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datapacktranslate

Translates datapack text on screen from a simple config file, without touching the datapack or any saved world.

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Quick answer

Which datapacktranslate release should I use?

Updated 9 days ago

Latest stable file datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar

Game version 1.21.1

Loader NeoForge

datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

Where it goes

Is datapacktranslate required on the client, server, or both?

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Loader for this release NeoForge

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What else does datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar need?

datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No extra mods listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

This file does not list any required or optional mods.

Before you install it

Add datapacktranslate without breaking your instance.

Built for datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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Stick to this file

Use datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar. It targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side

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Use the “Get this file” button beside datapacktranslate-1.0.1.jar. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does datapacktranslate add?

Datapack Translate

Many datapacks write their dialogue, item names and lore as plain text inside commands rather than as translation keys. That leaves the usual routes closed: a resource pack has no keys to override, and forking the datapack copies its code, freezes it at one version, and can break the pack's own selectors that compare item names.

This mod takes a third route: it intercepts text as it is drawn on screen and swaps in your translations. The datapack's files, NBT and commands are never modified.

What that means

Nothing in the world is changed — selectors and quest logic that compare item names keep working.
Saved worlds stay untouched; an item you already own reads as translated because only its tooltip is swapped, not its data.
Removing the mod puts everything back exactly as it was.
It follows the game language: pick a language with a matching folder and it loads; pick another and nothing is swapped.
How to use it

The mod reads a plain dictionary from config/datapacktranslate/<language>/, one JSON file per language folder (e.g. es/). Each file maps the original on-screen text to your translation. The mod ships with no translations — you supply the language folder for whatever datapack you want to translate.

/datapacktranslate reload re-reads the files without restarting. /datapacktranslate status shows how many are active.

Project description from CurseForge.

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