Can we get a /translate command please?

It sucks having to shut the game down completely to get an item you want into auto-translate. Can we get a /translate command please?

It was used in FFXI, can't have it, sorry!


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Yes it would be a very nice feature to add in, especially since unlike XI, XIV has decidedly a lot more room for terms and the like, though the old "see it then tab it" trick seems to work sometimes but yeah a direct /translate command would be a great addition.

Wait... with /translate you put a string and the system translates it in your language?
That's awesome!

Nope that was invented during the dreamcast era. Now we can't just use nice things from the past when it's totally valid to re-invent the wheel with less features! When auto translate os not useful it makes up for it by being hilarious at all times. The question is: "Do you need it?"

Wait... isn't it simply this? (finally found it after hours of search!)

Source: ZAM FFXI

Alias__________ None
Usage_________ /translate "Item" (subcommand)
Description_____Translates item names into the specified language.
______________Specify two languages to translate from one to another.
Subcommands:

• j - Japanese
• e - English
• g - German
• f - French

Translates the resulting language equivalent of the item specified and adds the term to your tab dictionary. (Results may not immediately appear due to server communication issues.)
Example_______ /translate "Melon Pie" ef
______________Translates the item "Melon Pie" from English to French.


If that's so, the Auto-translation we actually have now automatically translates what we want to say in the other languages, so to make the question "Do you need it?" you simply write Do and press TAB, then select "Do you need it?".

To be honest it's kinda tedious, having to write Do and then searching for it manually. I wonder if there will be a system in order to filter the Space in the Auto-translation dictionary too...
By that I mean, writing "Do you" to filter all the results with TAB.

I usually just go to the item in my inventory or in the wards and it pops up in translate.

The tab translate is good, it just needs some tweaking to be more precise.

Rather than asking for a feature poorly made and old, why not go straight for something efficient?

If we are talking about items : either shift+click or drag & drop into the chatlog
If we are talking about a quest : shift+click from the quest journal

Well basically like in any modern MMORPG where linking items, quests, achievements, NPC names, location+name of an area, can be simply done without the need of typing a command.

Save /translate only for things you do not own.

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Originally Posted by Antipika

Rather than asking for a feature poorly made and old, why not go straight for something efficient?

If we are talking about items : either shift+click or drag & drop into the chatlog
If we are talking about a quest : shift+click from the quest journal

Well basically like in any modern MMORPG where linking items, quests, achievements, NPC names, location+name of an area, can be simply done without the need of typing a command.

Save /translate only for things you do not own.

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NIce idea. Also how would you suggest we get this implemented for controller/future console users?

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Originally Posted by Zarvlad

NIce idea. Also how would you suggest we get this implemented for controller/future console users?

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Shift+click can be replaced any controller button combination you want. Make it L2+R2 or whatever you want.

It's not like typing /translate x x + name of item is any easier with a controller you know :p

/translate, in FFXI, was usually just used to add items into your auto-translate list. Since the game only stores 200 items max (I think FFXIV stores even less), once that list is full you can't simply just view an item and have it added to it.

Currently, if your list is full, you have to shut the game down completely, re-log, then view the item to have it added to the list. The problem is, even after doing this they don't stay in the list for the remainder of your play session. Rewards from leves, quests and possibly synthesized items and repairs overwrite items already in your list.

So if you're trying to sell or buy something through shout but are constantly doing stuff in game between shouts, whatever it is will eventually be removed from the list, forcing you to re-log to add it again.