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Of course, politics and current events rapidly change language. I saw when I was young how quickly the suffix "gate" after Watergate become an indicator for scandal. But for non-politics and not current events what do you have for rapidly changing English? I am thinking of the word "merch" has taken about a year to start replacing "merchandise". Got, any good ones?
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CoriBoom Please Help - MZ Crime and Police Language Translations
CorinaMarie posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
We've learned a lot we didn't know about how to make separate language entries for the additional information we display in our expanded User Interfaces which pop up when Querying buildings. More specifically, the details contained in the LTEXT - Language Text Files over on Devotion. Now, y'all won't need to go read that unless you are interested in the nuts and bolts under the hood. However, what we do need your help with is translating some simple words and phrases which we will then use for writing the tutorial @carlosmarcelo asked for here. Our Crime and Police UI is much simpler than the one for City Hall, so we plan to get it fully translated first with y'all's assistance. In order to prevent the Phantom Slider Bug (while at the same time eliminating the need to bulldoze all prior police stations) our mod removes them from the Police Menu and assigns them a name which shows they are the unmodded vanilla version. As such, in English, we've simply prefixed each one with the word "Vanilla". Btw, vanilla in this case is derived from a flavor of ice cream and basically represents unmodified or plain. Here's a sample of the UI for a renamed Maxis Small Police Station: Now, the four building names we need in other languages: Station Names: Vanilla Police Kiosk Vanilla Small Police Station Vanilla Large Police Station Vanilla Deluxe Police Station ^ Please copy and paste these, then provide their equivalent in your language, and also let us know what language that is. If Vanilla isn't as descriptive for this in your language, you could use "Maxis" or "Generic" or such for that part. Next up for translation is the extended data we display under the original Maxis info: Expanded Data Info: Citywide Annual Crime Data Total Crimes Total Arrests Police Efficiency Efficiency Change vs Prior Year Crimes per Capita (100k) Capita Change vs Prior Year Intransigent Occupants ^ Same thing here. Please copy and paste these, then provide the translation into your language. Note: Since some languages are more verbose (longer) than English tends to be, we recommend simplyfying the translation as much as possible, while still retaining the same meaning in your language. So try to translate in as few words as possible, which also keeps accuracy in the meanings. We can widen the panel width somewhat, but there is a balance so it can be suitable without needing to be fortyleven miles wide. Then one other thing for this mod is that we've added a linky to the Maxis pop up message when there is a jailbreak due to insufficient capacity. The original, unmodified version looks like this: All we've done is to make the words "increasing the budget" become a hyper link which pops up the Master Budget for the Public Safety Department like this: Advisor Message: Show us what words are the same as "increasing the budget" in the following for your language: (Country flag icons provided by: https://flagpedia.net ) 0x02 French: L'état de crise a été déclaré ! La surpopulation carcérale et le mauvais financement des prisons ont rendu les évasions inévitables. Nous allons essayer de rattraper le plus d'évadés possible, mais ce n'est qu'une solution provisoire ! Vous devez faire retomber la pression en allouant plus de fond au Département de la Justice ou en construisant plus de prisons pour réduire la surpopulation. 0x03 German: Die Lage ist ernst, Bürgermeister! Die Gefängnisse der Stadt sind überfüllt und unterfinanziert, dadurch ist es vermehrt zu Ausbrüchen gekommen. Wir werden die Flüchtigen selbstverständlich wieder einfangen, so schnell es geht, aber das ist nur eine vorläufige Lösung des Problems. Verbessern Sie die Lage, indem Sie das Budget der Bewährungsstelle erhöhen oder mehr Gefängnisse bauen. 0x04 Italian: Siamo in crisi, sindaco! Il sovraffollamento e il sottofinanziamento delle prigioni cittadine ha aperto la strada a un'evasione. Faremo tutto il possibile per arginare le fughe, ma si tratta solo di una misura temporanea. Deve ridurre la tensione incrementando il budget per il Dipartimento Correttivo, oppure costruendo altre prigioni per scongiurare il sovraffollamento. 0x05 Spanish: ¡Tenemos una crisis, Alcalde! Las prisiones hacinadas y con bajo presupuesto de la ciudad han abierto el camino a las fugas. Cogeremos a los fugados lo mejor que podamos, pero tan solo es una solución temporal. Debes reducir la presión aumentando el prespuesto para el Departamento de Reinserción, o construir más prisiones para aligerar la hacinación. 0x06 Swedish: Vi har problem, borgmästarn! De överfulla och underbudgeterade fängelserna i stan har resulterat i en rymning. Vi gör vårt bästa för att hitta rymlingarna, men det är bara en temporär lösning. Du måste lätta på trycket genom att höja budgeten för kriminalvården eller bygga fler fängelser för att minska trångboddheten. 0x07 Finnish: Nyt on hätä! Vankilat ovat olleet ylikansoitettuja ja alirahoitettuja jo niin kauan, että niistä alkaa olla helppo karata. Nappaamme karkulaisia parhaamme mukaan, mutta tämä ei voi jatkua kauaa. Teidän on helpotettava vankiloiden tilannetta suurentamalla vankeinhoitolaitoksen budjettia tai rakentamalla uusia vankiloita tilanpuutteen korjaamiseksi. 0x08 Dutch: We zitten zwaar in de problemen, burgemeester! De overvolle en onderbetaalde gevangenissen zijn uit hun voegen gebarsten en de gevangenen zijn uitgebroken. We proberen de ontsnapte gevangen zo goed mogelijk op te sporen, maar dit is niet meer dan bestrijding van de symptomen. Je kunt de problemen oplossen door het budget voor misdaadbestrijding op te schroeven, of door meer gevangenissen te bouwen zodat ze minder vol zitten. 0x09 Danish: Vi er stødt ind i en krise borgmester! Overbefolkning og underfinansiering i byens fængsler har gjort det muligt at bryde ud. Vi fanger så mange af dem, der slap løs, som vi kan, men det er kun en midlertidig løsning. Du er nødt til at reducere byrden ved at øge fængselsvæsenets budget eller bygge nogle flere fængsler. 0x0A Portuguese: Estamos encrencados, Prefeito. A superlotação e a falta de recursos nas cadeias da cidade facilitaram uma fuga de presos. Vamos recapturar os fugitivos da melhor maneira possível, mas isso é apenas uma solução temporária. Você precisa reduzir a pressão sobre nossa força policial, aumentando o orçamento do Departamento Correcional, ou então construindo mais cadeias para aliviar a superlotação. 0x14 Polish: Mamy problem, burmistrzu! Przeludnienie i niedofinansowanie wizieD miejskich utorowaBo drog do ucieczek. Aapiemy cz[ uciekinierów, ale nale|y zlikwidowa przyczyny tych problemów. Aby rozBadowa sytuacj, musisz podnie[ wydatki na wiziennictwo albo wybudowa nowe wizienia, by zmniejszy przeludnienie w tych ju| istniejcych. 0x16 Norwegian: Vi har en krisesituasjon! Overfylte fengsler med med for lite bevilgninger har gjort at fangene rømmer! Vi skal prøve så godt vi kan å få fanget dem igjen, men dette er bare en midlertidig løsning. Du må redusere risikoen for at dette skal skje igjen ved å øke budsjettet til fengselsvesenet eller bygge flere fengsler. ^ You can copy the whole paragraph and then underline the "increasing the budget" text, or change the color, or just paste the words with that meaning. Also, if you happen to be able to translate Japanese, Chinese, or Thai we could include those too, but otherwise we don't have access to them. Completion Checklist: Like before where y'all helped us with the os.locale thinger, we'll mark them off in this list as they are completed: 0x01 - English (US) - Done 0x02 - French - Done (Thanks gwada971) 0x03 - German - Done (Thanks 11241036) 0x04 - Italian 0x05 - Spanish 0x06 - Swedish - Done (Thanks Flat Raver) 0x07 - Finnish 0x08 - Dutch 0x09 - Danish 0x0A - Portuguese - Done (Thanks carlosmarcelo) 0x0E - Japanese 0x0F - Korean 0x11 - Chinese (Simplified) 0x12 - Chinese (Traditional) 0x13 - English (UK) - Done 0x14 - Polish - Done (Thanks TheMurderousCricket) 0x15 - Thai 0x16 - Norwegian Thanks to everyone who is willing to help. -Cori & CB- 53 Replies
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CoriBoom Please Help - Game Locale and Language Check
CorinaMarie posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
SC4 Global Locale Inquiry Request for Quick Game Test The future of our MZ City Halls Panel (and others) are in your hands! Background While working on stuff for ModPacc Zero, we've learned that our extended data display query panels need to be aware of the player's local language because that determines how numbers should be formatted. (Thanks to @TheMurderousCricket for testing our 1st Beta - All 3 City Halls Fixes + 1 for ModPacc Zero where this need was discovered.) How You Can Help We've created a special ploppable lot which will show the information we need to know per language. Please download the file attached at the end of this post, plop it in your game, take a screenshot, and post that here. Then also, please reply with what Operating System your comp uses, the language you have your comp set to, and the language you use when running the game. We have tested by setting the game to every language it supports, but a key question is if the returned info is always the same or if it changes based on the OS's language or not. So, for instance, will it return Portuguese_Brazil.1252 as we see it or Português_Brasil.1252 as we suspect? We need to know because our code will look for an exact text match to determine how to proceed. Note: If the locale name contains any special characters (those above ASCII 127) that part will get truncated which is why our panel also shows the byte values of the complete text string. Languages to Test With The following are ones we need to know listed in the hex code order the game uses. We'll edit this post to indicate which have been done. 0x01 - English (US) - Done 0x02 - French - Done 0x03 - German - Done 0x04 - Italian - Done 0x05 - Spanish - Done 0x06 - Swedish 0x07 - Finnish 0x08 - Dutch 0x09 - Danish 0x0A - Portuguese - Done 0x0E - Japanese 0x0F - Korean 0x11 - Chinese (Simplified) 0x12 - Chinese (Traditional) 0x13 - English (UK) - Done 0x14 - Polish - Done 0x15 - Thai 0x16 - Norwegian What to Report in Your Post Computer Operating System used Language used by your comp Language used by SimCity 4 A screenshot of our Query panel (after plopping the lot) Samples Here's mine for US English: And CB's for UK English: Once you install our file in your plugins, it will appear at or near the top of the Rewards Menu. Simply plop it and the Query it. Thanks in advance. -Cori & CB The File to Download: MZ - os.locale Display Info Lot - v1.0.dat -
Need someone with a CD installation of SC4 to upload something
mayopool posted a topic in SC4 Modding - Open Discussion
Hi, can someone with a CD installation upload their "Sku_Data" folder? Just want to try tinkering with the advisor models. Thank you ! -
Ladies, gentlemen, good evening. Eleven months ago I contacted @Tarkus, offering my help regarding a possible translation of the NAM to the Spanish language. I was asked then to translate every single LTEXT from NetworkAddonMod_Locale_english.dat. I'm saving the changes by creating a new NetworkAddonMod_Locale_spanish.dat file. However, I request some assistance concerning several points: 1. There are several entries marked as "Unknown" with uncomprehensible symbols and letters or readable letters separated with points, namely: 2. In case it can, how will it be implemented in NAM 37? 3. What are the other core/documentation files to be translated? I'd like to open this up to Hispanic-speaking players. Let's talk about it friends. NetworkAddonMod_Locale_spanish.dat
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I recently bought a copy of SimCity 4 from GOG. I installed the game but when I ran it, it was in Dutch instead of English. GOG has been very helpful but the problem persists. I have tried "language setup .exe. But no help. I have even tried removing the folder that says Dutch, but it did not make any difference. I am really not sure what else to do. If anyone else has had a problem like this I would love to know how you fixed it. Any suggestions are welcome. I should mention, that I had another working copy of the game. But I lost the game and my external hard drive (the install file was there). So I know the game will run properly on this computer. I went to GOG for a replacement because I could not remember where I purchased the original game.
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Sorry but this is a repost of a topic I submitted earlier to the SimCity (2013) forum by mistake. I have recently begun to experience a very strange problem with my SimCity 4 game which was downloaded from GOG a few years ago. I have played this particular game for about 3 years and am just now beginning to have a problem with the language that appears on the screen when I play the game. A few days ago, for some reason, the screen language switched from English to what looks like some sort of Scandinavian language for no apparent reason (see screen shots below). I tried to research this to determine what was going on but could find nothing. I then decided to just solve the problem by doing a fresh, clean reinstall from my original GOG download but the same thing continues to occur. Except for this problem everything else is working fine as before. I am at a total loss and would really appreciate any guidance to help solve this anamoly. Thanks in advance for your help
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I bought simcity 4 deluxe on steam but I can't change the language because I didn't find language folders inside. Changing language through steam setting is not rational too since it can't download language pack with some connection problems always. Is there any tutorials for simcity 4 deluxe on steam about changing language? Thanks!
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Hello fellow City engineers I love this game and I'm sure a lot of people in my country would like to play the game, but they can't, because they are not speaking english. Is there a way how to create mod, which would change the language in the game? I don't know how modding in this game works, but I can imagine if there could be text extracted from the game, translated and imported back again, that could be working. Or am I wrong. Is that even moddable? If such a mod could be easily editable, having this game in all languages could be a matter of a week. Just one fan in that country with decent english skills would be enough. Or am I too crazy?
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How to Change the Default Language in SimCityPak
CapTon posted a topic in SimCity (2013) Modding - Open Discussion
Trying to mod but everything's in Dutch so you can't do anything? There's a solution! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuhOVhzlf4s -
Article. Seems many words and phrases were invented and came into the language in Shakespeare's works. Is the Bard included in the high-school curriculum in your area? Far as I know, it still is in most Ontario schools. It would be a shame to shuffle off this mortal coil without a touch of Elizabethan class.
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Hello... I'd like to share something off-topic , thats good for finishing CJ's! I'd like to talk about two progams , one for making a language , the other a font. The first one is Fonstruct. A small profitable , but free font maker. Its find here: http://fontstruct.com/ . You can make Fonts for this type uses: The second one is Lingojam. That is a progam where you can make languages. Here is it: http://lingojam.com/. You can make languages for this type of uses: hope you like it XD , lets show suggestions and result here under. ;-)
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Coming to a bookstore near you in September. When Pinker's book comes out there should be a lot of pinker faces. The level of bafflegab used by various politicians, academics, etc. has reached phenomenal levels. Is it possible that these people are unable to express themselves clearly? "Those facts are now inoperable." Richard M. Nixon
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Today's giggle. Too late to lock this barn, the horse left centuries ago. The isolationism of Japan before 1945 is starting to show results in very strange places. Not only English and Japanese, but as the article notes, German and French are insidiously creeping in. The world is developing towards a common argot, and nothing anyone does is going to prevent it. The Internet is making it easier for this to happen, eh? Oh, and advertisers and big fiscal interests are not helping. "smallenfreuden" is a portmanteau word containing corrupt English and German. Ach! What are we doing? Even those linguistic purists in Quebec are not doing a very good job preserving their archaic Joual. L'Acadamie Français, which does its best to preserve Parisian French would not recognize a phrase like "ça ne fas rein" and would replace it with "Ils n'y a pas de quoi". Alors, c'est la même chose! It is all the same meat with different gravy. Everyone please insert your babel fish.
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