Hi, do you have any intention of adding language support to the API methods for people (for biography, etc.) and movie casts (for character name)? I'm coding up an application, and it would be nice to allow for this from the start if this is likely to be added in the future. And thanks for providing a great film resource - your efforts are appreciated.
Δεν μπορείτε να βρείτε κάποια ταινία ή σειρά; Συνδεθείτε για να τη δημιουργήσετε.
Θέλετε να αξιολογήσετε ή να προσθέσετε αυτό το στοιχείο σε μια λίστα;
Δεν είσαι μέλος;
Απάντηση από τον/την Travis Bell
στις 17 Ιανουάριος 2013 στις 05:36 ΜΜ
Yes, this is planned although not on my immediate list of things to do.
Haven't heard anyone request this yet. Are there really many movies that would have different character names in different languages?
Απάντηση από τον/την Sandor
στις 18 Ιανουάριος 2013 στις 01:04 ΕΊΜΑΙ
It does happen, though I'm not sure how often. I suspect it's probably more common in films based on books, where the character names were changed in the translation of the book for whatever reason, and the film translation follows the book. You also get local versions of common names (e.g. "George" to "Jorge") or titles. Unnamed characters sometimes have descriptions (e.g. "woman in elevator"). Languages that don't use Latin characters will have to use some kind of transliteration of names. There are probably other reasons.
I'm not particularly interested in having casts translations. I was just wondering if you were considering it.
Απάντηση από τον/την Simon B.
στις 27 Απρίλιος 2013 στις 05:18 ΜΜ
I'm encountering a problem with mixed up languages, when naming characters. They are sometimes in French, German or other languages. (e.g. His Wife, Seine Frau, Sa femme) - Is there a guideline, which language to choose? Should it be in english or in the native language of the movie?
Well, its not that bad, but i really don't like inconsistencies…
Απάντηση από τον/την Simon B.
στις 27 Απρίλιος 2013 στις 05:47 ΜΜ
One of the ugliest examples i found: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/29267-der-m-de-tod/edit?active_nav_item=cast
Many different characters played by each actor and some translation additionally added.
Απάντηση από τον/την kannuu
στις 22 Αύγουστος 2013 στις 11:26 ΕΊΜΑΙ
How do I at least get the existing person biography in a specific language? For instance when I query Sophia Marceau (person/1957) her biography is returned in French. Adding the "language=en" parameter doesn't help. Thanks.
Απάντηση από τον/την Travis Bell
στις 22 Αύγουστος 2013 στις 11:41 ΕΊΜΑΙ
Person biographies are not translatable at the moment. It is assumed that every biography is in english. if you find one that isn't, you should change it.
Απάντηση από τον/την Stanislav
στις 24 Μάιος 2016 στις 07:17 ΜΜ
Could you still implement language support for person names (crew members and casts) and also for 'Production Companies', please? Because I would like to see person names in my native language by my native letters. Thanks.
Απάντηση από τον/την Travis Bell
στις 25 Μάιος 2016 στις 10:16 ΕΊΜΑΙ
Translated people (names/biographies) are coming in the next few months but I haven't committed to when I'll work on translated characters. I have an open ticket for this here.
Cheers.