We’ve obtained many requests over time about making itch.io obtainable in new languages, both as a result of somebody wish to use the location in their very own language, or they’d wish to introduce others to the platform who do not converse English. I’m pleased to announce that we’re lastly kicking off our translation venture (and we’re already off to a terrific begin).

Join the venture right here

itch.io was initially constructed as an English web site. Whenever somebody requested for language help we’d enthusiastically say “Yes we would like that,” however know inside it might be fairly a problem. For this venture we have now to go to each web page on itch.io (there are loads!), extract English textual content, and format it for translators to work with. As of final week we have began doing this. We’re utilizing the muse arrange for the app translation venture plus new tooling and exams to make the complete course of as clean as attainable. We’ll be incrementally extracting textual content from numerous elements of the location over the subsequent few months, making that textual content obtainable for translations as quickly because it’s extracted.

Community translation

We’ve determined to deal with group translation initially to let folks give itch.io help for any language of their selecting. We’re utilizing the opensource venture Weblate to facilitate translations and opinions. We have already got accredited translators for a lot of languages who may help with solutions and approve translations straight.

If you’d wish to take part with translating please try our introduction matter right here and take into account becoming a member of on channel on Discord.

The translation venture is open supply, you possibly can view our progress on our GitHub repository. The translations will saved open underneath the MIT license.

Use a (partially) translated itch.io immediately

As translations are accredited we’ll be importing them to the itch.io servers. This means you possibly can already begin utilizing {a partially} translated itch.io that may step by step get extra translated over time. There’s a brand new part in your account settings for choosing your language:

Since translations are removed from full, we can’t be robotically turning on a translation till we’re snug with the quantity of protection. Your account setting will override any defaults we could set sooner or later, so be happy to lock in English if you don’t need your browser’s default getting in the best way.

Progress

You can monitor our progress with this reside updating picture:

The p.c represents how a lot of the extracted textual content has been translated. So a 100% doesn’t imply the entire web site is obtainable. Many languages have already got core flows obtainable immediately, for instance you possibly can View a venture, Buy it, then obtain it absolutely in Catalan. Many languages already help viewing video games, downloading, and commenting on them.

How can I assist?

Thanks for studying, and revel in!