Feed The Beast Wiki talk:Russian translation project

Translation of items
Hello everyone, and specifically our newcomers, , and.

When Russian Minecraft Wiki — my home wiki — was created (September 2010 — during Infdev?), there were no in-game translations of Minecraft. The wiki — and notably its administration — had to make its own translations of game elements’ names to use. Administrators were interested in keeping the Russian language clean and making quality translations, and were ready to argue with illiterate people that preferred transliterations and other things deemed as “garbage”.

In late 2011, Jeb announced that Minecraft will have an in-game translation into dozens of languages, including Russian. There were worries about possible quality of translations if they will not be based on the wiki’s ones (mcw:ru:Обсуждение Minecraft Wiki:Локализация) — and they were confirmed.

As of now, we have enough inconsistencies between wiki’s translations, made and corrected by editors, and in-game translations, made at Crowdin by general community. Until these inconsistencies are over, we need to know which translations and more importantly — traditions of translation — to use. Set traditions are needed to have guidance in translating elements of mods.

I’m bringing this question up because I want consistency in our translations. I usually prefer translation traditions of Russian Minepedia’s administration, while majority of the community doesn’t. Disagreements cause conflicts. Let’s establish a consensus and bypass the possible conflicts.

Best regards, —   NickTheRed37 t/c • F T B &ensp;Wiki Translator 16:11, 20 August 2015 (UTC)


 * The FTB Wiki is a sister wiki of the Minecraft Wiki, and thus a sister wiki of the Russian Minecraft Wiki (even if GreenStone doesn't like us). Keeping consistencies between them would make sense, in my opinion. -Xbony2 (talk) 16:22, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Russian Minecraft Wiki originated separately from English one, and FTB Wiki also originated separately, so this doesn’t count. It’s just me that may bind the wikis together. Off-topic: GreenStone just opposes removal of mods from Russian Minepedia, and consideration of this wiki’s translations as an official alternative. That’s a different matter to be discussed not here and not now. —  NickTheRed37 t/c • F T B &ensp;Wiki Translator 17:12, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Russian Minecraft Wiki
I personally suggest to go to and edit the Russian Minecraft Wiki instead of translating this wiki. Exactly it needs quite a lot of attention. It does describe mods, so ambitions regarding them shouldn’t be lost. I don’t see sense in keeping this project — FTB Wiki’s Russian translation project — supported, as Russian Minecraft Wiki appears to be way more popular. This is by no means an ad campaign — that wiki project really needs to be supported.

Я лично предлагаю вместо перевода этой вики редактировать русскоязычную Minecraft Wiki. Именно она нуждается в особом внимании,. Модификации она описывает, так что амбиции касательно них впустую не потеряются. Я не вижу смысла в поддерживании этого проекта, проекта перевода FTB Wiki на русский язык — русскоязычная Minecraft Wiki кажется более популярной. Это ни в коем случае не рекламная кампания — тот вики-проект действительно необходимо поддержать. —  Agent NickTheRed37  ( Kirk to   Enterprise ) — Russian Translator and Minepedian 14:35, 12 July 2016 (UTC)