Request for tutorial translation.

[Vonor]

We have noticed that the tutorial is quite hard for people who are not that good in english. Therefore and with XilliX' approval I ask the community to translate the Tutorial Walkthrough to your native language.

Each translation MUST have a reminder, that the game's language is English.
It also should include a note that we are patient with everyone and will help people learn.

Post your translations into the Guides and Tutorials section.
Perhaps, if we get enough translations we can get Neko to make a sub-forum for that even

Remember that the tutorial will likely change in the future and that you will have to update it as soon as Neko's walkthrough is updated.

Thanks for helping us help new players 
Vonor

[Aurelynt]

Good idea.
I have already translated Neko's introduction post and the part about Abelia into french (I wrote it down but haven't posted it yet!). If anybody wants to translate other part(s) into french, make a sign. Otherwise, I'll translate the whole thing and post it when I have time.

[Morla Phlint]

I don't know if it makes sense to translate it into Bulgarian at this stage...  . I could try and translate it into German but I'm not a native speaker and we have quite a big German community who can make it much better than me. Basically: 

[neko kyouran]

Depending on the response we get, I can update the opener post with some more info regarding alternative translations for it.  :-]

[Vonor]

You could use these results to get an idea what languages are needed.
But take into consideration, that not all PlaneShifters have voted there.

@ Aurelynt: A French translation for the start would be awesome, there are quite a few french people who could need it.
@Morla: Bulgarian might be better, I think psde.de has a german translation already...if not I'll poke peeg

Thanks everyone

[Zan]

If I were you, I'd wait a bit with this initiative.

Not that it's not a good one but the tutorial is in the process of being reviewed and, like you said, may change drastically in the near future.

[Aurelynt]

Okay.
Except otherwise stated, I'll wait a bit then...

[Donari Tyndale]

This makes no sense. People who are not able to complete the tutorial in English will not speak English anyway.

[Vonor]

They may learn english by playing the game. We can't exclude people with low English knowledge.

[Donari Tyndale]

We don't. People with low English knowledge can use sites like www.dictionary.com or www.leo.org.

[ThomPhoenix]

I've always been against translating the game in any way. If you can't understand basic words like "options, "exit" or "inventory", you can forget roleplaying altogether. I still remember the "Spanish Invasion", a period of time wherein the GMs were very busy stopping people from talking Spanish in-game. But eh.

What I would like to see are localized explanations of what the game is, what you can expect and how to solve basic problems everybody runs into. Basically a user-guide. However, they should still finish the tutorial on their own, at least.

[hitancrias]

I've always been against translating the game in any way. If you can't understand basic words like "options, "exit" or "inventory", you can forget roleplaying altogether. I still remember the "Spanish Invasion", a period of time wherein the GMs were very busy stopping people from talking Spanish in-game. But eh.

This thread is not about translating the tutorial itself but about translating the walkthrough of the tutorial, which is not a part of the game. I think translating the walkthrough in several languages is a good idea because it works best if people in need of help do indeed get help in their own language. I think the large German community proves that point. Eventually people with little skills in english will learn while playing. I could translate the tutorial in Dutch, but since I expect little demand for such a translation I rather spend my time differently.

[Donari Tyndale]

Learning English takes several years. People with lack of knowledge won't gain much while playing. People who read the walkthrough in their own language can complete the tutorial without knowing any English at all, so they won't be capable of interacting with the community once they are in game.

[Hiraghm]

I don't think people should be allowed to speak English in game. They should speak Spanish or Chinese instead.
All of the npc interaction and quests should be in Spansh or Chinese too, to help encourage people to drop English.
English is passe'.
 

[Donari Tyndale]

Good idea. Maybe we could hire some chinese machi...humans to do the work for the Devs instead?