RegEx to translate RenPy files

Question

Hello, 
 I'm trying to translate files from a video game created with the Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine (a software game engine with a programming language similar to Python). These files end with a .rpy extension and can be opened in any text editor. I have tried creating a new file type and defining a document structure. It works fine for the RPY files with a simpler structure, but I also have some more complex files and I haven't been able to find RegEx that seem to work. Here is an example: 
 # game/script/ch1.rpy:34 translate french ch1_308a744b: 
 
 # "This is example sentence 1." " This is example sentence 1 . " 
 
 # game/script/ch1.rpy:38 translate french ch1_baea3297: 
 
 # " This is example sentence 2 . " " This is example sentence 2 . " 
 # game/script/ch1.rpy:160 translate french ch1_7835ba72: 
 # sato vill cldo opes norm "Some sentences do \"this\" when the author wants to use quotation marks displayed in game." sato vill cldo opes norm " Some sentences do \"this\" when the author wants to use quotation marks displayed in game. " 
 # game/script/ch1.rpy:161 translate french ch1_fcb8c042: 
 # taku clot surp weeh "And a last example." with vpunch taku clot surp weeh " And a last example. " with vpunch 
 Sentences that need to be translated are always between quotation marks. Each sentence is repeated two times, first as a comment (lines starting with #), which must stay in the source language, then as an actual string I need to translate. Sometimes the strings are preceded or followed by a little bit of code (the way the code looks is a bit random). 
 If I say I only want to translate what's between quotation marks it doesn't work because the sentences in the comments also appears (which means each string appears two times while only one of the two must be translated). It also doesn't work with the \" that are sometimes found within the quotation marks. I am using Trados Studio 2022 SR1 with the latest update.

Paul · Answer

Apolline Descy 
 I spent some time on this and I think the filetype may have a bug. At least only I think this... I need to validate it through support as it won't be the first time they explain to me how to make it work. 
 But in the meantime, if it helps, I found a workaround via Excel. 
 First of all I convert the RenPy file to Excel with a powershell script like this (or copy paste into Excel... script may be useful if you have multiple files): 
 # Import the required module
# Install it first if not already installed: Install-Module -Name ImportExcel
Import-Module ImportExcel

# Initialize an empty array to store the lines
$lines = @()

# Read the content of the text file line by line
Get-Content -Path 'c:\Users\pfilkin\Documents\SDL\TESTING\Apolline Descy\RenPy.rpy' | ForEach-Object {
 # Add each line to the array
 $lines += $_
}

# Create an Excel worksheet with the lines
$lines | Export-Excel -Path 'c:\Users\pfilkin\Documents\SDL\TESTING\Apolline Descy\RenPy.rpy.xlsx' -WorksheetName 'Sheet1' -AutoSize

Write-Host "Excel file has been created." 
 Then I can easily do this: 
 
 Placeholder Rules are: 
 ^#.+?$ 
 ^([^"]*)" 
 "[^"]*$ 
 ^[^"]*$ 
 Tag Pair is: 
 \" and \" 
 So I can translate the file: 
 
 Save the target: 
 
 Then either copy this into a text file and rename as an *.rpy file.. or use an Excel macro to do this for me: 
 Sub ExportToRenPy()
 Dim ws As Worksheet
 Dim LastRow As Long
 Dim i As Long
 Dim RenPyContent As String
 Dim FilePath As String
 
 ' Set the worksheet and find the last row with content in column A
 Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
 LastRow = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
 
 ' Loop through each cell in column A to concatenate into a single string
 For i = 1 To LastRow
 RenPyContent = RenPyContent & ws.Cells(i, 1).Value & vbCrLf
 Next i
 
 ' Set the file path for saving
 FilePath = "c:\Users\pfilkin\Documents\SDL\TESTING\Apolline Descy	_RenPy.rpy"
 
 ' Create a text file and write the content
 Open FilePath For Output As #1
 Print #1, RenPyContent
 Close #1
 
 MsgBox "RenPy file has been created."
End Sub 
 Final file looking like this: 
 # game/script/ch1.rpy:34
translate french ch1_308a744b:

# "This is example sentence 1."
"Questa &#232; la frase di esempio 1."

# game/script/ch1.rpy:38
translate french ch1_baea3297:

# "This is example sentence 2."
"Questa &#232; la frase di esempio 2."

# game/script/ch1.rpy:160
translate french ch1_7835ba72:

# sato vill cldo opes norm "Alcune frasi \"lo\" fanno quando l'autore vuole usare le virgolette visualizzate in gioco."
sato vill cldo opes norm "Alcune frasi \"lo\" fanno quando l'autore vuole usare le virgolette visualizzate in gioco."

# game/script/ch1.rpy:161
translate french ch1_fcb8c042:

# taku clot surp weeh "And a last example." with vpunch
taku clot surp weeh "E un ultimo esempio." with vpunch 
 Seems like a long workaround, but it's actually pretty quick and I put the code here so you could adapt if you have multiple files to deal with. 
 In the meantime I will log the problem with the regex delimited filetype so the support team can take a look and let you now if it was a bug, or if I also need a lesson in how to make it work properly!

Youngrok Kim · Answer

Hello, I recently became interested in Ren'Py, so I created a file format that imports *.rpy into Trados Studio. 
 I am using Trados Studio 2022 and the API language is Korean, so the terminology may be different from the English API. 
 Here is an explanation of the file format I have created: 
 1) Select Project Settings > File Formats > New (N). 2) Select Regular Expression Delimited Text as the type. 3) Enter Ren'Py as the File Format Identifier (F) and *.rpy as the File Dialog Wildcard Expression (W). Feel free to enter the rest of the input as you wish. 4) Ren'Py will then be created as a sub-item of the File Format. 5) Select File Format Ren'Py > Document Structure in order, then enter the opening and closing patterns and save. 
 The Regex's and condition of the pattern I'm currently using are as follows Opening pattern: ^(\s*|\s*\b(?!old\b)\w+\s+)" Closing pattern: "($|\s+with\s+[a-z]+$) Multiple lines: True 
 
 I made it on the assumption that the abbreviations of the speakers are not separated by spaces. I think you can use it with a little modification.

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RegEx to translate RenPy files