2. TheXTech Engine

There are two counterparts that can be translated: the game itself, and the game launcher on Android. They has different formats and concepts.

About WebLate components:

• Android launcher (strings) - There are text lines used in the launcher UI on Android.
• Android launcher (strings) - There are menu items, combo boxes values, etc. They appear at the settings dialogue of the launcher on Android.
• Engine General - There are common strings used at the game itself (such as menu items, internal messages, etc.)
• Engine Assets-specific - There are strings that may different among different games: there are things like character names, in-game item names and titles, etc. The generic variant is being used as a template for other per-game variations of this component.

So, how to translate the game's launcher for Android:

• Find at project's root the android-project/thextech/src/main/res directory
• Find the "values-*" directories: every directory contains translation files for every language (right now there are strings.xml and arrays.xml)
• Use the content of "values" as a reference with the default English translation
• To add a new language, make the "values-*" directory that will have the identification of the target language, then copy strings.xml and arrays.xml from the "values" directory.

And, how to translate the game itself:

• At the repository, there are JSON files at the resources/languages directory.
• Put the content of this directory at the root of assets directory (JSON files should be placed into the lanuguages sub-directory)
• The translation system will work in only condition when new fonts are presented at the assets directory.
• If you build the engine in debug mode, you will have an ability to reload translations on the fly by pressing the F5 button (on release builds this feature is unavailable).
• There re "engine" and "assets" translations: The first one is a general translation for the engine itself and the rest of its stuff. And the "assets" translation contains a lot of game specific terms like character names and titles of the game universe related aspects. So, it will have a different form among different games. However, you can translate the general version which is intended to be used as a reference for the future.
• During the translation work, pay the major attention on the lenght, in some cases you will need to use shortenings to avoid overlaps or cuting off the text, etc.