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Remember to let us know which language, the incorrect phrase and the correct translation. A screenshot would be really helpful.

== Translation Tools ==

== Translation Tools (Available from Alpha 14) ==

If you would like to look a further under the hood, and maybe contribute your own fixes or translations, it can be useful to enable the translator tools.

=== Translator Assist ===

In preferences.txt ( On Windows, %APPLOCALDATA%\Introversion\LastStarship\preferences.txt ) there is a preference called <code>TranslatorAssist</code> .

In preferences.txt ( On Windows, <code>%APPLOCALDATA%\Introversion\LastStarship\preferences.txt</code> and <code>~/Library/Application Support/LastStarship/preferences.txt</code> on Mac OS X ) there is a preference called <code>TranslatorAssist</code> .

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If you set this true, it will enable two hot keys in the game:

* Pressing <code>Alt</code> will display the English text instead of the currently loaded language. Actually this is implemented by temporarily loading the English language strings and then, when <code>Alt</code> is released, reloading the language.

* Pressing <code>Ctrl</code> will display the name of the key instead of the actual translated phrase (or English fallback).

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=== Contributing Translations ===

In the same directory as preferences.txt, you will find a folder called <code>language</code>

It contains sub-directories for each language currently supported by the game.

* preferences.txt

* language

** french

*** original.csv

** german

*** original.csv

** spanish

*** original.csv

You will see that in each language directory there is a file called <code>original.csv</code> . These are the original translations bundled with the game.

'''DO NOT EDIT''' <code>original.csv</code>, '''because the game will overwrite them at every start'''.

Instead start a new file called '''language.csv'''

You can copy just the lines that you want to change from <code>original.csv</code> into <code>language.csv</code>, or you can copy all the whole contents of <code>original.csv</code>.

=== Example: Fixing an incorrect translation in French ===

=== Example: Starting a new Portuguese translation ===

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 Remember to let us know which language, the incorrect phrase and the correct translation. A screenshot would be really helpful.
-== Translation Tools ==
+== Translation Tools (Available from Alpha 14) ==
 If you would like to look a further under the hood, and maybe contribute your own fixes or translations, it can be useful to enable the translator tools.
 === Translator Assist ===
-In preferences.txt ( On Windows, %APPLOCALDATA%\Introversion\LastStarship\preferences.txt ) there is a preference called <code>TranslatorAssist</code> .
+In preferences.txt ( On Windows, <code>%APPLOCALDATA%\Introversion\LastStarship\preferences.txt</code> and <code>~/Library/Application Support/LastStarship/preferences.txt</code> on Mac OS X ) there is a preference called <code>TranslatorAssist</code> .
 [[File:Image.png|thumb]]
+[[File:LanguageKeys.png|thumb]]
 If you set this true, it will enable two hot keys in the game:
 * Pressing <code>Alt</code> will display the English text instead of the currently loaded language. Actually this is implemented by temporarily loading the English language strings and then, when <code>Alt</code> is released, reloading the language.
 * Pressing <code>Ctrl</code> will display the name of the key instead of the actual translated phrase (or English fallback).
-*
+=== Contributing Translations ===
+In the same directory as preferences.txt, you will find a folder called <code>language</code>
+It contains sub-directories for each language currently supported by the game.
+* preferences.txt
+* language
+** french
+*** original.csv
+** german
+*** original.csv
+** spanish
+*** original.csv
+You will see that in each language directory there is a file called <code>original.csv</code> . These are the original translations bundled with the game.
+'''DO NOT EDIT''' <code>original.csv</code>, '''because the game will overwrite them at every start'''.
+Instead start a new file called '''language.csv'''
+You can copy just the lines that you want to change from <code>original.csv</code> into <code>language.csv</code>, or you can copy all the whole contents of <code>original.csv</code>.
+=== Example: Fixing an incorrect translation in French ===
+=== Example: Starting a new Portuguese translation ===