boyquotes/godot-localizer

Godot Localizer

• Create and download a credentials JSON file for the Google Translate API.

• Rename .env.example to .env, and set GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_KEYFILE_PATH to the path to your credentials.json file

• Create a base translation CSV file (the langauge codes here should be only those supported by Google Translate; See note below):

  id	en	ja	de
  GREETING	Hello
  FAREWELL	Goodbye

• Run the command:

  • PHP
    • cd ./php/composer.phar install
    • ./translate php /path/to/input.csv /path/to/output.csv

• If /path/to/desired/output.csv exists, you will be prompted with whether or not to overwrite the existing file

• Output generated will be a CSV file with the values filled in:

  id	en	ja	de
  GREETING	Hello	こんにちは	Hallo
  FAREWELL	Goodbye	さようなら	Auf Wiedersehen

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Note:

Some of the language codes required for Google Translate are not compatible with Godot. If you are translating for one of those languages:

• Rename lang-codes.example.json to lang-codes.json
• Define your mappings

See the Godot docs for more info about localization in Godot

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Disclaimer The purpose of this "tool" is to aid in rapid localization for projects such as game jams, where translations would be a nice addition, but coordinating with real translators is not feasible given the time constraints and scope of the project.