Automatic Translation of Routes & Activities

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  • joe_star
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 394

    #1

    Automatic Translation of Routes & Activities

    Recently I have been exploring more non-English based routes (German,Italian, Russian, Spanish, South American). Many of these routes are of excellent quaity, with great rolling stock & bundled activites. One issue I face is that most of these routes & activities are in their creators native language. It crossed my mind that it would be very helpful if some form of translation feature (perhaps tied in with google translate) could be used to automatically translate between various languages.

    I wonder if such a feature could be implemented, and how difficult it would be to incorporate.I would envision full translation of the route information, activities,rolling stock etc to a language of the users choice (be it from a foreign language to english or vice versa). Perhaps a built in translation facility (thru internet) for the readme & associated files as well to easily understand install instructions.

    Does anyone else have thoughts on this? As I see it now the trainsim community seems quite divided along linguistic/regional lines. I for one enjoy exploring routes in other countries/regions, & would definitely appreciate an easy way to enjoy them.
  • seagoon
    5000 Post Veteran

    • Jun 2001
    • 5161
    • Yamba, N.S.WALES, Australia

    #2
    It is an easy matter to copy the text, pop it into a translation page on the web, copy the result and then paste that into the file from which you copied the original, overwriting the foreign language.
    Save the file.

    I've done this with several routs/trains/activities where the original is in German.
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    • esteban
      New Member
      • Feb 2017
      • 6

      #3
      The same goes for the literature, you can read Jorge Luis Borges in English because he spoke English, or Cortazar's comments in French, for the same reason. But to look for Rousseau in Russian is to seek the work of another person, not Rousseau. Here it is the same: you have to find who wants to translate foreign material. I today am with a project based on a French route (I am Argentine), and I am looking for people who speak in French so that the work is readable for the French. It's costing me a lot...

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