I’ve released String Scout, a small downloadable tool for game developers who keep translations in CSV files. It checks the structure of a string table before you import it into your project.

For example, if the source says “Hello {player_name}” but a translation uses {player}, the tool flags the mismatch. It also reports blank translations, blank keys, and repeated keys. Placeholder names and repetition counts are checked.

Download: https://beautifulife.itch.io/string-scout

Price: US$5 for version 0.1, instructions, and two synthetic sample files.

Extract the ZIP and open String-Scout.html in a desktop browser. Your CSV stays local; no account, installation, API key, or internet connection is required to run it. Export a findings CSV with source line references for manual review.

Scope: one UTF-8 file, up to 2 MiB, 5,000 rows, and 30 columns; comma, tab, or semicolon separators. Simple {name} and {0} placeholders only. Complex braces/ICU messages are marked unverified, not silently passed. This does not translate text, judge translation quality, or validate engine-specific syntax.

The code, interface, and examples were made with AI assistance and tested. Runtime checks are deterministic and do not use an AI service. The screenshot below shows the included synthetic sample.

If this fits your workflow, I’d be interested to hear which placeholder formats you use and which findings are most useful.