[Russian translation of FM]

Great news! 10 missions are already translated and we're testing them now. But we have faced one small problem with a Russian fonts, that already been described here: http://wiki.thedarkm...sion_%26_Repair

 

The gaps between some letters are too big. I've tried to change xskip parameter (in _12, _24 and _48 files) but it didn't helped:

 

 

I wonder if someone could help.

[Russian translation of FM]

In case if someone's interested in our progress, you can track it down here: http://notabenoid.com/book/53218/

 

Now we're testing completed parts.

Some missions are pure pleasure to work with. Everyone has done a great job. Happy to be a part of it.

[Russian translation of FM]

I maintain the FM archive and page, so if you give me the file you want inserted into the relevent FMs etc - I will do that.

 

This is awesome!

Btw, I'm kind of proud of talking with legendary modmaker

 

As soon as I have all the translated files, I'll send you a PM with a *.pk4-file. Thanks!

[Russian translation of FM]

Thanks, Jaxa!

 

According to what you've said - we actually CAN make our own packs - this is a great news.

I was following this page: http://wiki.thedarkm...tle=I18N_Status

It says that not any of FM has a Russian version.

And yes - seems like 'Too Late' mission is not translated too

 

I'm currently testing some *.dds files I've recently made for St.Lucia map and it seems to be working:

 

 

but, again - if we want them in game, we must replace original files and that's not good. And that's what I've talked about earlier. So I really need someone from administration to read this and help us

[Russian translation of FM]

Hello all! I'm new here and I VERY WANT to help

I am ready to translate and I can put the translations into the missions. (Russian players even made it some sort of a community project, where everyone who wants to help, translates some parts of the missions. I'm currently helping them.) We want to make a complete translation of at least a few missions. (Including briefings, which sometimes coming as a *.dds files. I also can handle it) But... as always there are a few difficulties.

- In Russian it is sometimes just impossible to translate things SHORT. (I suspect not only in Russian)
- We can not have our own *xd's and *.dds since they are common for all localizations.

I think this is the most difficult part for everyone who starts their own localization. And this is not a criticism of developers - they've made a HUGE work already, which we all are thankful for.
I saw people writing that they're not playing TDM because of a lack of translation. We - and me personally - really want to help and made things proper. An there's a decision to make.

So the main questions are:

-is it theoretically possible to handle "num_pages" in a stand-alone file, which can be edited separately for all languages?

I suspect this is a Sisyphean task, so if not, then:

-can we make a stand-alone version (*.pk4-file), so it can be downloaded separately on FM's page on the TDM website (OR handle it on our own servers (both ways making it impossible to download from TDM updater - and I'm not sure that developers will agree with such a hardcore and radical decision) for localization files (not just *.lang-files)?

- any other solution you can come up with.

PS. can it be the main topic for Russian localization?
Thank you.

UPD: In case if someone's interested in our progress, you can track it down here: http://notabenoid.com/book/53218/ (website was closed for non-registered users, sorry)
UPD2: The authors (of FMs) are welcomed to give us their permission on translation here: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/16572-translating-missions-mission-author-consensus-request/

UPD3: Fixed Russian fonts can be found/downloaded here

- and, yes, - we're working on subtitles and on translation of all audio files;

UPD4: 62 missions translated and counting; Public change log;

Sill missing testers, but the first reviews were quite good.

At this point i'm kinda ready to admit that...

UPD5: at this moment we have 76 translated missions

UPD6: 90 missions translated and counting...

UPD7: 99 missions translated, tested and uploaded on darkfate.org