Silverfeelin
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8 months ago Hello and thank you for sharing your input!
Another user had contacted me regarding the same topic back in November 2023. (#32)
There's a few problems with translating the website that I'll share here for clarity. It's definitely not an impossible project but it will require some more planning and I honestly don't know when I'd be able to start working on this. I'd welcome any help but it's not as simple as providing the translations. A lot of the code would have to be changed to even support the ability to translate text and it has to be taken into considering every step of the way when working on new features.
I'll track various important tasks as separate issues in this milestone to keep everything organized. https://github.com/Silverfeelin/SkyGame-Planner/milestone/1
- Choosing the framework There's many options for handling translation in projects instead of setting up something completely new. I have no experience with any options and one of the worst things is choosing something that ends up not covering all requirements after lots of work. So first off I'd have to find the best tool for the job and learn how it works. https://github.com/Silverfeelin/SkyGame-Planner/issues/57
- Site volatility Sky Planner has gotten more mature over the last year but there's still quite some things that can and will suddenly change. This can make translations go obsolete quickly or suddenly require a bunch more translations. Waiting for translations would add extra time before I can add new features and skipping translations would lead to a messy experience for users (some parts are translated and some parts are still in English).
- IAP prices With the game being available in many languages the game also offers IAPs in many different currencies. These can not only differ per currency but also per country and per platform. I think there's a good reason both the wiki and TGC themselves only share the USD price. I think if the site offers language support (i.e. Traditional Chinese) then the expectation might be there that prices are also local. I think it would be impossible for me to keep track of all of this data. https://github.com/Silverfeelin/SkyGame-Planner/issues/58
- Styling Although I've tried to make the site responsive there's still various places where the amount of text could mess up the layout for mobile. I.e. causing text to overlap with other elements. This has already caused me some minor headaches with just English and it'd be more difficult as more languages are added. https://github.com/Silverfeelin/SkyGame-Planner/issues/59
- Time I work on this project out of passion for the game and being a collector myself. But I still have a job and my personal life. Some days my battery is empty after work and some days I just want to do other things. I also have to spend time updating the site every season and event and since I've started helping with making the icons (both for the wiki and my outfit request tools). I'm not trying to score pity points here, just trying to be realistic with the scope of this probably being too massive for me to take on by myself.
I hope this helps you understand that although I'd love to support multiple languages, I don't know if or when I'd be able to start working on it.
Hi! I saw your app on Sky Discord. It is really helpful! Thank you for your hard working! I wonder if there is a chance to support multi-language in this app. I can translate from English into Traditional Chinese. I have translated Sky information for several years so I can keep the translation updating.