Forum subsection suggestion: Non-English Help Section

[Strichev]

Sounds good. I can translate it to Slovenian/Croatian/Serbian, although it would appear that the majority of players from these parts can speak sufficient English.

[SnakThree]

Or volunteers could start translating tutorials to native languages for even bigger effect.

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[Dragonmaster]

Hey.

The idea is simple. Please create a proper subsection for non-english speaking players to post in in their own language. While Discovery Freelancer is and remains an English-Only speaking community, we must accept the fact that as long as we remain a public server without any password, our activity will attract not only roleplayers, but also players who simply wish to play on a populated Freelancer server. Many of them, as you already know, either have a very poor grasp of English, or have none.

While we can argue that we do not need non-english player help, because such players are ''not welcome'' to our enviroment, which needs said English skills, there is no denying that they play, get into trouble and either keep getting into trouble, stay silent ingame and so forth. They are and will be a part of our community.

Please, I ask you to make it easier for yourselves and these players by allowing them to ask help on the forum in their own language, and then allow people with said language to help them. This way we can at least allow these players to integrate themselves into our community to a level, where their presence is not a hindrance to the ingame immersion and overall gameplay.


We are a server based in Europe. We have players from very different countries playing. If they are having trouble, we need to let them receive it regardless what our overall stance against non-english-speaking people is. They are here. They aren't going anywhere. Let them post freely in a specific subsection without being being judged for their poor English in the main.


Perhaps someone can take their time to translate the server rules in a few languages. If they cannot speak the language, at least they can know the rules.




EDIT:

For clarification. I am not asking for a non-english forum section, though that would not hurt at all. I am asking for a non-english HELP SUBFORUM.


EDIT2:

Considering the players I've personally dealt with ingame, I suggest especially focusing on languages such as:
Russian
German
Polish
CZ
Baltics (LV/LT/EST)
Spanish
Italian
Ukrainian
Belorussian

+1

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[Ayatolah]

Or volunteers could start translating tutorials to native languages for even bigger effect.

For what i understand from OP that's part of the idea, aswell as server rules

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[Flox Corp]

If this gets approved I can help in translating english to spanish

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[Savas]

Any admin input on this?

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[Jayce]

I'll be happy to help with the Ebonics subsection!

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[Vrabcek]

Perhaps someone can take their time to translate the server rules in a few languages. If they cannot speak the language, at least they can know the rules.

This might help a bit as well as guides. But anything else might not.

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[Ayatolah]

A traslation of the IDs would be useful, if ot mandatory, its useless to translate the rules if we don't translate the IDs , theyre fully related with server rules. Even some basic guidelines in RP to helpthem begin....

Perhaps a small dictionary of mainly used terms and words inrp

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[Trogdor]

If moderation is needed, then the offending post can be reported via the report button with a translation attached to it, if necessary. Don't think we need new moderators for this, which is why it should be implemented asap.

And how do you know the reporter is correctly translating the message? One could take any non-english post and 'translate' it into a profane diatribe. Unless we had admins/moderators fluent in that particular language, they wouldn't know the difference. They'd have to rely on google translate, or somesuch.

I agree that we ought to have non-english subforums, but they would have to be unmoderated in terms of verbal abuse. (Pornography and other inappropriate content could obv. still be moderated).

I'm conflicted on whether we ought to be inviting them to the main server. Obviously the language barrier would impede one's ability to roleplay with them. Is that a bad thing? Is it oorp for one to encounter another character whom doesn't speak the same language? I would say no.
However, if we open the floodgates to non-English speakers, we may find ourselves in a situation where the non-English speakers match or even outnumber the English speakers, and at that point we might as well not be a roleplaying server anymore.

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