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Mod developers, translators, simple players this is a call for a common effort to make mods intelligible worldwide.

If your mod(s) already uses kaeza's Internationalization Library then reply to this thread with a list of its/their name(s) and I'll edit this first post to allow translators adding the missing locale files.

Mod developers
If your mod is not yet supporting internationalization, you can easily fix it by following these simple steps Intllib Howto, because missing internationalization is a bug.

Translators
Use this list to check which mods need to be translated in your language.

Players
If you are just a simple player ask your favorite mod's creator to fix it, again, missing internationalization is a bug.

Let's make the following banner a mark of quality and care for players worldwide :)

• Minetest Game DE-ES-IT-RU
• Home Decor DE, ES, FR, IT, PT
• Map Tools ES, FR, IT
• More Blocks DE, ES, FR, IT
• Technic DE, ES, IT
• Animals Modpack

Emon wrote:[...]reply to this thread with a list of its/their name(s) and I'll edit this first post[...]

I appreciate the intention, but it would be better to create a page on the wiki somewhere. That way, anyone can add a mod to the list.

To get started, here are some mods that support intllib that I recall off the top of my head:

• Home Decor
• Map Tools
• More Blocks
• Technic
• Animals Modpack

Xanthin's Minetest Game DE, ES, IT, RU
https://github.com/Xanthin/minetest_game

Red Trees PT, JA

Not sure if my mods are required to join in on this but, if they do..., I would be more than happy to add intllib support to them, if someone would like to pm me and tell me how to go about it.
I only have 2 mods atm, but I am working on 2 or 3 more

edit: just saw the instruction link, I'll take a look

It's hard to go wrong; you add intllib as a soft dependency, copy and paste the needed bit of code, insert it into the beginning of init.lua, and...
Then, you create a "locale" folder, and add a file, using the language's code for the name.txt. For instance, pt.txt becomes
It's just a matter of reading the documentation, really.

Currently updated to intllib support:

Teleport Potion: https://github.com/tenplus1/teleport_potion
Wine: https://github.com/tenplus1/wine
Farming Redo: https://github.com/tenplus1/farming
Protector Redo: https://github.com/tenplus1/protector
Ethereal NG: https://github.com/tenplus1/ethereal
Mobs Redo: https://github.com/tenplus1/mobs_redo
Mobs Monster: https://github.com/tenplus1/mobs_monster
Mobs Animal https://github.com/tenplus1/mobs_animal
Mobs NPC https://github.com/tenplus1/mobs_npc

these from my old list
sea modpack

minetest_game (mentioned above) recently got portugese and french translation, thanks to psergiojr and sys4-fr.

For your interest, this is the list of my mods for which I have added intllib support (which may or may not be in latest stable release):

- bedrock2
- dice2
- doc_minetest_game
- doc
- doc_items
- hbarmor
- hbhunger
- hudbars
- inventory_icon
- magicbeans_w
- mana
- mtg_plus
- orienteering
- origin
- pedology
- pep
- pseudonodes
- returnmirror
- teletool
- tsm_surprise
- wateringcan
- (and counting …)

Most or all of these are translated in German and I try to keep the German translation up-to-date.

Additionally, the mods as part of the subgame “Tutorial” have been translated to German and partially translated to Dutch and Greek.

Hint: Use http://krock-works.16mb.com/MTstuff/modSearch.php to easily find mods by their shortname (Seriously, this link should plastered all other the place! The forum search sucks ass for finding a mod by its shortname.)

But I want to remind everyone here that intllib support is NOT the final answer to our missing translation problems. Intllib is a temporary solution to a more complex problem. Intllib can be used safely in singleplayer mode. On servers, this is not the case. Intllib will always “force” the server language on every client, which is clearly bad. Thus, I posted an issue for adding native internationalization for mods: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/issues/2270