Hi,
is it possible to add support for different languages to OpenMPT?
Coz that would be cool... :lol:
Quote from: "Jojo"Hi,
is it possible to add support for different languages to OpenMPT?
Coz that would be cool... :lol:
I've got more problems with figuring out what is portamento/ tremolo/ vibrato/ glissando/ other Italian music terms. Everyone knows English IMHO (unless they won't write to this forum :) ).
well, i guess that you just can't translate those terms into any language. The music language is italian... :)
Well, I personally wouldn't want the tracker to be in another language.
my first language is english...
so i'm happy :D
I think it's more important things to do first than add support for more languages. Everyone knows English anyway!
of course, it's not high-priority. but believe me, i know a LOT people who don't know english...
Sometime ago I was working on something that made me think about tracker words in my native language, and based on that, I guess translator would have to be quite creative - I couldn't even come up with a satisfactory word for pattern :)
That's a good point. I'm Norwegian and I tried to translate a few things like pattern, samples, panning, cuttoff, etc....
In Norwegian these translations sounds incredibly stupid.
And btw: Jojo... hehe don't get me wrong but German people are usually pretty fanatic about their language right? (everything is dubbed) ;)
I wouldn't translate stuff like patterns and such. Only the menu items.
I think patterns and sampels etc, are tracker terms.
Instruments could be translated, but samples would be translated as something like: audio fragments, which just makes it weird, and samples is a better technical term anyway.
Quote from: "LPChip"I wouldn't translate stuff like patterns and such. Only the menu items.
absolutely right, that's what i was thinking of!
@waxhead: on the other side, i know a lot ppl (like me) who rather prefer English than German ;P
Quote from: "Jojo"
@waxhead: on the other side, i know a lot ppl (like me) who rather prefer English than German ;P
If thats the case, then why suggest different languages? :o
Quote from: "LPChip"Quote from: "Jojo"
@waxhead: on the other side, i know a lot ppl (like me) who rather prefer English than German ;P
If thats the case, then why suggest different languages? :o
Perhaps he prefer spanish over german?! 8)
Quote from: "Waxhead"Perhaps he prefer spanish over german?! 8)
of course i do :P
it was not a request for myself, it was rather a general request, for people who don't know english too well ;)
Language support is not one of my priorities. Also, as LPChip said, terms like pattern, sample, envelope are global words in the field of electronic music. Sometimes I have to explain MPT to kids, then I use the dutch word for pattern, but I'm still
talking about 'samples'.
Quote from: "pelya".. figuring out what is portamento/ tremolo/ vibrato/ glissando/ other Italian music terms.
The same thing is valid here. The origin is Italian, but they have become global music terms now.
(btw : tremolo = AM, vibrato = FM)
One option though could be to have the .hlp file of MPT in different languages.
Yeah, cubaxd and me wrote a German OpenMPT tutorial a month ago... :lol: