[OT] Games and their localizations

[narf poit chez BOOM]

what, you mean people speak other language's than english?

[tesco samoa]

here games come in english, spanish, german, french ( Canada French, which i believe is 16th century french with lots of slang )

As most products must be english and french

[Alneyan]

You are a lucky one Tesco. I wish it were the same here in this most remote part of France, as our own translations are somewhere between "an Orc speaking French" and "Vogon poetry". You get my meaning.

Actually yes the Hammerite Mouse, some people are said to speak other Languages, but this has yet to be proven. They must refer to these foreign words used in English. *Shrugs*

Puke, while it is usually true translation is the Last thing to happens, there are cases where it isn't quite the case. AOW: Shadow Magic was released in France (and in Italy if I recall correctly) a month before its shipping date in Albion. Is it that hard to translate a game from American English to British English? A few other companies manage to handle the translation while the game is still developed, and then there isn't much of a delay. But this doesn't happen too often, as our translators seem to need three months on average to properly slaughter a game.

[ December 16, 2003, 11:16: Message edited by: Alneyan ]

[Narrew]

It is a big conspiracy, this is how we Americans plan on taking over the world. Oh we will throw you a bone now and againg, but you will learn American english and our way of life...heck I doubt that we even translate to British English, though I am sure all Brits cringe when we Americans say we speak English

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Narrew:
It is a big conspiracy, this is how we Americans plan on taking over the world. Oh we will throw you a bone now and againg, but you will learn American english and our way of life...heck I doubt that we even translate to British English, though I am sure all Brits cringe when we Americans say we speak English

One need only look at the parts of a car in English and in, well, "English" English to see the disparity.