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TLDR

A Windows app that finds your Steam games and safely installs community made Simplified Chinese achievement translations, with backup and restore.

Mindmap

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  root((Steam Achievement Translation Installer))
    What it does
      Scans Steam games
      Installs translations
      Shows install status
    Tech stack
      C sharp
      WinUI 3
      dotNET
    Use cases
      Chinese translation install
      Backup and restore
      Schema export
    Requirements
      Windows 10 or 11
      Steam installed
      64 bit CPU

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Install Simplified Chinese translations for Steam game achievements with one click per game.

USE CASE 2

Safely back up and restore original achievement files before and after installing translations.

USE CASE 3

Export a game's raw achievement schema to submit it to the community translation project.

What is it built with?

C#WinUI 3.NETPython

How does it compare?

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Stars333334
LanguageC#C#C#
Setup difficultyhardeasy
Complexity4/51/5
Audiencegeneraldevelopergeneral

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In plain English

This is a Windows desktop program that installs Simplified Chinese translations for Steam achievement names and descriptions. It is aimed at regular Steam users on Windows 10 or 11, not developers, and it comes with a modern WinUI 3 style interface. When you open the program, it scans your computer for installed Steam games and their local achievement data. You pick which games you want translated, choose the translation version if more than one exists for that game, and the program shows you exactly what it is about to write for each game before you confirm the install. A page in the app called Managed lists every game it has touched, along with its current status, such as normal, missing, or modified by something else since install. Before changing anything, the program backs up the original files so you can restore them later. If it detects that a file was changed by another program or by Steam itself after installation, it will refuse a normal restore and only proceed if you explicitly confirm a forced restore, keeping a copy of the current file first. The program can also check GitHub for new releases, show the release notes, verify the downloaded installer against a published checksum, and then run it, but only after you click to download, never silently in the background. If a game is not yet in the translation library, the tool can export the game's raw achievement schema file into a zip so you can submit it to the community translation project, which is a separate linked repository the installer pulls its translation data from. The installer itself does not edit translation content and does not upload your Steam files anywhere. The program requires Windows 10 build 19041 or newer, ideally Windows 11, on a 64 bit processor, with Steam already installed. It is released under the MIT license, with third party components and translation data covered separately.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how this installer detects which Steam games are installed on my computer.
Prompt 2
Walk me through what happens if I try to restore an achievement file that was modified after install.
Prompt 3
Help me understand how to export a game's schema file to submit a new translation request.
Prompt 4
What Windows version and system requirements do I need to run this installer?

Frequently asked questions

What is steam-achievement-translation-installer?

A Windows app that finds your Steam games and safely installs community made Simplified Chinese achievement translations, with backup and restore.

What language is steam-achievement-translation-installer written in?

Mainly C#. The stack also includes C#, WinUI 3, .NET.

Who is steam-achievement-translation-installer for?

Mainly general.

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