[gameprogrammer] Re: Multi-Language Games

Hello,
in our company we use excel tables in xml-format to store all texts (that need to be translated). Each text get an own alias and in the cpp source we use only those aliases to use the text (the text itself isn't hardcoded). e.g. we have a define Localise("blub") that reads the text with the name blub from the xml file (I think it uses tinyxml) and returns it. The publisher just need to send those xml files to the translators and they can edit the text in excel, when they're finished we can put the tables in the gamefolder and replace the sound files.
Of couse often it is not as easy as it sounds (e.g. the tranlator translates the alias, text don't fit on a button ...) but it is a good way for publisher, developer and translator.
Depending on the languages you want you should also take a look at the different codepages (ansi, ascii, utf8 ...). 

Regards
   Christoph


Edilson Vasconcelos de Melo Junior wrote:


Hi,
What is the best way to do a multi-language game in C++? Could anyone give me a sample? 


Thanks a lot and Happy New Year!!!

Dirso.


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