Dyslexic Character Sheets

You will need

The pages were created using Adobe Illustrator, and for best results you'll need either a copy of Illustrator or another program that can read Illustrator files directly. If you don't have one of those you can use a program that will open the PDF files, such as Inkscape, but the results won't be as good.

Before you start

Grab and install the fonts from the Fonts folder in the repository. They're all legal.

Get a copy of at least the few files you want to edit, if not the entire project.

How it works

If you'd like to help translate, first check the thread on Paizo's forum to see if somebody has already started. If they have, I recommend you work with them.

You don't need to do the whole thing yourself, lots of people can cooperate. For each language, I'll appoint one person to be in charge. They'll make sure that the translations other people send in make sense.

You get a spreadsheet containing all the fragments of text used across all the character sheets. Some fragments get used in many different places, but you only need to translate them once.

When you've done some translating, send the file back to me. I'll use my magic to apply those translations to the PDFs, and send them back to you to look at. Once the translation is nearing completness, I'll include it on the website.

How to translate

Original     Translation
Swim Speed   Velocità di Nuoto

In each line, look at the Original and put the translated text in the Translation column. Don't change any columns except Translation.

Original         Translation
Dodge|Modifier   Modificatore|di Schivare

The vertical bar character | is used to represent a line break. If the original has a line break, then the translation should as well.

File count   Files
10           Animal Companion, Combat, Wild Shape...

File count says how many different files the text is used in, and Files lists them. You can sort the rows by their File count to translate the most important lines first.

Split text

Sometimes a single text box uses more than one style. In this case the text will be split into several lines.

Frame number   Original           Part of
16             COMBAT MANOEUVRE   COMBAT MANOEUVRE|DEFENCE
16             DEFENCE            COMBAT MANOEUVRE|DEFENCE

The lines are grouped together using the Frame number column, and the whole text appears in the Part of column. When translating one of these, remember to translate them as a single sentence.

Frame number   Original     Translation   Part of
63             INITIATIVE   BONUS DI      INITIATIVE BONUS
63             BONUS        INIZIATIVA    INITIATIVE BONUS

Each language uses words in a different order. When translating split text, you may need to change the order in which pieces of text appear.

You will need

First install a Java JRE, making sure it's a recent version. Then install the Play! Framework, which you'll need to run the website itself. Make sure you've added the Play! Framework's folder (such as c:\play-2.0.4) to your path variable.

Download at least the entire Composer directory from the open source repository.

Running the site

Bring up a command line. You can do this on Windows by hitting the Start button and typing cmd. Use cd and dir to make your way to the Composer directory. When you're there, type:

play run

It will then proceed to download all the different components needed to run the website (this bit can take a long time, and does require an internet connection) and eventually tell you that it's listening on port 9000. When it does, open up a web browser and navigate to localhost:9000.

Troubleshooting

The mostly likely problem you'll have is that the Play! Framework isn't correctly installed.