When translating content in your game to a language that you are not familiar with, it's beneficial to work with a native speaker of that language to add or review any translations. Use the following tools to manage translators for your game:
- Add other Roblox users or groups to help you translate your game,
- Access localization reports to track the contributions and translation coverage of your Roblox translators.
- Share the .csv file of your localization table with a Non-Roblox translator.
Before working with any translators, make sure you set your source and supported languages in the game's localization settings.
Add translators
You can add Roblox users or groups as translators in your game's localization page. Adding Roblox users as translators allows you to leverage all the benefits of Roblox's translation tools such as managing group-level permissions and viewing translation analytics.
Game owners and translators can manage, edit, and review translations and translators. Translators can see your string entries and edit translations for any of your supported languages. Translators can not configure any localization settings, add or delete any localization table entries, or grant translator permissions to any users or groups.
To add a Roblox user or group as a translator:
Navigate to your game's Localization Page.
Navigate to the Translators tab.
Click the Invite Translators button.
If adding an individual, select either by Username or by User ID under the options and select the correct user from the dropdown.
If adding a group, input the group ID and select the right group from the dropdown and the selected roles.
Click Confirm once you have selected the users or groups you want to add.
Access the Translator Portal
All translators that you add to your game can access the Translator Portal, a translator specific page that provides access to your game's localization table.
In the Translator Portal, translators can edit translations for all supported languages, and see translation history, including the time the translation was added and the translation contributor.
To share a direct link to your game's Translator Portal:
- Navigate to the Translators tab.
- Copy the link by clicking the Share Link button.
- Send the link to any Roblox user with translator permissions so they can access the Translator Portal directly.
To access a game's Translator Portal from the Creator Dashboard:
- Navigate to the Creator Dashboard.
- Navigate to the Translator Portal via the left navigation.
- Select the game you want to translate, or search for it via the search bar.
Translation analytics
As translators add translations, Roblox compiles translation reports every two weeks that give you visibility into what your translation coverage looks like for each supported language and which translators have been contributing.
To download a translation report:
In your game's localization page, click Reports.
Select a date range for the report in the dropdown.
Click Download.
Work with non-Roblox translators
You can work with translators who do not have Roblox accounts by downloading your game's localization table as a .csv and having your translators add directly to the spreadsheet file. Once your translators have added their contributions, you can re-upload the .csv file through Studio. When adding translations through this workflow, translation analytics does not capture translator contributions and detailed history.
See Add translations with file upload for more information on downloading your game's localization spreadsheet.