This is a thread to make announcements about when a project is currently seeking translators for the game for a (soonish) upcoming version. Ideally, this is the case when the project declared a string freeze or made an official announcement about this. Anyone should feel free to post here, you don't need to be a developer yourself.
A common practice is using a so-called “string freeze”. This means that no more texts are allowed to be changed until next release so that translators can work without getting screwed over by further updates. Any free software project worth their salt is doing string freezes.
Best practices for posts:
- Mention game name and the upcoming version
- It should be up-to-date, for an upcoming version, ideally when a string freeze is in effect (or will soon be)
- Please don't post when the game is still in the middle of development and texts are fluctuating heavily
- Expected release date / how much time translators will have
- Post all relevant links
- Links to important documents that should be read
- Whatever else you think is relevant
Example post:
ExampleGame just entered string freeze for 1.0.0!
Game/version: ExampleGame 1.0.0
Homepage: https://example.org
News post: https://example.org/news/string_freeze_declared.html
Translation guidelines: https://example.org/guidelines.html
Expected release date: Not before 12/12/2012