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--- tutorial:lang [2022/05/27 15:55] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ tutorial:lang [2024/08/25 14:35] (current) – [Adding a translation] solidblock
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-====== Name translations ======
+====== Creating a lang file ======
 Notice how your item has a weird display name, such as //item.tutorial.my_item//? This is because your item's name doesn't have a translation in your game's selected language. Translations are used to support multiple different languages for a single string.
 ===== Creating a lang file =====
-You can use lang files to provide translations for translatable strings in-game. You'll need to create a file with an appropriate file name for your language-- to find your languages' code, visit [[https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Language|this link]]. English is en_us. Once you have your language code, create a JSON file at __resources/assets/modid/lang/__; a full example for an English translation file would be __resources/assets/tutorial/lang/en_us.json__.
+You can use lang files to provide translations for translatable strings in-game. You'll need to create a file with an appropriate file name for your language-- to find your languages' code, visit [[https://minecraft.wiki/w/Language#Languages|Minecraft Wiki]]. English is en_us. Once you have your language code, create a JSON file at ''resources/assets/modid/lang/''; a full example for an English translation file would be ''resources/assets/tutorial/lang/en_us.json''.
 ===== Adding a translation =====
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 }
 </code>
-where the first string is any translatable string (such as an item name, or ''<yarn class_2588>''). If you're following along in the wiki tutorial, remember to change modid to `tutorial`, or whatever modid you've chosen.
+where the keys in JSON is the translation key. If you're following along in the wiki tutorial, remember to change namespace ''tutorial'' to the namespace you actually use.
 ===== Using custom translatable text =====
-Whenever a function accepts ''<yarn class_2561>'', you have the option of giving it a ''new <yarn class_2585>()'' or ''Text.literal()'' (for versions since 1.19),
+Whenever a function accepts ''<yarn class_2561>'', you have the option of giving it a ''new <yarn class_2585>()'' or ''Text.literal()'' (for versions since 1.19), which means minecraft will use the string in the constructor argument as-is. However, this is not advisable because that would make it difficult to translate that text to another language, should you wish to do that. This is why whenever a ''<yarn class_2561>'' object is needed, you should give it a ''new <yarn class_2588>()'' or ''Text.translatable'' with a translation key, and then translate the key in the lang file.
-which means minecraft will use the string in the constructor argument as-is. However, this is not advisable because
-that would make it difficult to translate that text to another language, should you wish to do that. This is why
-whenever a ''<yarn class_2561>'' object is needed, you should give it a ''new <yarn class_2588>()'' or ''Text.translatable'' with a translation key,
-and then translate the key in the lang file.
 For example, when adding a tooltip, do:
 <yarncode java>
 @Override
-public void method_9568(class_1799 itemStack, class_1937 world, List<class_2561> tooltip, class_1836 tooltipContext) {
+public void method_9568(ItemStack stack, TooltipContext context, List<Text> tooltip, TooltipType type) {
     // 1.18.2 and before
     tooltip.add(new class_2588("item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip"));
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 And the tooltip will be displayed as "My Tooltip"!
-==== Adding dynamic values to translatable text ====
+===== Adding dynamic values to translatable text =====
-Say you want the text to change based on some variable, like the current day and month.
+Say you want the text to change based on some variable, like the current day and month. For a dynamic number, we put a ''%s'' where you want the number to show in the lang entry value, for example:
-For a dynamic number, we put a %d where you want the number to show in the lang entry value, for example:
 <code JavaScript resources/assets/tutorial/lang/en_us.json>
 {
-  "item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip": "My Tooltip in day %d, and month %d"
+  "item.tutorial.fabric_item.tooltip": "My Tooltip in day %s, and month %s"
 }
 </code>
@@ Line 63: / Line 59: @@
 </yarncode>
-And the tooltip will be displayed as "My Tooltip in day 4, and month 7".
+In translations, the order of variables may change. Therefore, you can explicitly specify the index of variables by using something like ''%1$s'' and ''%2$s''.
-In order to pass a string, we use ''%s'' instead of ''%d''. If you want for it to literally show ''%'', use ''%%''.
+If you want for it to literally show ''%'', use ''%%''.
 For more information, see [[https://dzone.com/articles/java-string-format-examples|Java String.format]] (it works the same way).
 ==== Adding a new line ====
-Making ''\n'' work was far too difficult for Mojang, so in order to have a string with multiple lines you must split the translation key into multiple keys:
+The line-break ''\n'' work finely in command outputs. However in many cases, such as item tooltips, they may not workd correctly. So in order to have a string with multiple lines in the tooltip, you must split the translation key into multiple keys:
 <code JavaScript resources/assets/tutorial/lang/en_us.json>
 {
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 </yarncode>
-====== Translation format ======
-The translation key for objects you have registered is in the form
-''<object-type>.<namespace>.<path>'' (namespace and path as defined by the registered ''<yarn class_2960>'').
-^ Object Type      ^ Format       ^ Example          ^
-| <yarn class_2248>          | ''block.<namespace>.<path>''     |''"block.tutorial.example_block": "Example Block"''       |
-| <yarn class_1792>    |''item.<namespace>.<path>'' |''"item.tutorial.my_item": "My Item"'' |
-| <yarn class_1761> | ''itemGroup.<namespace>.<path>'' | ''"itemGroup.tutorial.my_group": "My Group"''|
-| <yarn class_3611> | ''fluid.<namespace>.<path>''||
-| <yarn class_3414> | ''sound_event.<namespace>.<path>''||
-| <yarn class_1291> | ''effect.<namespace>.<path>''||
-| <yarn class_1887> | ''enchantment.<namespace>.<path>''||
-| <yarn class_1299> | ''entity.<namespace>.<path>''||
-| <yarn class_1959> | ''biome.<namespace>.<path>''||
-| <yarn class_3445> | ''stat.<namespace>.<path>''||
-For types not in this list, see ''<yarn net.minecraft.class_2378>''.