babelfish-lounge

[small kernel]

Confirmed and done

[swift pilot]

Is there a German and Russian translator who can offer to help me translate a text?

[dry cradle]

Check the pinned messages for the translator list

[sharp dagger]

German translator here 👋

[sage tangle]

Hallo

[candid dawn]

@finite summit Sorry

[finite summit]

???

[shadow lodge]

kinda weird it wont show string number for that one

[candid dawn]

Late reply, just apologizing for the stuff before and reach out rock and stone!

[halcyon raven]

Hi everyone, I'm kinda lost in the rulings here, could I suggest a modification on one specific entry of the Italian localization?

[shell vine]

Of course, just tell us about it here.

(The project is translated by the community, so anyone can participate - even you ^^)

[halcyon raven]

Thanks! well the issue is very simple, the same word "Guardia" (female noun) has been used to translate both Glyphid Guards and Wardens alike.. for Wardens I suggest "Guardiano" (male noun) which is the actual translation for warden (the bestiary entries for both monsters starts with "La Guardia Glyphid", while for warden it would be "Il Guardiano Glyphid")

not sure if I'm just supposed to report issue or actively help the translation, I'll be glad either way

[shell vine]

Those are supposed to be different ( not italian, just checking on crowdin's glossary), with the warden as Guardia and the guard as Soldato Guardia Glyphid.
It is possible that there is a harmonization error somewhere as well.
In all cases, @glossy relic is the guy you want.

[shell vine]

Both ^^

Feel free to roam on crowdin and suggest improvements anywhere you see fit (do check the glossary - on crowdin - first though, it has quite a lot of useful things in it). Remember to notify the proofreader when you suggest something on crowdin, or they won't know that there is something to review there.

[halcyon raven]

correct, that's how it appears in Italian, however Guardia is the literal translation of Guard, while Guardiano is the one for Warden

[shell vine]

Then we should wait a bit and see if MakinDay is still around...

[halcyon raven]

fair enough, I'm not familiar with crowdin but I'll save some time to inform myself, thank you very much, I'll bother MakinDay for some help if he'll be up to 🤣

[tepid sun]

I believe that the Spanish (Latin America) localization has an incorrect translation on the weapon overclock "Cargamento de Neurotoxinas" (Neurotoxin Payload) for the Thunderhead.

A bullet point that should say that the overclock increases the weapon's splash radius instead says that it increases the weapon's splash damage.

This line is written as follows in these languages:

English: Much larger AoE
Spanish (Spain): Área de efecto mucho mayor (much larger AoE)
Spanish (Latin America): Daño en área mucho mayor (much more damage in AoE)

[swift pilot]

Le echaré un ojo

[glossy relic]

Here i am, ty for the report, i'll check it out right now

[halcyon raven]

thanks no problem!

[halcyon raven]

@glossy relic There's another issue with the Italian version: Difficulty is worded "Pericolo 4 - Estremo" (example) for the first four settings, but Lethal is worded "Pericolo 5: Letale"; the change would simply be changing the ": " with " - "

[glossy relic]

Fixed, ty.

[left lantern]

Well I may have done smth and now I have a compressed gold chunk that I can pick up and dupe

[chilly orbit]

This looks like something you should discuss in #bug-discussion
The topic of this channel is centered around translation

[shell carbon]

so this is the channel for translations?

[shell vine]

Yes indeed

[shell carbon]

so do you guys have a different translator for different languages or?

[shell vine]

Just volunteers for every language, the list is pinned in this channel

[shell carbon]

so like anyone can volunteer to translate a language?

[dry cradle]

you wanna join?

[shell carbon]

yeah sure

[dry cradle]

nice

only thing you need is to create a crowdin account, then you can start translating in the language you want

[shell carbon]

thats it?

[dry cradle]

ye lol

[shell carbon]

do you know how many ppl are translating the language ''finnish''

[dry cradle]

only checking lol

[shell vine]

Not many

[dry cradle]

no fixed amount, translators come and go as they please

[shell carbon]

so ig ppl just come for a bit and then go

?

[shell vine]

Some yes, others stick around

[dry cradle]

they translate as much as they have time

hence voluntary translations lol

one is not mandated to help. they help as much as they find profitable, have time, or both

or as much as theyre willing to lol

[shell carbon]

so theres no dedicated translators

[dry cradle]

there can be paid and voluntary ones

[shell vine]

A couple were paid ones, but that is rare

[dry cradle]

you translate as much as you want to and/or time allows, honestly

[shell carbon]

and what after its all translated?

[shell vine]

There are regular updates, so we stick around for the next ones ^^

We also try to improve what was already done

[shell carbon]

ah

[dry cradle]

after the game get fairly translated to your language, it gets added. bu like azerty mentioned, theres always optimizations and regular updates

not everything comes done right after the text is made available. its your job to work on that

[shell carbon]

yeah i saw finnish was in the game not just finished

[dry cradle]

you can always help finnish it

[shell carbon]

reasons theres english text sometimes lol

[shell carbon]

heh

hmm

[dry cradle]

its up to you now to join or not

like we said before, you translate as much as you can. its voluntary work, after all

[shell carbon]

alrighty then

[mellow topaz]

New FI translator?

[dry cradle]

Perhaps?

We will never know

[visual shell]

Speaking of Finnish translators, I'm still waiting to get access to the Finnish translation channel. I know I haven't been very vocal about it, but I would still like to be able to access it.

[shell vine]

What is your crowdin name ?

[visual shell]

CrimsonChaos99

[shell vine]

@solid bough Hello Jacob, would you mind giving the fi-translator role to @visual shell just above please ?

[solid bough]

Already there

was added last time you asked.

probably just hard to find the channel in all this mess 😅

[mellow topaz]

Maybe a misclick? I checked his roles a little earlier and he didn't have it

[solid bough]

ah, tater ninja'ed it

I may remember it wrong - name just looked familiar.

[shell vine]

We don't see the mess, only you have that power ^^

[mossy egret]

Unlimited Powaaaaa

[halcyon raven]

@glossy relic Got three Italian localization reports:

• Rate of Fire is incorrectly translated "Rateo" which is an economical term about payments or interests, while the correct term for "speed of rounds fired by a weapon" (source WordReference) is "Cadenza di tiro"
• also while forging, the words "Spooling Forgia" appear and they don't make any sense: 'Spooling' is a verb made from Italian nouns which can't be translated but can be made easier rephrasing into "Preparing (the) Forge" which in Italian is "Preparando (la) Forgia" or "Forgia in preparazione"
• Direct Damage should be "Danno diretto", not "Diretto Danno" (this is a common translation, like "AdE ondata shock frontale Danno" from the boomstick, while "Danno" should be at the beginning)

[regal elk]

hello everyone! are you still being considered a translator if you approve of the translations?

I have a friend that would like to take part of translating/approving korean translations

korean is already at 100% however

[slim verge]

Sure.

[slim verge]

I'm sure the koreans translators could still use some help, especially with the next update coming in April.

There's always more to translate.

[regal elk]

oh nice!

[regal elk]

thats whats been killing me hahahhaha

I cant translate as fast when all the new content is being released hahaha

[slim verge]

It's fine, everyone do it at their own speed.

[shell horizon]

Hey all, just a small PSA that we have updated the crowdin reward tiers 🙂

---

Tier 1
5.000 words: 1 x key for Dark Future DLC pack

Tier 2
7.500 words: free copy of the game

Tier 3
10.000 words: 1 x key for MegaCorp DLC pack

Tier 4
15.000 words: 1 x key for Roughneck DLC pack

Tier 5
20.000 words: 1 x key for Dawn of the Dread DLC pack

Tier 6
25.000 words: 1 x key for Rival Tech DLC pack

Tier 7
30.000 words: Mentioned in in-game credits

[sharp dagger]

Awesome news!

[fresh wharf]

Dark Future rated lower than anything else? 🤔

[olive pivot]

Can you become a swedish translator? I think I noticed the different factions having swedish names but not descriptions

[vital marsh]

Yeah, just sign up at Crowdin and start translating

Also, ask for a translator role here if you want to access your language's channel

[olive pivot]

hmm okay, do you just sign up at the website?

[vital marsh]

Yes

Then look for the Deep Rock Galactic project

[fresh wharf]

it's in pinned

[olive pivot]

okay thanks!

[olive pivot]

but who do you ask to get the role?

[shell vine]

That's mostly up to @hollow obsidian and@rain spruce, since they are the other translators for Swedish.

[olive pivot]

aah okay lol

[swift pilot]

Time to job

Do the words that we have previously translated count?

[shell vine]

Yes they do

[swift pilot]

time to translate the patch notes

[olive pivot]

hey, none of the swedish translators have a role lol, is there anyone else I could talk to?

and they also told me that we don't have anyone that has the ability to check for quality and change bad descriptions

[shell vine]

@frozen inlet Sorry for bothering you again so soon, but since none of the swedish translators have the role, could you give it to them ?
@hollow obsidian , @rain spruce and @olive pivot

[frozen inlet]

🤔

interwill is tranlsator ?

[shell vine]

The one with the most work done, yes

[frozen inlet]

thats surprising !

[shell vine]

And so far, since the translation is not very advanced, there is no need for a proofreader (unless some of the translation was vandalized, ofc). As such, I would recommend focusing on translating more of the main game text before starting to fix the small mistakes.
In addition, naming a proofreader is something that only the devs can do, so nothing we can do here for the moment.
See the pinned messages for more details on all this...

[shell vine]

How so ?

[frozen inlet]

hes coffee stain staff so thought he'd have other things to do 😛

[olive pivot]

Ah okay, there was a translator that told me that he thought we should have a proofreader as some descriptions were quite bad but I understand that we have a lot more to translate lol

[shell vine]

You can always downvote those, and submit another, better, one

We'll have to wait tomorrow for the role, it is not yet created

[olive pivot]

Okay, thanks for your help! And the developer fixing the rank lol

[slim verge]

surprising indeed ! 😄

[swift pilot]

There is a friend of mine @waxen pebble who is interested in contributing with the translations of the game for the Spanish language. Is it possible to give him the role of "es-translator"?

Or first.... he has to prove it in a death match

[waxen pebble]

Do I have to ask in this channel to become a part of the ES translation team?

[shadow lodge]

it would be nice if translators could choose if they want their reward to steam or xbox. At least i never get the chance and am stuck with steam codes

[shell vine]

I'll pass it along

[olive pivot]

Hey, I don’t want to be stressful but have you made the role? I understand it takes time but I just wanted to ask in case I miss it 😅

[shell vine]

Don't worry, I'll ping you if it isn't done when the role is created
(But yeah, I got caught up in work today and forgot to ask 😅
Lemme do that right now)

[olive pivot]

Thanks! And btw, my friend @twin edge also wanted to help translate so it would be nice if he also got the role.

[shell vine]

@solid bough Heya Jacob, could you create a swedish translation role with the secret corresponding channel ? We have three of them now, and it could be useful for them to have a space to coordinate.
For @hollow obsidian , @rain spruce and @olive pivot

[solid bough]

Done

[olive pivot]

Thanks so much!

[shell vine]

By the way, can you also add the one for the danish translators ?
@light kernel , @hard sky and @gray arrow

(Not a joke btw)

[olive pivot]

don't want to be too much problem but my friend @twin edge also wanted to help, can he get the se-translator rank as well?

[shell vine]

Thanks !

[hollow obsidian]

oh, nice to get a mention here!

[dry cradle]

Why do I have a vague memory of you being a dev...? Is it just the Mandela effect? Lol

[hollow obsidian]

I'm the boss guy at the publisher

[dry cradle]

Fair lol

[shell vine]

And now, we need @sage tangle to update the swedish and danish translators in the list ^^ (PS Mark is PR)

[dry cradle]

AND THE PORTUGUESE LIST TOO

[shell vine]

And you still have the time to translate ? Nice !

[dry cradle]

Bad fakiyo, bad

[boreal quest]

And the Hungarian too

[hollow obsidian]

don't really have time, and it's been a while since I contributed... but it's very different from my usual tasks and helps me clear my head

[dry cradle]

I understand the 1st sentence a bit too well lol

[limber yarrow]

And Spanish (Modern/Latin America) too

[dry cradle]

even if I was translating while in a class just today

[limber yarrow]

Add Sr.500 there

👍

[boreal quest]

Sometimes it just feels nice going back to translating. Gives me peace of mind.

[olive pivot]

btw can you see somewhere how many words you have translated?

[shell vine]

on crowdin

yes

[olive pivot]

I can't find it lol

[dry cradle]

In the activity tab, filtering since the earliest date crowdin allows until the present day

[dry cradle]

The My Contribution tab also shows that, and you don't have to sift through a list of people lol

[olive pivot]

I don't think I can see the reports lol

oh sorry, I can

[dry cradle]

Nothing on this page? https://crowdin.com/project/deep-rock-galactic/reports/project-status

[shell vine]

The my contribution tab shows all of the words submitted, so it also counts each and every submission you ever did, while the top members tab only counts the words you translated that are used (because strings got removed). It is also the one used for the rewards tiers.
Scratch that, I was mistaken, both display the absolute total amount of words you translated, them still being on crowdin not taken into account

[olive pivot]

I just found it lol

[dry cradle]

...oh.

[olive pivot]

ok

I found a place where I could see all the individual times I had translated but I wanted to find the total amount lol

so thanks

[dry cradle]

Wait, fakiyo went for 3 words in portuguese? Lol

[shell vine]

That's the activity tab ^^

[sage tangle]

@dry cradle @boreal quest @shell vine please PM (!) me how the entries for the languages should look, I'll change it.

[swift pilot]

[dry cradle]

Done

[shell vine]

Done

[lean pulsar]

Well, we got new strings roughly 5 hours ago

Not a lot, literally 4 words

It would probably take less than a minute to translate

[dry cradle]

4 words? I got 3

[lean pulsar]

Oh right also it's the season countdown text

[dry cradle]

Someone's hiding something from me...

[lean pulsar]

Welp, you missed the 1 word string

[dry cradle]

Or 4 strings?

4 words or 4 strings?

[lean pulsar]

I hope you find it soon

But yea, 3 strings

One is just the word Soon

[dry cradle]

Ah. Then I don't have anything hidden lol

Goddammit

Don't scare me like that

[lean pulsar]

There's a glyphid slasher behind you

[dry cradle]

I AM the slasher

[ornate parrot]

You're a pterodactyl tho

[dry cradle]

Am I...?

[lean pulsar]

And you're a lootbug lover

[boreal quest]

I miss ||NEW PLANET ZONE||

Good times.

[ornate parrot]

Hate me all you want you'll still get your beer free from me

[dry cradle]

Yes

[lean pulsar]

Aight gonna read what I missed in here

[dry cradle]

||NEW PLANET ZONE||

[lean pulsar]

If it's about Sweden translators I swear

[dry cradle]

Swear all you want

[lean pulsar]

Okay here I go

hell

Yep it was people getting the swedish translator role

Oh wait the strings I forgot old strings

[dry cradle]

Why swearing on a christianbabelfishian channel tho?

[lean pulsar]

Well you did tell me to swear all I want

[dry cradle]

But before I told you that, what was your reasoning?

[lean pulsar]

Good question

I usually ignore problems until I find a solution

[dry cradle]

swedish role is a problem you found a solution to?

[lean pulsar]

Problem: no reason to swear

Solution: allowed to swear

[dry cradle]

Solution: swearing anyways?

Ah silt and blowbugs

[lean pulsar]

Don't swear

[dry cradle]

[lean pulsar]

[ornate parrot]

I don't fecking know why

[waxen pebble]

question, do i have to ask in here to get the translator role? i'd like to ask a few questions about spanish translations

[dry cradle]

Depends on which translator role we're talking about. Community translator, or es-translator?

[waxen pebble]

well, i know that I need the community translator role to get the ES translator role from the message in the pins

so it would be community translator

[dry cradle]

Well, you don't. You actually have to earn that one. Now if you excuse me,

@nova walrus (sorry, you've been raffled lol), would you be so kind as to give this lad the es-translator role, please?

[nova walrus]

done :)

[dry cradle]

Tank

@waxen pebble now you're good to go lol

[waxen pebble]

yeah i saw, thank you!

[olive pivot]

How do you earn it? By translating a lot or being trusted by the developers?

[dry cradle]

Now that's something I should not be answering

[olive pivot]

[shell vine]

No static or written criteria, stay active in translation for a while with quality work, and one day maybe

[raw storm]

I'd like to introduce one of my friends to DRG and I believe I have translated enough to get a key, do you guys know to whom I should talk to for that ?

[shell vine]

It comes regularly, if you are eligible for keys, you will receive a message on crowdin directly

[raw storm]

Will it apply ? Since technically Pounce was the one that posted and approved the translation ?

[shell vine]

Not sure in that case... let me check

[slim verge]

It should, as it's words translated and not approved, which are both different things ^^

[shell vine]

Just checked, it is counted

[slim verge]

your work is still very much your work.
I'm just going through what's done and fixing what needs fixing.

That count is all yours

[raw storm]

Thanks very much, I guess Ill have a look at Crowdin or my mailbox, or wait a little until some rewards are available

Rock and Stone

[shell vine]

Although, it doesn't seem you have reached the first tier yet.
I only see your work on a single patch note on crowdin so far, for about 2900 words, you can see the list of tiers here : https://crowdin.com/project/deep-rock-galactic by clicking on the greyed out guidelines for translations in the right side vertical text bar

[raw storm]

Huh, I remember the mod patch being a dat bit bigger than that Ill have a look

[shell vine]

Also, @solid bough could you give the fr-translator role to @raw storm pls ?

[raw storm]

Oh nevermind, the counter is for characters lmao

Not words

[swift pilot]

Karl will come from underground and choose you.

Just remember these wise words: ||NEW PLANET ZONE||

[olive pivot]

Karl and Karl

[dry cradle]

||NEW PLANET ZONE||

[olive pivot]

another question, when you have translated 7500 words and you get the game, do you get a code? Because I already have the game so I am wondering if I could gift it to a friend.

[dry cradle]

Yes, you get a code. Usually it's a Steam code though

[olive pivot]

okay

[dry cradle]

That's how I got some ppl on the community and friends into drg

[olive pivot]

I started playing last time they had a free weekend and got like 3 other friends to buy it

[olive pivot]

But I have another friend who refuses to buy it, so now I gotta grind so I can give it to them

[dry cradle]

Feed the rocknstone to them

We hope you don't stop at the prize mark tho

[vocal lantern]

needs to be a sticker

[olive pivot]

Of cource not, I could never let Karl down like that

[dry cradle]

We'll see

[olive pivot]

I want to finish as much as possible so we can get someone who can start approving the translations

[dry cradle]

Yea, so do I!

*only one recently active translator on eu-pt*

D'oh...

[olive pivot]

Rip

But hey, maybe you can approve? Or how % have you done?

[dry cradle]

~32% everything lol

And I can't approve because I'm not set as a proofreader lol

[shell vine]

Do you need to be though ?

[dry cradle]

That's the thing lol

There's not many people translating, I've translated the majority myself

[olive pivot]

Big rip

I guess we just gotta grind

But do you need 100% done to get a proofreader?

[dry cradle]

I don't think so

[shell vine]

Not necessarily, but it's the most common case

[olive pivot]

Okay

[olive pivot]

I guess this isn't really suited for this channel but I don't seem to be able to get a response in the normal chat lol, what does the ”digging for gold” rank mean?

[dry cradle]

Yeah, it's not for this channel lol

The "Digging for Gold" role is just a role given to active and/or helpful members of this community

[olive pivot]

Yeah I can remove my message lol

[dry cradle]

Standard name is the "regulars" role, but it changes name often lol

[olive pivot]

Okay 😅

[swift pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/we-bear-bears-hehe-scheming-rub-ice-bear-gif-16490927

[buoyant dagger]

No role for you

[dry cradle]

[swift pilot]

[honest sun]

Hi, folks. Somebody know about PatchNote text implementation?
All languages applied in PC version? Or it just in Ukrainian they all in English?

[shell vine]

It's bugged for all languages right now

[honest sun]

@shell vine thank you.

[gray arrow]

Guys can i get paid for like translating the whole game to hungarian?

[shell vine]

This is what the devs have on their page for professional translators.

Also, the game is already mostly translated to hungarian, with only a couple details in the main game text, and patch notes left to do. 🐐

[gray arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-cry-cat-kitty-tears-gif-24106422

Thanks for the info!

[ivory ginkgo]

Hello a hungary leglangule comeing to ps 4?

[shell vine]

@boreal quest

[dry cradle]

#playstation message this message applies to all languages

[ivory ginkgo]

So its complet but sony is poverd a tranlstions?

[boreal quest]

Does it have to be 100% in order to for Sony to pick it up for the consoles?

[dry cradle]

I think at least at least the majority has to be. But to ease things up, it's better to translate it all

At least in my eyes

[boreal quest]

Well, the majority of it is done, I am going through the unapproved stuff to approve them, redoing a lot of old stuff as well.

It's pretty much usable, but needs tweaking.

[dry cradle]

@ivory ginkgo if you want to, you can try to speed translations up by helping to translate yourself

[boreal quest]

I have no control over what Sony does with it, so yeah. The pre-requisites for the console version have been made, so there is that.

[ivory ginkgo]

so it's up to sony in to release this translation is true?

[ivory ginkgo]

where can i help with translation

[slim verge]

check the pinned message, we have something explaining how languages get validated by Sony

[ivory ginkgo]

Oky thnask a lot😁 have nice day

[gray arrow]

please say that "lead storm" gunner overclock is "свинцовый ливень" so i could seep well

[shell vine]

@fresh wharf ^

(That's me hoping this is Russian, and not another language using the Cyrillic alphabet...)

[olive pivot]

Could my friend @lusty talon get the se-translator role?

[fresh wharf]

nah it's the same

besides, storm > downpour so it'd be underestimation of strong oc lol

[shell vine]

@nova walrus sorry for the ping, could you add the role to the mentioned person above?

[gray arrow]

свинцовый ливень - более привычное для русского уха выражение, более устоявшееся
шторм - англицизм как-никак

[fresh wharf]

talk english here pls, and I find it subjective if you want my opinion
though on this matter I would ask @dense valley too

[gray arrow]

i thought you'd get my point easier like that
russian language has the same phrase with the same meaning
but it reads as "свинцовый ливень" since the word "шторм" is an anglicism

it's not like i demand it to be changed immediately
it's just something i felt like gonna be neglected in the translation
i'm bored ok

[dry cradle]

I mean... You can help translate it yourself. You just need to create an account on crowdin and start doing it

[gray arrow]

where

[dry cradle]

where I just told you

[gray arrow]

[fresh wharf]

I see Poker encourages stealthy changes to make excessive work for proofreaders here

not nice of him

[gray arrow]

how can i suggest translations on crowdin though

the tutorial wasn't quite enough for me and i don't want to break something

[gray arrow]

oh i got it

[gray arrow]

oh my god i love this one

the bot says i'm non-eligible for the role
how can i become eligible for one

[dry cradle]

what role?

[dry cradle]

Oh. You'll have to work a nice bit for it. The minimum goal is a bit subjective tho. But if you really want the community translator role, try to translate game text as close to its in-game meaning, while showing some "un-slacking off"

[gray arrow]

"in-game meaning" can really "mean" a lot
some translations are very off to the initial text and its closest meaning but perfectly represent the logic and spirit of the game
just like this one in the reply

[dry cradle]

That's what I was trying to mean with "in-game meaning" lol

[gray arrow]

ohhh

[shell vine]

When you translate, always try to convey the meaning first, then to make it sound good in language, and finally try to keep the humour and tone of the game.
Those are the priorities when you translate, in order.

[gray arrow]

thanks tho i have my ways
and yeah when i can think of a wacky translation i will suggest it of course (if someone hasn't already)

[nova walrus]

done! sorry it took me so long, i was sleeping lol

[lean pulsar]

100%, direct translations in video games can look awful

[dry cradle]

off to directly translate everything now then

now that we speak of direct translations...

how did you guys went on to translate rocknstone to your languages?

idk if i keep it in english surrounded by "", or if i directly translate it, since i dont have any other ideas lol

[slim verge]

We didn't

it was sounding terrible so we didn't

[vital marsh]

Time to run all the strings through Google Translate

[slim verge]

[gray arrow]

huuli hoarded string has two typos

wasn't fixed since two years ago

хули собираешь

достояние фаргуса

[vital marsh]

Sorry, but shouldn't this be in #ru-translators?

Oh wait, you don't have access to the channel

[fresh wharf]

ye man, like why when it comes to other languages people here actually try to contact each other and coordinate to do stuff properly
and for ru I've mostly seen guys to just go and mess the translation solely not valuing their and others' efforts at all?
and that shouldn't be anywhere since foul language is not really allowed there, the last 2 phrases contain swearing as a joke ig that can't be found in files or TM

[gray arrow]

which two phrases
"фаргус" is not a swear, it's a company which published games with excessively idiotic translations
it also used the weirdest sunflower and herring theme (and logo)

[fresh wharf]

It's the first word in cyrillic letters that's foul, and I just find it weird that you're trying to help without even asking how to do it properly.
That results in you adding translations to already approved strings in hope that some proofreader will see it and luckily decide that it's better (comments do help tho) and for some reason reporting typos to Crowdin and this channel, although you've read pinned messages and you didn't have questions.
It actually should be in Jira: #babelfish-lounge message

And since I anticipate that you'll continue playing silence game further, you also need to read #420195388675588096 before doing that.

[gray arrow]

i'm sorry, i wasn't being silent to you purposefully, i tried to reply to what i've deemed necessary on my side

i'm also sincerely sorry for foul language in this line of text (link: #babelfish-lounge message) i've typed it solely as a joke solely in this channel and never would've pushed it as a real translation, i'm sorry in case it offended you

i'm trying to push and adding translations for already approved strings since i find some of them improvable upon

thanks for telling that all the spelling mistakes should be addressed to jira
i didn't notice that when reading the pins solely of my inattentiveness

@fresh wharf

[honest sun]

Why even should someone bother with russian language now? That country is doomed at least for 10 nearest years. Will be no profit from there to any game developer.
Not a harrasment just curious.

[fresh wharf]

no politics please, if there's option to help - we help because we care.

[fresh wharf]

I don't need million apologies, I just ask:

• As Regular: no nsfw words and english language in this channel. Don't link it lol, better edit to exclude.
• As Translator: join other ru translators and notify them what you do, you need to ask mods to give you #russian-drg role if you really want to translate (which you never indicated) and it'd be better to do the same on ru server (ask for role and there are channels for translation and reports) which you can join in #fan-communities

[gray arrow]

ohh thanks

[fresh wharf]

The issue is not being inattentive, it's just you trying to figure out everything on your own without asking us.

[gray arrow]

well that's one of my bad traits

[fresh wharf]

Would be enough just to say: hey, I wanna help to translate this game, what do I need to do

it's hard to say if you want to go and edit couple of strings or wanna stick there

never indicated as I said, I just checked your activity on Crowdin and saw what you're trying to do

[gray arrow]

how can i ask a moderator for translating permissions exactly

[fresh wharf]

@native token ^ can you give ru-translators?

it's not really permission, it's called having channel to discuss stuff 😛

[gray arrow]

:)

[lean pulsar]

Y'all, we got new strings

200 words in total

[shell vine]

🤫

Don't spoil the lurkers ^^

[lean pulsar]

Fixed, now they'll never know about scout getting c4

[boreal quest]

Scout always gets the C4.

In his face.

[lean pulsar]

He's evolved and got his own

[lean pulsar]

Well I'm looking through some older translations and someone translated "Promotion available" to "Discount available"

[boreal quest]

There is nothing "discount" in getting a promotion.

It's expensive.

[lean pulsar]

We literally pay upfront at the bar and we still pay for promotions because of "unpaid bar tab"

[mossy egret]

The unpaid bar tap is the therapy needed for when someone orders a leaf lovers and it clogs the whole bar

[lean pulsar]

the people 2-3 years ago really wanted scout to be called the Spanare in swedish

I don't vibe with it and wanna change it to scout

[shell vine]

You should probably discuss that with the other swedish translators. What is your crowdin handle ?

[lean pulsar]

https://crowdin.com/profile/cooldwarft

been looking at who first put it in as a suggestion, seems like it originated from someone who doesn't speak swedish

[shell vine]

You should discuss this in #se-translators with Interwill and Skrofler, they are the oldest Swedish translators (and Interwill is a proofreader too).
@solid bough Could you give @lean pulsar the se-translator role so he can access the channel please ?

[lean pulsar]

Many thanks

[small kernel]

Random user used an highlight at the end of the string for the Finnish language

[neat pivot]

maybe that person forgot that </> already exists lol

[lean pulsar]

So much for not spoiling the lurkers

[dry cradle]

They aren't wrong @small kernel lol

[shell vine]

True dat, I saw it on my phone, and didn't notice it was in the public channel...

[lean pulsar]

Welp, nothing to do other than delete and hope not too many saw

[mellow topaz]

Thanks for the heads up

[lean pulsar]

I see the deleting is going smoothly

[olive pivot]

Hell no, Spejare all the way

[olive pivot]

Or we could just vote on the name or something in the se-translators channel

[shell vine]

More than a vote, I would recommend trying to discuss why one or another translation would fit better.

[olive pivot]

yeah I thought a discussion would work too

[shell vine]

We had some of those for french, and we discussed some terms quite extensively (Glyphid menace for example) before settling on a translation.

[dry cradle]

La ménáce glyphide

[swift pilot]

Sacrebleu!

[dry cradle]

Pour Karles!

[swift pilot]

ma baguette a été mangée par les glyphides.

I have no idea what I said

[shell vine]

New glossary entry :
Poker A lonely species of glyphid, always mistaken for it's Brazillian cousins

[shell vine]

Basically that bug ate your bread

[dry cradle]

o no mah bred

[dry cradle]

That hits home...

[merry light]

@neat pivot rtitanfall

I can help translate polish

[slim verge]

you just have to hop on Crowdin, make an account and start translating 🙂
You can find the link at the end of the translator list in the pinned message, along the other translators for your language

[merry light]

crowdin?

what's crowdin

[slim verge]

yeah, that's the website we translate on

don't hesitate to contact the other polish translators to coordinate your efforts

[merry light]

oh heah can I get the pl translate chamnel

[merry light]

alright

[merry light]

@slim verge csn you give me a polish translator role and channel perms etc

wait no

I'd have to get someone else to give me it

[slim verge]

yeah I'm not a moderator, I can't give them

[merry light]

shiit

[slim verge]

@buoyant dagger could you give @merry light the polish translator role ?

pretty please

[merry light]

polist

new language dropped

[buoyant dagger]

What are we polishing?

[slim verge]

the translation

[buoyant dagger]

Yuck

[merry light]

the t.

[slim verge]

thanks btw

[merry light]

pounce ill never let you live polist down

[slim verge]

lol

[merry light]

thwere is noone

(real)

[slim verge]

they might be sleeping you know 😄

[merry light]

real

[regal elk]

and here I hoped for reinforcement...

[shell vine]

Sorry, just working on the glossary

But if it is better, it should help you, right ?

[regal elk]

yeah ofc :D

[boreal quest]

I was surprised when I saw Azerty contributing to Hungarian, but then I understood that it's for some secret world domination event.

[regal elk]

I was just looking forward to getting a kouhai

theres a new season coming to DRG

new stuff to translate x.x

[shell vine]

Yup
Which is also why I want to fix (read, completely rework) the glossary before then ^^

[regal elk]

croatian glossary is kinda shit, it was translated by a bunch of guys before me who didnt seem to know english very well

(and by me when I started the game, I didnt know what the translations were referring to, the context, but lets ignore that part)

[shell vine]

Unfortunately, most of the translations get reset when I update strings (mostly because keeping them requires me to spend ten times more time uploading entries, and it's already quite a long process), so you have a chance to start anew

[regal elk]

uh...

thank you?

hahaha

[shell vine]

(Don't worry, the TM still suggests the old ones ^^)

[regal elk]

:P

[small kernel]

Hey Azerty and Pounce, can you make shorter translation for "FREE BEERS FOR EVERYONE!" ? Your translation is don't fit for screen

[shell vine]

Done (I approved them Pounce, no need to do it)
||J'ai mis BIÈRES GRATUITES !||

[small kernel]

Well also I reported for it don't fit screen to some languages

Hey @honest sun sorry for pin. Can you make shorter translations for "disband team" and "exit to desktop" ? These doesn't fit for screen, or I can create issue for it and maybe devs can do something about it

[slim verge]

alright then

You're a proofreader now ?

[honest sun]

@small kernel Ahoy. Will do right about 30mins.
Upd. Done

[dusky juniper]

Hi ! I've been told that this Is the place to be if I want to help translate DRG ?

[shell vine]

Yes indeed !

French, right?

[dusky juniper]

En effet !

[shell vine]

@solid bough Hello Jacob, would you mind giving the fr-translator role to @dusky juniper please ?

The role gives access to the French channel

[dusky juniper]

so i guess you are the manager in charge of the translation, at least in french ?

(btw, i can't find the french chanel ^^')

[slim verge]

it's right under the wiki channel
Nobody's really in charge of the translation, it's a team effort

It could be argued that me and Mist are "in charge" of it, since we're both proofreaders, but not really. We're just here to make sure everything is cleaned up and good to go before being put into the game.

Everybody's in charge equally ^^

[dusky juniper]

well then there must be a problem since i don't see it :/ i'll try turning discord off then on again

[unique widget]

Howdy

Hey uh, I just came to this thread to give my takes on the PT-BR translation, there's a lot of terms and regionalisms that doesnt make sense with the actual context in-game

Dunno if theres already an actual team effort on this specific language but

if theres somebody leading this, I would like to know

😆

[limber yarrow]

Check Pinned messages, scroll down a little bit

There's a post with all the translators, proofreaders for each language

[unique widget]

Hmn, I see now

Welp, theres for PT-PT but not PT-BR

No, wait

nvm, found the links, opened'em

my mistake

[dry cradle]

[dry cradle]

and somehow I'm still listed as the "commander" of both portuguese dialects

[unique widget]

I was just checking the files

theres a few slangs in PT-BR that could be added for more immersion

heh

[limber yarrow]

You can suggest them yourself if you create an account on crowdin

[dry cradle]

Like dinux said, you can always create a crowdin account and help translate the project. But I won't be here to save you when the raving pt-br translators come to ||shank||berate you in case of a disagreement, since I'm actually not in the pt-br team

[slim verge]

@sage tangle you need to update that list

[unique widget]

Yeah, I see

Well, everyone has to disagree with something at some point, even if I point out that I worked with miners a few years ago

But its no problem, all my games run on English, I just checked DRG with PT-BR and it was like another case of "oh, its kinda strange again to see such terms here" just like in every other game locally translated

[dry cradle]

I'm just saying this as a joke tho, don't worry lol

[unique widget]

Btw, I'll check in with an account on Crowndin

Nah, relax bro

Last time I did something like this was in BF Play4Free, almost a decade ago

[dry cradle]

Absolutely @sage tangle, when are you (@sage tangle) gonna update your list, @sage tangle?

[unique widget]

My curiosity always kick in when theres community projects to help

[swift pilot]

Is it okay if I ask @sage tangle to add me to the list?

[dry cradle]

Well, @sage tangle wouldn't certainly mind, right @sage tangle?

[shell vine]

I'm sure @sage tangle will do it someday

[slim verge]

Poor @sage tangle, getting harassed until he gets that done

[swift pilot]

Sorry @sage tangle

[shell vine]

This is not related to DRG 😠

But @sage tangle should definitely add you to the list

[brittle mango]

@small kernel hey there

i'm back around finally 😎 down to continue translations if needed. Hope all the words i translated isn't resetted lol

[small kernel]

Isn't that for kicking easter eggs? But we can't kick these eggs

[dry cradle]

https://tenor.com/view/weddell-seal-egg-crybaby-cute-gif-19473952

sry, eggs are an eggstravagant matter to me

[sage tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/holzkopf-einholzkopf-ping-discord-ping-gif-18109511

I'm not in discord for a week and already getting mobbed. Yes I will have time this weekend

[dry cradle]

Thank you @sage tangle

[swift pilot]

Welcome back @sage tangle

[small kernel]

What...

[shell vine]

That's a -very- old bug

[small kernel]

There's no problem for variables

Also you need fix this space Azerty

[shell vine]

done

[gray arrow]

Someone knows, on the Easter event assignment window, if the bar \ between the mission description and the prize list is a typo or intended?

Like in this pic (In European Spanish):

[small kernel]

Yeah it's typo and fixed in Spanish but translation will stay like this

The translations will be updated with the new update, there will most likely not be an update until the experimental branch

[gray arrow]

Ok, thanks

[honest sun]

@small kernelThanks for Glossary update )

[small kernel]

You're welcome

[lean frigate]

How could i help in translating the game?

[shell vine]

The game is openly translatable by the crowdin platform (check the pins to get the list of translators by language, and the link to the platform). You just have to make a -free- account and start translating.

[lean frigate]

Its actually more fun than i thought to translate this

[lean frigate]

I have a question in sentences like these:

Hacking has commenced! Protect the Hacking Drone!

Or

Connection established to the Data Deposit! Activate the Hacking Drone when you are ready!

Is mission control speaking in Plural or singular?

Also when the language eventually gets added do the people who helped translate get credit?

[small kernel]

That's translation rewards

[lean frigate]

Oh cool didnt know

[small kernel]

And mission control is speaking in plural probably

[shell vine]

Mission control is using formal language, so you should use the formal equivalent in your language.
(You can check the previous translations that were done for reference)

[vital marsh]

In Hungarian, we debated using formal language for Mission Control at one point but decided against it because of lines like ‘Show them you're dwarves!’

[mellow topaz]

Why are there like 2-3 entries for each miner level name?

[tepid plume]

I would love to correct the danish translations

[slim verge]

feel free to help ! You just need to opt in crowdin and start translating

https://crowdin.com/project/deep-rock-galactic

[shell vine]

Feel free to coordinate with @light kernel , @hard sky and @gray arrow , they are the current translators for Danish (yes two of them also write the puns they suffer to translate later ;)

[hard sky]

o7

[dry cradle]

||masochism||wait what

[lean frigate]

Both sentences in plural and singular would be formal

I think we could have one phrase for when you are doing a solo mission and one for with other dwarves

Also how should we do for words like M.U.L.E they use the word mule and then invented some random words that would make sense in this case Mining Utility Lift Engine but when translating should we translate the meaining or use the word mule in the lamguage in translating and then invent something fits the word

And drinks... keep the name or translate? Because some drinks can be translated and they dont sound that bad but some others make no sense

I am working on Portuguese(Europe)btw

[slim verge]

It's up to you for the name of the beers but would you translate Coca Cola if you could ? 😄

[lean frigate]

I think it just sounds wrong when like 10 drinks are translated and then all of a sudden a English named drink

I mean technically they are brands and you dont translate brands

[slim verge]

that's why we didn't translate them for french

we didn't even translate Rock and Stone either, to be fair 😄

[lean frigate]

And then there is like Skull Crusher Ale that is easily translatable

[mellow topaz]

Props to the FI translator who made the translated names for the beers

They're not direct translations, yet they're still thematically accurate

[slim verge]

wasn't there people who also changed the visual of the logo too to fit their language ?

[boreal quest]

Russians with mods, if I recall

[dry cradle]

@native token sorry to be a bother, but can you be so kind as to give the pt-translator to @lean frigate, please?

[lean frigate]

Thanks

[dry cradle]

thats new. i always thought mc was talking down on them, not formally

also, what about promotion strings? should we keep them formal, or do we put them informal, since its a special moment for the player/character?

[lean frigate]

I thought so too but usually but if you compare the way the dwarves talk i think mc is quite formal probably because he considers it as a workplace

While the dwarves only think about kicking barrels mc is focused on his job

Thats why he talks formally i think

[shell vine]

It's mostly dependent on context really, MC is more in a supervisor role, so more formal, but can lapse into familiar territory (yelling at dwarves, promotions). As always, translation is a finicky business, and you must adapt to what string you are translating.

[dry cradle]

ah. i got scared because i thought i was gonna need to revise several strings lol

[shell vine]

This should scare you : ||NEW PLANET ZONE||

[dry cradle]

AZERTY YOU STOP THIS INSTANT

BAD AZERTY

BAD

[boreal quest]

We just went with casual tone because formal is too formal for the context. That's like super subordinate status.

[dry cradle]

ye, i kinda went like that too

[shell vine]

Maybe I should add this to the glossary... 🤔

[dry cradle]

T H E P A I N

[boreal quest]

Blue collar workers don't really talk formal, at least not here.

[dry cradle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-glitch-matrix-gif-25245096

[shell vine]

Same here, but the bosses often do

[dry cradle]

i think management's the one type of people to talk formal. mc is one to look down on us and talk between formal and informal

[boreal quest]

The context and general tone is too casual to adapt it to formal speech for 🇭🇺
It would be odd.

And English is cheating a whole lot with grammatical person to begin with.

[swift pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/troll-troll-sad-sad-troll-face-sad-troll-face-gif-20492888

[junior parcel]

Yo lads, how can I get the Community Translator role, I've already written some strings on Crowdin

Also what's your stance on translating made-up names for flora and fauna

[shell vine]

Heya, the community translator role is given to long time translators, with a significant contribution to the game's translation.
As for made up names, we (for french) didn't translate brand names -weapons or beers- but we try to translate all the other things we can, and we try to keep the meaning and/or the jokes as much as possible.
What language are you working on ?

[junior parcel]

Czech

[shell vine]

You should coordinate with @foggy steppe and @lavish sphinx , they are also working on Czech.
If you have general questions about crowdin or the translation, feel free to ask

[foggy steppe]

Ahoj @junior parcel , unfortunately I am way to busy to translate at the moment and to curate translations. The best I can do is send you some useful info from our room or maybe someone could add you to #czech-drg if you're serious about it.

Happy translating

[foggy steppe]

As for flora/fauna I usually "localized" the name, while keeping the sound or the meaning behind the name

[lavish sphinx]

@junior parcel Iam still translating from time to time, as Kotaru wrote there is cz-translators room where are pinned some usefull translations of names. I could send you list to PM tomorrow or someone could give you access to this room

[shell vine]

@twilit mica Could you grant the cz-translator role to @junior parcel please ?

[twilit mica]

Done

[junior parcel]

Thank u

[dry cradle]

@sage tangle besides updating the pinned messages with the translators ||>:( /s||, can you remove hkie from the portuguese list, please? They left the project and the server

[swift pilot]

F

[honest sun]

Hi. Anyone knows about Company position regarding subtitles for their trailers?

[shell vine]

They've never commented on this so far.
I don't think they would mind if you submitted some to YouTube, but I don't think they are expecting it.

[honest sun]

As for me : better to roll out trailer with subtitles which game supported. But for that we need an NDA. And they probably won't agree with such thing.

Yup, i can submit, but everybody already watched trailer. I have doubts that anyone wants to watch it another time even with Native Language Subtitles Support

[shell vine]

They don't want to use NDAs, but I can always ask for next time

[honest sun]

i mean, that trailer supposed to be delivered for translation a day before release. if they don't afraid leaks than YES. Please ask them. I think that all of us want to make full localization efforts

[wheat wraith]

So..
Do any of the localizations translate alliterally?

[mellow topaz]

can you elaborate?

[wheat wraith]

Well, is it something more than literally Rock and Stone, just.. pebbles and rocks

[mellow topaz]

a translation is more than just converting each individual word to another language

it's also about making it flow better for that new language through localization and improvisation

so changing Rock and Stone to something that isn't quite the same yet has the same mood to it, it's all good

hell, it's kind of a necessity in some places

like the mactera brundle

not only is mactera a fictional species

"brundle" isn't a real word

it's just a reference to the main character in The Fly

so in the Finnish translation, it was translated to "makteeramurikka"

[wheat wraith]

that's exactly what i meant

[mellow topaz]

which basically just means "mactera boulder" or "mactera rock"

[wheat wraith]

wait

i need to double-check this

Ok.

French, German and Spanish (and Japanese) don't translate it at all

The rest, as far as I can tell, just make it directly, literally Rock and Stone

[mellow topaz]

if you're not satisfied with an existing translation for something, you can recommend a new one to the current translators
you could just change it yourself in Crowdin, but there's a good chance it might get overturned, so it's better to let the translators know here first

[wheat wraith]

I think what these four do is an okay default option, but directly translating is imo just a mistake... or a Google Translate Moment ™️

Ok, do I just DM them?

[mellow topaz]

or just ping them here

at least with Finnish, the phrase "kiveen ja kallioon" existed even before DRG so that translation fit like a glove

[wheat wraith]

Coolee

What's it normally mean?

[dry cradle]

I haven't translated rns either so far

[wheat wraith]

i mean yeah, it's gotta be hard

creating a catchy slang phrase is hard

[dry cradle]

as in, not given a translation meaning. it's copy-pasted in my translations, but surrounded by them "s

[wheat wraith]

i uh, don't think i understand

you mean it's just the same ooc line everytime?

[dry cradle]

I "translated" rns to "Rock and Stone", including the quotes

That's what I meant

[wheat wraith]

ah

yeah that's better than... you know, pebbles and rocks

[dry cradle]

Pebl n rok

[wheat wraith]

Can't really give stress to how dumb it sounds to me

Is 'give stress' a real phrase??

I think i need some sleep

hard to think..

[dry cradle]

I understood what you meant. You tried to say "Can't really stress how dumb it sounds to me", right?

[wheat wraith]

yes lul

Anyway yeaaaah, SKAŁA I KAMIEŃ!!!

[dry cradle]

Understandable, my peanut brain also breaks while sentencing

[dry cradle]

pebl n rok

[wheat wraith]

when in doubt rocknstone

[dry cradle]

MUSHRUM

[wheat wraith]

🍄

[dry cradle]

[wheat wraith]

yummy (we should stop spamming)

[swift pilot]

Roca y Piedra!

[slim verge]

yeah, we decided to not translate it in french because it was terribly ugly

and we don't mind mixing some english in your language

we've been doing that for centuries now

[wheat wraith]

And vice ver- wait..

[slim verge]

no no, that's true as well !

[wheat wraith]

I just think it's not very creative, but as long as you're not working with a language of a nation which doesn't know much English it works

Also, is vice versa from french or Latin?

Actually, cuz I'm not sure

[slim verge]

no idea, all I can tell is that we're using it in french

[wheat wraith]

Google says it's Latin

makes sense

[slim verge]

we couldn't come up with anything sounding just as catchy without being ugly and without going completely out of the way
we had to make choices

[wheat wraith]

Regardless, it's 00:18 so just let me sleep, i can ramble about this all day.. but not night

[whole vine]

Also we do say "Rock and Roll" so it comes kinda naturally imo

Can't really think of a way to make it flow as good as it is right now

[slim verge]

yeah

pretty much

[whole vine]

btw is there any need for french translators?

[slim verge]

Always 😄
we have a pretty good team but we're always welcoming newcomers

The only thing you need to do is sign up on crowdin (you can find the link in the pinned message, at the end of the translator list)

And I can ask a moderator to give you the french translator role so you can coordinate with the whole team. With the incoming updates, we'll have work to do.

[fresh wharf]

in 3 days we'll have million words to translate

[whole vine]

Sure will do! I'm in the middle of moving flats right now and working full time so it may be hard to put my mind to it, but in may I should have more time on my hands

[fresh wharf]

and there will be only like a week to do that

[slim verge]

Don't worry, life comes first.
The translation work is like a sudden storm. It's calm for month and then the whole tsunami of words come in one big swoop

So even if you don't do much on this update, there's always going to be the next one later on.

[whole vine]

Will try my best

[slim verge]

Hey, @native token could you give @whole vine the french translator role, please ? ^^

thank you

[gray arrow]

SKAŁA I KAMIEŃ!

[wheat wraith]

Yeah, I'd like to have a hand in translating polish but i just don't have time, busy with school work, i could do something when the holidays start

And by that point I guess you'll already do everything from S2

[median comet]

hey, is there a need for any brazilian portuguese translators?

[shell vine]

Sure, the update is bound to land any day, any more help is appreciated !

[median comet]

Great! I'm all in to help if I can! how do I sign up?

[shell vine]

Simply create an account on https://crowdin.com/project/deep-rock-galactic and you are good to go.
See with @somber gulch or @restive star to coordinate.

[median comet]

oki! thanks :)

[strange thistle]

Hello! I know that season 2 of DRG is nearby and i want to help as much as i can the development of the game.
I'm italian and my nickname on Crowdin is "Globi".
Is there a spot available to help with the season 2 italian translation? 👀

[shell vine]

Always ! Feel free to contribute how on crowdin directly, and to contact the other italian translators (see pins)

[small kernel]

Welcome on board! you can ask any question in here about translations too

[lean frigate]

does anyone know how they choose people to do the voicelines of the charactes

[shell vine]

Mission control is voiced by Robert, the art director, and a friend of the devs voices the dwarves.

[lean frigate]

but for other languages

[shell vine]

There are none

The game is only voiced in english

[lean frigate]

oh

that sucks

playing in another language but the characters still speak english even if the text is in another language

[shell vine]

Yes

[lean frigate]

:/

[shell vine]

But if you are highly motivated, you can record some and mod them in the game.

[lean frigate]

no...

but it would be cool

but no

[sly dagger]

took on a mission to singlehandedly translate the game to polish

i switched to polish and noticed how mediocre and sometimes outright wrong translations are

[slim verge]

we got some polish translators that might still be working on the translation, if you want to coordinate with them

[shell vine]

You should regroup with the others that are working on Polish, check the list in the pinned messages

[sly dagger]

yeah ik its chill
was overexaggerating a bit

will definitely check in with them

i already noticed an interesting thing about the names of the glyphids

and how it translates to polish

[mellow topaz]

Like changing glyphid to glyfid?

[sly dagger]

because "glyphid" can be used both as a word that refers to a singular creature ("that glyphid") and a word that refers to the entire genome ("glyphid swarm")

but in polish, glyphid as a noun translates to "glyfid", but when used as an adjective, it's "glyfidzki"

so the 1st thing when translating the names of glyphids to polish is to choose which form should be used

so when we name glyphid grunt its either glyfid żołnierz or glyfidzki żołnierz

[slim verge]

I don't think it be could be an adjective at all though

at least it's not in english, no idea how that would work in polish

[wanton panther]

Just call them big hungry bugs

[elfin quiver]

So experimental just dropped, when will be the strings become available?

[shell vine]

Are they not available yet ?

[elfin quiver]

think I'm looking at the wrong files, gonna check again

[dry cradle]

Were you looking at AllGameText?

There should also be a new one in patchnotes

[shell vine]

Can confirm the strings are not yet on crowdin, I'm gonna ask more info

[shell vine]

More info : they ran into issues while trying to upload them, and are working on fix already. They should, hopefully, land today

[dusky juniper]

there they are, they dropped !

[sage tangle]

Note

“Arrows” or “Bolts”? What’s The Difference?
Some people refer to the crossbow projectile as a bolt, while others call it an arrow. Both definitions are correct, however the word “bolt” can only be used in conjunction with a crossbow (never with a regular bow). Technically speaking, a bolt has no stabilizing vanes near the back, while an arrow always does. Linguistically speaking, however, whenever someone talks about crossbow bolts or arrows, they are usually speaking of the same thing. For the sake of simplicity, we’ll refer to it as a arrow in this article.

[boreal quest]

I used to to archery, so this part is crystal clear to me. Still, good info.

[honest sun]

Patchnote issue already resolved? Maybe better focus on other strings

[small kernel]

Well...

[sage tangle]

Yeah I was confused because one of the first things I learned when playing my first games in English back then, (I think from Diablo?) was that arrows = ! bolts for bows / crossbows

[dry cradle]

There's a problem with them?

[honest sun]

Yup. They not in the game. In Ukrainian 100% not in game. @dry cradle

[obsidian nova]

I'd assume "allwos" here is a typo, yes?

[small kernel]

Yeah you're right

But probably not using in game so no need report for that

[lean frigate]

Why exactly is there an english option on crowdin?

In case you didnt understand what i meant, i meant this

The game already is in english

[dry cradle]

to be in better English perhaps

There's usa English and British English, the devs probably wanted to add the usa dialect to it and added that

[boreal quest]

Gov'na.

[shell vine]

That one is used, please report

[shell vine]

It's a default option on crowdin, but those strings were blocked from entering the builds after some griefers used that language to affect the game/ artificially get a high amount of strings on crowdin

[small kernel]

Alright got it

[shell vine]

The day the update drops ^^

[boreal quest]

It ain't gonna translate itself.

[mossy egret]

And remember: If you don't do your part, fakiyo will come out from within your walls to punish you! At least that is what i have been told...

[boreal quest]

He is in my house, send help

[mossy egret]

why are you worried he is with us all.....

[strange thistle]

hey everyone, is there a way to get the translator role here and on crowdin?

[vital marsh]

You can just start contributing for whatever language on Crowdin without needing any special permissions.

What language do you want to contribute to?

[strange thistle]

i am already contributing, however i wanted to get the role so that i dont need to ask a proofreader, so i can already confirm the finished strings instead of using the voting system

we are two italian translators in total, so a vote doesnt really work 😅

[shell vine]

The role doesn't give proofreader perms

[strange thistle]

what does?

[shell vine]

A dev granting them, which needs to be heavily justified

[strange thistle]

oh, alright 😅

[wheat wraith]

So I wanted to make a crowdin account for this, but the problem is I can't really tell what my experience level is. I'm Polish and am confident to say I'm good with the language, I also know English on a level i'd describe as... trying to climb from the B2 plateau. I have some creativity, too, but pretty much zero experience with any real translation, so I dunno if I should put myself as totally new or somewhat experienced

here's an example of a thing i did once https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zpO9iBirwMjnpw_QmARRueOtzMQpZj09AEx5cQjARPw/edit?usp=sharing

[sharp dagger]

Does crowdin ask for the level of language proficiency nowadays?

[wheat wraith]

Yes

to be precise, about "localization experience"

whatever that means

[sharp dagger]

Mh... it has been so long since I created my crowdin account that I can't remember if there were such questions back in the day.

I would assume that "it doesn't matter" what you put in there. You can always just go ahead and translate in the DRG project. At least that's my simplified understanding.

Anyway, proficiency is one thing, passion and commitment another.

[wheat wraith]

I know, for now, i'll put the 'intermediate' level, if it turns out to change anything i hope it's changeable

[frank socket]

I recently started working on translation again, due to the new lines to translate. You can ask me anything regarding Crowdin or translation in general if you want to, for the time being I will be there to help. I don't know if anyone else is really active from Polish team though @wheat wraith

[wheat wraith]

👌

[frank socket]

I translate Polish too, to not be misunderstood

[wheat wraith]

I can see :P

[sharp dagger]

Probably it has been mentioned to you before, but in the pinned message you can find other fellow polish translators.
Directly copied from the message:
🇵🇱 Polish: @heady ermine (P) @tawdry creek @wild jungle

Wups, sorry guys for the ping.

[wheat wraith]

Yeah, I've read that pinned message

[regal elk]

How does one end up on that list of pinned translators/proofreaders

[dry cradle]

The translator list?

[regal elk]

Ye

[dry cradle]

The pinned one?

[regal elk]

I mean

Aye

Do I have to get a community translator role to be on it

Or just ask

[dry cradle]

Fakiyo hasn't updated it in a while, even with massive pinging... Isn't it right, @sage tangle?

I think you just need to be a translator I guess

Not the role thingy tho

[regal elk]

I C

Cool

[dry cradle]

Portuguese has some translators pinned there, and I'm the only one with the role

[regal elk]

Well then

@sage tangle can you put me under croatian translators

[dry cradle]

@sage tangle we need you

We miss you @sage tangle

(I kinda mean it lol)

[regal elk]

Hahaha

[junior tree]

Hello, I just started translating Vietnamese a few days ago and I don't suppose there are any fellow Viet translators for me to cooperate with, is there?

[shell vine]

None so far, but welcome anyway, and feel free to ask if you have questions on how the translations work

[junior tree]

Alright, I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

[wheat wraith]

I should also get the role, already did some work there

[fading mirage]

what does menas these TEMP words in various strings?

[shell vine]

That they will change later

[fading mirage]

TEMP everywhere, im confused

[shell vine]

Just ignore those

[fading mirage]

You mean ignore translating all these strings? or only ignore TEMP word?

[sharp dagger]

I translated them while keeping the "TEMP" in them, e.g. for German: TEMP_Heat > TEMP_Hitze

[fading mirage]

Maybe it should be only Hitze? idk...

[shell vine]

Best option is to translate them with the temp attached, so you can see where it will go in the game, but still warn players that it will change

[fading mirage]

Okay, im understand, thanks

[dense valley]

Here we go again...

[dry cradle]

Whose meat are we mincing today?

🪓

[light quest]

Need a bit help with this.

[dry cradle]

it is a way of saying "kill them!" if thats what youre asking

at least its what i took from the context

[light quest]

Rock and Stone mate.

[sage tangle]

Thank you

[light quest]

Dang,long time didn't felt exhausted :D

Translating along with Proofreading for at least 7 hrs non-stop

worth it I persume

[vast verge]

Anyone knows what is charging gems ?

[vital marsh]

I think that's a typo

It should be with changing gems

A.K.A. when you put one down and pick another up in quick succession

[vast verge]

Thanks, you're probably right.

[frank socket]

Someone knows what is this line about? It's some kind of cheat option but does it mean using items with no cooldown (like grenades, tools etc.) or infinite amount, or something else?

[shell vine]

That's a dev tool that is not in the live branch, you can skip it

[frank socket]

Won't bother with that then, at least for the time being, thanks

[fading mirage]

Slovak - we have first 100%

[gray arrow]

Hi. Does someone here know the context for "Time's up! Rival Router's about to discharge, get away!"? It "discharges" like "loses its charge" or like a weapon firing?

[boreal quest]

Explosion

[gray arrow]

Thanks.

And does someone know what the "Tumbleweed" hat looks like?

[swift pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/palla-deserto-desert-hot-gif-6014273

[small kernel]

@honest sun Sorry for pin, if possible can you make shorter translation for Автоматична рушниця «Бородавочник-210» ?

[gray arrow]

One more question: one of the new phrases for depositing minerals on the MULE is "Lift with your legs...", are the dwarves talking to each other or to the MULE?

[shell vine]

Probably to themselves

[fierce quest]

Hi there. I'm new one there and want to help with the Russian translation of the game, could you give me some access to the translation channel?

[shell vine]

Hello, you just need to create an account on crowdin and you can start contributing. You can coordinate with @fresh wharf as well

[fresh wharf]

that's actually me who coordinated him to go here

@twilit mica could you give @fierce quest ru-translator?

[honest sun]

@small kernel hi, will do tomorrow. Thanks as always))🇺🇦

[fading mirage]

Awww, Is it possible to logically translate mission names? Those words are absolutely random, I rewrote it all and it's still bad

i cant pair first with last word

First name with number 138 is not pair with last name with number 138 :D im flustrated

[frank socket]

In my language the translation of mission names sound alright I think, and Your language is pretty similar in sounding and writing and would say it's fine, there is not much to tinker about when it comes to those anyway it seems @fading mirage (although maybe you mean some special cases in which it's way different in Slovak)

[fading mirage]

Slovak language is extremely flexible, mainly additional words, those mission names are very bad...often times it doesn't make sense

a few people have already written to us if we can fix it...i can...but i dont know how :)

[frank socket]

Yeah, It sometimes be like that, but maybe something will come to your mind later, occasionally I find myself changing stuff after some time and it just makes more sense then (hopefully)

[small kernel]

@fading mirage maybe you can check this

[mellow topaz]

They're random because they're meant to be random. How much would the mission adjective translation change between "insane ghost" and "insane thickening" for instance?

[shadow lodge]

I translated these a bit differently then in original text, becouse of different word is used (in my lang) depending on number. First, i tested it, then, when it worked i translated all of these "complete (value)) like that. yesterday i found out some of these works just fine, other not.

[shell vine]

You should ask @proven gale about that

[proven gale]

Hey!

That's very odd. The plural constructions are identical in some of those lines but only some work while other don't. These strings should be treated the same way by the game: they all have a numerical variable, they should go through a Format node/function, they should support the same stuff. I have no simple answer for you, I'm afraid.

I have no access to the project at the time so I can't look into it. @shell vine Can you ask one of the current devs to look into it? Basically, to see if there's any difference in how these strings are processed when this screen is created or if there's any difference in variables that are supplied to strings that work and to those that don't. Feel free to add me to a chat with them and I'll help as much as I can.

[fresh wharf]

@solid bough Could you give @fierce quest ru-translator, please?

[small kernel]

@sand pawn What's that?

[sand pawn]

A drg bot said it so I'm spreading the word.

[vital marsh]

Ignore it, it's spam

[shadow lodge]

Thanks, Azerty and xabk. Please let me know if you find out more info about this, if possible. For now, i will translate those bugged(?) strings to its original syntax

[regal elk]

translation strings got updated ingame?

[slim verge]

they should have, yes

[regal elk]

yeah I noticed the changes

some of them got reset again tho

[slim verge]

bound to happen, faulty strings and all

[warped mountain]

guys help. on beta version season 2 im turned on FSR and then game give me error. how can i turned off FSR without settings in game?

[shell vine]

That you should read the #420195388675588096 channel.
You can also use the #bug-discussion channel for some quicker answers from the community.

[shell vine]

You should ask in #bug-discussion , this channel is for the translations of the game.

[hoary kestrel]

Looks like russian translation is full of holes, how can i help to fix this?

[frank socket]

@hoary kestrel You can help with translation to your language on crowdin, you just need an account and then can start helping with it, you can check pins to check which people were already working on Russian and which you can coordinate with, you can ask them or us if you need any help

[vital marsh]

Register on Crowdin and start translating

[dusk prawn]

Hello guys I'm a DRG player on steam and update my game but my save file is gone, the game start me has a new player
is there something I can do to get my save back?

[slim verge]

#bug-discussion FAQ in the pinned message

[solar axle]

Same. And anyone know wa happened with Russian font? It's different now

[shell vine]

Might be the update in the engine

[solar axle]

The problem is that the new font was added in one of the patch notes. Of course I can always play with English one, but...

[low sigil]

Hi guys, i just started translating for CZ. I was a bit upset that half of ingame text are in english and the other in czech 😄 so I joined Crowdin starting to translate. But however translations need to be verified, which totally makes sense. Does anyone know how/where to get proofreader?
Rock&Stone Miners!

[dry cradle]

The devs give someone the proofreader role if:

1. it looks like it's needed
2. you got the merit and confidence from the developers to take it

Since proofreader is a powerful role in crowdin, they need to choose carefully who gets that role. Also, if I'm not wrong, checking the list from @sage tangle in the pinned messages (that hasn't been updated in some time ), @foggy steppe should be Czech's proofreader

[fresh wharf]

a lot of font tweaking in latest update so that might be it

[dry cradle]

@low sigil (just to mark it lol)

[honest sun]

@shell vine@sage tangle Hi, guys. Problems with Cyrillic fonts is a pretty old. And it seems to be worsened with season 2. Which way better to report such things?

[shell vine]

A very detailed Jira report would be the best way, bbut you would need to word it so that someone that doesn't know Cyrillic can understand.
@proven gale Might be able to help for the technical side of things

[proven gale]

The game needs a font (or, rather, fonts) that supports all Cyrillic letters, including the not-so-basic ones like Ї ї Є є Ґ ґ (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ukrainian_alphabet).
By the way, what about other Cyrillic languages (e.g., Serbian Cyrillic)? Do they have this problem as well with current fonts? If so, you could report those too.

If you guys can test a string in the game quickly, you can create a string with all the fancy characters as its translation and see which ones are missing 🙂 Or a bunch of strings to test different in-game fonts. (Just make sure it doesn't go into the public version, heh.)

[shell vine]

Just to be sure, the languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet in the game are Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian and Slovakian, right ?
(Definitely not sure, but I don't have access to crowdin to check rn...)

Also, do you know what part of the development determines/ implements fonts ? Design, art, code ?

[sage tangle]

One could either try this in a string which is rarely displayed, let's say add it to the end of the deep dive info text for a day, or I wonder if we should ask for some kind of debug-string / Terminal in the space rig or hud similar to debug translation mode

[proven gale]

For DRG: Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Ukrainian
And it's the UI team's job (probably under Design?).

[shell vine]

Or a translation build ;)

[shell vine]

Thanks !
I think the UI is separated from the designers at GSG, but I'm not sure. I'll have to ask

[boreal quest]

Since we are on the subject of fonts, has the letter Ő been reported for appearing differently?

[sage tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/no-let-me-think-nope-no-way-hmm-no-gif-22904160

[sage tangle]

All I can do is Ö

[foggy steppe]

Why was I summoned?

[foggy steppe]

Translations don't need to be verified btw, only if there is already one that is verified. Otherwise the one with the highest vote count gets into the game

[honest sun]

@sage tangle@shell vine, @proven gale Thanks a lot.
Regarding this FONT thing → we can't make a one string to test, because there are different types of fonts using in different places.
For now i see one solution → our testers should seek those in game, i should grab them in one report and then sit and wait

[low sigil]

@dry cradle Ah i see, the miscommunication on my side. I do not want to be proofreader. 🙂 I would like to have one (somebody else) to check my translations to verify them or not.
@foggy steppe I started with new season 02 that is not yet translated, so there are no translations so far. Am I understanding it right that there is some voting system that community (translators obviously) take part in?

[dry cradle]

There's no voting for selecting a proofreader from the translators' part

[low sigil]

so how the specific translated string is verified and gets to game?

[proven gale]

What I meant is that you can find a bunch of strings that use different fonts in the game itself, find those strings on Crowdin using their IDs, replace translations for those strings with a set of problematic chars, wait for an update in translation build, check out those strings in the game, make screenshots to report the missing chars, then revert those strings to their proper translations on Crowdin to avoid any damage. Sounds like a backwards way of doing it, and it is, but I can't think of anything else without having access to the engine.

[honest sun]

@low sigilcheck pinned message in the right upper corner of channel

@proven galeYup. thats the way we will try to do it. Thanks. sorry for bothering.

[proven gale]

You're welcome!
(Do I have to have some kind of a role now to add emotes to messages?)

[low sigil]

Thanks a lot, ill just continue translating new strings and eventually they'll get to build 🙂

[solar axle]

I think you need just the basic ones. Like steam, class etc roles

[foggy steppe]

Feel free to translate, usually I try (tried, as I haven't translated in a while) to find a translation that fits the meaning of the original, rather than translating literally

[hoary kestrel]

Is there any way i can get shouts sfx for correct translations?

[small kernel]

Do you mean voice lines?

[hoary kestrel]

Yea, the new pointer pings

Almost done with p.pass hats

[shell vine]

You should ask the wiki guys, they should know how to extract files from the game

[dry cradle]

Them, or some of the modders. Actually, there's a guide on the modding server to extract audio, if you wanna do it yourself

[hoary kestrel]

Got ueviever

[night jay]

Hey if i transfer my saved from steam to xbox i got banned or not?

I see XBOX are in Season 1 battlepass

If i transfer saved from steam (SS2 on steam) i got problem or not?

[slim verge]

No
also this is the translation channel 😛

[night jay]

👍

[sly jungle]

I'm not sure if this is the channel to ask, but do you guys perchance need a german translator? :P

[dry cradle]

Yes, this is the channel to ask :)

And pretty sure translators are always welcome, but you gotta check with the German lads lol

@sage tangle you look like you're the master for German, give us a word

[sly jungle]

Well, that was fast

Lol

[dry cradle]

I am always

[sly jungle]

Guess the community really is as great as the game itself :D

I mean, everyone seems pretty friendly and actually responds in less than 2 days

Or maxbe that's just a good first introduction 🤔
Well, whatever.
Don't wanna spam this channel full

[slim verge]

the community isn't perfect but we do the best we can 😄

[sly jungle]

Don't worry, no one is 😌

[sage tangle]

Yes, every translator is welcome. Did you already translate in crowdin, or just having curious first glances at it?
Falls du praktisches Interesse hast, haben wir auch einen eigenen channel für de-translators.

[sage tangle]

Yes, we have people like Pounce but over all community is very nice

[slim verge]

first off, fak you
second : please, update the pinned list

[sly jungle]

Well, this is the first time I'm hearing about whatever crowdin is, so, I'm afraid not.

Auf jeden Fall wäre ich gerne dabei, DRG zu unterstützen und da ich mehr Englisch als Deutsch spreche und schreibe, dachte ich dass ich mich vielleicht für's übersetzen anbieten könnte :P

[sage tangle]

first you might look into this, here the translations take place.
https://crowdin.com/project/deep-rock-galactic

[sly jungle]

Hmm, looks rather simple and easy to use

I'm busy for the whole day but I'll look more deeply into it tomorrow

[sage tangle]

German is a very busy language and therefore at 100%, but you can help by offering alternative translations or vote for existing ones

[boreal quest]

Or make funni suggestions to the weapons. Like they usually do.

[sly jungle]

Sounds good to me 😌

[sage tangle]

No

[ivory grove]

i want to join translation but i cant use the message role

[dry cradle]

what message role?

[ivory grove]

the one in the pins

from authentic dwarf

[dry cradle]

authentic dwarf?

oh, jacob!

lol

yeah, those reactions need you to have the community translator

anyways, what language do you wanna join? are you familiarized with the translation process and what we use?

[ivory grove]

polish

i am semi familiarized and i know you use crowdin

[heady ermine]

Well the only way you can do this is just go to Project's Crowdin page

and start translating

Some tips on keep the translation nice, tidy and of good quality:

• Keep the existing terminology. Especially the legacy ones, like early items in-game (all items - enemies, plants, lore etc.) should stay as is, vote only on new and fairly new translation. There's no need to try to change names into one of one's likings, just because. Especially the old ones, since old gamers would still use them (if they ever used it anyways, lol), and the new players could be then confused, knowing some other terms (that wouldn't make sense anyways). Once the whole content is ready, maybe some of the proof-readers will go through and adjust the fix the strings accordingly, in case of errors to get all in tip-top shape.

• Make sure to check orthography and keep the style the dwarves use. – Check legacy content to get a grip on how the dwarves speak, feel, get into their humour and literature terminology (as I believe the Content Creators tend to use the more "mainstream" terms in). This will ensure the flow of the text is nice, catchy (conveyed the original) but understandable for the reader - make the game better in its reception.

• Make sure you get the "deeper" meaning behind some names. – We opt to semi-translate some names, but if you have catchy, well fitting terminology, feel free to use it (remember about the style). This way the game's core concept of funny, beer-loving dwarves will be understandable by your country's gamers. Make the game more memorable and give a bit of "homey" atmosphere.

• Be fair – especially your and your colleague's translation. – This is not a contest to get "only my, best translation" to the game, but keep a well, semi-professionally maintained terminology and style - consistent naming, capitalization, orthography, terms, tone helps to improve the reception of the lore and is the foundation of professional, well maintained translation. Even if that means someone else translation ends up in. You are not the goal, the player is.

Thanks!
D.

[ivory grove]

👍

got it

[glossy maple]

How can i join translation process ? Localization for my country seems really lacking

[shell vine]

You just need to create an account on https://crowdin.com/project/deep-rock-galactic, and start translating. You should also link up with the other translators for your language, see in the pinned messages.

What language will you working on, btw ?

[glossy maple]

Uh

Oh...