Translate_helper
An application to help to translate the Paradox games localisation files.
You can find a tutorial in Steam.
Diagnostic of a localisation directory
- Define a source and optionally a destination language
- Visualize the number of useful lines with no source text, and with no translation (no text or invalid text like FRENCH or copy of the source text)
- See this with a summary by files in a table
- See the details for each file
- Share this diagnostic by generating a pdf report (select the files which will be appear into it)
Translation
- See the source and the destination text
- Write or fix the destination with spell and grammar checking
- Skip entries to translate if you wish
- Save source text as loan word
How to use it
- Install Java if you have not already done it (you can google "donwload Java" to find the download link)
- Download the lastest release
- Double-click on Script_translate_helper.bat or directly on TranslateHelper.jar if you have put java in your PATH
- The application is configured with a demo. You can modify it and add your own configurations with the Configuration menu
Advanced used
- Add in the file config/accepted_loanwords.txt the accepted loanwords (= expression which can be both in the source and destination language) (add them one by line)
- Add in the file config/fake_translations.txt the expressions which are not translation (ex: FRENCH) (add them one by line)
- Add in the file config/available_languages.csv new language by adding the column number (start by 0), the language name and the 2 letters of the language code
Used librairies
- itextpdf: Create a pdf for the export to pdf
- jdom: Read and write XML for the config files
- languagetool: Check spelling and grammar. Like the creator asked, I have let their full packages in the directory jars/