I’m a translator and I’ve always been wondering, how am I supposed to get full access to the forum? I’ve been reading many topics regarding promotion to the Full Member and I came to a conclusion that it’s nearly impossible to get promoted if you are not a scripter/builder. How is it connected? Most of the topics on the developer forum are scripting questions/studio questions/bug reports and it’s out of my specialty, which makes it impossible to be active. I wouldn’t make this topic if translators weren’t needed, but there is an official group for us. If Roblox is in need of translators, why is it nearly impossible to get promoted for a translator?
P.S That’s only my vision on the situation and I may be wrong
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Offering translation services, making articles related to translation goes under contribution and will help you on the way to Full Member. There’s a lot you can do.
Contributing to the forum in whatever way makes sense to you, and making good quality posts.
We need a generic game design support category, such that we also have a place for new members to discuss issues that don’t fall into the other support categories. Then you could i.e. help with questions related to localization.
You can also start your own discussion topics about localization by using the post approval procedure to post in Development Discussion. Moreover, you can file bug reports and feature requests related to localization through the post approval procedure.
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I currently provide translation services and there is a topic I’ve made. And I doubt that someone would be interested in Russian language lessons/linguism.
I’m a translator just as you (but a builder as well) and I managed to get a topic “popular”.
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/speak-your-native-language/132058
Everything under International should fall under your field and you have a lot to post if you just want to.
Yeah, it would be really nice to have a category for support developers (GFX designers, music producers, translators) because the problem is that you can’t just try to make a quality post in a topic related to scripting.
I don’t think you can say much about languages
It’s not connected to localization/translations in any way, pretty much a topic to talk to other people who speak your language. I know many translators and so far I don’t know a person who got promoted by making localization related topics.
Probably not, but there’s loads of things you can do with the knowledge you have.
Also, those “hidden” categories the full members have are related to development, so why would you need to see them at all if you are saying that they’re irrelevant to you?
Well, I’ll try to come up with an idea for a topic, we’ll see
I just feel that I’m not needed. It’s not about hidden categories, it’s about being a full member of society I guess
I totally understand that, but the fact is that as of now there’s still loads to do related to translation and localization. Maybe in a year localization will be more popular and there will be more to do. It’s just to be patient and wait.
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Unfortunately, Russian is a language currently not supported by Roblox. Until this happens your demand will be relatively low.
The topic wasn’t about Russian demand but about the situation around translators as a whole.
And I can say there are more and more Russians starting to play Roblox (millions of views on youtube, a lot of Russians playing front page games). The only problem slowing the growth of Russian community is the language barrier.
I was basing my comment off your comment here ^
Nothing to fault the services you provide, just stating the fact that there will possibly be a lower demand at the moment because Roblox does not provide language support for Russian.
I love seeing developres get ahead of the curve and getting these done before Roblox supports them though!
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Oh, I see! I just didn’t know what exactly you were talking about, my bad.
You will need to stay active and contribute several times per week. The Russian community is really big, and only getting bigger in Roblox. Keep it up, and your voice will be heard.