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• ChrisIceBox

  December 8

  1) Text from a Canvas will only be picked up automatically if it's linked to an AC Menu.

  To pull non-AC text into the Speech Manager, you'll need a custom script that implements ITranslatable. The Manual's "Custom translatables" chapter covers this in more detail, but a sample script that works with TextMeshPro is below.

  2) If the Hotspot text was gathered up before you opted to exclude it, you'll need to re-run the "Gather text" process to remove it.

  3) What's your AC version? An Item's Label (if not name) field ought to override its Display field - it shouldn't be gathering both. Can you share images of how they each appear in the Speech and Inventory Managers?

  When merging, it's important to note that the text's type (i.e. Hotspot, Menu Element) etc is not factored in - outside the case of Speech.

  using UnityEngine;
  using TMPro;
  using AC;
  
  public class CustomTMProText : MonoBehaviour, ITranslatable
  {
  
      public TextMeshProUGUI textBox;
      public int myCustomLineID = -1;
  
  
      public string GetTranslatableString (int index) => textBox.text;
      public int GetTranslationID (int index) => myCustomLineID;
  
  
      #if UNITY_EDITOR
  
      public int GetNumTranslatables () => 1;
      public bool CanTranslate (int index) => textBox && !string.IsNullOrEmpty (textBox.text);
      public bool HasExistingTranslation (int index) => myCustomLineID >= 0;
      public string GetOwner (int index) => string.Empty;
      public bool OwnerIsPlayer (int index) => false;
  
  
      public void UpdateTranslatableString (int index, string updatedText)
      {
          textBox.text = updatedText;
      }
  
  
      public void SetTranslationID (int index, int lineID)
      {
          myCustomLineID = lineID;
      }
  
  
      public AC_TextType GetTranslationType (int index)
      {
          // Return the type of translation, for sorting within the Speech Manager
          return AC_TextType.Custom;
      }
  
      #endif
  }
  
• Maroon

  December 8

  Thank you for sharing the script, Chris. Everything is working well now. The other double-inventory name issue hasn’t appeared again after gathering the text, so all good for now. Thanks again for your support!
• Maroon

  December 10

  Hi Chris, I have a question. When I translate the game to RTL languages like Arabic, will these custom Canvas scenes use RTL, or will they remain LTR?
• ChrisIceBox

  December 11

  The properties of the Canvas / Text box will remain unchanged - only the text will be replaced by the translation.
• Maroon

  December 11

  Thank you, Chris!
• Maroon

  December 11

  I have another question. If I translate my game into languages such as Chinese, German and Arabic, will the fonts work out of the box, or will I need to import them?