Is it possible to use description texts of other language such as Chinese?

Hi @bruceCzK. I do want to translate Lookup Anything, but it'll be a lot of work. I'll look into it sometime after Stardew Valley 1.2 is released. :)

@Pathoschild I'm planning to translate Lookup Anything to Chinese, any suggestion / guide for how should I do it?

It's not really possible yet. I'll look into translating all my mods (including Lookup Anything) once Stardew Valley 1.2 and SMAPI 2.0 (which has some features that will make it easier) are released. :)

SMAPI 1.14 will add a mod translation API (see Pathoschild/SMAPI#296), and I'll add translation support for all my mods soon after.

My mods can now be translated into any language supported by the game. 🎉

How to translate

Here's how to translate one of my mods:

1. Install SMAPI 1.14+.

2. Install the preview version (see below) of the mod to translate.

3. Copy default.json into a new file with the right name:

   language	file name
   Chinese	zh.json
   German	de.json
   Japanese	ja.json
   Portuguese	pt.json
   Spanish	es.json

4. Translate the second part on each line:

   "example-key": "some text here"
                   ^-- translate this
   

   Don't change the quote characters, and don't translate the text inside {{these brackets}}.

5. Launch the game to try your translations.
   You can edit translations without restarting the game; just type reload_i18n in the SMAPI console to reload the translation files.

Post translations here or send them to me privately. :)

Current status

Translations so far:

Preview versions

Here are preview builds of the upcoming releases, with translation support included:

• ChestsAnywhere 1.11-prerelease.4.zip
• DebugMode 1.6-prerelease.4.zip
• LookupAnything 1.14-prerelease.4.zip

Closed for release. Any further translations can be added in future versions.