[translate] need help for Spanish translation

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Started 2 years ago by Clain
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Clain
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Hi,

I'm working on an update of my game Prison Breaker (the menus were done with UIKit, I'm redoing them with cocos). The game currently supports the English, Spanish and French languages. I'm adding a help screen and I don't speak Spanish. I'd really appreciate if a kind soul would help me to translate this new screen into Spanish. First, here's what the level selection looked like :

(I know "Vuelta" should be replaced with "Volver")
And here is the new tab I'm adding :

I think the tab names should be translated like this : Cárcel 1, Cárcel 2, Cárcel 3, Ayuda, Volver.
But I don't know for the following :
How to play ?
Play the first levels of Prison 1, they contain instructions on game controls.

Why are there 2 time records under every level ?
The first one is your personal best. The second one (always in blue) is the TMS time. Try to beat it ! If you can, your time will be displayed in green.

How to get stars ?
There is a hidden tile in each level. You don't know where it is until you walk on it and see this animation : [Sprite animation goes here]
You get the star when you manage to walk on the hidden tile and complete the level without dying.
You don't need to beat the TMS time nor get the star on every level to complete the game.

On the above screenshot, the blue and green times are not as the description says, but I'm going to swap them. If something would sound awkward, feel free to rephrase. I'd just like to keep the "walk" verb for the hidden tile.

Thanks for your time.

Posted 2 years ago #
manucorporat
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hi Clain. I am from Spain.
Prison -> Cárcel, Prisión
Go back -> Volver, Retroceder, vuelta??? jaja no
Help -> Ayuda

How to play ?
Play the first levels of Prison 1, they contain instructions on game controls.

¿como jugar?
Juega a los primeros niveles de la carcel 1, ellos contienen las instrucciones del control del juego.

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Why are there 2 time records under every level ?
The first one is your personal best. The second one (always in blue) is the TMS time. Try to beat it ! If you can, your time will be displayed in green.

¿porque hay dos marcas debajo de cada nivel?
La primera es tu marca personal. La segunda (siempre azul) es el TMS timw. "Try to beat it"(I dont understand this sentence) si tu puedes, tu record estará en verde.

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How to get stars ?
There is a hidden tile in each level. You don't know where it is until you walk on it and see this animation : [Sprite animation goes here]
You get the star when you manage to walk on the hidden tile and complete the level without dying.
You don't need to beat the TMS time nor get the star on every level to complete the game.

¿como obtener estrellas?
Hay un objeto oculto en cada nivel. No sabes donde estás hasta que pasas sobre ella y aparece esta animación: [Sprite animation goes here]
Pero para ganarla debes necesitas completar el nivel sin morir.

If you have some question, you can ask me.

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

@manu : Muchas gracias ! Thanks to you, my help screen is almost complete. "Try to beat it" means "try to do a better time". Here's what I have now :

I still need the small sentence "Try to beat it" and the note "You don't need to beat the TMS time nor get the star on every level to complete the game" (which means that it is not necessary to get ALL the stars and have ALL times in green to reach and complete the last level of the game).

I also need to the words locked/unlocked. Is it correct to say bloqueado/desbloqueado ?

Posted 2 years ago #
manucorporat
Member

The above translation was a mistake, this translation is perfect.

Complet Translation:

Prision - > Prisión
Help -> Ayuda
Back -> Volver
Unlocked -> Desbloqueado
Locked - > Bloqueado

¿Cómo jugar?
Juega a los primeros niveles de la prisión 1, en ellos encontraras las instrucciones de control del juego.

¿Por qué hay dos tiempos debajo de cada nivel?
Las primera es tu marca personal. La segunda (siempre azul) es el TMS time, si la mejoras, tu récord estará en verde.

¿Cómo ganar estrellas?
Hay un objeto oculto en cada nivel. No sabes donde está hasta que caminas sobre ella y aparece esta animación: [Animation]
Pero para ganarla debes completar el nivel sin morir.

No necesitas mejorar tu tiempo TMS, ni obtener todas las estrellas, para completar el último nivel del juego.

Posted 2 years ago #
pabloruiz55
Member

Hi!
I think a more accurate translation for

"Try to beat it ! If you can, your time will be displayed in green."

would be:

"Intenta superarlo! Si lo logras, tu récord se mostrará en verde."

And a little correction here:

"Hay un objeto oculto en cada nivel. No sabes donde está hasta que caminas sobre el y aparece esta animación: [Animation]"

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

@manucorporat : many thanks for the better translation, it's much appreciated.

@pabloruiz55 : I've taken your corrections into account, thanks for that.

The help screen now looks like this :

Unless you guys told me otherwise, I guess this is the final version.

Posted 2 years ago #
manucorporat
Member

yes, perfect

Posted 2 years ago #
pabloruiz55
Member

Excellent, just a little correction: in the first sentence "encontraras" ==> "encontrarás"

Posted 2 years ago #
manucorporat
Member

jaja pablo que pesadito, es broma, yo también lo vi, pero por no hacer a clain actualizar.

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

Ok, I put encontrarás. Don't worry manu, my text is in a strings file so it's very easy to modify. May I ask another couple of sentences ? (this will be the last time, I promise)

When the user touches the icon of a locked level, I want to display a message saying :
Para desbloquear este nivel, se necesitas :
4 tiempos en verde
6 estrellas

Can you tell me if it's alright ? (the numbers will always be greater than 2, the nouns will always be plural)

And I will also need the following for the "what's new" section when I submit the update :
- added a help screen
- new level selection interface (clearer and faster to load)

Thanks for your help.

Posted 2 years ago #
manucorporat
Member

Do you understand me the last post? I used a colloquial spanish.
I don't mind help you.

The sentence had a mistake. This is the correct:
Para desbloquear este nivel, se necesitan: (with N because is They, times and stars)
4 tiempos en verde
6 estrellas

What's new -> ¿Qué hay de nuevo? or ¿Qué novedades hay?
- añadida una pantalla de ayuda.
- nueva interfaz de selección de nivel (más clara, y rápida en la carga).

I will try the game.

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

I didn't understand what you said in your penultimate post, but I used Google to translate it. It couldn't translate everything (that's why I prefer to ask for help here instead of relying on Google or any other translation tool) but I got a good idea of the meaning. Anyway, thank you very much for your precious help. I think I have everything I need now. Hopefully I can submit the update by the end of the week.

By the way, I noticed there are still words without Spanish translation in the wiki (here : http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/resources:translations). It would be great If you could take a look at it,

(And for the game, there's a lite version, but remember it's not been made with cocos)

Posted 2 years ago #
manucorporat
Member

I have completed all spanish words except some.
In http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/resources:translations

for example: in spanish there is a translate for: powered by cocos2D
"Propulsado por cocos2D" but is very very very strange, is better write it in english.

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