Translating mods

[MHL]

The changelog says that mods can be now translated?
How do you do that?

[Linuxdirk]

You need to change how your strings are set in your mods and you need a new file in a new folder.

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local S = minetest.get_translator('modname')
local foo = S('My translated string')

File ./locale/modname.de.tr (syntax: textdomain.language.tr, it is advised to simply use the mod name as textdomain to avoid naming conflicts):

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# textdomain: modname
My translated string=Meine übersetzte Zeichenkette

You can also use variables named @1 to @9 being positional arguments.

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local foo = S('This is important: @1, this too: @2', super_important_variable, second_important_thing)

You can't skip a variable. In your translation file it's the same.

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# textdomain: modname
My translated string=Meine übersetzte Zeichenkette
This is important: @1, this too: @2=Dies ist wichtig: @1, dies auch: @2

See here for full documentation:

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/bl ... 2455-L2549

Since the system ignores empty lines and all lines not being original string=translated string or lines starting with # textdomain: you can also comment and group your translations.

https://gitlab.com/4w/mtimer/raw/4f8009 ... imer.de.tr