<![CDATA[Kotaku: Translation]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Translation]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/translation http://kotaku.com/tag/translation <![CDATA["It's Dangerous To Go Alone...I Shall Grant You This?"]]> Like many games of the 1980's (and beyond), the English localisation of the original Legend of Zelda isn't as word-perfect as it could have been. So translator GlitterBerri went back and did the job properly. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5803842&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Localizing Exclamations In Final Fantasy XIII]]> "Gnhhh!" ... "Whhhhaaaah!" ... "Bah….ah...gahhhhhh"... "Hmmmf!"... "Ehiehhh" ... "Mhaemm!".. These grunts, sighs, squeals and miscellaneous other vocalizations compose roughly 1/4 of the dialogues in the early hours of Final Fantasy XIII. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5614229&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How To Break into the Video Game Translation Business]]> I often get questions from aspiring translators about what kind of job I have and how to break into the translation industry, so I thought I'd write a FAQ-style post answering these questions once and for all. If there is anything else you are curious about, feel free to leave a question in the comments. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5493934&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mother 3 Fan Translation Completed]]> Nintendo didn't seem to keen on releasing Mother 3 for the Gameboy Advance outside of Japans, so a group of fans banded together and took localization duties into their own hands. Nearly two years after the project first started, the Mother 3 fan translation website has launched version 1.0 of their labor of love. Now mind you that actually utilizing the translation requires the use of a ROM, which in turn requires the use of an emulator, which pretty much equals being shady. Pay special attention to the first step listed in the instructions on the web site.
Import a copy of the game, if you can find one. It’s not cool to brazenly pirate stuff! Itoi, Nintendo, HAL, and Brownie Brown worked hard on this game. Can’t find a copy? Consider buying some official merch (below).
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5065032&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Challenge of Naming Games]]> The latest GameCareerGuide "Game Design Challenge" is to rename Katamari Damacy: if you had been working for Namco in 2004 and they had decided to give the game a new title, what would you have suggested? "Think up with something snappy that will appease the localization department, designers, and artists, who will likely create new cover art to accommodates the new title." Localization is something that not many people give too much thought to, but titles are the first step in shaping the public's perception of of a work (be it book, movie, or game). More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5014368&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Translation Game: Localization Strategies]]> Danc of Lost Garden has a lengthy post up on the localization process, most importantly the 'translation game,' and how to use game design and techniques to more easily export games to foreign places: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=373867&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[I Will Not Buy This Talkman, It Is Scratched]]>
London game blogger Guy Cocker over on Gamespot has posted a video of his hapless attempts to use Talkman, the new PSP travel phrasebook. If this video is true to form, the thing is worse than useless: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=184405&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony PS3 Not €499 to €599 After All?]]> In what will surprise nearly no one at all, Sony is now disavowing the €499 to €599 price for the PS3. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=165521&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Talkman To Let Me Eavesdrop on Wife]]> You see, my wife mostly grew up in Australia, but was born in Italy and her mother is Swiss, so the two of them have a lot of conversations in French and other languages. While this doesn't typically bother me, I sometimes feel like the family dog. I'll be minding my own business, my wife talking away to her mom on the phone in French, when suddenly I hear "Brian" and then more French. It's most disconcerting when my name is followed by lots of laughter and the word "Oui" repeated like a dozen times. More »
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