Steam Translation Language Groups & Language Applications

[ultio]

This is a list of all official Steam languages and their appropriate translators' group. Feel free to join your language's group. If you're a native English speaker, you can help out translating Steam into Pirate English. There will not be any more fake / joke languages.

If you think your native language should become an official Steam language, feel free to convince us / Valve. Scroll down ("Petitioning languages") for further information.

Official Steam languages (25*):
*Including English

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sts_brazilian)


BULGARIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SG_BG_Translation)


CZECH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sts_czech)


DANISH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ts_danish)


DUTCH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/DutchTranslations)


FINNISH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FinnishTranslations)


FRENCH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FrenchTranslations)


GERMAN

Link to the language's group. (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GermanTranslations)


GREEK

Link to the language's group. (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/greektranslation)


HUNGARIAN

Link to the language's group. (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/HungarianTranslation)


ITALIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ItalianTranslations)


JAPANESE

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sts_japanese)


KOREAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/kalve)


NORWEGIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NorwegianTranslations)


POLISH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PolishTranslations)


PORTUGUESE

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PortugueseTranslations)


ROMANIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RomanianTranslations)

RUSSIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RussianTranslation)

SPANISH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SpanishTranslations/)

SWEDISH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SwedishTranslations)

SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ChineseTranslations)

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TChineseTranslations)

THAI

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/sts_thai)

TURKISH

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/turkishtranslators)

Unreleased Steam languages (1):
The following languages are currently being translated and are to be added to the official list of Steam languages. You can help out with their translation now; for more information, check out the appropriate group's description and visit translation.steampowered.com.


PIRATE (ENGLISH)*

All aboard the ship! (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PirateTranslations)

*Pirate may never actually be released as an official Steam language.

Petitioning languages (12):
Many languages have not made it to Steam yet. If you think your language should be added to Steam, feel free to create a group and get a movement in your language's community going, so that Valve knows that there are people that would voluntarily help to translate Steam into your native language. If you're lucky, your language might be added to Steam one day.

AFRIKAANS

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/AfrikaansTranslations)

ARABIC

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/arablang)

BELARUSIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BelarusianTranslations)

BOSNIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BosnianTranslation)

CATALAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CatalanTranslations)

CROATIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/croatiantranslation/)

ESTONIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/estoniantranslations)

FILIPINO

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FilipinoTranslation)

HEBREW

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamTranslation_Hebrew)

ICELANDIC

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/IcelandicTranslations)

INDONESIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/IDNtranslation)

LATVIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/LatvianTranslations)

LITHUANIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Lithuanian_Translations)

PERSIAN

Link to the language's group (independent group #1) (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Persian-Translations)
Link to the language's group (independent group #2) (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PersianTranslations)

SERBIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SerbianTranslations)

SLOVAK

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/slovaktranslation)

SLOVENIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Slovenian_Translations)

UKRAINIAN

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/UkrainianTranslation)

VIETNAMESE

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/VNSteamTranslation)

Translators' Lounge:
The Translators' Lounge is our international meeting place. It's invite-only, since we want to keep it clean. If you would like to join, just ask one of your language's translators. You may also contact me via PM. As a special feature, the Translators' Lounge automatically posts announcements on the arrival of new strings on STS, this way you will always be up-to-date without much of a hassle. If you prefer Twitter or RSS Feeds over Steam, you may also follow our official Twitter account or subscribe to our RSS feed.

Translators' Lounge

Link to the group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/STSLounge)
Follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/STSUpdate)
Subscribe to our RSS Feed (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/STSLounge/rss)

[AciD]

Polish:
Translation Server - Team Poland (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TS-PL)

[ultio]

I've added the Polish group. But it would be nice if you could make the group public, at least by the time the translation server goes public. (Everyone should be able to join and get in touch with a specific language's mods and other users, shouldn't they?) I also thought about adding all the TS mods to that list, but that might end in spam, on the other hand it could be useful for feedback.

[Torsten]

For now keeping the groups private would be also ok - then when the server is public of course we should switch the groups public as well. I will alter all group-names at some point to include 'Steam'.

[LordJuanlo]

I just created the Spanish Group

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SpanishTranslations/

[HellGuy]

I made the Swedish Translation-group :)

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SwedishTranslations

[FormaldehydeBR]

Portuguese group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PortugueseTranslations

[volatyl]

French group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FrenchTranslations
Have Fun (en français dans le texte:p)

[Auren]

Russian group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RussianTranslation

[AciD]

Russian group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RussianTranslation

Guys, couldn't you get more neutral and unified avatar?

[Auren]

Sorry, I'm not an administrator of the group but I will definitely speak with him on the question of the avatar. I find it unacceptable too.

We had a completely different avatar yesterday, dunno why he changed it to this one.

[Auren]

I contacted the administrator of the group and he changed the avatar to a neutral one.

Currently, we are in process of creating a new visually similar to other groups avatar to unify the visual style of our translation group with others.

[A Noobcake]

Team Norway

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NorwegianTranslations

Please post you Steam Community link here so I can invite you guys. Thanks in advance.

[ultio]

Just make it a public group, there is no reason for it to be private.

[A Noobcake]

Just make it a public group, there is no reason for it to be private.

Done.

[Kapitein Iglo]

I've created a Dutch group..If anyone is interested in the PSD of the logo (http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/b6/b67ce4fb2dc750ef8f2fb9920a61337d1e9a5534_full.jpg) : http://kix.r3versed.com/random/steamtranslations.psd

[motu90]

Thanks for your PSD :) well done

[Ctrl+C]

Russian group goes public.

[hycc]

Chinese Group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ChineseTranslations

[LordJuanlo]

Sorry for the long delay, Spanish group is now public

[Nightbox]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RomanianTranslations

Just did the one for Romanian :)

[Thebigone]

Finally created the Finnish Translation group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FinnishTranslations

[Gurluas]

We need a danish group

[ultio]

Feel free to create "Danish Translations" :). Give me the link to your group after creating it and I'll add it to the list.

[GENERAL]

Aye. Don't leave us out of the party.

Hungarian Dudes here:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/HungarianTranslation

[Gurluas]

Danish group is here:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ts_danish

[ultio]

I've added Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish to the list and fixed the URL of the Korean group.



For now keeping the groups private would be also ok - then when the server is public of course we should switch the groups public as well. I will alter all group-names at some point to include 'Steam'.

It seems like a good time now. Are you going to change all the groups' names and URLs so that there will be some sort of unity and a way to tell official translation groups apart from non-official ones? It would be cool if they all had 'Steam' in their names and would all follow the same pattern (same applies to the URLs).

[AciD]

Yup, it would be great time to unify names now. I own an another group that "holds" the official name in Polish version. (so none hijacks it, ho ho)

[ultio]

Well, you're other group's name is "Polish Translations", but as written above I think it would be appropriate to include the word 'Steam' in all groups' names, so that all the names are definitely not taken and that it's clear which group is official and which group is not. I guess "[Language] Steam Translation" or something like that would be the name pattern to go.

[AciD]

Well, you're other group's name is "Polish Translations", but as written above I think it would be appropriate to include the word 'Steam' in all groups' names, so that all the names are definitely not taken and that it's clear which group is official and which group is not. I guess "[Language] Steam Translation" or something like that would be the name pattern to go.

Yup yup.

[uzikus]

Not sure if you can use words "Steam" or "Valve" in the group names/links, I tried doing that few years back and it didn't work.

[ultio]

Torsten can do it. Normal users can't even rename groups.

[ultio]

I've added "Petitioning languages" to the list, I think it would be adequate to move this list to the public forum section.

[Thebigone]

Now that all the groups have uniform names, (Steam Translation - <Language>) - would it be a good idea to change the group avatars so that they all follow the same style?

[nephyx]

Though I'm not the administrator, I'd like to submit our petition group, cheers.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/slovaktranslation

[ultio]

Okay, I have added your group to the list :).

[nephyx]

Okay, I have added your group to the list :).

Thanks, mate. One quick remark though. I believe the correct adjective is "Slovak", as opposed to "Slovakian".

[ultio]

As far as I know both variations are possible:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slovakian

[nephyx]

As far as I know both variations are possible:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slovakian

I agree that "Slovakian" might be used as well, but even the full name of our country is "Slovak republic" and it sounds better :p.
Well, there's no point in arguing about this, do as you like ;).

[wormie3]

lets start with group numbers...

Latvia - over 300 users ready to help
Rest of groups = average of 20 users in each group

Please VALVE, let us help :]

[ultio]

lets start with group numbers...

Latvia - over 300 users ready to help
Rest of groups = average of 20 users in each group

Please VALVE, let us help :]

Don't worry, it's probably just a matter of time ;).

I agree that "Slovakian" might be used as well, but even the full name of our country is "Slovak republic" and it sounds better :p.
Well, there's no point in arguing about this, do as you like ;).

Okay, I changed it for peace's sake ;).

[RoyCART]

Desire translated into Estonian

[Zero86SK]

Slovak translation group has 161 members now :)

[mspacapan]

Hello all!

I want to tell you, that I have created a group, to translate Steam into the Slovenian language.

Please post the link: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Slovenian_Translations

Thanks soo much :D !

[DarkGildon]

Hebrew Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/hebst

(This is the old Hebrew Support Wiki group)

[ultio]

The Wiki groups should not be used for this, that's a whole different story.

[DarkGildon]

The Wiki groups should not be used for this, that's a whole different story.

I realize this; I meant to suggest the re-purposing of that group as the old Wiki project is dead.

[ultio]

Yeah, I know what you meant, but still, those groups are sort of history and should be kept the way they are. You should just create a new group which is meant for STS from the very beginning; I don't see any reason why the Wiki groups should be recycled for STS.

But don't get me wrong, I don't want to boss you around, this is just my opinion.

[Snorlakss]

What's the situation with "new" groups?

[KOLOBOKOLOM]

Hi there!

We have created a group, to translate Steam into the Ukrainian language.

Link: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/UkrainianTranslations

Thank you for your attention.

[ultio]

I've added your group to the list, but you should make your group public and get as many supporters as possible.

And on a side note: You misspelled "Ukrainian" in your group's name ;).

[KOLOBOKOLOM]

And on a side note: You misspelled "Ukrainian" in your group's name ;).

oh...too much beer :) can you fix the title ?
And the group is already public

[Kareshi]

I've created an Afrikaans group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/AfrikaansTranslations

It's still growing.

[Vuma]

Being a Dutch speaker, I love Afrikaans.

[Snorlakss]

Can I get any information about the groups which are in "waiting" status? I try to contact Torsten through e-mail, but he doesn't respond. People are leaving our latvian group because I can't update them on the situation. Please give me something.

[Mr_Fusion]

I don't want to dishearten you or sound overly negative, but you need to be aware of something: not even the currently "supported" languages are truly supported beyond the point where the Steam client and the store/community pages receive most the localized content produced by the translation teams, with a delay from several weeks up to a month or two.

We've been waiting since last August (and us being almost the last language group to launch during the closed beta phase of the project; the rest of the teams have been waiting for a lot longer than that) to finally see our game related translations go live, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon (or rather, at this rate it's not going to happen, ever), not even by Valve Time...

[Snorlakss]

Well your response was better than ignorance.

[Kuzum]

Opened a Hebrew Translation group :D
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamtranslation-hebrew

Now to get members :)

[Kareshi]

Opened a Hebrew Translation group :D
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamtranslation-hebrew

Now to get members :)
Someone already posted here about a Hebrew group:

Hebrew Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/hebst

(This is the old Hebrew Support Wiki group)

[Kuzum]

Someone already posted here about a Hebrew group:

The Wiki groups should not be used for this, that's a whole different story.

;)....

[Kareshi]

Cool. I thought perhaps you'd missed that. I guess it is better to start a new one. Godspeed!

[YourAverageJoe]

I've created an Icelandic petition group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/IcelandicTranslations

Many thanks go out to Kapitein Iglo for the PSD file he supplied to the thread.

[ultio]

I've added your group to the list. You might want to advertise it in your community to get some attention.

I've also removed Ukrainian from the list, since the group's URL does not work anymore and the group seems to be gone.

[KOLOBOKOLOM]

I've added your group to the list. You might want to advertise it in your community to get some attention.

I've also removed Ukrainian from the list, since the group's URL does not work anymore and the group seems to be gone.

our group is still live http://steamcommunity.com/groups/UkrainianTranslation

[heffebaycay]

our group is still live http://steamcommunity.com/groups/UkrainianTranslation
Maybe you should update the group description to better reflect the fact you want Ukrainian to be added to the list of languages supported by Valve.

At the moment the description really looks as if Ukrainian was already supported... which might be a bit confusing for everyone :)

[ultio]

I've re-added your group to the list. Tell me about any URL changes next time, please. And yeah, fbc is right, you should update your group's description.

[pohgejib]

ultio, so problem is only in bad description of the ukrainian group?
I want You to know that our language was destroying for many years, and now, when Ukraine became independent country, spreading of language is one of most important problems in Ukraine because 40% of ukrainians still speak on language of destroyer (russian)...

[KOLOBOKOLOM]

ultio, so problem is only in bad description of the ukrainian group?
I want You to know that our language was destroying for many years, and now, when Ukraine became independent country, spreading of language is one of most important problems in Ukraine because 40% of ukrainians still speak on language of destroyer (russian)...

so what? I speak Russian, I think in Russian, but I want to transfer to the remaining population

ps. this forum is not the place to find out who was the destroyer of the language of the nation

pss. i`m also update the description :)

[lidor5353]

Hebrew Group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamTranslation_Hebrew

[ultio]

ultio, so problem is only in bad description of the ukrainian group?
I want You to know that our language was destroying for many years, and now, when Ukraine became independent country, spreading of language is one of most important problems in Ukraine because 40% of ukrainians still speak on language of destroyer (russian)...

The problem was that you guys changed the group URL without telling me, which broke the link in the opening post. I also just noted that a good group description in English would be a good idea.

And please, keep politics out of this thread.

Hebrew Group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamTranslation_Hebrew

I have added your group to the list of petitioning languages.

[lidor5353]

How much people i need to be official? :)

[ultio]

There is no definite number of members you have to reach, it's just that the chances of a language becoming an official Steam languages are higher if there are more supporters. But, in your case I think it's going to be very difficult, since Hebrew is a right-to-left language. This is probably going to be a major hindrance of getting it official, since it would require some programming work to support RTL languages in Steam and Valve's games, which I do not see happening at the moment. Correct me if I am wrong.

[Jono00]

There is no definite number of members you have to reach, it's just that the chances of a language becoming an official Steam languages are higher if there are more supporters. But, in your case I think it's going to be very difficult, since Hebrew is a right-to-left language. This is probably going to be a major hindrance of getting it official, since it would require some programming work to support RTL languages in Steam and Valve's games, which I do not see happening at the moment. Correct me if I am wrong.

Yup, I've sent a message to the translation server email and got pretty much the same answer.

[lidor5353]

Yea, i know then the Hebrew Lang' need to be RTL, but it can be LTR too.
Maybe it will be a little wird, but it also something.
Anyway, to change the direction of <p> (html) just need to add dir="rtl" like this:
<p dir="rtl">
blah blah blah.
</p>

[ultio]

Well, most strings that require translations are C++ and not HTML, and there is nothing as simple as "dir=rtl" in C++, as far as I know. But if it is possible to write Hebrew LTR as well, then this might be less of a problem.

[lidor5353]

Oh, i thought about somthing else.
Anyway, as i said, Hebrew can be LTR also, just be :(

[ultio]

Just a little news:
I have added the Translator's Lounge to the list of groups. From now on, the group will provide you with automatically posted announcements on the arrival of new strings:


Translators' Lounge:
The Translators' Lounge is our international meeting place. It's invite-only, since we want to keep it clean. If you would like to join, just ask one of your language's translators. You may also contact me via PM. As a special feature, the Translators' Lounge automatically posts announcements on the arrival of new strings on STS, this way you will always be up-to-date without much of a hassle. If you prefer Twitter or RSS Feeds over Steam, you may also follow our official Twitter account or subscribe to our RSS feed.

Translators' Lounge

Link to the group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/STSLounge)
Follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/STSUpdate)
Subscribe to our RSS Feed (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/STSLounge/rss)

[Jono00]

Oh, i thought about somthing else.
Anyway, as i said, Hebrew can be LTR also, just be :(

Uhhh... No. Hebrew can't be written from left to right.
Unless you like writing in reverse. Which is f'cking stupid. facepalm

[ultio]

Uhhh... No. Hebrew can't be written from left to right.
Unless you like writing in reverse. Which is f'cking stupid. facepalm

Ouh, so what now? Guys, seriously, "lying" or anything like that will not get you any further, but rather the opposite, since it makes you look not very trustworthy. I was actually looking for some Hebrew LTR information a few days ago, but I could not find anything assuring / reliable about it, which is why I almost figured that normally, it cannot be written LTR...

[warhawkturbo]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SerbianTranslations

[Sumatran]

added for Bahasa Indonesia translation group

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/id-translate

[Rocket!]

Present for you~! (http://i52.tinypic.com/9azhbr.png)

[Sumatran]

Present for you~! (http://i52.tinypic.com/9azhbr.png)

Many thanks dude for the avatar. I didn't really know you've made it.

[Rocket!]

Fwahahaha! Your edit is TOO LATE! (http://i52.tinypic.com/2wn8i20.png)

Happy to help when I can! ^^

[Sumatran]

Fwahahaha! Your edit is TOO LATE! (http://i52.tinypic.com/2wn8i20.png)

Happy to help when I can! ^^

Err yah i got confused when i saw the color is unmatched yet it used red-white color.

[APazinjan]

I added Croatian language

Link for group! (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/croatiantranslation/)

[warhawkturbo]

Hey, when can we expect new languages to be added on STS? (rough estimate)

[headshot12]

what about Arabic ?

[last night]

Arabs Team
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/arablang

It is one of the most widely used languages in the world. With more than 422 million native speakers in 22 countries , They are looking up to Valve to support their language

[ultio]

I have added Arabic to the list of petitioning languages and I moved Brazilian Portuguese and Bulgarian to the list of official languages, since both were included in the last beta. That means we're at 24 official languages now! Congrats.

The folks at Valve should not forget to create a new Steam setup, so that people will be able to select the new languages, including Turkish, when they install Steam.

[Vuma]

With the setup changing, it would be very nice to auto-select the language based on the IP, that should get some more people using non-English clients.

[last night]

I have added Arabic to the list of petitioning languages and I moved Brazilian Portuguese and Bulgarian to the list of official languages, since both were included in the last beta. That means we're at 24 official languages now! Congrats.

The folks at Valve should not forget to create a new Steam setup, so that people will be able to select the new languages, including Turkish, when they install Steam.

thank you so much

[eCz]

The most' members ..

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/arablang

we need Arabic Language in "Steam" ..

and:- if u need some help for Translation .. u can visit us in

Arabic Translation (AT-S) " Steam Group " and we will help u

The group's Admins: 1- Abu56ab " Abo Khattab "

and 2- second admin is "Juba"

Have funn <3

_by)
eCz: Saudi Arabia ..

[warhawkturbo]

I have a question.

Do translators get paid? The ones that get their translations approved of course?

[martinarcand1]

I have a question.

Do translators get paid? The ones that get their translations approved of course?

No we do not get paid.

However, you have the satisfaction of knowing something you translated is available for the world to see so that's cool :P

EDIT: I've noticed my post appears on some sites that don't agree with "free translations", so I've added a list of rewards i've received over time.

New stuff : I got the game CS:GO for free due the STS.
You can now get keys for TF2 drops when you translate strings. I've gotten 3 'drops' so far.

(2011) For a month before Christmas, we were given a huge amount of DOTA 2 text to translate. The translators who put up the most effort got a LOT of merchandise. (See pictures below)
(2012) I was given a DOTA 2 BETA key. The game isn't out yet, and it's what 30$ to have access to it right now?
(2012) Some people on the translation teams have gotten CS:GO BETA keys. The game isn't out yet, and it's in a closed beta.
(2012) I received CS:GO for free due to translations i've submitted to the STS.
(2012) Similar to 2011's DOTA2 free merchandise, the theme this year was "the end of the world is coming" We had to translate a bunch of text before the 21st. A few teams succeeded. I now have a Steam badge!! (http://steamcommunity.com/id/martinarcand1/)

The rumor is that we're also going to get other stuff, but no one knows yet.. It's still unconfirmed..
edit: (Jan.21st) SAVIOR! Please follow this link to claim your t-shirt for participating in the STS Doomsday Advent Calendar 2012.

Free shirt!!

Pics of Merch:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pz0wt57gwu454vo/8Z7ZL_ZxZf/STS-Package/

[Rocket!]

I'll be honest in saying Valve has considered the giving of Team Fortress 2 hats to exemplary translators, but nothing's been seen in that regard for months.

But the answer to your question's a resounding no. This isn't like the Team Fortress 2 Mann-conomy-- this is strictly volunteer work, mate! The translation server even goes so far as to automatically remove the information attached to tokens about who's translated it around two weeks after it's been translated.

[Esat]

The most' members ..

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/arablang

we need Arabic Language in "Steam" ..

and:- if u need some help for Translation .. u can visit us in

Arabic Translation (AT-S) " Steam Group " and we will help u

The group's Admins: 1- Abu56ab " Abo Khattab "

and 2- second admin is "Juba"

Have funn <3

_by)
eCz: Saudi Arabia ..

Sorry my Muslim bro, we always have the most members.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/buhartr

[Ruig]

Here's the Catalan Translation group!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CatalanTranslations

Please, make it official! We would be very happy if you gave us the opportunity to make it work! :)

[Ruig]

Can anyone answer, please? :confused:
At least, you could add the language to the petition section... ;)

Despite not being very well known, Catalan is spoken by lots of people here. It's the language used at school, the local government, signs, public radio and TV and we also dub shows and movies... etc. It's Andorra's official language too (you must pass a Catalan exam in order to become a legal citizen there).

Please, think about it. Thanks! :)

[Mave.ts]

You only have 27 members. o_o

[Suomis]

You only have 27 members. o_o

Well, a lot of languages only have that many translators...

[ultio]

Can anyone answer, please? :confused:
At least, you could add the language to the petition section... ;)


I actually wanted to do it right away, but for some reason I must have forgotten, sorry! I have now added Catalan to the list of petitioning languages.

[last night]

Sorry my Muslim bro, we always have the most members.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/buhartr

check out again ^_^

[Ruig]

I actually wanted to do it right away, but for some reason I must have forgotten, sorry! I have now added Catalan to the list of petitioning languages.

Thank you! ^^

[Ruig]

Well, a lot of languages only have that many translators...


Yes. I saw an official language with only 22 members.

The languages that are still waiting and have more members than ours use unusual characters and/or are written right to left if I'm not wrong. Catalan only uses Spanish characters plus ç, l·l, à, è, ò, ï and ü (I think I haven't forgotten any character). Anyway, considering that Spanish, French, German and Portuguese are already implemented this shouldn't be a problem (no technical modifications to Steam and/or its fonts are required).

And in fact, we're still growing. Don't be surprised if the list increases. ;) I'm sure we can reach 30. :cool:

Note also that some of our members already collaborate with the Spanish team.

[Suomis]

Yes. I saw an official language with only 22 members.



Since in most languages the group only has translators, not people who want the language.

[WickeTD]

Yes. I saw an official language with only 22 members.

The languages that are still waiting and have more members than ours use unusual characters and/or are written right to left if I'm not wrong. Catalan only uses Spanish characters plus ç, l·l, à, è, ò, ï and ü (I think I haven't forgotten any character). Anyway, considering that Spanish, French, German and Portuguese are already implemented this shouldn't be a problem (no technical modifications to Steam and/or its fonts are required).

And in fact, we're still growing. Don't be surprised if the list increases. ;) I'm sure we can reach 30. :cool:

Note also that some of our members already collaborate with the Spanish team.
Valve could always consider advertising the STS, e.g. notifying people in the chat window. They're missing out on a lot of potential translators just because the majority of the users on Steam don't even know Steam Translation Server exists.

[Ruig]

Valve could always consider advertising the STS, e.g. notifying people in the chat window. They're missing out on a lot of potential translators just because the majority of the users on Steam don't even know Steam Translation Server exists.

Yes, interesting idea! In my case, for example, I didn't know anything about its existence until I googled looking specifically for ways to translate Valve games (and I was thinking about ways to change the files given with the game copy, not anything more sophisticated). It was such a surprise when I saw Steam Translation Server as one of the first results!

And of course, Suomis, people in my group are there because they want to translate. :) People doesn't give us anything for free. Most applications translated to Catalan have their own translation thanks to volunteers like us. If not, we are often ignored because, despite our preference for Catalan, Spanish is such a strong language... I'm sure some of the language teams will understand what I mean.

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And only another question: how does Valve decide which languages they add to the server and how often do they revise it? I would really like to improve our community's appeal apart from getting new volunteers. (By the way, as I said, we reached 30 and we are 31 right now) :cool:

[Suomis]

And only another question: how does Valve decide which languages they add to the server and how often do they revise it? I would really like to improve our community's appeal apart from getting new volunteers. (By the way, as I said, we reached 30 and we are 31 right now) :cool:

I'd guess they take languages which are popular enough...

[Ruig]

I'd guess they take languages which are popular enough...

Uhm, I see... We'll keep trying! We've always had to be as stubborn as Chell when it comes to defend our language. But hey! I said we translate a lot of products voluntary but not all products! Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple and many others do translate their most important products themselves (Google almost everything) so it's not that bad. Oh, and remember: 9th most spoken language in the EU. It has more native speakers than 6 of the already supported languages: Danish, Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish. Some of these languages are quite popular but if you look at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers#5_t o_10_million_native_speakers), the difference is huge. Yes, we duplicate Finnish! And almost every civilized European knows Finnish exists. Well... Considering the previous statements, it's a quite popular language, isn't it? ;)

Edit: now I saw your country is Finland, Suomis! I hope you'll understand I wasn't trying to despise Finnish...

[Suomis]

Uhm, I see... We'll keep trying! We've always had to be as stubborn as Chell when it comes to defend our language. But hey! I said we translate a lot of products voluntary but not all products! Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple and many others do translate their most important products themselves (Google almost everything) so it's not that bad. Oh, and remember: 9th most spoken language in the EU. It has more native speakers than 6 of the already supported languages: Danish, Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish. Some of these languages are quite popular but if you look at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers#5_t o_10_million_native_speakers), the difference is huge. Yes, we duplicate Finnish! And almost every civilized European knows Finnish exists. Well... Considering the previous statements, it's a quite popular language, isn't it? ;)

Edit: now I saw your country is Finland, Suomis! I hope you'll understand I wasn't trying to despise Finnish...

Yea I understand. And yea it seems it is a popular language, you just have to hope Valve takes a look into it.

[Snipufin]

Uhm, I see... We'll keep trying! We've always had to be as stubborn as Chell when it comes to defend our language. But hey! I said we translate a lot of products voluntary but not all products! Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple and many others do translate their most important products themselves (Google almost everything) so it's not that bad. Oh, and remember: 9th most spoken language in the EU. It has more native speakers than 6 of the already supported languages: Danish, Bulgarian, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish. Some of these languages are quite popular but if you look at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers#5_t o_10_million_native_speakers), the difference is huge. Yes, we duplicate Finnish! And almost every civilized European knows Finnish exists. Well... Considering the previous statements, it's a quite popular language, isn't it? ;)

Edit: now I saw your country is Finland, Suomis! I hope you'll understand I wasn't trying to despise Finnish...

We're not talking of direct amounts of <insert nationality here> people, we're talking of those people who are actively using Steam. Finland has quite a lot of video gamers, and that's why there's no question about why Finnish is in STS.
That is why the group is created in the first place, to see if there are people to support the new language.

[Suomis]

We're not talking of direct amounts of <insert nationality here> people, we're talking of those people who are actively using Steam. Finland has quite a lot of video gamers, and that's why there's no question about why Finnish is in STS.
That is why the group is created in the first place, to see if there are people to support the new language.

Well, Finnish is used by 0.45% of the Steam users, so I don't think our language is that popular amongst users Steam, even though we have a lot of gamesrs. I did notice, when playing Counter-Strike a few days ago, that almost everyone there did use the game in Finnish, which was a huge suprise to me. (Was playing on a Finnish server)

[Dragory]

Well, Finnish is used by 0.45% of the Steam users, so I don't think our language is that popular amongst users Steam, even though we have a lot of gamesrs. I did notice, when playing Counter-Strike a few days ago, that almost everyone there did use the game in Finnish, which was a huge suprise to me. (Was playing on a Finnish server)

I think people are more "tolerant" of Finnish (and translations in general) when there aren't many... "silly" names translated, such as the weapon/hat names in TF2. Not sure why, but people seem to over-analyze the Finnish names instead of just seeing them as translations/references/whatever, and then compare them to the English names (which they might have already gotten used to).

[Ruig]

I think people are more "tolerant" of Finnish (and translations in general) when there aren't many... "silly" names translated, such as the weapon/hat names in TF2. Not sure why, but people seem to over-analyze the Finnish names instead of just seeing them as translations/references/whatever, and then compare them to the English names (which they might have already gotten used to).

Well, now I'm going a bit offtopic, but I want to expose a small history/language lesson related to my own case (I don't want to relate it to our petition, only a cultural fact);)

The same behaviour can be observed in some Catalan users when you give them things translated that they were used to see written in Spanish. It's a common phenomenon involving a dominant language (English/Spanish) and a weaker one (Finnish/Catalan). When a language is very strong and people get used to that language for things that involve high translation costs (= no translation to the weaker language) changing to their own language (in case someone finally decides to localize it) is difficult because it seems strange to them. We must live with that and hope they get used to the new situation somehow.

My experience (we, Catalans, suffered a HUGE repression from Franco concerning Catalan and had to compensate it later to promote again our damaged language) is that when the local language becomes the default option for those cases with a previous discrimination people adapt. But it's a hard step because nobody wants to take the risk if the government doesn't force it (and believe me, when this happens there's a lot of controversy for some time, until people adapt).

Just a little language/history lesson. :) Not intended to add pressure to Valve, of course. :cool:

[Ruig]

We're not talking of direct amounts of <insert nationality here> people, we're talking of those people who are actively using Steam. Finland has quite a lot of video gamers, and that's why there's no question about why Finnish is in STS.
That is why the group is created in the first place, to see if there are people to support the new language.

Well, I understand your point of view and I agree with the fact that the number of real users is important, but you can't deny that, unless we are talking about a very poor country, both stats are related. And I think it's not the case (yea, Spain is in crisis, but we're not in such a bad situation and Catalonia/Valencia/Balearic Islands are some of the richest parts of Spain). We do have video gamers. For example, if you see someone with the [CAT] suffix added to their Steam nickname it's not because they love cats, it's because they're [Cat]alans.:) And many others don't even use it.;)

About people supporting the language, well... We have 30 members (and growing) waiting to translate. Spanish (a language with a very big speaker base) has a bit more than 50 members and only 4-5 of them translate regularly. The fun fact is that one of those active translators is Catalan and joined our group too.:)

[Evil_Warhead]

How to get into a group sind the german one is invite only

[ultio]

Are you a translator? I do not recognize your name. The German group is for translators only.

[Evil_Warhead]

Are you a translator? I do not recognize your name. The German group is for translators only.

Well I only submitted one text yet and was told I can join a group so I was just wondering. I assume I have to submit more right?^^

[Mcwierdo]

I created a group for Faroese Translations:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FaroeseTranslations

I hope you'll consider adding Faroese.

[Redh3ad]

I hope you'll consider adding Faroese.

Highly unlikely as there are less than 100,000 people that speak that language.

[Mcwierdo]

Highly unlikely as their are only about 50,000 people that speak that language.
Yeah, that's true, but it doesn't cost Valve anything to add, since I'll do all the translations, right?

[Mave.ts]

Yeah, that's true, but it doesn't cost Valve anything to add, since I'll do all the translations, right?

It doesn't work that way. :<

[Mcwierdo]

It doesn't work that way. :<
Then, how does it work?

[XenoLair]

I'll translate Steam into Slovene by myself if I have to! Sadly the Slovenian group seems unactive with only 12 members, I know there are more of us on steam and 2.5 mill speak the language with increacing numbers using steam every day!

[michabailey]

Well, what was said before about Hebrew being able to be read LTR, while not quite true, has a tiny grain on possibility in it -- if all the strings are entered backwards, then if rendered LTR, that will create the net effect of having RTL text.

[Mave.ts]

Well, what was said before about Hebrew being able to be read LTR, while not quite true, has a tiny grain on possibility in it -- if all the strings are entered backwards, then if rendered LTR, that will create the net effect of having RTL text.

That would be asking too much of the translators.. right?

[Zero86SK]

just want to say on behafs of popular language and numbers etc.
Slovakia has 6 000 000+ People not counting people who speak it abroad.

also
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/slovakia has 4300+ members and the slovak translation group has 270 members. So I as many others I spoke to really want to have the language in.

And Slovak is quite different from Czech. F.e. we dont use ř or ě and Some words that sound the same have totally different meaning. (Pokoj - SK: Peace, CZ: Room) Also grammar is different in some places.

[xium500]

متى سيتم طرح اللغة العربية بشكل رسمي ؟
لقد مللنا الإنتظار ياستيم !

[ducduydaovn]

Please creat Vietnamese group. Thank you!!

[Mave.ts]

The issue lies not with there not being enough people speaking the language. It lies with how many people are active in the country/region concerning the topic. There is a difference between 8,000 inhabitants who all game and speak language A, and 50,000 inhabitants that speak language B of whom only 2,000 game.

[ATOM_BG]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SG_BG_Translation

Problem with the bulgarian translation page...

[jack_wade]

Here are some things that should be fixed in my opinion

Lamp spot: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Hegemon_BG/screenshot/506892297207063476/?tab=public

Pipe spot: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Hegemon_BG/screenshot/506892297207085557/?tab=public

Weapon manipulations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-qzsDXVk4

Wrong forum, mate. CS:GO subforum is below this section.

[FreakieDK]

Shouldn't the OP be updated now that Greek has been released?

[ypertatos]

We're still technically in beta, freakie.

Still, have some rep for the thought

[ultio]

Since it has been added to the latest Steam beta client, I have added it to the list of officially released languages. Congratulations!

[unfakingb]

I find the wording of the sticky 'welcome' post in this thread quite offensive:

-- my language is official (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Slovak_language#Linguistic_history_ of_the_region) enough for any and all products and services
-- why would I need to convince you? You want to convince me to help you with your effort, free of charge at that
-- if there is a language group and that group demonstrates movement (whatever that comprises), how does yet still luck factor into the selection process?

I am emphasizing the individual fragments of the context, but if it were not there, it would be impossible for me to do that, right? I would kindly ask you to at least reconsider, if choosing a less patronizing tone for the sticky message would not cause less abrasion.

Thank you in advance.

[ultio]

Frankly said, I do not see any problem with the language of the opening post, thus I will not change the wording. It is up to Valve to decide which languages they would want to support on Steam and for upcoming Valve titles. Languages petitioning in this thread may never become official Steam languages, it merely increases the chances of Valve considering them.

-- if there is a language group and that group demonstrates movement (whatever that comprises), how does yet still luck factor into the selection process?

There is no "luck factor", Valve is a company like any other, and adding new feature eventually has to be profitable to a certain extent, or merely "worth the effort". Valve employees have to spend time on adding a new language, it is not a process that works on its own. Once again, this thread is merely for Valve to have a list of languages which show greater interest in a localization of their own; it is no definite promise of ever getting a language on Steam.

[TannosukeGR]

Hello, guys.

I'm new to these forums. I sent a translation appplication review, but haven't seen an approval or a decline. How much longer will it be approved or declined.

I saw that you guys also support the Greek language, but we're kind of behind, so I do want to help out to reach our goal of being fully translated.

Thanks! ^^

Oh, and speaking of which, will we see the future games translated in Greek with subtitles and audio?

[pramo]

Oh, and speaking of which, will we see the future games translated in Greek with subtitles and audio?

That is the point of the Translation Server. :) Valve's latest games (currently in beta), CS:GO and Dota 2 are already being translated there. As for the audio: it's unlikely. I think it would cost them a fortune to record audio in ~20 different languages.

[blusky123]

Persian

Link to the language's group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PersianTranslations)

[a_jesron]

I created a group of Filipino Steam Translation

FILIPINO (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FilipinoTranslation)

[Dragon.]

I don't know how much time we should wait to have an answer or a motivating piece of information 'at least'.
Although everyone has been told in the page of the Group that there is no need for more supporters, but they are increasing (2298 members right now). And everyone is so excited to see his own language supported by Steam.

Here, I am talking about Arabic Language, and here's the page of the Public Group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/arablang

We appreciate your hard work for every single language to be added to Steam, so thank you a lot from everyone that is waiting for his language to be in the Official Steam Languages.

Sorry for any kind of inconvenience I might have caused.

[gert7]

Estonian group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/estoniantranslations

[VictiniLover]

So, does this really work? How many members needed so Valve reacts?

[Dragon.]

So, does this really work? How many members needed so Valve reacts?

I think it does not. We are already 2,341 members, and still nothing new.

[Sumatran]

Euh, can you please change our group link? :D

Here it is. (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/IDNtranslation)

[WildBeast]

Bulgarian group link is changed to http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BG_Translation

[Babloyi]

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/urtrans
Total newbie here, but I've set up a group for urdu translations.

[ricci]

Vietnamese Translations (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/VNSteamTranslation)

[TheMightyOak]

Bosnian group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BosnianTranslation

[tnk5000]

Hello.
I want to help in translating into Russian. How I can join to the Russian group in Steam for this?

[Redh3ad]

You have to apply here (http://translation.steampowered.com/) first.

[artur756]

steam we need hebrew!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamTranslation_Hebrew

[NaOHSpree]

steam we need hebrew!

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamTranslation_Hebrew

It's already there under the 'Petitioning languages' section.

[pain941]

Valve we need Belarusian language in Steam http://steamcommunity.com/groups/BelarusianTranslations

[OpineL]

Georgia Team

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/georgiantranslate

Thx : )