[Super-tux-commit] supertux TRANSLATORS,1.3,1.4

[Ricardo C. <rm...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/super-tux/supertux
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv5808

Modified Files:
	TRANSLATORS 
Log Message:
Added a couple of lines to TRANSLATORS.

Index: TRANSLATORS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/super-tux/supertux/TRANSLATORS,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -d -r1.3 -r1.4
--- TRANSLATORS	7 Jun 2004 12:06:57 -0000	1.3
+++ TRANSLATORS	8 Jul 2004 15:05:01 -0000	1.4
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
   should use the personal one. And if it is possible to ommit it in your language, it might
   be a good idea.
 
-* Names like SuperTux, Tux, Penny and other game elements should not be translated. If you
+* Names like SuperTux, Tux, Penny or Nolok should not be translated. If you
   really think one of these to be a too strange word for your people, first inform us at
   our mailing list.
+  Minor characters like Mr. Ice Block can (and should) be translated.
 
 A couple of notes:
 * If somewhere in the game, after translating a string, it doesn't look well (bad
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@
  and run 'make update-po'. Then a binary file will be created. In order to make SuperTux using
  it, you will have to install it ('make install').
 
+ To translate data files, you'll have to use a text editor, since we don't follow any
+ convention. To translate a level's tile, to French, for instance, just do this:
+ (name "Hello World!")
+ (name-fr "Bonjour Monde!")
+ Other data files, like texts in data/, can be translated the same way:
+ (text "Hello World!
+       Bye World!")
+ (text-fr "Bonjour Monde!
+           Au revoir Monde!")
+
 
  == DEVELOPERS ==