NetHack in Other Languages

From Wikihack

NetHack's verbal output is in English. Although the program's structure does not easily lend itself to localization (since morphological features of English are hard-wired into the source code on all levels), several localization projects currently exist.

[edit] Japanese

The Japanese version JNetHack by Issei Numata has been in existence for several years. For those who don't read Japanese, there's some outdated information in English at jnethack.org.

Sourceforge.jp also carries a JSlash'em as well as a Japanese NetHack Resources Project.

[edit] Spanish

Ray Chason has published Spanish NetHack as a work in progress.

[edit] German

Tony Crawford and Karl Breuer have a German localized version called NetzHack in development, available here.

A different German translation attempt by Patric Mueller called NetHack-De has been released as a playable, although incomplete, alpha release on 11 October 2007. The release includes source code and TTY binaries for Linux and Win32.