Beyond the features covered in the articles/Introduction to Localization on Roblox|intro tutorial, the localization portal lets you set translated game titles/descriptions, assign other translators to assist you, and more. If you haven’t used the portal or you’re new to localization, please read articles/Introduction to Localization on Roblox|Introduction to Localization first.

Localizing Game Info

In addition to in-game text localization, Roblox lets you specify a localized game title and description, as well as upload unique articles/Game Icons Tips|game icons and articles/Thumbnail|game thumbnails for any supported language. All of this can be done by navigating to Languages → Manage Translations and selecting Game Information.

Name and Description

To set a localized name and description for your game:

1. In the left column, click Name or Description and enter a suitable translation for the language selected in the upper-right pull-down menu.
2. When finished, click Save.
3. To see how the changes will appear, scroll to the bottom of the game’s main page, locate the language selection box, and select the language for which you provided a localized name and description.

Game Icon

To upload a unique game icon for any language:

1. In the left column, click Icon.
2. Confirm the selected language in the upper-right pull-down menu.
3. Click inside the icon image box and choose an image file from your computer.
4. Once uploaded, click Save.

Game Thumbnails

To upload localized game thumbnails:

1. In the left column, click Thumbnails.
2. Confirm the selected language in the upper-right pull-down menu.
3. Click inside the empty thumbnail image box and choose an image file from your computer.
4. Continue choosing thumbnails if desired, up to the limit of 10.
5. Once finished, click Save.

Localizing Game Products

To localize game products like /articles/Badges Special Game Awards|badges, navigate to Languages → Manage Translations and select Game Products.

On the target page, your game products should be listed in the left column. To localize a product:

1. Expand the product by clicking on its name.

2. Enter a localized product name in the input box on the right side of the panel.
3. When ready, click Save.
4. Click on the Description button and follow the same process.

Clearing Untranslated Strings

In some cases, Automatic Text Capture (ATC) will capture source text strings from objects that should ideally be translated in game by disabling their GuiBase2d/AutoLocalize|AutoLocalize property and managing them via articles/utilizing localization apis|localization APIs.

To clear source text strings that don’t have any valid translations, click the Clear button in the portal’s Settings section:

Adding Other Translators

When translating into unfamiliar languages, you may want to specify other Roblox users who are allowed to add translations to the game.

1. In the portal’s Translators section, select whether you’d like to add translators by Username, User ID, or Group ID.

2. Enter the username or ID and click the “add” icon.

3. When ready, direct your translator(s) to the Translator Portal. On this page, they can see all of the games they’re allowed to help translate, along with the current progress (percentage) for the language selected in the portal’s upper-right selection menu.

Translation Analytics

For tracking overall game localization, you can download bi-monthly reports which include data like:

• Total number of source strings and the number/percentage translated for each language.
• Information on each translator and their contributions.
• Year-to-date analytics for translator contributions.

To download reports, access the portal’s Reports section, select a date range, and click the Download button. This will download a .csv spreadsheet which you can inspect in your preferred application.

Localizing With CSV Files

If translators don’t have access to the localization portal or prefer not to use it, a .csv file can be downloaded for editing and then uploaded later with the desired changes.

To download a .csv spreadsheet:

1. In Roblox Studio, click the Tools button in the Localization section of the Plugins tab.

2. In the localization tools window, under Cloud Localization Table, click the download button next to Download table as CSV.

Editing the Spreadsheet

In the spreadsheet, the first four columns are as follows:

To specify translations for your game, translators should add a language code column for the language they’re translating, for example es or pt (please refer to the language code reference table below). Within the column, source text strings from the Source column should be cross-referenced for supplying the correct translations.

Uploading the Spreadsheet

Once you have a complete .csv with all of your game’s translations, you can upload it within Roblox Studio.

1. In the localization tools window, under Cloud Localization Table, click the update button next to Update with new content from CSV.

2. Select the .csv file and review the details in the confirmation window. If everything looks correct, click the Confirm button to upload the updated spreadsheet.

Testing

To test game localization directly within Studio:

1. Back in the localization tools window, under Test Language → Locale, select a language to test in.

2. Start playtesting and confirm that translations from the localization portal are being used on the configured in-game instances.