dsh-plugin-tav2

Game localization is rarely just about translating sentences. Scouting file structures, pinning down terminology, translating line by line, validating formatting, and packaging a deliverable—each step forces you to switch tools and keep context in your head. For solo developers or small teams, this pipeline is long, fragmented, and easy to lose alignment on.

dsh-plugin-tav2 turns the entire pipeline into a conversation. Say "initialize game translation" and the assistant probes the engine, generates a config, and lays out a step-by-step plan. After your confirmation, it drives term scanning and locking, world-book entity nomination, batch background translation, completeness checks, patch packaging, and three-layer runtime verification—all through a standard workflow. The deliverable is patch-based: it never touches original game files, ships with a manifest and version fingerprint, and is fully reversible by deleting the listed files. When a game update lands, a single migration pass preserves unchanged translations and only fills in the diff.

It fits workflows around Ren'Py games—solo developers adding Chinese to their own game, translators learning the craft, or small authorized localization teams. Translation runs through an LLM channel (DeepSeek API or any local OpenAI-compatible endpoint), with full Ren'Py support today and other engines landing incrementally under the adapter architecture.