disappeared translations for injawara

[bairfish]

i have noticed that 50% of completed translations (in Russian to which i have contributed as well as for other languages) in injawara have disappeared (the game was fully translated for russian for instance but not all verified).
i think BGA has updated their corresponding english strings which deleted translations in other languages. with 1600 strings in the game and hours needed for such specialised translations (a lot of them are really wordy for the game) that's a rough thing to do (for any game really).

is this what usually happens when BGA decides to update english strings? does it happen often? is there a way to recover translations? i sure think updating something is easier than completely retranslating something. i weep for hours of work lost.

[Een]

Hi,

When a translatable English string is updated in the game code, the new string is inserted in the translation system and the old one is marked as deprecated and doesn't show up anymore, but it isn't deleted.

Furthermore, after a game is released, usually English strings don't change much, and if the English text needs to be changed/fixed, most of the time we change it in the translation system by preference over changing it in the code to avoid retranslating strings that have already been (unless the meaning really has changed, in which case the translation needs to be reviewed).

But Injawara is specific in the sense that it has a lot of strings, and it needed the development of a specific tool to inject these strings (some of which were in English, and some of which were already existing translations).

I haven't been following the work on this game, but I'll take a look at this massive update tool when I get some time. Anyway, all old translations should be still somewhere where I can export them and send them back to you (unless we messed up, which can of course be the case...)

Cheers,
Een

[Een]

Hi bearfish,

I looked at this today and all strings marked in the translation system as currently used in the game look like they are translated in Russian (1220 strings in total).

If some strings in the game are not translated, this is something to report in the bug system so that the developer for the game can fix it. Once properly marked for translation again in the game code, they will reappear in the translation system with the translation previously provided.

Also, I made an export of the translations made for strings that are not currently used in the game anymore (according to the markers in the game code, as I said it may be a mistake to fix by the developer) and can send it to you by email if you want (813 strings in total).

Cheers,
Een