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French localisation

May 4, 2008 3:08:58 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums

Hello everyone,

There are mistakes in the french translation, so I tried different things to have my personal corrections effective.

For example : "Soil improvement" in the Tech Tree was translated by "Amendmend". Correct would be "Amélioration terrain", for example.

I tried modding the TechTree XML file. No success, the "bad" translation appeared again. However, my mod appears in the mods list and is activated (checkboxed).

I even corrected the original file in D:\Jeux\GalCiv2\Data\French\TechTree. No success ! Here an extract from the corrected file and my correction in bold :

<Biology ID="Soil Enhancement">
  <DisplayName>Amélioration terrain</DisplayName>
  <Cost>400</Cost>
  <Description>Permet de rendre constructible le plus inapproprié des sols.</Description>

What is very confusing to me is that I don't understand where GalCiv2 still finds the "bad" translation, if it does'nt exist in the XML file any more !?

Are the localised XML files of GalCiv2 compiled or whatsoever ? That would explain why my corrections are never effective...

Have I missed something ?

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Reply #1 May 4, 2008 5:46:13 PM
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You may be interested in the unofficial french translation available here http://trans-galactique.forum2jeux.com/ Lots of mistakes have been corrected and it is up to date to the latest version of GC2.
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Reply #2 May 4, 2008 6:29:03 PM
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This may be an odd question but why dosen't Stardock just bundle this mod with patches for the French version?
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Reply #3 May 5, 2008 3:13:47 AM
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For 2 mains reason:

- Paradox has made an official translation for GC2:DL that use the french directories

- the unofficial translation  isn't really mod: it works on an english setting and the files in the english directories are overwritten with the french ones. There are also some files in non languages directory that are changed.

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Reply #4 May 5, 2008 3:51:59 AM
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Thank You for your quick answers !

I made some new tests and it appears that there is a copy of the TechTree in the Save files. That's why my corrections didn't apparently work ! In fact they did if I started a new game.

Comment from a newbee : these little annoyances are nothing compared to the interest lying in this wonderful game !
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