not exactly help, languages

  • indigoco
    15th Nov 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    i speak in german natively and its my preferred language. i noticed in the rules that we should only use english. Can different languages at least have a duplicated forum but in their language, like wikipedia? there is not way that "english only!!!" hasn't turned down people who were quite smart. its very limiting.

  • jacob1
    15th Nov 2023 Developer 0 Permalink
    There are spaces on the internet for German speakers, but this forum isn't one of them. We don't have any German mods, and using another language would isolate the majority of the community who wouldn't be able to understand you. Those are big reasons why we have that rule.

    So we do ask that you use English here, so that the rest of the community can understand and interact with you.
  • z4dg9ssw135
    15th Nov 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    @indigoco (View Post)

    never seen anyone disappointed because of lack of other languages in forums tbh lol (youre the first one for me so far), lots of people speak other languages in saves instead of forums.

    Edited once by z4dg9ssw135. Last: 15th Nov 2023
  • indigoco
    16th Nov 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    jacob1, how exactly do you plan for example romanian speaking people to play the game? they cant. better isolated than not playing.

  • EnganK
    16th Nov 2023 Member 0 Permalink
    Let them learn English, it's really useful on the Internet. Or use any automatic translator like Google Translate.
  • indigoco
    17th Nov 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    Learning english was incredibly difficult for me, and 10 years later i still make mistakes. Google Translate is so horrible at translation (atleast into german) that it is extremely obvious when someone uses GT.

     

    i found out some pages come in different languages, although the amount of translation done is pretty low. so now, lets expand that to the rest of the website!

    Edited 2 times by indigoco. Last: 17th Nov 2023
  • jacob1
    17th Nov 2023 Developer 0 Permalink
    @indigoco (View Post)
    The wiki has user-contributed translations. We love when more translation is done, but it's not very much right now ):

    As I said, the forums will remain English-only. Find a more private space if you want to discuss in other languages.
  • indigoco
    17th Nov 2023 Member 0 Permalink

    oof then, that sucks. even if rules suck, too bad ig.