How to do localization in Godot 4

PotatoArmor

Hi everyone

Im new to Godot and game development and have never done localization before. I did some research and found that I can use csv or gettext for localization in Godot. The majority of tutorials I found was about using csv and very little info about using gettext.
Which method would be best for a small project and for someone new to localization?

award

Start with CSV. Gettext is more complicated and requires more setup, but has more advanced features.

PotatoArmor

Is it difficult to maintain csv as the project grows?

award

PotatoArmor No, you should maintain the CSV as a spreadsheet in Excel, GoogleSheets, or something like that. Then export as CSV when you want to update it. It's actually easier to maintain, but it doesn't allow the same level of specificity and nuance.

PotatoArmor

I'll go with csv then since my project wont have complex text. Thank you for your help.

PotatoArmor

For anyone reading this in the future. If you get the following error and the .csv file has a red X as its icon in Godot then your csv file uses a delimiter other than a comma. Your delimiter must be a comma

editor/import/resource_importer_csv_translation.cpp:95 - Condition "line.size() <= 1" is true. Returning: ERR_PARSE_ERROR
Error importing 'res://Locale/Localization.csv'.