Trying to translate a game manually

[gatzgames]

heyy, im looking if there any tutorial or thread of how to make a translation patch for a game by manually, So far what I found was a couple of programs (more specifically the resource hacker and the Yuri editor) and more less what types of translation files there are, after that I don't have much idea and I can't find any recent tutorial

clarification: the game I am trying to translate is Rounds and I want to translate it from English to Spanish

[Satoru]

This highly depends on the game and whether you have access to any files/fonts/etc that even make this possible

[Bee🐝]

Depending on the game, you'd have to contact the developer. The good news is that they - indie devs especially - are usually happy to weigh in when it comes to translations. They might also need another person fluent in Spanish to go over your translations for quality control.

It's always better to go through official channels for these things. (Fan translations for Japanese games are a totally different kettle of fish and have a LONG and complicated history.)

[crunchyfrog]

As others have said there is no one-stop solution to this, not even close. It does entirely depend on the game and developer, and so on.

As it's an indie game, Bee's right here - talk to the devs. Indie ones tend to be more accommodating anyway.

PC games on the whole can generally be said to be comparatively easier to translate as they can often be just a file or folder that needs going through. Not so much with older games and console ports (especially as Bee says, from Japanese games).

There's often memory constraints on those older games, so some trickery is used and often the data can be compressed. With Japanese games they're perhaps the worst, because they are laid out to fit across the screen of certain width and katakana characters aren't one to one in translation.

I've buggered around with old PS1 games in the past and many times gave up on some because I got things translated but it just refused to display things correctly.

Best of luck, but rule of thumb for the future - ALWAYS try the horses' mouth first (the devs).