Why there is no Hebrew language !?!?!?!??!

[Romgar]

There are all languages ​​in all versions but not the Hebrew language But changing the currency yes? Buy games yes but give us improvement no? There are 30,000 users in Israel. I have been trying to talk to managers here for 5 years I'm starting to suspect it's more of a racist section Do not forget that the Hebrew language existed 3500 years before you And before the English that even Jesus spoke it and prayed in it I do not intend to buy more games until there is a Hebrew language version Israel is one of the most developed countries in the world. Almost every exit in the world passes through it We are not a remote island that does not need to invest in us
Make a version of the Hebrew language 5 years talking to air and not to people.

[Mad Scientist]

30,000 is why. It had nothing to do with racism, which is an absurd thing to even hint as a projected reason for it.

There has to generally be enough demand to add a section for certain languages or countries, another thread asked why turkey didn't have its own section, but the user base was so low and nearly no users from that country use the forum itself as well.

[SaradMatthew007]

Originally posted by Romgar:

There are all languages ​​in all versions but not the Hebrew language But changing the currency yes? Buy games yes but give us improvement no? There are 30,000 users in Israel. I have been trying to talk to managers here for 5 years I'm starting to suspect it's more of a racist section Do not forget that the Hebrew language existed 3500 years before you And before the English that even Jesus spoke it and prayed in it I do not intend to buy more games until there is a Hebrew language version Israel is one of the most developed countries in the world. Almost every exit in the world passes through it We are not a remote island that does not need to invest in us
Make a version of the Hebrew language 5 years talking to air and not to people.

wtf? are you ok? Make your own version of steam lol!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Have a read...

Originally posted by wuddih:

the language data the survey collects is the language set on the Steam client. a language can not be listed there if it is not even supported by Steam.

and the languages listed there are actually all supported languages, except pirate.

Steam is translated by volunteering users, so basically every language is possible, so hebrew also has an organized group and the language actually applied to be added to the STS
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamTranslation_Hebrew
i dunno about the current status of any prep work they have done, since i can not ffs read a single word of that language.

but this being said:

Q: Will you be adding any additional languages to STS?
We do appreciate your interest in the Steam Translation Server and improving Steam for users in your region. However, we currently aren't looking into adding any further languages to STS.

https://translation.steampowered.com/#FAQ
dont get hopes too high up.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/1629663905430508202/#c1629663905430802045

[Romgar]

It is funny that the change of the dollar to the Israeli currency was done but and the language did not It's even insulting!

[Romgar]

I read all the comments in the link you sent and all the users Impressions that milk them
Just like I think even 5 years ago I spoke to close to 24 executives here No answers drop it on users This is how the underworld operates A person registered there wanting only my money but not letting me feel belonged here To already do a Hebrew version enough with the nonsense of inventions and talk A guy from England or America no less smart than me and plays better than me even though I was born in Boston and moved to Israel

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by Romgar:

I read all the comments in the link you sent and all the users Impressions that milk them
Just like I think even 5 years ago I spoke to close to 24 executives here No answers drop it on users This is how the underworld operates A person registered there wanting only my money but not letting me feel belonged here To already do a Hebrew version enough with the nonsense of inventions and talk A guy from England or America no less smart than me and plays better than me even though I was born in Boston and moved to Israel

A lot of languages need better representation, that's always been a sticking point, but that takes will and effort from the community. Trust me, any sound translation, of any language on a large scale is not an easy project.

Heck, trying to get 3 people together, who have above average fluency in two languages to translate a simple Japanese game, for free, can take ages.

And machine translation is not the answer, and not what anyone should be looking towards right now for "commercial" projects.

Edit: Obviously, it's also a money problem if you're not going the community route. Professional translation on this scale requires project managers, editors, sub-editors, the actual translators and most likely 499 other roles. Translation is something people imagine is fast and easy to do but it's one of the most challenging things to get right.

[MalikQayum]

You should educate yourself on why languages are added to the client.
I'll dumb it down for you, since it might be a bit confusing, as you reverted to a state of playing victim and threw the race card out there.

the countries, with localization, are clearly countries that have the biggest user base. It makes sense for valve to invest time, money and effort into those countries.
that not said other countries are not important but the countries with the biggest user base clearly takes presidency since they provide steam with the most revenue.

there is a danish localization but no danish currency, there are israli shekels but no hebrew localization, same goes for indian rupee, but no hindi localization. (maybe not the best example since they have like hundreds of sub languages in india)
but saudi arabia is in the same position, they have riyal currency but no localization and they seem slightly bigger than israel.

the solution is clearly you would have to double up your user base as there seems to be a threshold before valve considered localization to be needed.

[ReBoot]

There's hundreds of languages in this world. Supporting all of them is hardly practical (for obvious reasons, really), so priorities have to be set. Usually, it's the languages from the largest markets which get supported first and foremost.

On top of that, it's not like having one's language is even desireable in the first place. I live in Germany, but I'm using Steam in English and most games in English. Even if German translation of games weren't often crap, when searching for specific game terms or guides in German, I get way less reading material to chose from than in English (again, for obvious reasons).

Here's one to education!

[Falsus Te Deum]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

There's hundreds of languages in this world. Supporting all of them is hardly practical (for obvious reasons, really), so priorities have to be set. Usually, it's the languages from the largest markets which get supported first and foremost.

On top of that, it's not like having one's language is even desireable in the first place. I live in Germany, but I'm using Steam in English and most games in English. Even if German translation of games weren't often crap, when searching for specific game terms or guides in German, I get way less reading material to chose from than in English (again, for obvious reasons).

Here's one to education!

There is roughly 6,500 languages that are spoken in the world today. Just a useless bit of info i know.

[Kaunitz]

Originally posted by Romgar:

There are all languages ​​in all versions but not the Hebrew language But changing the currency yes? Buy games yes but give us improvement no? There are 30,000 users in Israel. I have been trying to talk to managers here for 5 years I'm starting to suspect it's more of a racist section Do not forget that the Hebrew language existed 3500 years before you And before the English that even Jesus spoke it and prayed in it I do not intend to buy more games until there is a Hebrew language version Israel is one of the most developed countries in the world. Almost every exit in the world passes through it We are not a remote island that does not need to invest in us
Make a version of the Hebrew language 5 years talking to air and not to people.

Hey! Only languages with big spread are exist on steam. But you can help with translating it on it! Visit Steam Translation Server for more info

[alan benedettelli]

no entiendo nada pero lo hago por puntos

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Falsus Te Deum:

There is roughly 6,500 languages that are spoken in the world today. Just a useless bit of info i know.

That's putting the lack of one language in quite the perspective, thank you

[IFIYGD]

OP- the client does not have support for the Hebrew language, but if you prefer to read forums discussions or store pages in your chosen language, you can always use the client for launching games, and sign into Steam via a browser, and use the browser's built in translator to display the webpages in Hebrew. (expect the usual mis-translation issues most, if not all online translation services have, though).
Not exactly what you are asking for, I know. But it is a workable option for now.

[wuddih]

a thing with hebrew ... it is written right to left.
arabic was actually tested because of this and dropped as it was too much work to make it look decent in client. maybe .. in a future revision of the client, certainly not now.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by Romgar:

Do not forget that the Hebrew language existed 3500 years before you

Then perhaps those people should have created steam first, then the issue of the hebew language would not be an issue, but instead it would be someone else complaining about some other language.