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  1. Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
  2. MCPE-61166

Chinese (Simplified) translation issues

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      The translation of ALL languages in Bedrock Edition is of low quality.

      Let me take Simplified Chinese for example, while other languages have the same situation. (p.s: The following zh-cn problems have nothing to do with Minecraft China Version)

      To name a few wrong translations in Simplified Chinese :

      Origin Current Simplified Chinese Suggested Simplified Chinese Reason
      End Crystal 末影水晶 末地水晶 inconsistency with end
      Lightning Bolt 闪电 闪电束 the current one means lightning
      Sheep 羊 绵羊 the current one means caprini with may be confused with goat
      Sniffer 嗅探器 嗅探兽 the current one means sniffing tool
      Zombie Villager 怪人村民 僵尸村民 at entity.zombie_villager_v2.name inconsistency with zombie
      Unknown Feature 未知功能 未知结构 the current one means unknown function
      Illager 灾厄村民 灾厄 the current one means omen
      X Bed X床 X色床 the suggested one is more fluently to read
      Camera 摄像机 相机 the current one means video camera
      Can break: 会损坏： 能破坏： the current one means will break
      dropped 丢弃 掉落 the current one means discard
      Warped Fungus on a Stick 诡异真菌钓竿 诡异菌钓竿 inconsistency with warped fungus
      Leather Tunic 皮革胸甲 皮革外套 the current one means leather chestplate
      Warped Door 诡异门 诡异木门 inconsistency
      Gold Horse Armor 黄金马铠 金马铠 inconsistency with gold
      XX Spawn Egg XX生成蛋 XX刷怪蛋 inconsistency
      Light Gray Shield 浅灰色盾牌 淡灰色盾牌 inconsistency
      Light Blue Shield 浅蓝色盾牌 淡蓝色盾牌 inconsistency
      Mining Fatigue 开采疲劳 挖掘疲劳 the suggested one is more fluently to read
      Haste 急速 急迫 the suggested one is more fluently to read
      Jump Boost 跳跃增强 跳跃提升 not consistent with Java transltion which has widespread use
      Resistance 抗性 抗性提升 not consistent with Java transltion which has widespread use
      Sculk 潜声 幽匿块 at tile.sculk.name inconsistency with sculk
      Packed Mud 填充泥浆 泥坯 the current one means fill mud
      Raft with Chest 带宝箱的的竹筏 运输竹筏 inconsistency with chest
      Trail Ruins 小径废墟 古迹废墟 the current one means path ruins
      Birch Hanging Sign XXX悬挂告示牌 悬挂式XXX告示牌 the current one translated hanging as a verb instead of a adjective
      Calibrated Sculk Sensor 已校准潜声感测器 校频幽匿感测体 inconsistency
      Respawn point set 重生点设置 已设置重生点 the current one means respawn point settings
      XXX Stained Glass XXX色玻璃 XXX色染色玻璃 the current one means XXX glass
      XXX Stained Glass Pane XXX色玻璃板 XXX色染色玻璃板 the current one means XXX glass pane
      Wither Rose 凋零玫瑰 凋灵玫瑰 inconsistency with the given context
      Frosted Ice 冰霜 霜冰 the current one means ice frost
      Lantern 灯 灯笼 the current one means light
      Soul Lantern 灵魂灯 灵魂灯笼 ditto
      Sniffer Egg 嗅探蛋 嗅探兽蛋 inconsistency
      Waxed Block of Copper 涂蜡铜方块 涂蜡铜块 the suggested one is more fluently to read
      Cut Copper Stairs 切制铜块楼梯 切制铜楼梯 the current one means cut copper block stairs
      Cut Copper Slab 切制铜块台阶 切制铜台阶 the current one means cut copper block slab
      Wither Rose 凋零玫瑰 凋灵玫瑰 according to given context, wither here should be translated the same as entity wither
      Clock 钟 时钟 Bell and Clock should use different translations
      Snow Layer 顶层雪 雪层 the current one means top snow
      Milk Bucket 牛奶桶 奶桶 generalise cow milk bucket to milk bucket
      commands.replaceitem.failed 无法将 %s 号物品栏的物品 %d 替换为 %d * %s 无法用%4$s个%3$d替换%1$s的第%2$d个槽位 the current one means Unable to change number (slot type) inventory's item (slot number) change to (n) * (item)
      commands.replaceitem.success 将 %s 号物品栏的物品 %d 替换为了 %d * %s 已用%4$s个%3$d替换了%1$s的第%2$d个槽位 the current one means Made number (slot type) inventory's item (slot number) change to (n) * (item)
      commands.replaceitem.success.entity 已将 %s 的 %s 槽位中的 %d 替换为 %d * %s 已用%5$s个%4$s替换了%3$s的%1$s的第%2$d个槽位 the current one means Made (slot type)'s (nth) slot's (playername) change to (n) * (item)
      Operators (hbui.RealmsStories.members.operators) 运算符 管理员 the current one means math operators instead of administrator
      commands.ride.summonRide.skipped 对于已拥有游乐设施的以下实体，不会召唤游乐设施：%1$s 坐骑未召唤，由于以下实体已拥有坐骑：%1$s the current one translated "rides" as "recreational facilities"
      Breach 突袭 破甲 the current one means raid
      Density 密度 致密 the current one is a physic quantity
      Chiseled XX 錾制 XX 雕纹XX the current one uses old Chiseled translation of Java Edition.
      Trial Chambers 试炼室 试炼密室 the current one means trial room
      Book And Quill 书和羽毛 书与笔 the current one means book and feather instead of book and pen
      Sculk Sensor 潜声传感器 幽匿感测体 indicates that sculk sensor produces sounds instead vibration
      Host Armor Trim 主导盔甲纹饰 雇主盔甲纹饰 the current one means dominant armor trim
      Chainmail Boots 链甲靴 锁链靴子 the current one means chainmail armor boots, confirmed in 1.21.30.24
      Chainmail Chestplate 链甲胸甲 锁链胸甲 the current one means chainmail armor chestplate, confirmed in 1.21.30.24
      Chainmail Helmet 链甲头盔 锁链头盔 the current one means chainmail armor helmet, confirmed in 1.21.30.24
      Chainmail Leggings 链甲护腿 锁链护腿 the current one means chainmail armor leggings, confirmed in 1.21.30.24
      Bamboo Fence 竹制围墙 竹栅栏 please read Fixed translation section
      Bamboo Fence Gate 竹制围墙大门 竹栅栏门 ditto
      Trial Explorer Map 试用版探险者地图 试炼探险家地图 the current one means trial edition explorer map
      Mason 梅森 石匠 at entity.villager.mason, according to context this is a type of villager professions, confirmed in 1.21.30.24

      And, I recently noticed that a Bedrock Marketplace translation survey was carried out in Win10 Xbox Insider. Yes, someone did take notice of this problem, however a recently released Marketplace content "Original Bed Wars" was translated to something with pornographic meaning. (We all know that "Bed War" (起床战争) is a proper noun, but your translators don't, and translated as "床上大战").
      Update: After 2 years this was partially resolved, but there are still half of "bed war" contents like "BED WARS CLASSIC" that use the wrong translation.

      The aforementioned wrong translations are only a small proportion of the whole mess. Just fixing those translation does not solve the whole problem.
      A more detaied list of unsynced translation can be found on Chinese Minecraft Wiki
      I've made a corrected version of Chinese Simplified translation at MCLangCN , if you want a full list of the poor translation of Chinese, just head there and compare the current one with what I have corrected.
      There's also another project called Translations for Minecraft (Bedrock) , which is created by Russian proofreader of Minecraft Java Edition Crowdin project, and consists of more languages. It has 1.95M downloads on curseforge and 500K on Google Play, so it's self-evident that masses of players are unsatisfied with the translation of Bedrock Edition.

      And this is a widely affected problem among ALL languages provided in Bedrock. To list a few bug reports (also consider their duplicates):
      Brazilian Portuguese: MCPE-50174
      Simplified Chinese: MCPE-51997
      Dutch: MCPE-35098
      German: MCPE-12142
      Greek: MCPE-38541
      Japanese: MCPE-15805
      Korean: MCPE-30684
      Polish: MCPE-22243
      Russian: MCPE-40591
      Turkish: MCPE-21719

      Most of the translation bug reports have been unattended and were marked as resolved since they hadn't been updated for 1 year+.
      As a game played by millions of users, Mojang and Microsoft should care more about user experience of localization.
      The translation problem started from Pocket Edition 0.x version and is being continuously reported, but it's Bedrock 1.21 today and the problem is still not solved.
      It's weird that you have assigned the work to those whose translation work is even worse than an online machine translator's.
      And don't forget that Bedrock translation is used in Minecraft Education Edition and Minecraft Earth. (And their exclusive contents are exactly translated by the same group of people as Bedrock Edition, inferred from the language files.)

      Possible solutions:
      1. For a temporary solution, adopt the aforementioned translation from community-based project.
      2. Make translation of Bedrock a subproject of Minecraft Crowdin Projcet so that experienced proofreaders of Java Edition can have access to them. (Recommended)
      3. Make Translations for Minecraft (Bedrock) an official project and use translation in it (which is also contributed by the community).
      4. Assign the work of translating Bedrock Edition to another group of translators. (As far as I know, translator of other Microsoft projects are far better.)

      Translation is a big barrier for the synchronization of Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. I hope this issue can make you attach importance to this long-lasting problem.

      (P.S. I personally think this maybe the most difficult problem the solve during the contents sync between Java and Bedrock.)

      Fixed translation:

      Origin Current Simplified Chinese Suggested Simplified Chinese Reason Internal Ref. Status
      Fence in item names 围墙 栅栏 the current one means wall instead of fence
      Fence Gate in item names 围墙大门 栅栏门 ditto
      Minecart with Command Block 带有命令块的《我的世界》 命令方块矿车 Minecart was once mistranslated as Minecraft
      Big Oak Leaves 深色像树叶 深色橡树叶 typo
      Block in Dead Coral Block and Dried Kelp Block 区块 方块 the current one means chunk
      Elder Guardian 老守卫者 远古守卫者 the current one means Old Guardian, neglecting its original meaning
      Conduit 导管 潮涌核心 the current one means tube
      Quick Charge enchantment 快速冲锋 快速装填 the current one means run quickly
      Mending 正在治愈 经验修补 the current one means curing instead of mending with experience
      Command Block 命令块 命令方块 not consistent with Java transltion which has widespread use
      Chain, type of Command Block 链 连锁型 the current one means iron chain instead of series of things
      Tipped Arrow 锐箭 药箭 the current one means sharp arrow instead of potion arrow
      Weighted Pressure Plate 重力压力板 测重压力板 the current one means gravity pressure plate
      Border Block 边框 边界方块 the current one means frame
      Jigsaw Block 线锯方块 拼图方块 the current one means string and saw (tool) instead of puzzle block
      Structure Void 建筑空隙 结构空位 the current one means building gap
      Light Block 光明方块 光源方块 the current one means bright block instead of light source block
      Observer 观察者 侦测器 the current one means witness (person) instead of Dectector
      End Rod 末地棒 末地烛 the current one means end stick instead of end candle
      Record, type of item group 记录 唱片 the current one means take down (verb record) instead of disc
      Suspicious Stew 可疑的炖肉 谜之炖菜 the current one means suspecious fracissee
      Wheat 农作物 小麦 at tile.wheat.name, the current one means crop
      Dirt Path 泥土小径 土径 the current one means dirt path
      Character Creator 角色创建器/角色创造者/角色生成器 角色编辑器 the current ones are inconsistent
      Frogspawn 青蛙生成 青蛙卵 the current one means frog spawning
      Mangrove 红树林 红树木 the current one means mangrove jungle instead of mangrove plant
      Warden 循声守卫 监守者 the current one indicates that warden attacks by hearing sounds instead of feeling vibration
      Lightning Rod 雷霆之杖 避雷针 the current one means the artifact from Minecraft Dungeons called Lightning Rod instead of lightning conductor

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