Well there is quite a big quantity of general words like "settings" which is pretty clear though there are abbreviations that present a challenge. But if the app's purpose is clear translation can be done quite easily.
On Monday, December 14, 2015 at 4:14:23 AM UTC+3, Quentin Christensen wrote: > > The way I've done my text, which I believe is the correct way but I > could be wrong, is that I've created an XML file - essentially it's like > a html file and I've got everything in there as in the below text, so > essentially the translation just needs to be the words in between the > tags, so for the option " <string name="Soundeffects">Use sound > effects</string>" it would be whatever the translation of "Use sound > effects" is, not the rest of that string. One thing I'm not sure of is > that some of the strings are just one or two words so I'm not sure how > much context would be needed for some of them, but I guess if getting it > translated the person doing it could then come back and ask for > clarification on specific items. > > Here's a sample from my strings.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <resources> > > <string name="app_name">RapiTap!</string> > <string name="EMail">"22poi...@gmail.com <javascript:>"</string> > <string name="MoreLink">More from Developer</string> > <string name="URL"><a > href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=22+Point";>More > from 22 Point</a></string> > <string name="action_settings">Settings</string> > <string name="ShowOptionsIntro">Show options next time</string> > <string name="detailedInfo">Show detailed game information</string> > <string name="Soundeffects">Use sound effects</string> > <string name="UseTTS">Use Text to Speech</string> > <string name="VerboseTTS">Verbose TTS Announcements</string> > > <string-array name="difficultyList"> > <item>Easy</item> > <item>Normal</item> > <item>Hard</item> > </string-array> > > </resources> > > -- > 22 Point > > Web: http://www.22point.com.au > Check out our "Making Windows 10 Easy" eBooks and award winning app, > RapiTap! > > On 14/12/2015 12:41 AM, Vladimir Markiev wrote: > > I won't say thet Russian is more popular than English (is there any > > more popular language than English at all, except for perhaps > > Chinese?), especially when piracy is more wide-spread here, but I > > probably could translate although never had experience translating > > xml's. We really can build a mutually benefitial relationship here. > > > > On Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 2:34:06 AM UTC+3, Quentin Christensen > > wrote: > > > > The trick is probably the getting paid part. I would love to have > my > > app translated into as many languages as possible and if you are > > interested in translating my app I can send you the strings.xml file > > right now! But having sold less than 100 copies at $2.99 AUD (minus > > Google's cut), of an app which took several months development > > time, I'd > > need to translate it into a language a lot more popular than it's > > current English in order to recoup the costs of development, let > > alone > > to pay someone else. > > > > Out of curiousity, how much would translation cost? > > > > Kind regards > > > > Quentin. > > > > -- > > 22 Point > > > > Web: http://www.22point.com.au > > Check out our "Making Windows 10 Easy" eBooks and award winning > > app, RapiTap! > > > > On 12/12/2015 6:16 AM, Vladimir Markiev wrote: > > > So Google Play has a huge amount of different apps and games and > > often > > > I see people waiting for localization of certain app or game > > because > > > they don't speak English. This makes me wondering - who doe the > > > localization? Search gives only tips for those who want to > > translate > > > their app, but not for those who would like to assist translating > > > them. I work as a freelance translator and want to help those > > people, > > > who don't speak English by translating apps and games and maybe > > even > > > get paid for that. 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