No, I can’t just delete other people’s entire translations.
In the future, it may be possible/necessary to designate an official translator that has final say over each language, but for now it’s a collaborative effort.
Designating an official translator won’t be easy. Since I can’t personally check every language, I’ll have to rely on that official translator’s word (literally and figuratively). In the past, even official translators have made mistakes that had to be corrected later on. And there are always going to be changes in translation style and preferences, especially if you want consistency over the entire translation. So it might become necessary to hire professionals.
Only “Hero Log” phrase need to be translated. About Stardate, it is a fictional system of time measurement, so you can leave it as it is. Check Stardate - Wikipedia
@InterAction_studios Translations have problems with every update. Some translations don’t apply. It’s better to have a translator do the final approval of the translations after the release of the DLCs.
I thought I was drunk. Two days ago I went through half of CI5 and there were few that just didn’t count as edited (it was fixed after the second try, though).
What I meant is, even though I edited the entire CI5 section, some of those lines that didn’t have any text at all before I wrote them were shown as “Approve the existing translation” the next day.
This is a Discord server to help translators of different languages communicate in an organised manner, because using forum private messages for that is quite impractical. Each language/country has their own category with four channels:
general;
discussion (anything related to translation);
problems (keeping track of issues with translation that were not corrected);
choice (seeking help with choosing the best translation, especially after corrections);
Plus an English international category to discuss things together.
Yes, I have already posted this in chatting place, but back then it was barely configured and the server invite link was temporary. Now it’s more usable.