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The language team · Trusted contributors

Make GAFFER speak your language.

Football has a voice in every country. Help us make the boardroom, the dressing room and deadline day sound right in yours.

  1. 01Choose a language
  2. 02Review or translate
  3. 03Download and submit
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Trusted contributors only

Enter the translation desk.

Translation changes can shape thousands of careers. Access is limited to community members approved by the GAFFER team.

No direct publishing. Every contribution still requires language-lead review and automated game checks.
Before you translate

Protect the meaning. Keep the football.

01

Keep placeholders

Tokens such as %s, %d and {club} are live game data. The desk warns you if one goes missing.

02

Translate the intent

Natural football language matters more than copying English word for word. Write how a real coach, agent or journalist would speak.

03

Review in context

Source locations are shown with each phrase. If the meaning is unclear, flag it in Discord instead of guessing.

04

Approval ships

No community file updates the game directly. Submissions remain suggestions until you approve them and every in-game check passes.

One-minute guide

Translate like a football person.

01

Read the English

Write the same meaning naturally in your language. It does not need to follow English word for word.

02

Keep the brackets

Anything like [club], [name] or [number] is filled in by the game. Leave it in your sentence.

03

Mark it reviewed

Only mark a phrase when you are confident it sounds right to a native football fan.

04

Send for approval

Download your reviewed work and share it in Discord. It cannot enter the game until a language lead and the automated checks approve it.