ukrainian translator on their team. How can one person do high-quality localization for the Ukrainian language if it is a job for a whole team of people who have to know the Ukrainian language perfectly?

[bitter ocean]

Because it's their entire job, 8 hours a day 5 days a week

[sacred nymph]

People do great things for money

Sometimes, but still

[upper olive]

I understand. But on this website, there is no mention of any game that has been translated into Ukrainian. Most of the games from this studio only have Russian localization (which isn't surprising, as this is a Russian studio and most of the employees are Russian). So how can they create a quality localization for Zomboid if they have never done it before? Oh, maybe there are projects they are not allowed to disclose, but it's interesting that 19 games on their site, which have more than one localization, don't have any Ukrainian localization. What are the chances that there is at least one game in their portfolio that has been translated into Ukrainian?

[sacred nymph]

These questions are good, but not to be asked to a random person in a gaming server that has no control and can't be any help

[upper olive]

I agree, I apologize to this person, I hope that the authorized people will read this message and be able to provide answers. I don't know where exactly to submit this question so that the developers can answer it, because I wrote to the email and no one answered me

[sacred nymph]

If you're desperate to help translating, you can either go recruit in that translation company, or make a translation mod yourself or with your team

Devs won't be able to help either

[upper olive]

I desperately want to get the quality product I deserve. Because the existing translation of the game into my language was done by one person using machine translation and took the Russian localization as the base, not the original English text. This led to a poor, awkward translation that doesn't adhere to any existing rules of the Ukrainian language, and at the same time, the original meaning was lost.

Yes, it's unlikely that a professional studio would rely on machine translation, but will this studio resist the temptation to use the experience of its predecessor and translate the game using the Russian localization as a base? Just to save time and resources, especially considering that there is only one translator from Ukraine among the employees.

I am not obligated to work as a localizer, I am a user. This is firstly, and secondly, I do not have the necessary skills and experience for such work.

[upper olive]

Why

[bitter ocean]

I dont think they really need to answer. They made the decision to have the game localized professionally and hired a professional company to do so. What more explination is there? You can create a mod for your own

[sacred nymph]

Because they aren't responsible for the translation, and never were. Before it was done by fans, now it's done by professionals. I know that translations suck sometimes, but all people can really do is, again, either help the professional company, if they would like to hire you, or make a mod on your own. Just take russian as an example, there are still blunders and mistakes, and while official translation is being done, there's a mod available in workshop

You can do the same

Yeah there's a chance that new translation will suck, and in that case fan TLs will rise again. You can start in advance

[upper olive]

Maybe I want an explanation to make sure I get a quality product, not a flaw? And I'm not obligated to create a mod, help with localization, or anything like that. I bought the product, I have the right to use what I was promised, and I was promised a quality professional translation. I'm not complaining now, I just want to know more details about the translation process from a studio that has never worked with my language and has never had experience with it. Do I have the right to want this?

[bitter ocean]

You were not promised a professional quality translation. The translations have not been implemented yet. You are owed nothing

[sacred nymph]

We were promised standardized localisations. Quoting

[bitter ocean]

Where?

[upper olive]

The game developers are hiring a translation studio, they probably pay them and have some. Who oversees this process?

[sacred nymph]

Nasko's pinned msg

"to make sure everything's standardized"

[upper olive]

"we are moving to a complete professional translation of the entire game in a full 21 different languages" Taken from the game's news site

[sacred nymph]

One of the devs. They won't answer any of your questions though, because they are inappropriate before new translations are shown to us

Then we're free to complain for whatever mistakes they made

Until then, you'll just be ignored completely

Or said exactly the same

[upper olive]

Do you think we will have any influence on correcting translation errors, and someone won't send us to make a mod or go work in a translation studio?

[sacred nymph]

We will not have any influence, all we can do is report errors and mistakes

Legally in terms of user feedback

If you want to go beyond that, well. You know already

[bitter ocean]

This is not a promise. It's news. No promises made

[sacred nymph]

Ah maybe. Doesn't deny my words

[bitter ocean]

And you will get a complete professional translation. I dont get your issue

[digital island]

Ironic on top is that the Russian localization is the one that suffered the most apparently lol

but yeah, it's early version yet, so we'll see how it progress I guess

[frozen canopy]

there are "professional" guidelines and norms for translation, but sometimes these official rules don't match what average readers actually want or expect

it's an industry standard that has to be followed e.g. swear words can't be too harsh, or it will become unprofessional

[gaunt coyote]

I've noticed the argentine translation is still not fully translated yet, and have some code languages errors.

In build 41 I've completed the translations files myself, I believe it should've similar. How can I help with the translation?

[glossy kindle]

I'm sure they'll sort that out later, they hired a professional company to do all the game translation from now on. Check pins if you need more info.

[gaunt coyote]

Damn, I wanted to contribute with the translation and be in the credits

Also I've fixed the code error recently, they have the IG_UI in UTF-8 when Argentine Spanish is coded in ANSI, so all the special characters glitched out

Well, at least if they don't let me help with that I'll post the translation in the Workshop

[bitter ocean]

All vanilla translations will be done by a professional studio. Any community translations will need to be a mod

[viral osprey]

Has anyone been able to translate this recipe(growing season)?

[earnest osprey]

Nope but I think I saw the lines using -debugtranslation

Not 100% sure about that tho, but you can try

[earnest osprey]

Some stuff aren't placed in the right order for some languages, it would be great to be able to swap the words order, as for recipes with "1% 2%". I mean in French, the animal breed is always after the animal name as for "Grey Rat" for example, it would be "Rat Gris" but we aren't able to change it atm. I don't know if it's meant to be editable afterwards. I guess French is not the only language that might encounter this issue 😦

[scenic wedge]

can someone translate the game into greek???

[wet inlet]

Hello translation peeps

---

https://github.com/Chuckleberry-Finn/pz-translator
I've modified Poltergeist's automated translator to work off 1 command input, and be able to parse and process entire directories.
Wondering if anyone would be interested in testing it out / verifying it's results.

[frozen canopy]

nice work, but it's probably too complicated for typical users

[wet inlet]

It's meant for modders mostly - but now that you mention it, a user could run it on their install directory. 😅

I figured you guys could use it as a boilerplate/jumping off point.

Also probably need to make it run specific languages on request

[frozen canopy]

would be great to make it a Qt app

[wet inlet]

Qt?

I was going to look into a python executable

[frozen canopy]

PyQt

[bitter ocean]

It's a gui framework

[wet inlet]

Ah, I was looking at ways to avoid having users install python

[bitter ocean]

You can package it into an exe

[wet inlet]

Sounds good, I'll look into it after work.

I also want to attempt having all the files' contents ran through a batch instead of each file sent to googles API.

It initially sent each phrase to the API and hit the 200k limit during testing. 😅

Yeah, Im not very good at python and was using Poltergeists as a template + chatGPT to help me through syntax. So the first runs were rough, took like 20-30 minutes to translate 4 files to every supported language.

That number is now down to like 5 minutes for 16 files lol

[frozen canopy]

keep an eye on those API limits I learned this the hard way with a $700 bill once

[wet inlet]

Nah it's free afaik, they just throttle you. 5 inputs a second, and 200k a day. 😅

I shouldn't feasibly hit it any more since I worked out batching, the changes I want are more for speed.

[stone wolf]

Fishing Link

[wet inlet]

Is each line of the translation required to have a comma, or is that just to help readability?

[earnest osprey]

It is required

[frozen canopy]

Can be omitted

you can test to verify this within minutes lol

but to avoid problems, it's better not to omit, if the strings are on the same line the translation won't work

[earnest osprey]

in -debugtranslation if the comma is omitted, it is considered as an error 😦

[wet inlet]

Good to know, I have a few files like this -- thought the formatting for the script broke but it was me.

Also some of the translations are way off 😅 as expected.

[wet inlet]

Are there any demographics on how many players play with a particular language?

[wispy zenith]

Workshop translation mods downloads?

[earnest osprey]

I know for my language approximately since I'm main admin of my community's discord 😄

But idk if there is a real way to know that

[wet inlet]

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/zomboid/stats At least in using the country origin of servers - one could speculate

[earnest osprey]

True

[wet inlet]

Updated the translator to specify languages you want, should be more helpful for any of you guys who want to use it 😅

Also alot harder to hit that 200k a day character limit

[frozen canopy]

refer to the Steam Hardware Survey https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey for a rough estimation

[wet inlet]

Does that cover language? I see it

[wet inlet]

Thank you for the PyQt recommendation, it was fun to work out

https://github.com/Chuckleberry-Finn/pz-translator

[scarlet bronze]

mm

[shell stream]

elfail.

elfail. · Feb 6, 2025, 3:25 AM

[wet inlet]

@scarlet bronze Can you not?

[scarlet bronze]

sorry mate

[upper olive]

The Ukrainian localization suffered even more because it was based on the Russian localization, which makes it even more horrible.

[bitter ocean]

The professional translation won't be based off the Russian version

[digital island]

I get impression that they talk about the first iteration of professional localizations that are in the game already, by https://www.mostgames.org/

[upper olive]

I know, I'm talking about existing localizations.

[digital island]

ah, I just read that it is about the existing transaltion. But yeah, the new translations from what we know should be totally new. Guess time will tell for sure, though probably good to voice some possible worries ahead

[mellow haven]

I got a qwestion will there be like a translation of cyrilic serbian?

[bitter ocean]

Check the pins for a full list of officially translated languages

[mellow haven]

im just asking like will there be?

[wet inlet]

I just thought of perhaps a significant improvement. I could have the original file pre-processed to ask for contextual clues, so single words or problematic phrases are improved. 🤔

[bitter ocean]

All the listed languages are the languages that will be translated

[jade shard]

с:

🇷🇺

I'm a good boy)))

(this is the last one))))

[deep ledge]

Is there a place where I can report a bunch of translation errors directly to the devs?
The Dutch translation is terrible, it's extremely incorrect and almost seems like it's a mix between Belgian (Flemish) and Dutch or Dutch and Afrikaans
This is besides absolutely incorrect grammar and words that straight up don't excist in Dutch

[bitter ocean]

Dutch will recieve professional translations with the rest of the vanila translations in Q1 2025

[sage root]

hey guys in turkısh translation perishable things get "stale" after some time but "stale" is not a turkish word . it should be "Bayat" (which means stale in turkısh obv)

[frozen canopy]

good to know 🙂

[viral osprey]

This text is not in ItemName_EN. Community translators, please refer to this as well.

[sick tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/check-the-pins-kowalski-penguin-gif-20219688

[viral osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/this-guys-a-modder-tool-gif-27133243

[opaque yoke]

Arabic Translation

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3426962940

[opaque yoke]

I want to communicate with the company management or the game management. Is there a special email for correspondence?

[digital island]

as in The Indie Stone? Official e-mails are on the website https://projectzomboid.com/blog/contact-us/

[opaque yoke]

thanks 💙

[earnest osprey]

Hello there, anyone know if there is a way to translate the binded "key" name on the survival guide ? (blue text)

[frozen canopy]

I think they're hardcoded by LWJGL

[earnest osprey]

Huh dang. Thanks

[river briar]

всем привет)

[bitter ocean]

Hello, this channel is for discussion about translating the game. Discussion on the discord is preferred in English so it can be moderated. A more lenient stance is given specifically in this channel.

Здравствуйте, этот канал предназначен для обсуждения перевода игры. Обсуждение разногласий предпочтительно на английском языке, чтобы его можно было модерировать. Конкретно на этом канале выражена более снисходительная позиция.

[river briar]

ok

[opaque yoke]

Subject: Text Alignment for Right-to-Left Languages

Hello [THE INDIE STONE or Developers],

While translating the game into Arabic, I noticed that some of the text might need to be adjusted for right-to-left alignment. Currently, the text is displayed left-to-right, which may affect the experience for Arabic-speaking players.

Is there existing support in the game to automatically convert text to right-to-left alignment when the Arabic language is selected? If not, is it possible to implement a code adjustment or settings modification to enable this alignment manually?

I would appreciate it if you could provide guidance on how to handle this issue within the game.

Thank you!
Abdulhadi

[opaque yoke]

I’ve created a mod to support Arabic text within the game. However, as you may know, Arabic is written and displayed from right to left, with characters connecting to the ones preceding them. Unfortunately, in the game, the text is currently displayed from left to right and appears disconnected, as the letters naturally attach to the ones on the left, not the right.

To address this, the text needs to be displayed from right to left to ensure proper rendering of the Arabic script. Is there a way to enable this functionality within the game? I would appreciate any guidance or solutions on how to implement this alignment and ensure that the Arabic text displays correctly.

Thank you for your assistance, and I look forward to your prompt response.

Best regards,
Abdulhadi

[bitter ocean]

I'll ping @proven crown to see if he can check with the team, it may be something they've already thought of in testing, as full translations are not implemented yet afaik.

[opaque yoke]

@bitter ocean Did you get some information?

[bitter ocean]

Please give it time. It's only just 9am in Germany

[opaque yoke]

Oh I'm sorry 😅 Okay just take your time because I couldn't find a solution to my problem so I'm in a hurry

[bitter ocean]

Give it at least 3 days

[timber zephyr]

hi

epoxy is a type of glue or something

because if it is one of those strong glues

it can be translated to Super Bonder (popular glue brand in brazil)

and i have other sugestions

if the nidie stone wants

[bitter ocean]

Brazillian Portuguese will be professionally translated in B42 and beyond

[proven crown]

No, not supported at the moment, sorry.

[opaque yoke]

Do you know when you will support that? 🥲

[frozen canopy]

Even Steam lacks official Arabic support due to UI challenges, RTL implementation complexity, and possibly lower market demand

[polar gorge]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3431973410

[sturdy compass]

How can I help with translation

[bitter ocean]

Which language

[sturdy compass]

Romanian

[bitter ocean]

You can create a mod, or contribute to one if one already exists. From B42 onwards all vanilla translations will be done professionally

[sturdy compass]

Ohh got it

[short nexus]

hi guys
i saw a post in steam community about translating the game
my language is farsi
i saw a arabic version and i tried to make something like that for farsi
but after i put the fonts in the game
game crashed
i dont know why but i think its becuase my bitmap setting or something like that
can anyone help me or anyone know what should i do
thanks

[short nexus]

bruh no one?

[frozen canopy]

no idea how to work with RTL languages

[short nexus]

im okay with arabic mod
the problem is some font dont have پ گ ژ(arabic Alphabet dont have some word) i tried to make my font for those
but game crash after i put it in game
i just wana make thats font for game

[frozen canopy]

Do you use BMFont? https://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/

[short nexus]

yeah

i think its becuase the setting

[frozen canopy]

compare the settings in those mods and make the necessary changes

[short nexus]

does developers will add RTL?

[frozen canopy]

can't say for them, but I personally don't think so

[short nexus]

BMFonts won't open the font to compare them
its gave me a error

[frozen canopy]

working with UI shifting is hard

[short nexus]

its actually really a sad news
there are 700 million rtl speaker in the world

but i won't lie most of them will not buy the game

[frozen canopy]

there are also lots of dialects

good that this game supports modding and you can find ways to make it work. But, I don't know Arabic, so I have no idea if it really works or not

[kindred sonnet]

Hi People im From Portugal, if you guys need my colaboration to help changing the game language send me a message

[bitter ocean]

Rtl is currently not supported. The Arabic implementation is a mod and struggles because it's still LtR even though it's in Arabic script.

Wiat until the official translations are added. It's possible Rtl will be added with that but not a promise

[bitter ocean]

Portuguese will be officially translated from B42 and beyond

[short nexus]

project zomboid have a big community in iran
i know many people play online
why developer wont do anything

[frozen canopy]

Priority

[bitter ocean]

Read the pins and you will see they are hiring professionals

[polar gorge]

(https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?edit=true&id=3433836264)

[bitter ocean]

This chat is for the discussion of in game translations, not mods or their translations

[placid linden]

How does one get into translating

Id love to give Polish input but how....where... is it all steam workshop related?

[earnest osprey]

Yes it it. Professionals are handling the translation for B42 and further

[proud thistle]

I made Arabic translation mod without RTL.

[outer otter]

русские переводчики присутствуют?

[sacred nymph]

Перевод на русский был передан профессиональной организации, смотри закреп

[outer otter]

а ну да

[opaque yoke]

حتى انا ترجمت بدون rtl لكن موضوع فاشل بياخذ وقت لان حترجم النص وتقلبه

[bitter ocean]

Please keep discussion in English

[proud thistle]

you don't have to translate it, I have done it, but when I got the time I will transfer it into b42 version.

[median olive]

ищу тимейта в пз я новичек с модами

[rain hemlock]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3437377653

[rain hemlock]

This is a translation of KI5 mods into Ukrainian, special thanks to DrStalker for helping me understand the mod files

[bitter ocean]

This channel is for the discussion of in game translations.

[earnest osprey]

Does anyone know how to spawn newspaper to check the Print_Media files translation rendering in game ? Thanks (@frozen canopy sorry for the ping but you know a lot of things so maybe you can help me)

I guess it's doable through debug menu but I couldn't find how

[earnest osprey]

Thank you very much ❤️

[orchid kraken]

Круто

[short nexus]

hey man can you send me a message?
i wana talk to you

[jade shard]

@proven crown Again the developers didn't give us a line to translate)

[earnest osprey]

<@&671452400221159444> please

We don't have new craft moveables translatable lines neither.

[tame hearth]

ty

[vague thistle]

Nice

[unreal drum]

I translated all Project Zomboid pamphlets into PT-BR for deeper immersion and organized the edits neatly in a Photoshop file, structured for easy adaptation into any language. Need access or want to help? Let me know! 🤟

🇧🇷

[earnest osprey]

I'm into it already too for FR 🙂 Good job !

[unreal drum]

Seriously?
My Photoshop file is organized with all the fonts already curated, selected, and arranged. I can share it if you’re interested.

125 files 🤪

[earnest osprey]

Oh that's some amazing job ! But I'm already done almost ^^ thanks for your hard work, it might help some people 😄

[unreal drum]

Damn, what a sad lack of communication. It would be nice to have had the opportunity to share this production with someone.

[earnest osprey]

Yeah that's true 😦

[unreal drum]

Are you really finishing? Out here, it’s been around 60+ hours of editing. Literally, in the PSD, you just need to type the text in your language, and it’s all formatted already. I did this as a gift for the community, aiming to promote the game as much as possible. It would be a pleasure to share it with you, and I wouldn’t expect anything in return. ❤️

[earnest osprey]

This is really gentle from you but yeah I'm almost done, it's been A LOT of hours doing it for the community too ❤️ I'm glad to see people as much as in love with the game than me to promote it ! You did an amazing job tho, I didn't thought of giving PSD files erased, I could have done it but yeah, thank you very much

[unreal drum]

That’s what it’s all about, my friend. One day, I still hope to learn French so I can have the opportunity to interact with you in some MP out there.
Long life to our journey! 🌱

[earnest osprey]

Yeah we can still interact in MP with pleasure, in english, because I'm unable to talk PT-BR sadly.
Long life to our journey yeah 🌸

[unreal drum]

My problem now is, without giving replace, I want to understand how to turn this into a mod to be able to share with the community 😂

[earnest osprey]

Oh I can help you with that if you need to, I already posted a mod for the whole B42 french translation 😉

[unreal drum]

I'm a little lost, trying to find help with smart agents out there. Would it work?

😂

I haven't used AI to program yet

[earnest osprey]

In your mod you would like to add only the flyers translation ? Or is there anything else to add ?

[unreal drum]

For now only the translations of the root folder of the pamphlet textures. I'm just reflective because the final file for the user will be large, and I don't know if these textures will imply performance

[earnest osprey]

Nah it won't, it will "replace" the english ones so it doesn't affect performance at all

[unreal drum]

The manual download with a direct replace, in my ignorance seems to me an interesting alternative

Creating a mod to force the reading of these textures every time we open the game doesn't seem smart to me, since whoever is interested, will use it definitively

[unreal drum]

@earnest osprey Yeah... it seems to be a bit more complicated than I imagined.
I replaced the files I edited directly in the original ones in the folder below:
||E:\rd2\STEAM\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\textures\printMedia\FlyerPics||
But when I opened the item list in debug mode to test, I couldn't find any of them (even though these files are native to the game, I only changed the texture). Now I'm confused 😂

[uneven matrix]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Modding

I highly recommend learning how to make a basic mod before proceeding. You shouldn't be directly editing game files like that.

[unreal drum]

@uneven matrix @earnest osprey ❤️

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3446915394

[glossy kindle]

Nice job! That's beautiful and well made judging from the pics you posted 🙂

[jade shard]

Does anyone know how to translate the TV channel name?

And why is it that the names of radio and TV channels still cant translate)

[lucid ibex]

the translation to portuguese is kinda mixed with english, should we wait until de b42 is completed or can we report the bugged parts rn?

(portuguese aka pt-br in this case)

[bitter ocean]

Wait until the translations are fully implemented, it will possbily be the next major unstable patch

[lucid ibex]

Alright, thanks

[unreal drum]

ate la, esse mod me ajuda muito
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3389128453

[lucid ibex]

isso vai me ajudar bastante, acabo me confundindo com a tradução indo e voltando kkkkkk valeu dmssss

[unreal drum]

mesmo sabendo ingles, esse jogo abrange TODOS os vocabularios ne 😂

queria ter 15 anos hoje pra aprender ingles jogando zomboid kkk

fiz isso juogando rangnarok

[lucid ibex]

nossa sim 🥲 eu sendo fluente fico no chinelo jogando pz

[lunar mason]

Where do you find the pamphlets

what file

[unreal drum]

STEAM\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\textures\printMedia\FlyerPics

[lunar mason]

thank you Aproduz

[unreal drum]

❤️

[lunar mason]

Now I have to figure out how to add custom flyers to the game...

[steep hemlock]

Anyone need help with 🇸🇪 translation

Jag talar det ganska bra

[molten grotto]

I've noticed that for the dutch translation in the settings it says "klok grootte" for the clock format, This is wrong and should be for clock display size. The right translation would be something like "klok formaat"/"datum formaat"

[red oxide]

anyone need help with arabic translation ?

[jade shard]

@proven crown In both variants, the game uses the string IGUI_SearchMode_Tip_SearchFocus_Title, which is inappropriate in the case of an item. I kindly ask the developers to add a separate line for this parameter for the items, as another text would be more appropriate there.

[earnest osprey]

It's kinda the same for many lines sadly 😦

[jade shard]

Well, in many lines, in the Russian localization, I make the text suitable for both versions of different functions. But it won't work here)

[earnest osprey]

Yeah I try to do the same, but I have the same problem for French 😦

[jade shard]

The text should be completely different in meaning*

[jade shard]

In the window of the search box, the text has the meaning of "what are we focusing on". And in the case of the item parameter, the meaning is: "in which search category can we find this item".

[earnest osprey]

Yep, exact same in my language. It's the same for the hair dye line that is the name of container and dye color on the item description that is only one line in english and so many other lines 😦

[proven crown]

Which ones?

[earnest osprey]

I will look for it and tell you about it. There is some of them in fluids I noticed. I will check all I noticed and ping you if you want once I'm done.

[proven crown]

yeah a list would be handy 🙂

[earnest osprey]

I can remember for French at least we need a "%1 %2" name order for animals and their species/race because in French with won't say for example "Grey Rat" but "Rat Grey" and so it is nonsense at the moment the way it is translated. That's be really appreciated!

[earnest osprey]

Alright! I will do a list, that'll be available for French only, I don't know if it will fit other languages tho

[proven crown]

Other languages can just copypaste the same entry if it's the same for them, otherwise it'll be useful for them too

better safe than sorry

[jade shard]

for example, I can say that the function "ContextMenu_Feeding Trough_Empty Water", uses the same string as "Animal Trough". If you hover the mouse over Animal Through, there will be information about how much food or water is left. And the label from the function "ContextMenu_Feeding Trough_Empty Water" does not fit for Animal Trough.
"ContextMenu_Feeding Trough_Empty Water" in Russian means "empty the bottle (or another water container)"

There should be another line here, meaning: There is no water.

More accurately: No food/water

[earnest osprey]

+1 same for French

[jade shard]

@proven crown Another request is to make the fishing window "text-sized" or something else. In my translation, I could hardly fit the text into the game window (which is fixed in size). But in most translation mods, the text goes out of bounds.