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[stringburka 72]

that quite literally sums up why i am not that good at swedish.

also, on an unrelated sidenote. Google translate finds that the phrase "undskyld mange gange" translates to "Ledsen en hel del promenader"....??

I have no idea about what undskyld mange gange means, except if it means innocent several times? Or something similar? Ledsen en hel del promenader means "sad a lot of walks" (as in, unhappy + a lot of + walk (the substantive, not the verb).

[Mastropiero 12]

The Italian is the same thing, because it's a Latin language and you can guess how much hard is learning it . It has a lot of exceptions and a lot of other small things that can ruin a whole phrase. It's like programming with a veery difficult language, but the other person can understand even if there are some errors. Luckily.

Many long conversations can be sustained by an Italian and a Spanish, both talking in his own language and both understanding each other. I have done it with my italian cousins.

[transcengopher 349]

So, where do I find internal tiles' names? Or do I start from translating the wiki?

[LordOfWolves 514]

Many long conversations can be sustained by an Italian and a Spanish, both talking in his own language and both understanding each other. I have done it with my italian cousins.

Yes, true because Italians can understand easily most of the Spanish phrases and viceversa. The two languages are very similar.

[transcengopher 349]

So, I've fiddled with files for a bit. Basically, without hooks provided by bioxx all we can do is change text messages "Spawn entity.bear.name" and "<player> killed by entity.bear.name" to something more appropriate, like "Spawn Bear", as you can see on this picture, I've done it in Russian version:

All other things seem to be getting their names from somewhere inside the code, and even if they aren't defined by damage like stone types do, I can't change their names.

Come on, beloved devs, make it happen. I understand that this requires for you to pretty much change through a lot of code, but it's worth it in my books.

[politehnik 9]

so, maybe we could start from making official separate non-english wikizz? I would like to participate in creating russian wiki.

[transcengopher 349]

I don't see a reason not to. So, I think I will be translating things and putting it on hold for now.

[HiddenSage 39]

Yes, true because Italians can understand easily most of the Spanish phrases and viceversa. The two languages are very similar.

My understanding of the tongue is minimal, but it is interesting to note that modern Italian retains greater than 80% lexical similarity with both Spanish and Portuguese. Pronunciation and grammar rules make the spoken languages somewhat different, but on paper, the three are almost dialects of each other instead of proper languages.

[Kandid Kandace 16]

I think it would be neat if you had to "identify" item types by naming them rather than the game telling you what it is.

[transcengopher 349]

I think it would be neat if you had to "identify" item types by naming them rather than the game telling you what it is.

== Good bye, wiki, rest in piece.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

And also... how would that work in SMP? Everyone has a different name for the same thing, the first that takes the item decides, or what?

[Mastropiero 12]

And also... how would that work in SMP? Everyone has a different name for the same thing, the first that takes the item decides, or what?

I think he is talking about meta game: the game will not tell you what that item is, you must figure it out.

[transcengopher 349]

Right. So, how many of you can tell apart shale rock and andesite rock item in the game? Chalk rock and Granite or marble?

I understand that it's texture pack problem, but what is it with the urge to confuse the player anyway?

[LordOfWolves 514]

== Good bye, wiki, rest in piece.

Did you see The Expendables 2?

[transcengopher 349]

Did you see The Expendables 2?

No, I haven't. What's up with it? That was one of those one-liners?

[LordOfWolves 514]

No, I haven't. What's up with it? That was one of those one-liners?

Yeah, a man said this. I think at the begin of the film if I'm right.

[Mastropiero 12]

No, I haven't. What's up with it? That was one of those one-liners?

Rest in pieces!

[transcengopher 349]

Rest in pieces!

That has nothing to do with puny Expendables.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Or does it...?

*mistery music*

[transcengopher 349]

There's at least one square-headed blonde guy who trademarked this line long before Expendables was a thing.

[Jee-Host{gm} 30]

I could provide assistance in translating into Russian.

Так что, transcengopher, если нужно помочь с переводом или текстом для вики, включая подходящие геологические описания, пишите в ICQ и Скайп, указанные в профиле. Буду рад помочь.

[transcengopher 349]

I could provide assistance in translating into Russian.

Так что, transcengopher, если нужно помочь с переводом или текстом для вики, включая подходящие геологические описания, пишите в ICQ и Скайп, указанные в профиле. Буду рад помочь.

Oh, fine.

Просто можно поделить количество статей на количество заинтересованных человек. Ну и в скайп напишу, да. Сперва только с сессией доразберусь, бешеное время сейчас.

[politehnik 9]

Random english text.

Надо бы воззвать к власть имущим, чтоб сделать эту викию официально и потихоньку заполнять ее, хотя бы в тестовом режиме. Это будет куда удобней чем в скайпе перекидываться. Ну и да, как уже говорил, я тоже буду рад помочь.

[Jee-Host{gm} 30]

Random english text.

Надо бы воззвать к власть имущим, чтоб сделать эту викию официально и потихоньку заполнять ее, хотя бы в тестовом режиме. Это будет куда удобней чем в скайпе перекидываться. Ну и да, как уже говорил, я тоже буду рад помочь.

More random English text

Будет иметь большое значение подбор понятий. Нужно будет согласовать и обговорить "словарь", чтоб не было неувязок. Например, claystone по-правильному - аргиллит, при этом mudstone - тоже аргиллит. Или shale - сланец, при этом chert - тоже сланец. Сланцами же являются schist и slate. Или siltstone, который можно называть хоть алеврит, хоть алевролит, и то и другое по уму верно. Опять же для примера вношу предложение переводить claystone как глинистый аргиллит, а mudstone - как песчаный аргиллит. Соответственно shale - глинистый сланец, chert - кремнистый сланец, schist - кристаллический сланец, а slate - пепельный или аспидный сланец. Ну а siltstone - все-таки алевролит, хотя как может быть алевролит, когда в игре нет алеврита - непонятно. Ну в общем вы понимаете, без такого "словаря" могут возникнуть неувязки.

[transcengopher 349]

Вообще, в принципе, будут проблемы с длинными называниями. В английском и русском достаточно слов, переводимых между языками чуть ли не целыми предложениями. Или вот как тот же firestarter, который и зажигалкой назвать коряво будет, и другого подходящего слова на русском почти не найти.

В общем, я в ближайшее время пройдусь по файлу с опциями и переведу названия блоков/предметов, потом смогу выложить файл на критику, и обсудим неточности перевода.