Looking for Localisation Volunteers

[daniel-t]

We are putting the finishing touches on an app we have been working on little by little for almost half a year. We are working hard to provide it in as many languages as we can, but we are finding the limitations of Bing or Google translations, and we would like to provide a better experience for our users.

So we are looking for volunteers who would be willing to take our english screens, and translate them for us.

We can't offer any payment for this unfortunately, but we will be happy to include your names into the app credited as "Special Thanks" or "Localisation Volunteers"!


Specifically, we are looking for people who can translate English into:
- Chinese Simplified
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish


Please reply to this thread, or contact us on twitter at @mdtauk

 

[poloche]

What's your app ?? can you tell me more ??
I'm frenchy !

 

[daniel-t]

Its a small Desk Clock app, but you can choose the clock design, and they are all designed in a metro style...

 

[AndrewSh]

daniel-t, maybe you just upload English string from your 0409 mui and that's it? The guys will gradually translate it to different languages and attach here.... Someone can propose some corrections on the fly....

 

[daniel-t]

daniel-t, maybe you just upload English string from your 0409 mui and that's it? The guys will gradually translate it to different languages and attach here.... Someone can propose some corrections on the fly....

We are using resX files for translation, but once we have a volunteer we can send the screens and they can be translated from that. This way they can see the context in which the text appears

Here are the screens so far...

 

[saud__19]

In case you need someone to translate your lovely app into Arabic I am ready

: )

 

[Casshern]

*Localization

 

[bleh815]

Here's my German translation. Sometimes the wording is a bit different from the original but that's what makes sense best to me.

--(Attachment Id 837086)--
Willkommen bei
METRO TIME
Wenn Sie sich bereits mit dieser Anwendung auskennen, können Sie direkt zu den Einstellungen wechseln.
Oder Sie lassen sich von diesem Assistenten Schritt für Schritt durch die Einrichtung Ihrer Uhr führen.
[ Einstellungen ] [ Weiter ]
--(Attachment Id 837087)--
Möchten Sie die automatische Bildschirmsperre deaktivieren, währen Sie diese Programm verwenden?
Bildschirmsperre deaktivieren
[ An | Aus ]
Diese Einstellung führt zu einem erhöhtem Stromverbrauch und sollte nur aktiviert werden, wenn das Telefon an einer permamenten Stromquelle angeschlossen ist.
--(Attachment Id 837088, 837089)--
In welchem Design soll Ihre Uhr dargestellt werden?
[ Binär | Klassisch | Digital | Hexadezimal Farben | Analog | Orbit | Typografisch ]
--(Attachment Id 837090)--
Vielen Dank!
Falls Sie Ihre Einstellungen später ändern möchten, drücken Sie einfach lange darauf, um sich ein Menü anzeigen zu lassen.
[ Weiter zu Ihrer Uhr ]
--(Attachment Id 837091)--
Einstellungen | Über
Bildschirmsperre deaktivieren
[ An | Aus ]
Design
[ Binär | Klassisch | Digital | Hexadezimal Farben | Analog | Orbit | Typografisch ]
Hintergrundbild anzeigen [ x ]
Hintergrundbild
[ Bucht | Pier | Brücke | Sonnenblume ]
--(Attachment Id 837093)--
Wählen Sie ein Hintergrundbild
[ Bucht | Pier | Brücke | Sonnenblume ]
--(Attachment Id 837094)--
Doppelklick zum Ändern der Einstellungen
--(Attachment Id 837095)--
Über
METRO TIME
[ Anwendung bewerten ]


For the "Thank you" could you please put [email protected]

 

[andreacorti]

contact me for italian

 

[O_G]

Moved to WP7 Software Development

I think that's the best place for this!

Take it easy

O_G

 

[-WP7User-]

Here's my German translation. Sometimes the wording is a bit different from the original but that's what makes sense best to me.

--(Attachment Id 837086)--
Willkommen bei
METRO TIME
Wenn Sie sich bereits mit dieser Anwendung auskennen, können Sie direkt zu den Einstellungen wechseln.
Ansonsten lassen Sie sich von diesem Assistenten Schritt für Schritt durch die Einrichtung Ihrer Uhr führen.
[ Einstellungen ] [ Weiter ]
--(Attachment Id 837087)--
Möchten Sie die automatische Bildschirmsperre deaktivieren, während Sie diese App verwenden?
Bildschirmsperre deaktivieren
[ An | Aus ]
Diese Einstellung führt zu einem erhöhten Stromverbrauch und sollte nur aktiviert werden, wenn das Telefon an einer permanenten Stromquelle angeschlossen ist.
--(Attachment Id 837088, 837089)--
In welchem Design soll Ihre Uhr dargestellt werden?
[ Binär | Klassisch | Digital | Hexadezimal Farben | Analog | Orbit | Typografisch ]
--(Attachment Id 837090)--
Vielen Dank!
Falls Sie Ihre Einstellungen später ändern möchten, tippen Sie einfach lange darauf, um sich ein Menü anzeigen zu lassen.
[ Weiter zu Ihrer Uhr ]
--(Attachment Id 837091)--
Einstellungen | Über
Bildschirmsperre deaktivieren
[ An | Aus ]
Design
[ Binär | Klassisch | Digital | Hexadezimal Farben | Analog | Orbit | Typografisch ]
Hintergrundbild anzeigen [ x ]
Hintergrundbild
[ Bucht | Pier | Brücke | Sonnenblume ]
--(Attachment Id 837093)--
Wählen Sie ein Hintergrundbild
[ Bucht | Pier | Brücke | Sonnenblume ]
--(Attachment Id 837094)--
Doppeltippen zum Ändern der Einstellungen
--(Attachment Id 837095)--
Über
METRO TIME
[ Anwendung bewerten ]


For the "Thank you" could you please put [email protected]

This translation seems pretty good to me...Although there are some typos in it - and some parts don't fit as good as they should (imho).

I modified your translation a little bit (the red parts in the quote are changes) to make it sound better

Good luck with your app, daniel-t. Sounds like a cool idea

If you want, you can also thank me ([email protected]) but you don't have to. The main work was done by bleh815.

 

[P4d0uch]

maybe i can help you with Czech translation...

 

[daniel-t]

Thank you for all your offers. We are getting close to finishing the bug testing. When we are ready to do the final translations we will be in touch, but for now, we are making a list of people who have offered to help us. And we will be listing your names and twitter/web addresses in the app as a credit for your help.

andreacorti = Italian

bleh815 + -WP7User- = German

P4d0uch = Czech


If you could send me your full name and twitter/weblink to me via twitter, then I will add you to the list!

 

[P4d0uch]

Oops that could be a problem i dont have twitter account :|

 

[final justice]

i can use english and korean and have experienced localization.
but my programming knowledge is very limited. but i can help you by document form.

p.s oops. I sent double message to u daniel. please delete one. thnks

 

[kanttii]

I'd like to translate the app to Finnish. I have previous experience of translating a few apps, so it should be familiar to me

 

[bbezja1]

can translate to Slovenian
no twitter acc

 

[daniel-t]

i can use english and korean and have experienced localization.
but my programming knowledge is very limited. but i can help you by document form.

p.s oops. I sent double message to u daniel. please delete one. thnks

No programming will be required, we will do that. We just need to replace our crappy Bing/Google translations to make it better for the users

I'd like to translate the app to Finnish. I have previous experience of translating a few apps, so it should be familiar to me

Thank you for the offer, if you have twitter please send me your name on there, or email it to me, with a weblink if you have a site you want us to link to

can translate to Slovenian
no twitter acc

Thank you for the offer, unfortunately Slovenian is not supported by Windows Phone at the moment. If a Windows 8 version is to come, or maybe iOS or Android versions (providing I can find willing programmers LOL) then we may have need of your help!

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I have a Google Doc setup for these translations, and we will use those to update our RESX files. We will also consider releasing a test XAP if we can arrange one, so you can test the app and its translations yourselves

 

[P4d0uch]

And when do you give us that documents? is the app in the final stage of development or not?

 

[daniel-t]

And when do you give us that documents? is the app in the final stage of development or not?

We will share the document with those who have volunteered quite soon.

We only have a few hours an evening to work on it, and there are a couple of things to work out.

For example, we will be working tonight on Trial support which will display adverts. We may have to include a string of text for that. Once we decide on that, then we can add the English String, and add it to the list of things that need translating.

Then we may be adding an option to override the language of the app in the settings screen. We are seeing if there is a strong enough demand for that. If so, that's more strings that will need translating.

Finally, the marketplace descriptions may need to be translated, and they wont be written until the app is finished.

It is only the two of us, so it is going slower, but we wanted to ask for volunteers sooner rather than later, to give us time to find as many volunteers for the various languages as possible.