Comments on: This is what I loved in localized version of Civilization 1

By: Juuso

Juuso — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:10:57 +0000

Robert: okay tobe clear, I have zero tolerance on pirating – that includes game devs as well. Inall circumstances, a permisdion needs to be granted for using anymaterial in your product.

By: Robert Basler

Robert Basler — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:48:57 +0000

“pirate their translations and put them to your game” – there’s some irony there but that’s probably not good advice, even if you’re joking.

I provided tools for user translations on an earlier project. It does work for getting free foreign translations, just have someone you trust proofread anything you put back into the product.

My current project reads straight Excel spreadsheets for localization.

By: Cezar Wagenheimer

Cezar Wagenheimer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:24:51 +0000

I did the same thing translating it to Brazilian Portuguese! =)

Well… I have translated almost everything but Civilopedia! =P

By: Dundil

Dundil — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:11:47 +0000

Well, I found some files in your Dwarves game and tried to translate it to Spanish. I found it a little more difficult than Civilization’s files, but it works too, doesn’t it?

By: Juuso

Juuso — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:41:14 +0000

See, pirates can be useful. Now just pirate their translations and put them to your game :)

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:37:16 +0000

This is what I’ve done with Lylian Ep 1. And with great glee there are now pirated versions of it in multiple languages. :D