Eschalon translated ?

Illuvar · Post by **Illuvar** » October 12th, 2007, 2:27 am

Will different versions of Eschalon in different languages be released ?

Community could help for translations ...

(i'm french for the explanation)

Grue · Post by **Grue** » October 12th, 2007, 4:59 am

From the Q&A thread:

BasiliskWrangler wrote:Sorry, English only for now. Localized versions, if we do any, would probably be done in our spare time while working on Book II.

Illuvar · Post by **Illuvar** » October 12th, 2007, 5:48 am

thanks for the answer and sorry for the question !

Rollor · Post by **Rollor** » October 12th, 2007, 7:56 am

You should be ashamed asking questions that have already been answered in the 29 pages Q&A thread

YouTube · Post by **BasiliskWrangler** » October 12th, 2007, 8:26 am

...and our apologies for not doing a properly structured FAQ document. Although we got a start on it (thanks to Dragonlady) it never got organized properly because it is low on our priority list, you know, compared to actually finishing the game and all.

Illuvar- Grue is correct. No translation plans at this time. The biggest problem with translating Book I is that I don't think the font set used in the game supports alternate language characters, and many of the data files are in a proprietary format, so accessing them for translation won't be very easy.

We promise that Book II will be more easily translatable, and if the demand for Book I in an alternate language is high enough, we'll work with the community to figure out how to get it done.

Illuvar · Post by **Illuvar** » October 12th, 2007, 8:31 am

Rollor wrote:You should be ashamed asking questions that have already been answered in the 29 pages Q&A thread

Yes you're right for punishement I will strike myself with a whip !

The real question is : I can gain xp for this ?

Ps : I think I could help for french traduction

Gothmog · Post by **Gothmog** » October 12th, 2007, 8:31 am

If needed i offer my help for a German translation. Just in case...

PaSquall · Post by **PaSquall** » October 12th, 2007, 3:15 pm

BasiliskWrangler wrote: Illuvar- Grue is correct. No translation plans at this time. The biggest problem with translating Book I is that I don't think the font set used in the game supports alternate language characters,

That would be a problem for french translation, with acute, grave and circumflex accents, cedillas, and a few other odd characters... Definitely to be taken into account for book 2 (if you wish to have it translated, that is).

and many of the data files are in a proprietary format, so accessing them for translation won't be very easy.

This is probably easier to circumvent. You could send a .txt file with the text and dialogs to the translator, and when he sends you back the translated text you can encode it in your proprietary format.

We promise that Book II will be more easily translatable, and if the demand for Book I in an alternate language is high enough, we'll work with the community to figure out how to get it done.

I could possibly give a hand too, but no guarantee, as I don't have a clue on how much free time I'll have next year...

RezoApio · Post by **RezoApio** » October 18th, 2007, 3:05 pm

Just new here so I hve also asked the question about translation... ok maybe next time then...

I can also give an hand for French and also spanish...

Cheers
Rezo