Well its its for TRANSLATING then its GREAT.Strobe wrote:So. this was just a fun addition to jaeder naub.
(this is not released, im testing it further).
But it crossed my mind that it could actually be used
for translating or something
The current screenshot is from the UARF file created from
Diablo.exe. (the uarf contains the Offset of the string, and length of it,
so they can be replaced later in the exe file by just loading the UARF into it).
Ahh i got ya.Strobe wrote:It DOES not support Japanses Chars yet, as those are Unicode,
(which is yet unsupported by the ascii string detection routine).
yet...
And yes, the LionHeart UK folder contains the files you have sent me,
so i know what is what
Yes of course translation is hard.Dinoguy1000 wrote:Well, I don't like to burst your bubble, but translation is far more complex than simple character replacement. This is seen, for example, between the English phrase 'Good morning.' and its Spanish translation 'Buena manana.' While a very simple example, it illustrates that the major obstacle in straight translation is the need of a dictionary of words. After that, though, you must also consider syntax and context. Translation is, in fact, so complex, that the world's best programmers have been working on it for more than a decade (IIRC), and yet it still doesn't work anywhere near perfectly.
. Maybe you got a point there, but i can say that that would not be the most problematic part. the hard part is that you cannot change the length of the strings. (and make them longer than the original ones, thatThat's actually the biggest problem. You can't change the lenght of the strings this way, which would be an absolute must in translations, or even modding. Best is to detect the format of the archive file that contains the strings, so you can modify those while still keeping in line with the archive structure.Strobe wrote:Dinoguy1000:
Hi there!
would break the file, so the replacer dont allow it). But someone with fluent
language knowledge of the language he/she is translating to wouldnt
find it so hard. but for some games it would ofcourse take a hell of a long
time :X
Yeah i thought of that too.Rahly wrote:not to mention, what happens if its like an item name referer, but it looks like the item name itself, you change it, then the resource its applied to doesn't exist, then you are screwed.
Yes of course translation is hard.lionheartuk wrote:Dinoguy1000 wrote:Well, I don't like to burst your bubble, but translation is far more complex than simple character replacement. This is seen, for example, between the English phrase 'Good morning.' and its Spanish translation 'Buena manana.' While a very simple example, it illustrates that the major obstacle in straight translation is the need of a dictionary of words. After that, though, you must also consider syntax and context. Translation is, in fact, so complex, that the world's best programmers have been working on it for more than a decade (IIRC), and yet it still doesn't work anywhere near perfectly.
