I too have been stumped on occasions by the language barrier, i find online translators help, but the lack of screenshots for a lot of items is also an issue, nothiing worse than a asset in only serbo croat and no screenshot or description at all to go with it .......i think the DLS supervisors should at least include some indication as what the asset is in addition to its category....Much of it is on the DLS but all the names are in German so I always have a hard time finding them. I don't even know the author's name.
as for workshop stuff, i was going to ask Ben to do a few for me but of course thats no longer an option . there's a dearth of little items that make scenes look realistic , we have dozens of barrels , wooden loads,etc , but few hammers, spades , picks etc
old railroads drove rails vertically into the ground to stop erosion, there are masses of horizontal rails but none that can swivel vertically as far as know and all the trackside workers produced recently are swathed in acres of fluorescent clothing and i have given up ever finding any realistic looking humans for older routes.:-(