Mosch0512 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026
diff --git a/docs/options-window.md b/docs/options-window.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The window has five tabs:
 | Graphics | Quality: Enhanced graphics, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, render level. Effects: the effect toggles. Shadows: the shadow toggles |
 | Audio | Sound and music volume, whisper sound |
 | Gameplay | Auto attack, slide help |
-| Interface | Language, font, UI theme, FPS counter, debug info |
+| Interface | Language, translate item names, font, UI theme, FPS counter, debug info |
 
 Each setting is a row with its name on the left and its control on the
 right, aligned in two columns. A tab's settings scroll when they don't fit,
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ window writes to these sections:
   own, through a temporary file, when a slider is let go; see "Tuning it
   yourself" in [`enhanced-look.md`](enhanced-look.md).
 - `[UI]` - `Locale`, `Font`, `RmlTheme` and `UIScalePercent` from the Display and
-  Interface tabs. `EnableAnimationTaskPool` (`0`/`1`, set by hand only, like the
+  Interface tabs. `TranslateItemNames` (default `1`): the "Translate item names"
+  checkbox under the language, applied at once; unticked, item names stay
+  English while the rest of the UI is in the chosen language.
+  `EnableAnimationTaskPool` (`0`/`1`, set by hand only, like the
   `--enable-taskpool` command-line flag) animates characters on worker
   threads.
 - `[Audio]` - volumes.

diff --git a/docs/translation-system.md b/docs/translation-system.md
@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ Item names are not in the `.resx` files. They are part of the item data
 `src/bin/Data/Items/*.json` holds the names by language code, using the same
 codes as the UI texts. The game shows the name for the active locale and
 falls back to English, like the UI texts; switching the locale at runtime
-updates item names too.
+updates item names too. Players who know the items by their English names can
+untick **Translate item names** under the language in the options window
+(Interface tab): item names then stay English, also in the item editor, while
+every other text follows the language.
 
 ### In the JSON files
 

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.de.resx b/src/Localization/Game.de.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Sprache</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Gegenstandsnamen übersetzen</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Fenstermodus</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.en.resx b/src/Localization/Game.en.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Language</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Translate item names</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Windowed mode</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.es.resx b/src/Localization/Game.es.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Idioma</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Traducir nombres de objetos</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Modo ventana</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.id.resx b/src/Localization/Game.id.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Bahasa</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Terjemahkan nama barang</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Mode jendela</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.ja.resx b/src/Localization/Game.ja.resx
@@ -11112,4 +11112,7 @@
   <data name="QuestRequirementBuff" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Bonus: %ls</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>アイテム名を翻訳する</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.pl.resx b/src/Localization/Game.pl.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Język</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Tłumacz nazwy przedmiotów</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Tryb okienkowy</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.pt.resx b/src/Localization/Game.pt.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Idioma</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Traduzir nomes dos itens</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Modo janela</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.ru.resx b/src/Localization/Game.ru.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Язык</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Переводить названия предметов</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Оконный режим</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.tl.resx b/src/Localization/Game.tl.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Wika</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Isalin ang mga pangalan ng item</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Windowed mode</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.uk.resx b/src/Localization/Game.uk.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Мова</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Перекладати назви предметів</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Віконний режим</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/Localization/Game.zh-TW.resx b/src/Localization/Game.zh-TW.resx
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@
   <data name="Language" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>語言</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Translate Item Names" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>翻譯物品名稱</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Windowed mode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>視窗模式</value>
   </data>

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/EffectBrowser/EffectPreviewView.cpp b/src/MuEditor/UI/EffectBrowser/EffectPreviewView.cpp
@@ -346,24 +346,25 @@ void CEffectPreviewView::RenderItemList()
 }
 
 // The names come from the items as the game has them now; the list is made
-// again when the item tools change the items or their models, or the language
-// changes. The item models are all opened on the loading screen and stay, so
-// the list does not change with the map; the models of the chosen level are
-// checked when drawn.
+// again when the item tools change the items or their models, or the item
+// names change (another UI language, translated item names turned on or off).
+// The item models are all opened on the loading screen and stay, so the list
+// does not change with the map; the models of the chosen level are checked
+// when drawn.
 void CEffectPreviewView::RefreshItems()
 {
     const int version = g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion();
     const int modelVersion = g_ItemModelDatabase.GetVersion();
-    const char* locale = I18N::GetCurrentLocale();
-    if (m_itemsVersion == version && m_itemModelsVersion == modelVersion && m_itemsLocale == locale)
+    const int namesVersion = g_ItemDatabase.GetNameVersion();
+    if (m_itemsVersion == version && m_itemModelsVersion == modelVersion && m_itemNamesVersion == namesVersion)
         return;
     // Whether an item can be drawn is known once its changed model is opened
     // again, before the next frame: until then the list is built again each
     // frame.
     const bool modelsOpened = !g_ItemDataHandler.HasModelsToReopen();
     m_itemsVersion = modelsOpened ? version : -1;
     m_itemModelsVersion = modelVersion;
-    m_itemsLocale = locale;
+    m_itemNamesVersion = namesVersion;
     m_items.Build(
         MAX_ITEM, [](int itemType) { return Core::Text::ToUtf8(ItemAttribute[itemType].Name); }, IsItemDrawable);
     m_itemMatchesValid = false;

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/EffectBrowser/EffectPreviewView.h b/src/MuEditor/UI/EffectBrowser/EffectPreviewView.h
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ class CEffectPreviewView
     MuEditor::Effects::EffectPreviewItems m_items;
     int m_itemsVersion = -1;
     int m_itemModelsVersion = -1;
-    // The language the item names are in (a pointer into I18N's locales).
-    const char* m_itemsLocale = nullptr;
+    int m_itemNamesVersion = -1;
     char m_itemSearch[64] = {};
     std::vector<int> m_itemMatches;
     bool m_itemMatchesValid = false;

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemBrowserList.h b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemBrowserList.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace MuEditor::Items
 {
-// The rows of the item browser: number, name in the UI language and model
+// The rows of the item browser: number, name as the game shows it and model
 // file of each listed item, the selected one highlighted.
 class CItemBrowserList
 {

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemNamesakes.cpp b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemNamesakes.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ const std::string& ItemNamesakes::GetQualifier(int itemType)
 
 void ItemNamesakes::Update()
 {
-    if (m_version == g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion() && m_locale == g_ItemDatabase.GetDisplayLocale())
+    if (m_version == g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion() && m_nameVersion == g_ItemDatabase.GetNameVersion())
     {
         return;
     }
     m_version = g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion();
-    m_locale = g_ItemDatabase.GetDisplayLocale();
+    m_nameVersion = g_ItemDatabase.GetNameVersion();
     const auto slots = g_ItemDatabase.GetAllSlots();
     m_qualifiers.assign(slots.size(), std::string());
 

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemNamesakes.h b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemNamesakes.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace MuEditor::Items
 {
-// Items whose name (in the UI language) another item has too, e.g. the lucky
+// Items whose name (as the game shows it) another item has too, e.g. the lucky
 // sets and the tiers of the seed spheres: a short text that tells them apart
 // in the item lists. It names the tags an item has that not all its
 // namesakes have ("luckyItem"); namesakes that no tag tells apart count up
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ class ItemNamesakes
 private:
     ItemNamesakes() = default;
 
-    // Again when the items or the UI language changed.
+    // Again when the items or their names changed.
     void Update();
 
     std::vector<std::string> m_qualifiers;
     int m_version = -1;
-    std::string m_locale;
+    int m_nameVersion = -1;
 };
 
 // Draws the qualifier after the item's name on the same line, greyed out;

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemToolWindow.cpp b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemToolWindow.cpp
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ bool RenderSelectedItem(int itemType)
                             I18N::Editor::NoItemAtThisNumber);
         return false;
     }
-    // In the UI language, as the item browser shows it and its namesakes are
-    // found.
+    // In the item name language, as the item browser shows it and its
+    // namesakes are found.
     ImGui::Text("%s (%d,%d)", Core::Text::ToUtf8(item->name.c_str()).c_str(), Data::Items::GetItemGroup(itemType),
                 Data::Items::GetItemNumber(itemType));
     RenderNamesakeQualifier(itemType);

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemToolWindow.h b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/ItemToolWindow.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void End();
 // editor's bar; a click does not take the focus from the item tool.
 void RenderUndoRedo();
 
-// "Kris (0,0)" in the UI language, with what tells it apart from items of the
+// "Kris (0,0)" in the item name language, with what tells it apart from items of the
 // same name (ItemNamesakes), or "Select an item"; false when there is no item
 // to edit.
 bool RenderSelectedItem(int itemType);

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/MuItemCategoriesUI.cpp b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/MuItemCategoriesUI.cpp
@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ void CMuItemCategoriesUI::UpdateTagLabels()
 
 void CMuItemCategoriesUI::UpdateRows()
 {
-    const std::string& locale = g_ItemDatabase.GetDisplayLocale();
-    if (m_rowsVersion == g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion() && m_rowsTag == m_tag && m_rowsLocale == locale)
+    if (m_rowsVersion == g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion() && m_rowsNameVersion == g_ItemDatabase.GetNameVersion() &&
+        m_rowsTag == m_tag)
     {
         return;
     }
     m_rowsVersion = g_ItemDatabase.GetVersion();
+    m_rowsNameVersion = g_ItemDatabase.GetNameVersion();
     m_rowsTag = m_tag;
-    m_rowsLocale = locale;
     m_rows.clear();
     for (const int itemType : g_ItemDatabase.GetItemTypesWithTag(m_tag))
     {

diff --git a/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/MuItemCategoriesUI.h b/src/MuEditor/UI/ItemTools/MuItemCategoriesUI.h
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class CMuItemCategoriesUI
     int m_labelsVersion = -1;
     std::vector<TagItemRow> m_rows;
     Data::Items::ItemTag m_rowsTag{};
-    std::string m_rowsLocale;
     int m_rowsVersion = -1;
+    int m_rowsNameVersion = -1;
     int m_shownSerial = -1;
 };
 

diff --git a/src/bin/Data/Interface/RmlUi/option_window.rml b/src/bin/Data/Interface/RmlUi/option_window.rml
@@ -438,6 +438,12 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
+		<div class="option-row option-checkbox-row option-sub-row" data-event-click="option_toggle_translate_item_names">
+			<span class="option-row-label">{{translate_item_names_label}}</span>
+			<div class="checkbox-box" data-class-checked="translate_item_names">
+				<div class="checkbox-tick"></div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
 		<div class="option-row option-select-row">
 			<span class="option-row-label">{{font_row_label}}</span>
 			<div class="option-dropdown">

diff --git a/src/bin/Data/Interface/RmlUi/themes/modern/option_window.rml b/src/bin/Data/Interface/RmlUi/themes/modern/option_window.rml
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@
 							</div>
 						</div>
 					</div>
+					<div class="opt-row opt-toggle-row opt-sub-row" data-event-click="option_toggle_translate_item_names">
+						<span class="opt-label">{{translate_item_names_label}}</span>
+						<div class="opt-control"><div class="opt-toggle" data-class-checked="translate_item_names"><div class="opt-toggle-knob"></div></div></div>
+					</div>
 					<div class="opt-row">
 						<span class="opt-label">{{font_row_label}}</span>
 						<div class="opt-control">

diff --git a/src/bin/config.ini.template b/src/bin/config.ini.template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ServerIP=localhost
 ServerPort=44406
 [UI]
 Locale=en
+TranslateItemNames=1
 Font=
 RmlTheme=legacy
 UIScalePercent=100

diff --git a/src/source/App/Platform/Windows/Winmain.cpp b/src/source/App/Platform/Windows/Winmain.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 #include "Core/Platform/WinIni.h" // private-profile (.ini) API
+#include "Data/DataHandler/ItemData/ItemDataHandler.h"
 #include "Data/GameConfig/GameConfig.h"
 #include "UI/Core/UIManager.h"
 #include "Render/Textures/ZzzOpenglUtil.h"
@@ -2300,6 +2301,7 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int nC
         std::string uiLocale(uiLocaleW.begin(), uiLocaleW.end());
         I18N::SetLocale(uiLocale.c_str());
     }
+    g_ItemDataHandler.SetTranslateItemNames(GameConfig::GetInstance().GetTranslateItemNames());
 
 #ifdef _EDITOR
     // Initialize MU Editor with the live SDL GPU window.

diff --git a/src/source/Data/DataHandler/ItemData/ItemDataExportAsCSV.cpp b/src/source/Data/DataHandler/ItemData/ItemDataExportAsCSV.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 #include "Core/Utilities/StringUtils.h"
 #include <string>
 
-// External references
-extern ITEM_ATTRIBUTE* ItemAttribute;
-
 // X-Macro helpers for CSV generation
 #define CSV_HEADER_SIMPLE(name, type, arraySize, width, i18nName) "," #name
 #define CSV_HEADER_ARRAY(nameWithIndex, baseName, index, type, width, i18nName) "," #nameWithIndex
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ extern ITEM_ATTRIBUTE* ItemAttribute;
 #define CSV_PRINT_SIMPLE(name, type, arraySize, width, i18nName) PRINT_FIELD_##type(item, name);
 #define CSV_PRINT_ARRAY(nameWithIndex, baseName, index, type, width, i18nName) fprintf(csvFp, ",%d", item.baseName[index]);
 
-bool ItemDataExportAsCSV::ExportToCsv(wchar_t* fileName)
+bool ItemDataExportAsCSV::ExportToCsv(wchar_t* fileName, const ITEM_ATTRIBUTE* attributes)
 {
     FILE* csvFp = _wfopen(fileName, L"w");
     if (!csvFp)
@@ -46,10 +43,10 @@ bool ItemDataExportAsCSV::ExportToCsv(wchar_t* fileName)
     for (int i = 0; i < MAX_ITEM; i++)
     {
         // Only export items with names
-        if (ItemAttribute[i].Name[0] != 0)
+        if (attributes[i].Name[0] != 0)
         {
             // Convert wide char name to UTF-8
-            std::string utf8Name = StringUtils::WideToNarrow(ItemAttribute[i].Name);
+            std::string utf8Name = StringUtils::WideToNarrow(attributes[i].Name);
 
             // Escape quotes in name
             std::string escapedName;
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ bool ItemDataExportAsCSV::ExportToCsv(wchar_t* fileName)
             fprintf(csvFp, "%d,\"%s\"", i, escapedName.c_str());
 
             // Print all fields using X-macros
-            ITEM_ATTRIBUTE& item = ItemAttribute[i];
+            const ITEM_ATTRIBUTE& item = attributes[i];
             ITEM_FIELDS_SIMPLE(CSV_PRINT_SIMPLE)
             ITEM_FIELDS_ARRAYS(CSV_PRINT_ARRAY)
 

diff --git a/src/source/Data/DataHandler/ItemData/ItemDataExportAsCSV.h b/src/source/Data/DataHandler/ItemData/ItemDataExportAsCSV.h
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 #ifdef _EDITOR
 
+#include "Data/GameData/ItemData/ItemStructs.h"
+
 // Item Data Export/Import Operations
 class ItemDataExportAsCSV
 {
 public:
-    static bool ExportToCsv(wchar_t* fileName);
+    // Writes the MAX_ITEM records of attributes that have a name.
+    static bool ExportToCsv(wchar_t* fileName, const ITEM_ATTRIBUTE* attributes);
     // Future: static bool ImportFromCsv(wchar_t* fileName);
 };