Steam Translation Server goes live!

ultio · 10-23-2010, 08:04 AM

The Steam Translation Server went live today, now everyone is able to improve Steam's translation for various languages. Native English speakers also have the opportunity to translate Steam into Pirate English.

translation.steampowered.com

The translation forum is not public yet, that's why I am just going to quote the group list for now:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ultio

List of all languages:
(Orange ones don't have a group yet)

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

Link to the language's group

BULGARIAN

Link to the language's group

CZECH

Link to the language's group

DANISH

Link to the language's group

DUTCH

Link to the language's group

FINNISH

Link to the language's group

FRENCH

Link to the language's group

GERMAN

Link to the language's group.

GREEK

Link to the language's group.

HUNGARIAN

Link to the language's group.

ITALIAN

Link to the language's group

JAPANESE

Link to the language's group

KOREAN

Link to the language's group

NORWEGIAN

Link to the language's group

PIRATE

All aboard the ship!

POLISH

Link to the language's group

PORTUGUESE

Link to the language's group

ROMANIAN

Link to the language's group

RUSSIAN

Link to the language's group

SPANISH

Link to the language's group

SWEDISH

Link to the language's group

SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

Link to the language's group

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

Link to the language's group

THAI

Link to the language's group

TURKISH

Link to the language's group

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Please don't rush this, though. Only apply if you're serious about it, every application means quite a bit of work for your language's moderators.

786Warrior · 10-23-2010, 08:33 AM

What if your language isn't yet supported and you want to help translate steam to that language? I speak fluent Arabic and would want to translate steam into Arabic.

ultio · 10-23-2010, 08:44 AM

As far as I know there are plans for new languages. Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish are all newly added languages which were all added because enough people wanted them in Steam and offered their help.

SunriseDriver · 10-23-2010, 08:50 AM

I'm sure a lot of people would like to translate Steam into Ukrainian.

ViRUS2008 · 10-23-2010, 09:26 AM

how do I join a group? I see the open lock and the text that says that it's a public group, but I don't see the green "Join" button anywhere on the page (yes, I'm logged in to the Steam Community) :/

alexanderswang · 10-23-2010, 09:49 AM

Seem to have existed for a long time , while I like it that Steam keeps being low-key ! Good !

Torsten · 10-23-2010, 10:16 AM

While there might be new languages in the future (feel free to create a community group and gather interested people), I'd like to see first how well Brazilian, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish proceed. As for joining groups: make sure you are not already part of a public group, that doesn't show you a JOIN button. Please post that groups link here, if it still fails.

Oneironaut · 10-23-2010, 10:37 AM

I could be wrong, but I've never heard of such a thing as a language called Brazilian. I'm pretty sure everyone in Brazil speaks Portuguese.

Antonello · 10-23-2010, 11:12 AM

There are important differences on the lexical, syntactical, grammatical, phonetic levels between Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese. There have been too many users, in the past years, complaining that certain lemmas, expressions, locutions or constructions were intelligible only in Portugal and not in Brazil, or vice versa. Hence, the need to differentiate the two variants.
As an example, movies are subtitled differently depending on whether they are being watched by a Portuguese or by Brazilian audience.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I could be wrong, but I've never heard of such a thing as a language called Brazilian. I'm pretty sure everyone in Brazil speaks Portuguese.

jjosevo · 10-23-2010, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I could be wrong, but I've never heard of such a thing as a language called Brazilian. I'm pretty sure everyone in Brazil speaks Portuguese.

I am sorry but, yes, you are wrong and before having the audacity to say something so inaccurate, you should investigate first and document yourself. I am not offended for this, but people living in these countries could be

Portuguese and Brazilian are SIMILAR languages, but it doesn't mean they are the same language. In my particular case, I live in Spain and we have several dialects (Spanish, Catalan, Euskera, etc) and if I see something in Euskera (it is an extreme case) I don't understand anything.

I speak portuguese and I know Brazilian is about a 75% of portuguese. But they are NOT the same language.

soneca · 10-23-2010, 11:41 AM

Quote:

There are important differences on the lexical, syntactical, grammatical, phonetic levels between Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese. There have been too many users, in the past years, complaining that certain lemmas, expressions, locutions or constructions were intelligible only in Portugal and not in Brazil, or vice versa. Hence, the need to differentiate the two variants.
As an example, movies are subtitled differently depending on whether they are being watched by a Portuguese or by Brazilian audience.

Antonello is right, it's very important for us to have our own language, Portugal portuguese and Brazilian portuguese is very different.The name of the both languagues is portuguese but they are two different versions, there are HUGE amount of differences to the point we need to have our own translation server.

It was a very smart choice by Valve, most companies only use Portugal Portuguese which is most of the time ignored by Brazilians because it can be really confusing.

naran · 10-23-2010, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjosevo

I am sorry but, yes, you are wrong and before having the audacity to say something so inaccurate, you should investigate first and document yourself. I am not offended for this, but people living in these countries could be

Portuguese and Brazilian are SIMILAR languages, but it doesn't mean they are the same language. In my particular case, I live in Spain and we have several dialects (Spanish, Catalan, Euskera, etc) and if I see something in Euskera (it is an extreme case) I don't understand anything.

I speak portuguese and I know Brazilian is about a 75% of portuguese. But they are NOT the same language.

LOL, sorry for the off topic. But euskara is a totally different language not share anything with spanish, french, portuguese or any romance language. Therefore its normal that you do not understand anything. Catalan is not a dialect either btw.

Are you sure that you live in Spain? Do you know what means "language", and "dialect"?

jp_rsardeto · 10-23-2010, 12:40 PM

Brazilian Portuguese! Cool. I might be able to help translating if you need.

Peewi · 10-23-2010, 12:49 PM

It seems that most of the translation groups are public, but the Danish one is private. Any particular reason for that?

Rebel44 · 10-23-2010, 12:53 PM

Joined czech translation group

10-23-2010, 12:40 PM	#13
jp_rsardeto Join Date: Aug 2009 Reputation: 89 Posts: 934	Brazilian Portuguese! Cool. I might be able to help translating if you need. Last edited by jp_rsardeto: 10-23-2010 at 01:06 PM.

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10-23-2010, 08:33 AM	#2
786Warrior Join Date: Nov 2006 Reputation: 20 Posts: 467	What if your language isn't yet supported and you want to help translate steam to that language? I speak fluent Arabic and would want to translate steam into Arabic.

10-23-2010, 08:44 AM	#3
ultio Join Date: Dec 2006 Reputation: 3560 Posts: 3,222	As far as I know there are plans for new languages. Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish are all newly added languages which were all added because enough people wanted them in Steam and offered their help.

10-23-2010, 08:50 AM	#4
SunriseDriver Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 117 Posts: 1,361	I'm sure a lot of people would like to translate Steam into Ukrainian.

10-23-2010, 09:26 AM	#5
ViRUS2008 Join Date: Jun 2008 Reputation: 191 Posts: 729	how do I join a group? I see the open lock and the text that says that it's a public group, but I don't see the green "Join" button anywhere on the page (yes, I'm logged in to the Steam Community) :/

10-23-2010, 09:49 AM	#6
alexanderswang Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 348 Posts: 574	Seem to have existed for a long time , while I like it that Steam keeps being low-key ! Good !

10-23-2010, 10:16 AM	#7
Torsten Valve Join Date: Nov 2006 Reputation: 139 Posts: 255	While there might be new languages in the future (feel free to create a community group and gather interested people), I'd like to see first how well Brazilian, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish proceed. As for joining groups: make sure you are not already part of a public group, that doesn't show you a JOIN button. Please post that groups link here, if it still fails.

10-23-2010, 10:37 AM	#8
Oneironaut Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 785 Posts: 1,213	I could be wrong, but I've never heard of such a thing as a language called Brazilian. I'm pretty sure everyone in Brazil speaks Portuguese.

10-23-2010, 12:49 PM	#14
Peewi Join Date: Aug 2006 Reputation: 55 Posts: 1,549	It seems that most of the translation groups are public, but the Danish one is private. Any particular reason for that?

10-23-2010, 12:53 PM	#15
Rebel44 Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 151 Posts: 869	Joined czech translation group