POKEMON EMERALD LATIN TRANSLATION

This project aims to translate Pokémon Emerald into Latin. Currently, only the translation text files are hosted here. These files are intended to be integrated with the Emerald Decompilation Project for compilation. The base English text used for translation is also extracted from the Decompilation Project.

WIKI: https://github.com/krkpdf/pokeemerald-latin/wiki

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/ShA8rfBDwM

INSTALLATION

1. Download the latest Release
2. Use Rom Patching Software, such as RomPatcher.js, to create a working ROM file
3. Flash the ROM to a cartridge or use an emulator to play the game

COMPILATION WORKFLOW

Prerequisites

• Download the Decompilation Project and follow the installation instructions

Steps

1. Download this project using git clone https://github.com/krkpdf/pokeemerald-latin
2. Translate the text and submit a pull request with your changes
3. Extract, translate and manually replace game graphics as needed
4. In include/constants/global.h, set ABILITY_NAME_LENGTH to 13 and ITEM_NAME_LENGTH to 15
5. Run ./make.sh to automatically replace text in the Decompilation Project folder and compile

Macronizer (Optional)

Generates a build with automatically added vowel-length accents. Values can be manually edited after the first run-through.

Prerequisites:

• Complete the main workflow above first.
• Download the Latin Macronizer and follow the installation instructions (see also Macronizer Installation)
• Install the latin-macronizer package with pip install -e . from the latin-macronizer-master/ folder.

1. Copy the pokeemerald-master-translated/ folder and rename the copy to pokeemerald-master-translated-marked/

2. Add the following entries to charmap.txt:

   Ý = 0A
   ý = 1F
   

3. Edit all Latin font sprites under graphics/fonts/, adding Ý and ý to the right of Ì and ì glyphs respectively

4. Update glyph widths in src/font.c for all Latin font tables:

   • Find the top row and replace the 6th number from the right with the first width value (the default should be 3)
   • Find the second row and replace the 1st number from the right with the second width value (the default should be 3)
   • Use these widths depending on your font type:

   Font type	Top row (6th from right)	Second row (1st from right)
   Narrow / Small	4	5
   Normal / Short	6	6

Steps:

1. Run python3 macronize.py to macronize the text (this may take several hours)
2. Run ./make.sh to compile

DISCLAIMER

This project is an unofficial, fan-made translation of Pokémon Emerald into Latin and is intended for educational and linguistic purposes only. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by Nintendo, Game Freak, The Pokémon Company, or any other official entity associated with the Pokémon franchise.

Pokémon and all related trademarks, logos, and intellectual property are the property of their respective owners. This project is a non-commercial effort, and no financial gain is derived from its distribution. If you represent Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company and have concerns regarding this project, please contact me, and I will promptly address the issue.