If you have edited the text file using another text editor previously which did not use “UTF-8″ (without BOM) encoding, you may now open the text file using NotePad++ and select “Encoding” – “Convert to UTF-8“ (without BOM) from the menu.

(Tip: if you found that the first line in your TRANSLATE.TXT file is not translated in the game, it is likely because you forgot to set the Encoding to “UTF-8” (without BOM))

Asian Language

If the translated text is in an Asian language, you must add the following line to the FONT.TXT to instruct the game to display the text properly.

Asian language=yes

(You may add this line below the “Font=<font file name>” line in FONT.TXT)

Additional Translation File 

Please note that the translation files listed in the above Basic Translation Files section does not cover all in-game text.

You can create an additional file called Translate.TXT in the “\Languages\<the language>\Translate” folder with a text editor and follow the syntax described below.

Syntax of Translate.TXT:

<Original Text>|
<Translated Text>|
~
<Original Text>|
<Translated Text>|
~

Note: 

| – always place this character at the end of each text line
~ – place this character between text blocks

You can use % to represent variables in user translated text.

Example:

The stock price rose from % to %|
Le prix des actions a augmenté de % à %|

“The stock price rose from $10.00 to $11.00. “ will be translated into “Le prix des actions a augmenté de $10.00 à $11.00”

In other words, you may use % to represent text that need not to be translated, such as company names, person names, product names, prices, and numbers.

Additional Translation Method

Translation Method for Scenarios, Tutorials (introduction and goal text) and Challenge Games

Two Storage Methods of Translation Files

Starting from version 6.5.00, the game supports two storage methods of translation files, allowing for multiple translation files.

The old method – a single translation file
Translate.TXT is the only translation file in the TRANSLAT folder.

The new method – multiple translation files
You can put several translation files, all with the file name prefix “Trans_” in the TRANSLAT folder.

For example:
You may put 2 translation files:
Trans_Standard.txt – translation file for standard game text.
Trans_RealWorldMod.txt – translation file for text in the RealWorld Mod.

When the game starts, it will first look for files stored the new method. If not found, it will load TRANSLATE.TXT using the old method.

With this system, a translator can prepare the language pack containing files using both the old and new methods, thus supporting both old and new versions of the game.

Game version 6.5.00 or later will load TRANS_*.TXT.
Game versions older than 6.5.00 will load TRANSLATE.TXT.

The following diagram prepared by user “torajiro” illustrates how the loading process works.