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#126 Post by **Erpy** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 2:25 pm

Check your mailbox. I have just sent you a mail with the translation template and the instructions. Follow them carefully and if you have any questions at all, just post them here and we'll be happy to answer them. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/nashg ...

Fribbi · #127 Post by **Fribbi** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:13 pm

Should I translate the readme.txt or wait for the new ReadMe.txt ? Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub57.ezboard.com/ufribbi.showPu ... >Fribbi</A> at: 4/21/02 2:22:00 pm

#128 Post by **Erpy** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:19 pm

Wait for the next one. There's not much point in translating the readme of a previous version. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/Nasht ...

#129 Post by **Anonymous Game Creator 2** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:22 pm

Nope, not yet. We still have to re-write the new readme file for version3.0.

FullJee · #130 Post by **FullJee** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 9:06 pm

Why you don't make a page where the fan will be able do see who are the translator and in which language they translate (without show the progression). So they will be able to contact the translator to ask to him if he want some help and it will be better because if I write a sentence only in the same way, maybe a another guy will write the same sentence but in a different and better way.

Hyperion · #131 Post by **Hyperion** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 9:39 pm

I could translate the game into Norwegian(Norway) my email: dangroe@frisurf.no

#132 Post by **Erpy** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 11:16 pm

I don't recall having heard of a Norwegian volunteer yet, so consider your offer accepted. Please check your mail. I have just sent you the translation template and the instructions. Also, Fulljee, I was actually considering something like that too. A little while back, another dutch person volunteered for a translation and I sent him my script so he could check it. I'll see if I get the chance to create another stationary topic for this. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/Nashs ...

Alex Lowes · #133 Post by **Alex Lowes** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 3:04 pm

Im the Hebrew translator of KQVGA but there isnt a problem with the fonts as I supose so because theres a windowes version that is totally in hebrew and even english versions support it to. and in Hebrew you can write with speciall dots wich tell diffarent sounds but nobody uses them, except books/

Fribbi · #134 Post by **Fribbi** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 11:46 pm

Look like the Queen of the castle AGD #1 will soon pronounce you with this title Erpy for you wonderful works.<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... ns/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> Erpy do you know now wich of those translators are now done with this translations and the translations of the manual. Could you make a another list of translators who are now done with this and who is still undone with this. Btw you haven´t sent me back the last pages I e-mailed and retranslated for you. Will KQ2 be going to be translated too in the future?

#135 Post by **Erpy** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 8:38 pm

The reason the pages haven't been sent is because I'm still working on them. I slowed down a little after I learned that KQ1VGA 3.0 would take a little while to be completed. It's only a few days since I finished my final days at school (well, final until the holidays are over that is) and I had more urgent matters to attend to at that time. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/Nashn ...

The LucasFan · #136 Post by **The LucasFan** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 10:29 pm

#137 Post by **Erpy** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 1:14 am

KQ1VGA 3.0 will support Truetype fonts. That means we should be able to import such a font into the game and Presto! <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/nashg ...

The LucasFan · #138 Post by **The LucasFan** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 3:52 am

The LucasFan · #139 Post by **The LucasFan** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 2:23 am

#140 Post by **Anonymous Game Creator 2** » Wed Jul 24, 2002 5:53 pm

There are some that look decent at 320x200, you just have to really hunt for them.

The LucasFan · #141 Post by **The LucasFan** » Wed Jul 24, 2002 6:44 pm

Farlander · #142 Post by **Farlander** » Mon Sep 02, 2002 5:26 pm

Who translates KQ1VGA on Russian Language, and what is his mail. Also I want to now if he translates KQ1VGA Manual, because I started to translate manual, and if he does, I will stop translating manual.

#143 Post by **Erpy** » Mon Sep 02, 2002 6:10 pm

Looks like you haven't read my mail just yet. I answered your questions in a mail I sent to you and explained in the same mail that I removed the thread because the answers were given to you in that mail and it was merely taking up space in the folder. My mail should be in your inbox right now. Please take a look at it. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/Nashn ...

DasJan · #144 Post by **DasJan** » Sun Sep 08, 2002 11:16 pm

I just wanted to ask if there is any news about the translator's beta of King's Quest 1 VGA 3.0. I'd really like to test the translation ingame. Das Jan --- <a href="http://www.dasjan.de" target="neu">www.dasjan.de</a> | <a href="http://www.adventure-treff.de" target="neu">www.adventure-treff.de</a>

#145 Post by **Anonymous Game Creator 2** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:12 am

At some point after KQ2VGA is released, I'll focus on getting KQ1VGA3.0 out and testing the translations with it. I might also go through the game and fix up some areas, which in retrospect, I can see could have been scripted more efficiently (ie. the witch swooping). Sorry it's taking so long. It shouldn't take too much more time though. One other thing with translations is that the graphically intensive HTML manuals might make them too large for us to host. This is why I originally wanted to only use text files for the manuals, because then we could host all translations on the tierra site and not have problems with other people's servers going down or people removing the files etc. However, at a couple of MBs for each game manual, this will make it impossible for us to host all the translated versions of the game on this site. What do you guys think? Should the translated versions come with only a TEXT manual, and then people can obtain the graphic manual from someplace/someone else? Or do you still think the entire translated (HTML) manual should be bundled with the language packs?

#146 Post by **Erpy** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 3:03 pm

I'd certainly vote for a .tra-file bundled with a manual and readme in txt-format. People are downloading the language packs mainly for the game itself. Adding multiple MB's of documentation to it is not something everyone will be asking for. The main problem with the manuals is that everything, including the text parts themselves, is in graphic format. That takes up a lot of unnecessary space. (even though it looks cool) Another disadvantage I ran into was the fact that certain parts of the text take up more space when translated and in the worst case (I bumped into that too) an extra page has to be added and all pages following the to-be-expanded part have to be renumbered. An alternative option would either be a manual where only the background and little pictures/banners are JPEG's, while the text remains part of the HTML-file, or a document that's converted to PDF. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/Nashb ...  Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub57.ezboard.com/broyalquestfor ... py>Erpy</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://members.chello.nl/c.vanempel/icon.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 9/9/02 10:04:07 am

DasJan · #147 Post by **DasJan** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 10:46 pm

About hosting big files: Yesterday I heard that our host gamesmania.de finally allows us at www.adventure-treff.de to host downloads. I don't know anything about traffic limit or size limit, but this probably means that we can host the translation and the (graphical) manual ourselves, and maybe the other languages, too (and maybe even KQ2+...). But I can't promise anything now. I would say: Let the translators decide whether they want to make a graphical manual (which actually means a neat amount of extra work) or not, especially if they have the webspace themselves. Das Jan --- <a href="http://www.dasjan.de" target="neu">www.dasjan.de</a> | <a href="http://www.adventure-treff.de" target="neu">www.adventure-treff.de</a>

The LucasFan · #148 Post by **The LucasFan** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 11:01 pm

#149 Post by **Erpy** » Sat Sep 14, 2002 11:37 pm

When using a tra-file, AGS simply looks at what it's supposed to replace a certain part of text with and does an almost litteral copy-past trick. So tra-files with such characters should work fine. <img src="http://httpd.chello.nl/c.vanempel/nashg ...

LamB · #150 Post by **LamB** » Wed Dec 04, 2002 6:05 pm

I wouldn't also mind making or helping the progress of the portuguese translation, since i have much free time on my hands and i've already helped translating a couple of books. Of course i must give the priority to the other portuguese translator, but still i would love to help Tierra somewhere, somehow, If not only trasnlating the manual. Cheers, and by the way, congratulations on KQ2+, it's wonderful. keep up the good work, above all. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"> Lamb Oh, and my email if you need it: waddah@sapo.pt

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