Current Session
Wow! I can't believe this is my 50th contribution for The Curious Expedition! And since I have translated about 61 % of the project I guess I have only.. 30 parts more or less to get this thing over with:
To be honest, I am getting a bit tired of translating this game for all this time now, so I can't wait for the time when I will have finally finished it!
As for the current session, like I have said 50 times counting this post, this was again a very easy translation. Just have a look at some of the strings I worked on during this session:
However, [not one of the villagers wanted|all of the villagers refused] to join the trek. [We seemed to have gained a bad reputation amongst these people|We needed to gain their trust first|Perhaps we would need to show our goodwill by trading with them first|They simply did not trust us enough|We needed to improve our standing with these people before they would join the expedition].
[I sense harmony.|The spirits are strong with these people.|These people are in balance with the spirits of the lands.|I feel welcome here.|The gods are smiling on these people.]
[You should not say that.|Saying that is very offensive.|You know you are being very offensive, right?|How can you say that?|Quiet! What if they understand you?|You have serious issues.|You should not judge them like this.|You are such a bigot.|I really don't like your opinion about these people.|We're guests here, and you should behave accordingly.]
A golden well-crafted reproduction of an eggplant fruit.
As you can see, there is really nothing special or difficult to translate. Easy strings that even a small child can do!
And like with many of my previous translations, I again inserted a few original strings of my own here and there (always making sure they fit with the context provided) as the devs have given us the liberty to do so!
Now, let me conclude with a small taste of the music I enjoyed while preparing this contribution:
That's all folks!
Repository
Project Details
The Curious Expedition is a rogue-like expedition simulation set in the 19th century. It's the first game by indie developer Maschinen-Mensch. The game is available on Steam, GOG, Humble Store and at the official homepage http://curious-expedition.com. The game has been regularly updated through out the last 2 years. A list of all the updates can be found here. For information on modding the game, go here . [source and more info]
Gameplay
And here's what I believe to be the official trailer:
Why Did I Choose This Project?
Well, to be honest, I chose this project because all the other options were applications with boring names like Freecad and Jabref. I thought it would be fun (edit: less boring) to translate a game instead. And thank god... I was right!
I am sure my team members are very jealous that I get to translate strings like "Let's eat", "Giant tortoise", "I feel happy and sad", and "Oh my god" while they get to translate stuff like "resolving duplicate keys", "Port Design", "Constraining modifier key" and "Corrugated elements"... LOL!
Too bad for them, now they have to live with the choices they have made....MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Contribution Specifications
- Translation Overview: This is a really large project, approximately 80.000 words and obviously it's gonna take me a while to finish. In each part I plan to translate anywhere from 700 to 1200 words. For the most part, the translation is very easy as there are few, if any, technical terms.
- Languages: The project is being translated from English to Greek.
- Word Count: According to Crowdin, for Part 50# I translated 1088 words, for a total of 51433 translated words. Since most of the strings translated were part of the in-game dialogues, there were only a handful (1, maybe 2%) that were left in the original language, e.g. screenshot.
Proof of Authorship
- CrowdIn project link: https://crowdin.com/project/the-curious-expedition
- My CrowdIn profile link: https://crowdin.com/profile/trumpman
- My Github profile link: https://github.com/trumperino
Credits
First I'd like to thank our very helpful and patient LMs, @dimitrisp and @ruth-girl for being awesome.
A shout-out goes of course to the other brilliant members of the Greek team: @katerinaramm, @lordneroo and of course the one and only @trumpman. A special shoutout of course goes to @trumpman2, I would be nothing without his constant support and guidance!
And last but not least, a big thank you goes to DaVinci and Utopian for keeping this project alive, running and developing!
Image credits for the first and second images of this gif: @pab.ink - Third and fourth images from the Public Domain
