Localisation Guidelines

Crowdin account

Before you can update translations, you'll need a user account on CrowdIn.

You can sign up, for free, here: Crowdin Join

You can view and edit translations here: TM:PE on Crowdin

Languages

Once your account is set up, navigate to the TM:PE on Crowdin to view the languages.

Your preferred languages (as defined in your user account) are donated with a ⭐️ icon and should appear at the top of the list, for example:

Click a language to view its files...

Language files

TM:PE translations are split into several language files, which look like this:

The progress bar depicts the current status of each file:

Green = Approved translations
Blue = Pending approval
Grey = Missing translations

Click a language file to display its strings...

Translation strings

The translations strings are listed in the column on the left:

The icons on the left show the status of each string:

Red square with a dot = Not yet translated
Green square = Translated, but not yet approved
Check mark = Approved translation

Click on any string to show its detail screen:

In the top box you'll see the Source string, which is the key TM:PE uses to locate a translation.

Each source string includes a prefix followed by a colon — in the example above it's Checkbox:. Do NOT include the prefix in your translated string; you only need to translate the text after the : - in the example above that would be Ignore disabled mods.

The Context section provides some additional detail about where the string is used, often with a screenshot. If you click a screenshot you'll see a red box depicting where the string is used.

Below the context panel, the current translation (if there is one) is shown. Add or edit the translation, then click the Save button to submit it for approval.

After saving a string, you'll automatically be taken to the next untranslated string in the current file.

Our team will get notified of any new or changed translations and will review them. Once approved, your translations will go in to TM:PE and will be published with the next update to the workshop page.

Selecting a different language file

If you've finished making changes in a file and want to switch to another file, click the button in the top-left corner of the screen:

You'll see a menu like this:

Then click "Open..." and you'll get the list of Language files again.

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