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.. _doc_internationalizing_games:
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Internationalizing games
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Introduction
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Sería excelente que el mundo hablara solo un idioma. Unfortunately for
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us developers, that is not the case. While not generally a big
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requirement when developing indie or niche games, it is also very common
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that games going into a more massive market require localization.
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Godot offers many tools to make this process more straightforward, so
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this tutorial is more like a collection of tips and tricks.
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Localization is usually done by specific studios hired for the job and,
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despite the huge amount of software and file formats available for this,
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the most common way to do localization to this day is still with
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spreadsheets. The process of creating the spreadsheets and importing
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them is already covered in the :ref:`doc_importing_translations` tutorial, so this
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one could be seen more like a follow up to that one.
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Configuring the imported translation
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The translations can get updated and re-imported when they change, but
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they still have to be added to the project. This is done in Scene
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> Project Settings > Localization:
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.. image:: /img/localization_dialog.png
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This dialog allows to add or remove translations project-wide.
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Localizing resources
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It is also possible to instruct Godot to open alternative versions of
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assets (resources) depending on the current language. For this the
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"Remaps" tab exists:
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.. image:: /img/localization_remaps.png
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Select the resource to be remapped, and the alternatives for each
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locale.
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Converting keys to text
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Some controls such as :ref:`Button <class_Button>`, :ref:`Label <class_Label>`,
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etc. will automatically fetch a translation each time they are set a key
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instead of a text. For example, if a label is assigned
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"MAIN_SCREEN_GREETING1" and a key to different languages exists in the
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translations, this will be automatically converted. This process is done
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upon load though, so if the project in question has a dialog that allows
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changing the language in the settings, the scenes (or at least the
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settings scene) will have to be re-loaded for new text to have effect.
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For code, the :ref:`Object.tr() <class_Object_tr>`
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function can be used. This will just look-up the text into the
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translations and convert it if found:
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level.set_text(tr("LEVEL_5_NAME"))
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status.set_text(tr("GAME_STATUS_" + str(status_index)))
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Making controls resizeable
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The same text in different languages can vary greatly in length. For
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this, make sure to read the tutorial on :ref:`doc_size_and_anchors`, as having
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dynamically adjusted control sizes may help.
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:ref:`Container <class_Container>` can be very useful, as well as the multiple options in
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:ref:`Label <class_Label>` for text wrapping.
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TranslationServer
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Godot has a server for handling the low level translation management
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called the :ref:`TranslationServer <class_TranslationServer>`.
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Translations can be added or removed during run-time, and the current
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language be changed too.
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Command line
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Language can be tested when running Godot from command line. For
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example, to test a game in french, the following arguments can be
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supplied:
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c:\MyGame> godot -lang fr
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Translating the project name
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The project name becomes the app name when exporting to different
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operating systems and platforms. To specify the project name in more
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than one language. In the project settings dialog, create a new setting
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application/name and append it the locale identifier. For example:
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.. image:: /img/localized_name.png
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As always, If you don't know the code of a language or zone, `check the
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list :ref:`doc_locales`.
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