Use community-powered localization instead auto-translation
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Tekura Teimu
Support for interface localization is essential to getting more people involved, and I am glad to see it being implemented.
However, I'm deeply concerned about the initial localization in the Developer Update of February 9, 2023, which uses auto-translation, even though it's in the early stages.
For example, a software company's documentation is actively using auto-translation, but suffers from quality issues in the Japanese language such as reversed meanings, sentences that do not make sense, and translation of parts that should not be translated.
As a result, we have a situation where the official documentation is the least reliable, which should never happen.
There are many similar problems in the country, so it is conceivable that there will be a very small minority of users who will accept it as "fun" like Developer Update.
Therefore, the community-powered localization, that is currently planned, should be given the highest priority, and localization using auto-translation should be avoided as much as possible.
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Thank you for the suggestion! VRChat started uding Crowdin about two years ago. Please feel free to visit our localization Discord server:
CyanoTex
Why not Crowdin?
Tekura Teimu
(Japanese)
I thought interface localization was an essential element for attracting more people, so I'm happy that it will be implemented.
However, in the Developer Update on 2023/2/9, I am deeply concerned that initial localization was carried out using automatic translation, albeit in the early stages.
For example, automatic translation is actively used for documents of a software company, but there are quality problems in the Japanese language region, such as the meaning being reversed, not established as sentences, and even translating places where they should not be translated.
As a result, a state where “official documents are the most unreliable,” which should never exist, has occurred.
Many such situations have occurred within Japan, and it seems that there are very few users who perceive it as “fun” or “interesting” like Developer Update.
Therefore, I would like you to give top priority to translation by the community, which is currently being planned, and avoid implementing localization using automatic translation as much as possible.
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Docteh
Hi, please consult the text before the video.
> Notably, we’re planning to use a community-powered localization tool to help us add more languages, and make our existing translations more accurate! Many applications use community-powered localization, and we’re excited to see the languages people provide translations for. More information on the process (where? how? when?) is upcoming.
Tekura Teimu
Hi Docteh,
I certainly understand that. However, as noted in the text, there are problems with auto-translation that cause quality issues.
In Japan, fiction about the virtual is very popular. But real judgment about the virtual is often cold or prejudiced.
In addition, spam using auto-translation is widespread in Japan, and "auto-translated text" alone could be viewed negatively.
As a result, it could have a detrimental effect on VRChat's reputation in Japan, or worse, for virtual space.
In more than a few cases, Japanese people suddenly acknowledge the existence of the Japanese language or overturn their evaluation of it once it is implemented.
Introducing auto-translation under such circumstances is very risky for the reasons mentioned above, and not something I can unhesitatingly endorse.
(Japanese)
それは理解している。しかし、先に述べた通り自動翻訳は品質の問題を引き起こしかねない。
日本ではバーチャルに関するフィクション（訳注: アニメや漫画等の作品のこと）が人気だが、現実の「バーチャル」については冷ややか、あるいは偏見に晒されるケースがある。
加えて、日本では自動翻訳を用いたスパムが多く見受けられ、「自動翻訳の文章」というだけで否定的な目線で見られることも少なくない。
結果としてVRChat、最悪の場合はバーチャル空間全体の評価に悪影響を及ぼす結果も想定できる。
加えて、日本では「日本語が実装された」というだけで存在が認知されたり、下された評価や評判が変わるケースがある。
そのような状態で自動翻訳を導入するのは極めて危うく、とても賛成できるような状態ではない。
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Docteh
Tekura Teimu: ah, so it might be smart to drop Japanese from any beta. Dansk? I think Danish people might not mind.