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My god, finally someone says it. I wish I could report players who translate so poorly. My favorite game, Agricola is completely UNPLAYABLE in my language (Italian). Slowly I am editing them, without taking points since they are "validated". What a shame, what a miserable system. I'm the ...

The Search function is a very poor alternative. I use it as the only real possibility to find the same word/phrase, but it is like scratching your left ear with the right toe on your foot. If the site allows direct translations, it would be useful to at least provide basic CAT tools. Well, yes, kin...

... While it would be stupid to think about having a "license" for translators (I am strongly against it in real life and in my professional job) - especially on a boardgaming website - the concept remains. I can't code, so I let programmers code our beloved games. If one can't translate ...

A huge part of the problem is the translation interface itself. For boardgames a CAT tool is quite a necessity, to include a Glossary (for keeping the translations of the same phrases/terms consistent) and also a Translation Memory (to ease translating similar phrases). Without that you are struggl...

I do not know how to pilot a plane and I refrain from taking the wheel and firing the motor when I step inside one of them (other passengers do not acknowledge how wise I am acting that way, but that's not the question). For translators it is the same thing : if you do not master english language o...

Suggestion: get more contributors for the language you are talking about. There are too many of them, and most of them just write down things half randomly to rush their points. Like you said, you don't always have the time, and this is a very hard/long work. That's why choosing some managers would...

This is the very reason why I started this thread: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32626

I've started translating BGA games recently and have been quite active in the last couple of months. Unfortunately, the quality is embarrassing about 80% of the time. Translations are often overly literal, and everything feels rushed, just to earn points I think it's time to reconsider this system. ...

I have connected 11 settlments, but I got 0 points from it. I'm not an expert of the game, but I think in this case you should get 12 glory points. Maybe a bug? Or my mistake?