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All tags (appearing in light blue) should be retained and unmodified in the translated version. The only exception to this rule is [the] commentary tags, which may be omitted.

Commentary lines should be translated as closely as possible to the original. Each line has been crafted carefully by ourselves, and our commentary writers to ensure the best possible flow.

Capitalisation should be retained in all cases, except in certain language specific circumstances. Many commentary lines start mid sentence, therefore if the line starts in lower case, you should start your translation in lower case.

If the line cannot be translated successfully to the destination language, I.E. culturally specific lines. You may modify the line and add your own culturally specific commentary, as long as all tags are retained. You can change the order in which the tags appear, and you can use tags as many times as needed.

In commentary [The] (with square brackets) is used only when we want to force "The" or the equivalent in your language to appear. Generally, in commentary you should always use your equivalent of "The" without the brackets in front of a team name, and the Match Engine will automatically remove "The" from team names such as England, e.g. "The England have the ball" doesn't work, so the Match Engine would remove the "The", leaving "England have the ball". A team name like "Chiefs" would cause the "The" to remain in the commentary, e.g. "The Chiefs have the ball".

If you need to use [the] in situations when you want to force the equivalent of "The" in your language to remain in the final commentary even with a team name like England, please use "[The]", or "[the]" with brackets, untranslated, and the Match Engine will translate the tag on the fly. Consider the line, "The England players are tired". Under normal circumstances, the Match Engine would remove the "The", leaving "England players are tired", which doesn't flow well. So to force the "The" to appear, you would use [The].

This system alone will work for some languages, but for others we need more specific rules. See below.

If you believe there are language specific rules needed for your language, and they are not mentioned here. Please let us know in the Forums.

• Le/L' - If you don't need to force "Le", then you must use "Le" or "le" without brackets before all team names. The Match Engine will replace "Le [team_name]" with L'[team_name]" whenever the team name starts with a-e-i-o-u-y-h. If you need to force "Le" or "L'" to appear, then use the "[the]" with brackets, untranslated.

• Du/De l' - When using "Du" or "De l' ", use "Du" directly in your commentary and the Match Engine will replace "Du [team_name]" with "De l'[team_name]" if the team name starts with a-e-i-o-u-y-h.

• Au/à l' - When using "au", use "au" in the commentary without brackets and the Match Engine will replace "au [team_name]" with "à l'[team_name]" if the team name starts with a-e-i-o-u-y-h.

• que/qu' - When using "que" with player names, use "que" in the commentary and the Match Engine will replace "que [player_name]" with "qu'[player_name]" if the player name starts with a-e-i-o-u-y-h.

• de/d' - When using "de" with player names, use "de" in the commentary and the Match Engine will replace "de [player_name]" with "d'[player_name]" if the player name starts with a-e-i-o-u-y-h.

• Di/De/Dei/Degli/Delle - If you don't need to force "Di" or "di", then you must use "Di/di" without brackets before all team names.
  
  The Match Engine will replace "Di [team_name]" with "De [team_name]" if the team name starts with the word "gli".
  
  The Match Engine will replace "Di [team_name]" with "Dei [team_name]" if the team name ends with an "s".
  
  The Match Engine will replace "Di [team_name]" with "Degli [team_name]" if the team name starts with a vowel (a-e-i-o-u), and ends with an "s".
  
  The Match Engine will replace "Di [team_name]" with "Delle [team_name]" if the team name ends with an "e".
  
  If you need to force "Di" or "di" to appear, then use the "[the]" with brackets, untranslated.

• Los/Las - If you don't need to force "Los" or "Las", then you must use "Los" before all team names without brackets. The Match Engine will replace "Los [team_name]" with "Las [team_name]" if the name ends with "as", and will remove "Los" altogether if the name does not end with "s". If you need to force "Los" or "Las" to appear, then use the "[the]" with brackets, untranslated.

• O/Os - You must use "O/o" before all team names. The Match Engine will replace "O [team_name]" with "Os [team_name]" whenever the team name starts with a-e-i-o-u and ends with s.

NOTE: This is a draft rule. If this is incorrect, please let us know in the Questions forum.[/li]

• De/Het - You must use "De/de" before all team names. The Match Engine will replace "De [team_name]" with "Het [team_name]" whenever the team name starts with a-e-i-o-u and ends with "s".

NOTE: This is a draft rule. If this is incorrect, please let us know in the Questions forum.

Occasionally you'll come across a dynamic commentary tag for which you won't be able to predict what will replace that tag in final commentary.

So here is the complete list so that you can see the sorts of words/phrase will be used (note that these will also be translated in final commentary):

Quality of Kick

• Perfect (High) Kick - Adjectives
  beautiful
  perfect
  superb
  impressive

• Perfect (High) Kick - Adverbs
  beautifully
  perfectly
  superbly
  impressively

• Average (Medium) Kick - Adjectives
  solid
  average
  firm
  steady

• Average (Medium) Kick - Adverbs
  solidly
  averagely
  firmly
  steadily

• Poor (Low) Kick - Adjectives
  poor
  bad
  weak
  disappointing

• Poor (Low) Kick - Adverbs
  poorly
  badly
  weakly
  disapointingly

Length of Kick

• Short Kick - Words
  short
  chip
  high, short
  shortish
  lofted
  angled

• Medium Kick - Words
  medium-length
  mid-length

• Long Kick - Words
  long
  deep

Angle of Kick

• Kick to the Left - Words
  left field
  the left

• Kick to Left-Center - Words
  left-center

• Kick to Right-Center - Words
  right-center

• Kick to Right - Words
  right field
  the right

Length of Throw

• Short Throw - Lengths
  short

• Short Throw - Placements
  front

• Medium Throw - Lengths
  medium-length

• Medium Throw - Placements
  middle

• Long Throw - Lengths
  long

• Long Throw - Placements
  back

Type of Delivery to Scrum Half

• Pass - Verbs
  passes
  sends
  delivers
  quickly passes

• Pass - Past Tense Verbs
  passed
  sent
  delivered
  quickly passed

• Tap - Verbs
  taps
  knocks
  palms
  flicks
  directs
  quickly taps
  deflects

• Tap - Past Tense Verbs
  tapped
  knocked
  palmed
  flicked
  directed
  quickly tapped
  deflected

Vertical Position of Play

• In Between Half Way and 10m - Phrases
  just out from half way
  about five metres out from half way
  close to the half way line
  a short distance beyond the 10 metre line

• On the 10m line - Phrases
  ten metres out from half way
  on the ten metre line
  right on the 10m line

• In Between 10m and 22 - Phrases
  between the 22 and the 10 metre line
  about fifteen metres from half way
  midway between the ten metre line and the twenty two
  about 30 metres out from the goal-line
  roughly thirty metres out from the try-line
  about ten metres outside the 22
  a short way beyond the 22

• On the 22 - Phrases
  on the twenty two
  at the twenty two
  on the twenty two metre line
  at the twenty two metre line
  bang on the 22

• In Between 22 and 15 Out - Phrases
  about twenty metres out from the try line
  near the twenty two
  just inside the twenty-two

• 15m Out From Try Line - Phrases
  about fifteen metres out from the try line
  fifteen metres out from the try line

• In Between 15m and 5m - Phrases
  about ten metres out from the line
  only ten metres out from the try line
  deep inside the twenty-two
  well within the twenty-two

• 5m Out From Try Line - Phrases
  only 5 metres out from the line
  five metres out from the line
  on the five metre line

Length of Kick

• Short Kick - Words
  short
  conservative
  safety-first
  short clearing
  short defensive
  poorly-struck
  unimpressive
  wobbling
  modest
  shortish
  rather disappointing
  ballooning
  ugly-looking
  somewhat unconvincing
  poorly-weighted
  awkward-looking

• Medium Kick - Words
  solid
  average-length
  decent
  handy
  medium-length
  nicely-struck
  mid-length
  useful
  respectable
  adequate
  moderate
  nice spinning
  satisfactory
  steady
  pretty good
  well-weighted

• Long Kick - Words
  long
  big
  lengthy
  steepling
  impressively long
  sweetly-struck
  booming
  long spiralling
  powerful
  prodigious
  peach of a
  hefty
  great
  towering
  long looping
  long torpedo
  long curling
  soaring
  superbly-weighted

• Amazing Kick - Words
  huge
  enormous
  massive
  superb
  beautifully-struck
  whale of a
  jumbo
  colossal
  whopper of a

Length of Push Phrases

• Poor Push - POST phrases
  are making slow progress, the ball will have to delivered to the halfback
  come away with a small improvement in field position
  struggle forward a short distance
  start crabbing sideways, the ref cries 'Use it or lose it!'
  are being gradually battled to a standstill, the ball will have to be moved out now
  are meeting stonewall resistance from the defense
  are finding it hard to generate any momentum

• Poor Push - PRE phrases
  This maul is fairly static, it's a very slow grind
  That's a marginal improvement in field position
  Only a few meters, and no momentum gained from that drive
  Much effort for no reward, that maul is crabbing sideways
  After a promising initial surge, this drive has come to a standstill
  Stonewall resistance from the defense has brought all forward progress to a halt
  It doesn't look like this drive is really going anywhere

• Good Push - POST phrases
  come away with a good improvement in field position
  force their way forward. A good gain there
  get the drive moving along nicely, a decent territory gain there
  churn forward for a good gain in territory
  drive forward at a brisk tempo
  build up a good head of steam on the drive
  are generating good momentum on this drive

• Good Push - PRE phrases
  That's a good improvement in field position
  A concerted effort gains good ground
  A good advance here
  The ball is being driven right through the middle for a good gain
  The ball is being rolled off the edges for a good gain
  A good head of steam built up on that drive
  A lot of momentum generated by that drive

• Excellent Push - POST phrases
  come away with an excellent improvement in field position
  gain great ground, rolling first one way and then the other, splintering the defenders
  march upfield like a Roman Legion, they have made terrific progress on that drive
  launch an unstoppable drive, an excellent advance made there
  build up a terrific head of steam on the drive
  are generating tremendous momentum on the drive

• Excellent Push - PRE phrases
  That's an excellent improvement in field position
  Great ground made there as the maul is spun first one way the then the other, splintering the defenders
  A terrific advance there, as the maul marches upfield like a Roman Legion
  The opposition are trying everything they know, but this drive just won't be stopped. An excellent gain
  A terrific head of steam built up on the drive
  Tremendous momentum generated on this drive

• No Ground Gained - POST phrases
  haven't made any significant ground
  aren't making much headway
  fail to get any forward movement and prepare to deliver the ball to the scrum-half
  fail to budge the defending forwards, that's a stalemate
  are having to settle for parity at this maul

• No Ground Gained - PRE phrases
  There's no ground being made here
  No headway here for either side
  No forward movement whatsoever, and the ball is delivered to the scrum-half
  Deadlock now as they fail to budge the stubborn defending forwards
  Parity is the order of the day at this maul

Horizontal Location (Line-breaks/Tries)

• Left Center - Phrases
  to the left of the posts
  on the left side of the posts
  on the left side of the field

• Left Corner - Phrases
  in the left corner
  in the left corner of the field
  on the left side of the field by the corner
  at the far left side of the field

• Right Center - Phrases
  to the right of the posts
  on the right side of the posts
  on the right side of the field

• Right Corner - Phrases
  on the right side of the field by the corner
  in the right corner
  in the right corner of the field
  at the far right side of the field

• Under the Posts - Phrases
  under the posts
  straight under the posts
  in between the uprights
  straight in between the uprights
  straight in between the uprights
  straight in between the goal posts

Horizontal Location (Kicks/Drop-outs)

• Left - Phrases
  to the left side of the field
  to the left edge of the field

• Left Center - Phrases
  to the left center of the field
  to the left of center field
  to mid left field
  to mid left
  to left center

• Center - Phrases
  to the middle of the field
  to mid field
  to the center of the field
  to center field
  down the middle
  straight up the middle
  straight down the center

• Right Center - Phrases
  to the right center of the field
  to the right of center field
  to mid right field
  to mid right
  to right center

• Right - Phrases
  to the right side of the field
  to the right edge of the field

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The publisher runs periodically (Every 5 minutes by default) and checks for any translated content which is ready for publishing. If any content is found, it is published to the appropriate translated website. When any content is published, a history entry is created on the applicable editor page.

Translation is an ongoing process. As content is added or updated on the original website, it will be presented on the Translator website as either "New" or "Updated".

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