Make app name translatable

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Make app name translatable

Closed this issue 6 months ago · 8 comments

I was thinking that maybe we could also have the game name be translatable. Since it's in english, and game heavily relies on writing text, i think it could deter some people from trying it.
Would that be possible ?

Alternatively… but that would ée a huge change… alternatively the title could be changed to something entirely different and more universal so it doesn't need to be translated.

Answer 1 · 2024-01-04T04:56:08.000Z

This is a hard one. I think translating the title would be a good first step but I don't know how that works on the stores so I'll need to do some digging.

Answer 2 · 2024-01-04T08:06:29.000Z

Just yesterday when searching for this repo i stumbled upon at least one other implementation of this game that used the same name. With some more search now i can safely say this is a well known and generic name for that game, but only in english-speaking countries (i thought maybe it was a custom name). For exemple here in France i had never heard about it, we use the name "Jeu de téléphone", "Téléphone arabe", and sometimes "la rumeur" or "le passe-parole". There is a list of many names in many other languaqes available on the french wikipedia page for the game: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9phone_arabe Le 4 janvier 2024 05:56:19 GMT+01:00, James Osborn ***@***.***> a écrit :

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Answer 3 · 2024-01-04T18:08:40.000Z

I'm kinda surprised that broken telephone is the common translation (from x -> French -> English) for most of the list.

Answer 4 · 2024-01-04T18:25:51.000Z

Well, it seems fair enough to me! A broken telephone only partially transfers the original message, so it fits :) Do you want to argue on the relevancy of Eat Poop Yoa Cat for its name in english or…? 😄

Answer 5 · 2024-01-17T01:34:25.000Z

the internet loves cats.. just sayin'

Answer 6 · 2024-04-01T23:26:35.000Z

App name is translatable as far as I can tell. I'm still not sure how much of a good idea it is.

Answer 7 · 2024-04-03T09:52:49.000Z

Maybe the name should be translated as to always include the original name in some form or another.
I can see four ways to handle this:

the original name always appear upfront in its entirety, with a translated subtitle Eat Poop You Cat: le jeu du téléphone
shortened original name EPYC: le jeu du téléphone
translated name upfront with the original one after it, either in full Téléphone Cassé (Eat Poop You Cat)
…or shortened Téléphone Cassé (EPYC)

Answer 8 · 2024-04-03T19:58:21.000Z

I think I like 3 the best