I've been working with zulmetefza to get a Turkish language translation of Mysterious Space, and we're just about done! I've been working to get the extra characters needed in the font, and am adding some other little features, like having the game detect the language used in Steam, and automatically using that in Mysterious Space (when available).
I've also been contacted about a Spanish translation! :)
if you're interested in translating, here is the XML file for English:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0r1pgea1xchxh0/English.xml?dl=0
if, even after seeing the amount of text involved, you are interested in translating, here are a few things to note:
1. if you're not familiar with HTML or XML, you might look at that file and not be quite sure what to translate, and what not to. here's the current Turkish XML file, for comparison: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcuvka1n471wa7k/Turkish.xml?dl=0
2. use a plain-text editor (not WordPad or Word!) Notepad++ is a good, free one.
3. %damage%, %knockback%, %ship part%, and other text between two % signs should not be translated; these will be replaced with values by the game.
4. ((A)), ((B)), ((X)), ((Y)), ((START)) are used to represent the Xbox controller buttons.
5. the hardest part to translate is probably the MADLIB_ stuff, which is used to generate a random backstory for your ship during character creation. if it proves too much trouble, consider it entirely optional :P
6. FINALLY: if you want to test your translation, place it in the following location, and Mysterious Space will load it up when you start the game:
\Documents\Mysterious Space\Languages\.xml
ex, if your Windows user name is "Ben", and you're making a "Klingon" language option:
C:\Users\Ben\Documents\Mysterious Space\Languages\Klingon.xml
(if it doesn't load, there may be an error in your XML file; you can copy/paste your XML file here: http://www.xmlvalidation.com/ to check for common errors.)
if you have any other questions, feel free to get in contact with me here on Steam, and thanks in advance! :)