Text Localization Editor

Last Updated Time: 09/07/2023

Overview

Text Localization Editor is used to modify text entries and map the text content of all controls in the UI.

Opening the Text Localization Editor

Click Tool (Menu Bar) -> Text Localization to open the Text Localization Editor.

The interface is shown below.

No.	Name	Description
1	Window Name	The name of the current window.
2	Tool Bar	To add, delete, modify, format translation lines and etc.
3	Filter Bar	Select the target language, and filter the state of the translation line.
4	Main Window	Display translation name, state and etc.
5	Path Selection Bar	Select the resource directory of the string to be translated.
6	Search	Precise matching of folders or keywords.

Tool Bar

Provide convenient buttons for basic features such as adding, deleting, and modifying in the Tool Bar.

Name	Description
Create	Create a translation file each in the en and zh_cn folder.
Add	Add source strings except for illegal source strings.
Remove	Remove current source data.
Save	Save all current modifications and perform IO processing.
Collect	Collect untranslated texts from scripts and UI.
Conflict	Remove conflicting data lines.
Formatter	Format English translations, display all the first letters in uppercase, and pop up the translation lines without English translations.

Main Window

All translation lines will be displayed in the Main Window of the Text Localization window.

No.	Name	Description
1	Key	Source strings.
2	Source Language File	String tables where the Source Language translations are located.
3	Source Language Text	Display the target strings for the selection in the Source Language.
4	Translated Language File	String tables where the target translations are located.
5	Translated Language Text	Display the target strings for the selection in the Translated Language.
6	State	The state of the current translation line.

Filter Bar

Filter Drop-down Box

Use the Filter Drop-down Box to filter and screen all the queried translation lines.

No.	Name	Description
1	Source Language	Select the language to be present in the Source Language text If the selections in both the Source Language and the Translated Language are the same, only the text in Source Language will be displayed.
2	Translated Language	Select the language to be present in the Translated Language text.
3	Not Completed Count	Count the number of incomplete translation lines.
4	Conflict Count	Count the number of conflicting translation lines.
5	Match State Filter	Filter out translation lines that are not in this state.

Language Selection (Source/Translated Language)

No.	Name	Description
1	en	The target translation is English.
2	zh_cn	The target translation is Chinese.

Matching States

The matching state is the matching result of the current translation line, and you can view all the translation lines in a certain state by filtering the states.

No.	Name	Description
1	Match	There are complete en and zh_cn translation resource files, and no duplicate source strings and target strings.
2	Conflict	Exist the same source string or target string.
3	Not Completed	The content of the string table is incomplete, missing at least one translation of en or zh_cn.

Path Selection Bar

No.	Name	Description
1	Editor Text Localization	Switch to the directory %editor directory%\unique_editor\res_editor\text and scan.
2	Game Text Localization	Scan the directory where the current project is located, customize the control text in game development.
3	Plugin Text Localization	Third-party plugin control text (If the Engine does not have a plugin installed, it will not be displayed).
4	Other Text Localization	Optional path.

Search

Folder Filtering

The folder where the translations are stored can be selected in the Option Box to filter entries more accurately.

Keyword Searching

Enter a pre-query keyword in the Text Box after Key or Text, and real-time character matching will be performed after input.

Note: The letters here are case-sensitive.

Editing Translations

Adding Translations

Method One

Right-click any space in the Main Window of the Text Localization window to open the Shortcut Menu. Select Add Text, and the Add Text Item window will pop up. Select the file path, fill in the newly added source string in Key, and the target string corresponding to the newly added source string in Text. Click the Add button to complete the addition.

Method Two

Click the Add button in the Tool Bar of the Text Localization window to open the Add Text Item window. Select the file path, fill in the newly added source string in Key, and the target string corresponding to the newly added source string in Text. Click the Add button to complete the addition.

Method Three

Create a .idres file in en and zh_cn in the pre-configuration file respectively.

Add .idres file information in the textfiles.ini file, and auto.idres will be automatically generated.

Modifying Translations

Select any valid translation line. Double-click the translation to be modified under Source Language Text or Translated Language Text, and the Edit window will pop up. Click OK after modification.

Note: It is necessary to click the Save button in the Tool Bar to save the modification.

Deleting Translations

Method One

Right-click any valid translation line to open a Shortcut Menu. Select Delete Text to delete it.

Method Two

Select the translation line to be deleted, and click the Remove button in the Tool Bar to delete it.

Method Three

Delete the corresponding lines in the .idres configuration file.