Localization files
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Localization files govern how text and dialogue are used and shown in-game in the user's preferred language. This includes everything from item descriptions to achievement names.
For example, a Winger would be known as a Flügelstürmer in German.
The files below contain the appropriate text translations for 28 supported languages as determined by the Steam Translation Server (STS).
To help translate for the Steam Community or Steam games into your language, please visit the STS website.
To view a page on this Wiki in a different language, click on the language links located under Languages in the sidebar.
To help translate this Wiki into your language, visit the Language Center.
Trivia
- From January 17th, 2012 to April 27th, 2012, Valve played a little running gag in the updates notes by having the phrase "Updated Localization Files" in either different languages, unicodes, sarcasm tones, or even QR Image code.
Update history
- Various fixes to localized text.
- Various updates to Russian and Polish localization.
- Added a missing "cannot_be_spectator" localization string.
- Added Spanish map descriptions.
- Fixed bad characters in the chat string when achievements are announced in languages other than English.
- Fixed a few instances of truncated text in the menus and dialogs for languages other than English.
- Support custom Russian TF2 fonts.
June 19, 2008 Patch (Pyro Update)
- Added full Russian localization, with both fonts & speech.
- Incorporated the new Russian fonts into the base Team Fortress 2 fonts. Fixes the missing fonts problem when running in Russian with English VO.
- Fixed some clipped localized strings in various in-game dialogs.
- Fixed some problems with localized text.
- Fixed some localization issues with Scout achievement strings.
- Fixed German localization string for respawning players showing %1.
- Updated Italian localization strings.
- Updated the custom TF2 fonts with Polish characters.
- Fixed a weapon name localization issue.
- Fixed a client crash during the localization of item names
- Fixed Polish Team Fortress 2 fonts not being displayed correctly in the Main menu.
- Updated Russian localization strings.
- Fixed a missing localization string.
- Fixed client crash when rendering text strings.
July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)
- Added Romanian language support.
- Updated the localization files.
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- Updated localization strings based on community feedback.
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- Fixed a case where some items would display an empty string for their name.
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- Fixed a rare client crash caused by text rendering (Mac).
- Updated the server browser localization files.
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- [Undocumented] Fixed and updated localization files.
- Added check to prevent control characters from user-provided item names and descriptions (replaced with spaces).
- Updated some files, for no reason whatsoever.
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- Updated the existing localization files.
- Added Czech, Hungarian, Romanian and Turkish localization files.
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- Fixed the revenge crit label not being localized correctly.
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- [Undocumented] Added localization for Planeswalker Helm and Planeswalker Goggles.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- Updated the shared localization files.
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October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update)
- Patch 1 Updated the localization files.
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- Edited item names and descriptions that contained grave accents (’) to use single quotation marks (').
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- Did not update the localization files.
- Localized the team goal strings for cp_steel and pl_frontier
- Added missing level_data strings to kill_eater_score_type elements in the GetSchema WebAPI response
- Undocumented changes: Updated all localization files.
- Lokalisierungsdateien aktualisiert.
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- Fixed some instances of corrupted text when the save_replay key isn't bound
- 언어 파일 업데이트
- Arquivos de localização atualizados.
- Fixed a commentary string that referenced the Soldier instead of the Heavy
- Fixed a bug that would cause chat-text strange weapon rank up notifications to sometimes display player names as "unknown"
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- Did not update the localization files that did not need updating
- 本地化檔案已更新
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June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
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- Fixed the disconnect reason not being localized properly for Mann vs. Machine Mode.
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- Moved map descriptions into the localization files
- Map descriptions will still be loaded from the maps folder first if they exist
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December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
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- [Undocumented] Added Ukrainian localization.
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June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
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- [Undocumented] Added Limited attribute to retired hats.
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- [Undocumented] Kick Messages are now localized for clients.
- Vote issue names are now localized in the vote menu.
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October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress VI)
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December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)
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October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)
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July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)
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October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
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