Translation of items
Hello everyone, and specifically our newcomers Teroblaze, MrCraft1124, and Raidau.
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#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 • FTB 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 • FTB Wiki Translator 17:12, 20 August 2015 (UTC)