Non-english cards
Posted: 03 Oct 2009, 11:59
Good news, guys. Now I have tool to grab info from gatherer. As a demonstration, Magic Album A15 includes ARB cards in all 9 languages. Check it out (especially Japan and Chinese cards).
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Actually there are 2 name columns in the database (or inventory) view. One of them is called "Name" and stores the localized name of the card as it is printed on a real card, and second column is called "Name (Oracle)" and stores the original name of the card in English.hunter60 wrote:great work but I have a suggestion : it will be
more simple store the cards ( in my case in Italian )if the name on the first column was the non-english name of the card.
I know that was a very hard work for you , one alternative will be the possibility to change the name
in the database or another way is that everyone who store the cards in another language have the possibility
to help you .
Thanks to all
You can change columns size and order any way you like. If you right click on any column there'll be context menu with additional features.Jonix wrote:By drag-n-dropping the columns, you may change the order of the columns.
Sure. But do not expect it in near time.SoldT wrote:In futures versions of the database, Will the non-english cards (the not-t2 cards) add to the database?
I have some tools to grab info from gatherer.wizards.com Eventually I'll grab everything gatherer can provide. But some old sets are not on gatherer (4th edition for example). So I'm gladly accept any help with the info not on gatherer.Edmondo wrote:I'd like to see non-english cards rather sooner than later. Is there a way I can help with that?
I need 5 columns: English name, localized name, localized type, localized text, localized flavor.Edmondo wrote:I think I could get german names and rules text from magiccards.info! I suppose the rest would be the same as in english, right? Would that be okay?
The best possible variant is an MS access file. Example here:Edmondo wrote:How do you need the data? As some kind of text file?
All old sets. You can check it yourself.Edmondo wrote:And, finally, what editions are missing except 4th?
this site is great for most of the cards info, except old sets. For english language there is no problem to type it in manually, but non-eng versions have some specific symbols and this is a kind of problemEdmondo wrote:I think I could get german names and rules text from magiccards.info!