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[mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Sun Dec 18, 2016 00:13by taikedz
License: LGPLv3.0
Download:
github:
https://github.com/taikedz/minetest-babelfishZIP:
https://github.com/taikedz/minetest-bab ... master.zip* Currently uses Yandex to do the translation because it was the only free API I could get.
* Can be extended to use different web APIs
* Can be used as an API for other mods
* You MUST add babelfish to the `secure.trusted_mods` for it to work, as it makes calls out to the Internet.
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/babel {player}
* Translates the last message from the specified player to your preferred language
* Only you see the result of this
* /babel mrGibberish
/bblang {language}
* Set your preferred language using a language code
* Default is English
* Currently does not save across server reboots
/bb {language} {sentence}
* Broadcasts a message in the target language (French in this case)
* /bb fr My english sentence
/bmsg {language} {player} {sentence}
* Sends a private message to another player in the target language
* /bmsg es spanishplayer I do not understand you, please use the translation commands
/bbcodes
* List the available language codes
Still to do (if anyone would like to assist, please do!)
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* Saving language preferences
* Set-lang command for moderators to set a player's language
* requires privs
* Special "persistent translations" call so that a phrase is translated once, and stored for later re-use
* Special command for translating to all players in their preferred languages
* depends on a temp-persistence being implemented
* requires privs - this can easily consume the API quota quickly
* for moderators/admins making announcements
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Sun Dec 18, 2016 09:35by DS-minetest
nice!
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Sun Dec 18, 2016 13:56by taikedz
There are quite a few players of various languages on this server, and the mod is running. First day of it going live it seems to hold up well...
minetest.ducakedhare.co.uk : 30002
(Axinite)
If anyone wants to try it in the wild and feeback ....
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Fri Feb 03, 2017 22:22by taikedz
** finally ** got around to fixing the issues preventing me implementing mod security
You can now turn on mod security and this should work fine. Sorry it took a while.
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Mon Mar 20, 2017 23:03by octacian
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Someone else was on my computer.
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 14:17by DS-minetest
This mod could be made clientside.
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 14:46by octacian
In the future, yes, it'd work great client-side. At this point, though, it is best to remain as is. If I remember correctly, client-side MT still is missing and HTTP request API (and may never get one), and it does not have the features to properly intercept chat messages yet.
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 17:16by taikedz
I disagree about the client-sidedness of this:
For one, the code reaches out to the wider Internet (over HTTP), requiring privileged access. This is not something you want users to go trust blindly, and I doubt we'll be introducing code-signing on mods anytime soon (because a/ it defeats the paradigm of free modding and b/ nobody will care enough to check what they're accepting to run anyway)
Secondly, the server-side implementation of this ensures that translations happen once and then are broadcast, and it is possible to control what is displayed under what conditions, rather than a user simply spewing out a heap of translations from their client and telling the server who they are for. It's a game server, not an email relay.
Case in point, I'm still working on making it so that a babel-enabled chat message initiated from a sender is received in the right language for the recipient players, and only translating once per language.
There are other threads on the topic solely of client-side scripting, so I will not elaborate here.
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 19:02by azekill_DIABLO
Good Jab Tai! (can i call you like this idk to write your name)
it might be very useful forinternational servers!
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Tue Mar 21, 2017 19:09by taikedz
Yeah - International servers is the goal for this mod :-)
PS -Et bien sur appelle-moi Tai, c'est encore plus simple qu'un pseudo :-P
PPS - "jab" c'est un poinçon, ou un bonne gauche rapide dans les côtes ;-)
Re: [mod] Translate chat using commands [babelfish]
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 17:50by azekill_DIABLO
ha. oups. t'as du avoir mal :)