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Translating BeamNG.Drive - Feedback Thread

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Nadeox1, Sep 5, 2016.

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  1. Gouranga

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    How much casual should the translation be? For example there is the concept of more formal addressing, I am sure more languages have it. Like in Czech, when you are addressing a person you don't call by his or her first name, you phrase it like you are addressing more people. It became quite common for games of even commercials to use the casual addressing, I suppose people rarely take it offensive. I try to avoid the second person nominative all together.
    Anyway there are more aspects to it. Some games try to be so cool that it looks like 14yo girls made it. On the other hand, if it is too serious, it might look like instructions about how to perform heart surgery. Would you like the game feel very casual? Can there be hints of jokes or sarcasm? How do you guys translate it to your languages?
     
    #101 Gouranga, Sep 17, 2016
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  2. tdev

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    moved them into our new "untrusted" group, that has no permissions
     
    #102 tdev, Sep 17, 2016
  3. tdev

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    For German we chose the personal, non-formal form. The way you would speak to friends.
     
    #103 tdev, Sep 17, 2016
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  4. Skystunt123

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    Thank you. I've "repaired" their translations and finished translating to Romanian, yay :D
     
    #104 Skystunt123, Sep 17, 2016
  5. Erik.s

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    There is also some anonymous user giving completely irrelevant and inappropriate suggestions in the Afrikaans section.
     
    #105 Erik.s, Sep 17, 2016
  6. thomatoes50

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    This guy http://translate.beamng.com/user/joh76/ made 200 translation in less than an hours.
    So it's only "machine translated", this mine every bbcode is broken and some sentence are not correct ...
    Please ban him and stop open register

    I correcting his mistake but it will take a lot of time
     
    #106 thomatoes50, Sep 17, 2016
  7. tdev

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    Crap, untrusted. So what about we start locking languages when we find responsible moderators?
     
    #107 tdev, Sep 17, 2016
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  8. Blijo

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    That is a good idea! I would make teams with 3-5 men for a language so they can correct en improve each other's translations
     
    #108 Blijo, Sep 17, 2016
  9. tdev

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    That dude completely broke French single handed. As result, i disabled the machine translation completely.
    UPDATE: We are rolling out some new security measurements due to this :(
    http://wiki.beamng.com/Translation
     
    #109 tdev, Sep 17, 2016
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  10. Firepower

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    French is a huge mess right now. Spelling errors are everywhere, and sometimes sentences don't make sense because Google Translate is used. But the thing that bothers me the most are correct sentences with some very small errors that can get validated. I just hope you have something planned to double check the strings.
     
    #110 Firepower, Sep 18, 2016
  11. Skystunt123

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    How do we get the ability to translate now ?
    We just ask here to be allowed to translate ? If that so, i would like acces to the Romanian language when there's going to be new strings
     
    #111 Skystunt123, Sep 18, 2016
  12. tdev

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    Yes, you apply here. I upgraded your account and added you to the list: http://wiki.beamng.com/Translation#Responsible_Users

    Thanks for your help! :)
     
    #112 tdev, Sep 18, 2016
  13. numbazZ

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    I was doing translation to Ukrainian, and then the message appeared that i can't save anymore, only suggest... How can i continue?
     
    #113 numbazZ, Sep 18, 2016
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  14. Skystunt123

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    #114 Skystunt123, Sep 18, 2016
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  15. NeeDCrafT21

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    I started the Polish translation and I do it in my free time so you can add me to this list @tdev :)
     
    #115 NeeDCrafT21, Sep 18, 2016
  16. MrAngry

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    Wait, do we have to translate everything all over again? If so, I would like to translate the game into Slovak language, thanks.
     
    #116 MrAngry, Sep 18, 2016
  17. synsol

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    You both have your account upgraded , thank you for your help :)
     
    #117 synsol, Sep 18, 2016
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  18. mtslittow

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    I've been translating most of Finnish language and would like to apply.
     
    #118 mtslittow, Sep 18, 2016
  19. synsol

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    Your account is now upgaded too ;)
     
    #119 synsol, Sep 18, 2016
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  20. 4ndr3lac

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    How can I ''contribute directly''? I am brazilian and I speak fluent english, and helping to translate (responsably, using equivalent idioms and correct use of punctuation and spelling) the game I'm supporting since 2014 would be awesome ;). And I have a question: Are you pretending to give credits to the translation supporters (since they are voluntarily deticating their time to help)? It would be incredible.

    With Love, André


    EDIT: I was already translating, but I didn't felt like I was helping at all.
     
    #120 4ndr3lac, Sep 18, 2016
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