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Geep: /* See Also */ Add I18N_-_Translator's_Guide link

2026-06-23T20:36:49Z

See Also: Add I18N_-_Translator's_Guide link

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[I18N Status]], particularly "TDM Core".		* [[I18N Status]], particularly "TDM Core".
			* [[I18N - Translator's Guide]], with implications for the "// stays the same" tag.
	* [[I18N - Charset]]		* [[I18N - Charset]]

Geep: /* Phrases Considered "Translated" */ Add "Core" to heading

2026-06-23T16:52:40Z

Phrases Considered "Translated": Add "Core" to heading

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	... and other I18N TDM-platform strings that are not FM-specific.		... and other I18N TDM-platform strings that are not FM-specific.

	==Phrases Considered "Translated"==		==Core Phrases Considered "Translated"==
	Shown in declining count order, for TDM 2.14.		Shown in declining count order, for TDM 2.14.

Geep: /* See Also */

2026-06-23T16:51:33Z

Geep: /* Caveats */

2026-06-23T16:43:22Z

Caveats

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	* These estimates do not account of any possible platform text left hard-coded in English text, so not represented by a #str_. Hopefully there's little to none of that left.		* These estimates do not account of any possible platform text left hard-coded in English text, so not represented by a #str_. Hopefully there's little to none of that left.
	* These estimates do not account for platform aspects with no translation mechanism, e.g.:		* These estimates do not account for platform aspects with no translation mechanism, e.g.:
			** English words burned into textures of shared assets, e.g., old broadsides & newspapers; a few decals
	** Readme's about potential games to select		** Readme's about potential games to select
	** Barks and subtitles (common to all FMs)		** Barks and subtitles (those common to all FMs)
	** TDM's website, installer, wiki, forums, etc.		** TDM's website, installer, wiki, forums, etc.
	* The quality of the translations are not assessed. In particular, improvements to Stone and Carleton fonts in support of certain accented characters will not likely roll out to individual strings until TDM 2.15. A few menu strings remain in the unimproved, deprecated Carleton_Condensed font.		* The quality of the translations are not assessed. In particular, improvements to Stone and Carleton fonts in support of certain accented characters will not likely roll out to individual strings until TDM 2.15. A few menu strings remain in the unimproved, deprecated Carleton_Condensed font.

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[I18N Status]], particularly "Core".		* [[I18N Status]], particularly "Core".
	* [[I18N - Charset]]		* [[I18N - Charset]]

Geep: /* Commentary */

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Commentary

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	Bottom-ranked Dutch and Swedish remain as stubs, awaiting full translation. Not shown: Other possible future-candidate Latin and Cyrillic languages, with similar stubs in all.lang, but no .lang files generated at this time.		Bottom-ranked Dutch and Swedish remain as stubs, awaiting full translation. Not shown: Other possible future-candidate Latin and Cyrillic languages, with similar stubs in all.lang, but no .lang files generated at this time.

	Translation with AI may be called to help with these shortcomings.		Translation with AI may be called upon to help with these shortcomings.

	=== Methodology===		=== Methodology===

Geep: /* Methodology */

2026-06-23T12:40:02Z

Methodology

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	# there's a matching [language] #str_ID, but with the same phrase as [english], and it's not marked with the special translator comment "// stays the same"		# there's a matching [language] #str_ID, but with the same phrase as [english], and it's not marked with the special translator comment "// stays the same"

	then that is output as a "missing" (untranslated) line.		then that is output as a "missing" (untranslated) line. The count of these is then subtracted from 1347 to give the "translated" count shown.

	===Caveats===		===Caveats===

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2026-06-23T12:35:47Z

Geep: /* See Also */ fix links

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Geep: Restructure

2026-06-23T12:30:15Z

Restructure

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	... and other I18N TDM-platform strings that are not FM-specific.		... and other I18N TDM-platform strings that are not FM-specific.
	~~Estimates of percent translated are derived primarily from results from gen_lang_plus with its -missing option.~~

	~~As of~~ TDM 2.14~~, english~~.~~lang defines 1347 #str_ phrases~~ (~~and~~ presumably ~~a similar number in~~ the ~~[english] section~~ of ~~all~~.~~lang)~~. If, ~~for a given [english] #str_ ID~~ in all.lang, ~~either:~~		==Phrases Considered "Translated"==
	~~# there's no matching [language] #str_ ID; or~~		Shown in declining count order, for TDM 2.14.
	~~# there's a matching [language] #str_ID, but~~ with ~~the same phrase as [english], and it's not marked~~ with ~~the comment "// stays the same"~~
			* Catalan - 1265 (94%)
			* Russian - 1232 (92%)
			* French - 1197 (89%)
			* German - 1195 (89%)
			* Turkish - 1193 (89%)
			* Hungarian - 1190 (88%)
			* Polish - 1183 (88%)
			* Slovak - 1164 (86%)
			* Italian - 1142 (85%)
			* Romanian - 1137 (84%)
			* Spanish - 1102 (82%)
			* Danish - 1095 (82%)
			* Portuguese - 1034 (77%)
			* Czech - 998 (74%)
			* Dutch - 142 (11%)
			* Swedish - 136 (10%)

			=== Commentary ===
			First-ranked Catalan is the newest entry. As for other languages, presumably they have suffered some slippage of coverage due to the minor accumulations of new English phrases over the last decade, without translation updates.

			Bottom-ranked Dutch and Swedish remain as stubs, awaiting full translation. Not shown: Other possible future-candidate Latin and Cyrillic languages, with similar stubs in all.lang, but no .lang files generated at this time.

			Translation with AI may be called to help with these shortcomings.

	~~then that is counted as "untranslated"~~ (i.e.~~, missing)~~.		=== Methodology===
			As of TDM 2.14, english.lang defines '''1347''' #str_ phrases (and presumably a similar number in the [english] section of all.lang). This value is the denominator of percentage calculations.

	~~Phrases considered~~ "~~translated~~"~~, shown in declining count order:~~		The numerators come from counting the number of lines in various "missing.txt" files that result from running gen_lang_plus with its "-missing" option. Here's how it does its categorization for each [language]...

	* catalan - 1265 (94%)		If, for a given [english] #str_ ID in all.lang, either:
	* russian - 1232 (92%)		# there's no matching [language] #str_ ID; or
	* french - 1197 (89%)		# there's a matching [language] #str_ID, but with the same phrase as [english], and it's not marked with the special translator comment "// stays the same"
	* german - 1195 (89%)
	* turkish - 1193 (89%)
	* hungarian - 1190 (88%)
	* polish - 1183 (88%)
	* slovak - 1164 (86%)
	* italian - 1142 (85%)
	* romanian - 1137 (84%)
	* spanish - 1102 (82%)
	* danish - 1095 (82%)
	* portuguese - 1034 (77%)
	* czech - 998 (74%)
	* dutch - 142 (11%)
	* swedish - 136 (10%)

			then that is output as a "missing" (untranslated) line.

	Caveats:		===Caveats===
	* Because of certain problems (multiline comments, duplicate entries), these numbers are estimates, not definitive.		* Because of certain problems (multiline comments, duplicate entries), these numbers are merely very good estimates, not definitive.
	* Some phrases shouldn't or can't be translated (e.g., PC function keys), or are the same in English and the other language, even if not marked with "// stays the same".)		* Some phrases shouldn't or can't be translated (e.g., PC function keys), or are the same in English and the other language, even if not marked with "// stays the same". In particular, translation away from English may be difficult for some technical and/or abbreviated terms in Settings. Perhaps a more concerted effort to apply the "// stays the same" tag is warranted.
	* These estimates do not account of any possible platform text left hard-coded in English text, so not represented by a #str_.		* These estimates do not account of any possible platform text left hard-coded in English text, so not represented by a #str_. Hopefully there's little to none of that left.
	* These estimates do not account for platform aspects with no translation mechanism, e.g.:		* These estimates do not account for platform aspects with no translation mechanism, e.g.:
	** Readme's about potential games to select		** Readme's about potential games to select
	** Barks and subtitles (common to all FMs)		** Barks and subtitles (common to all FMs)
			** TDM's website, installer, wiki, forums, etc.
			* The quality of the translations are not assessed. In particular, improvements to Stone and Carleton fonts in support of certain accented characters will not likely roll out to individual strings until TDM 2.15. A few menu strings remain in the unimproved, deprecated Carleton_Condensed font.
			==See Also==
			* [i18n - Core Translation]
			* [i18n - Charset]

Geep at 01:13, 23 June 2026

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	... and other I18N TDM-platform strings that are not FM-specific.		... and other I18N TDM-platform strings that are not FM-specific.
	Estimates of percent translated are derived primarily on results from gen_lang_plus with -missing option.		Estimates of percent translated are derived primarily from results from gen_lang_plus with its -missing option.

	As of TDM 2.14, english.lang defines 1347 #str_ phrases (and presumably a similar number in the [english] section of all.lang). If, for a given [english] #str_ ID in all.lang, either:		As of TDM 2.14, english.lang defines 1347 #str_ phrases (and presumably a similar number in the [english] section of all.lang). If, for a given [english] #str_ ID in all.lang, either:

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	* The quality of the translations are not assessed. In particular, improvements to Stone and Carleton fonts in support of certain accented characters will not likely roll out to individual strings until TDM 2.15. A few menu strings remain in the unimproved, deprecated Carleton_Condensed font.		* The quality of the translations are not assessed. In particular, improvements to Stone and Carleton fonts in support of certain accented characters will not likely roll out to individual strings until TDM 2.15. A few menu strings remain in the unimproved, deprecated Carleton_Condensed font.
	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [~~i18n -~~ Core ~~Translation]~~		* [I18N Status], particularly "Core".
	* [~~i18n~~ - Charset]		* [I18N - Charset]

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[I18N Status]], particularly "Core".		* [[I18N Status]], particularly "TDM Core".
	* [[I18N - Charset]]		* [[I18N - Charset]]