In-game translation feature

Discussion in 'Creative Corner' started by Akın_€, Dec 24, 2018.

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  1. Akın_€

    Akın_€ Forum Greenhorn

    Hello to everyone,
    There are people who speak many languages in in-game chat conversations, and if there is an instant translation feature, communication between players will be improved.
     
  2. _Baragain_

    _Baragain_ Living Forum Legend

    This has been suggested before, and there is a number of issues. Translation software is usually a stand alone sort of thing that takes a lot of time and money to develop, and even then, it is very imprecise. Just look at some of the funny things that can happen with Google Translate.

    Instead, a better idea that was also suggested in the past and has much more chance of being useful is the inclusion of a chat menu that has a selection of common phrases relevant to the game, things like "Can you help me kill X?" or "I'm looking for a group to run X." or "Thank you." or "Attack." and then these phrases would be translated and hard coded into the game. You select the message you want to send and the recipient automatically receives it in their native (or at least selected) language. You could even code some of these to number short cuts, so you could just type "/1" and it would send "standard message 1" or things like that.
     
  3. Akageshi

    Akageshi Forum Duke

    Automatic translation is so bad.

    Partial solution:
    Everyone learns English at a basic level. English, and not Chinese, Polish, Korean, or Russian, because the basic level of English is relatively easy, and English is already quite widespread, isn't it?

    Ultimate solution:
    Everyone in the world learns one constructed universal language. This will probably happen in the future anyway if we don't wipe ourselves out with nukes.