Translating Palworld

Palworld stores its text in DataTables (TextData), not the .locres files other Unreal games use. A translation mod edits those text rows and ships them as a localization (L10n) pak. Norsky wrote the workflow, shared in the guides channel (linked in Credits).

The workflow

You need the Palworld Modding Kit for this approach.

1. Launch your Palworld Modding Kit .uproject.
2. Drop the language files folder (from the language pack) into the modding kit’s Content folder.
3. Translate the TextData rows in Unreal.
4. Cook content.
5. In the cooked output, rename your language folder to L10n.
6. Create the mod .pak - see Packaging & Pak Pipeline.
7. Install it into PalworldGameDirectory\Pal\Content\Paks.

DataTables, not locres

Because the text lives in DataTables, translation overlaps with data modding. If you’d rather patch strings from JSON than cook a DataTable, look at whether PalSchema fits your case.

Credits

• Translation workflow shared by Norsky, explaining that Palworld uses TextData DataTables for language files and walking through translating, cooking and packaging an L10n mod.

  Source: Norsky - original message