Languages
The Sage always speaks Japanese; its subtitles and menus come in 14 language files, and you can talk to it in seven languages with offline voice recognition.
The Great Sage always speaks Japanese: that is its voice, whatever your language. What changes is the text — subtitles, menus, messages — which follows your game language, and the language you speak to it in when you use voice commands.
Text
Subtitles and interface follow the language chosen in Minecraft's options.
| Language | Files | Since |
|---|---|---|
| English | en_us |
0.0.1 |
| French | fr_fr, fr_ca |
0.0.2 (subtitles), fr_ca in 0.0.6 |
| Spanish | es_es, es_mx, es_ar, es_cl, es_ec, es_uy, es_ve |
0.0.6 |
| Korean | ko_kr |
0.0.7 |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt_br |
0.0.7 |
| Turkish | tr_tr |
0.0.7 |
| Vietnamese | vi_vn |
0.0.7 |
Minecraft does not fall back from one regional variant to another, only to English: that is why Canadian French and the six Spanish variants each have their own full copy.
- Kanji and Japanese lines stay Japanese in every language: they are what shows in large type during announcements.
- Skill names: translated in French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese; kept in English in Vietnamese and Turkish, where players look them up under that name.
- The Sage's replies are translated too: directions, weather, weaknesses, dimensions and biomes come back in your language.
Talking to the Sage
Voice recognition runs offline, on your machine, with a small model per language. Nothing is downloaded while voice input stays off (voiceInput = off, the default).
| Language | Code | Wake words | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | en |
great sage, wise one, sage | 41.2 MB |
| French | fr |
grand sage, sage | 42.2 MB |
| Spanish | es |
gran sabio, sabio | 39.8 MB |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt |
grande sábio, sábio | 32.5 MB |
| Turkish | tr |
büyük bilge, bilge, yüce bilge | 36.9 MB |
| Vietnamese | vi |
hiền giả vĩ đại, hiền giả, đại hiền giả | 33.7 MB |
| Korean | ko |
대현자, 현자, 위대한 현자 | 86.9 MB |
On top of that comes the recognition library, about 25 MB, once.
Choosing your language
- The first time you carry the Sage in a world, once the acquisition animation is over and things are calm, a window asks which language you will speak to it in: a dropdown (mouse, wheel, arrow keys, or digits for the first nine). "Later" or Escape puts it off until the next launch.
- The question comes back once per world, with your current language preselected.
- After that, change it on the Settings page or with the
voiceLanguageoption (see Configuration). Until a language is chosen, it listens in English.
See also
- Voice commands — talking to the Sage
- Voice command list — every request understood