I could imagine translating Terry Pratchett would be an absolute nightmare regardless of language.
now I think it’s time for me to start rereading the Discworld books.
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now I think it’s time for me to start rereading the Discworld books.
Tempting. But the next one in my queue is the rock and roll one, which I strongly suspect to be one of the boring volumes.
I could be wrong though, some boring volumes were entertaining enough while some probable hits were rage read. I really hated one of the last few I read. I think it was the one with the Elves.
Oh, but I'm not denying the amount of work done here. As I said I like the AA localizations. The cynical thing I'm saying is "is it worth it?" especially in the current generation and considering how much the game sell. There is also the fact that, once again, we enter in the problem where english translations are treated differntly compared to the rest of the world. AA1 to 4 (and Layton vs AA) are the only games in the series translated in italian, most likely done by Nintendo of Europe since the translations never came back for the new collections. However despite being in italian they didn't fully localize the games: their still using the english version as a base (set in america, all the names are the english ones etc). This means that all the jokes or references in the character names are lost to anyone not fully versed in english and it's not like they couldn't make them work in italian (a small example: Wynston Payne could have been translated into Massimo della Pena (Massimo is a first name, equivalent to Maximillian, but also means maximum, della Pena is a typical italian surname, but pena also means sentence. So Massimo della Pena would be equivalent to "maximum sentence" joking about his role as prosecutor). Despite this AA still found success here, until Capcom decided to no longer translate the games in italian and no one ever bought them again
Trying to fully localize everything for every country is simply unthinkable, it will quickly turn into a spiral of death
Yeah, it's very unfortunate not every language gets to have the same amount of effort.
I really enjoyed the remaster of the first Tomb Raider. But what the Unfinished Business expansion is incredibly frustrating for me. It's packed with insta-death traps and annoying timed doors, it has way too much combat and I'm constantly getting stuck in small areas where the terrible camera refuses to let me see what I need to see. Yikes.
I don't really care about either literally translation or full locations. Mainly because I'm not very smart and the original intent goes over my head. Also I'm still one of the people that do feel like some of the stuff that the original creator is either BS or some one else is saying it's BS. By which I mean hey look there is an even deeper meaning and all of this other stuff. Is there an even deeper meaning author? No not really. Sometimes with manga this does happen. I'm also like this because of school and how when we read books in general, so even if a book was originally in English and it's being taught in an English class in an American school, I still feel like people are giving their interpretation of what the author was trying to say. In some cases maybe there was a deeper meaning, maybe in some cases they just wanted money and we're trying to say that in order to get people interested.
Anyway so long as I get a general understanding of the story, I'm okay with it. The only issue that I have is when it comes to MTL stuff. And have no idea who the sentence is referring to, are you taking about yourself or that person over there.
Anyway give me what ever this is. I'm sure this was not the original intent of the creator of Miku but I like it.
Anyway so long as I get a general understanding of the story, I'm okay with it. The only issue that I have is when it comes to MTL stuff. And have no idea who the sentence is referring to, are you taking about yourself or that person over there.
Anyway give me what ever this is. I'm sure this was not the original intent of the creator of Miku but I like it.
Why are biggest complainers about J -> E localization the ones who refuse to actually learn Japanese so they can figure out what they're talking about before fisting their own mouth hole??
My favorite localizer is 8-4. Slight bias, I got to work with them on the Undertale JP/Console ports.
(They also did the NieR/Drakengard 3 localizations, which everyone praises.)
But anyway. Never trust anyone's opinion on JP localization if they don't actually speak JP. Easy as that. :3 You wouldn't trust a Farmer to perform heart surgery, or a dentist's opinions on rocket science right? If a person can't credibly back up what they're espousing... Well, that's sus.
My favorite localizer is 8-4. Slight bias, I got to work with them on the Undertale JP/Console ports.
(They also did the NieR/Drakengard 3 localizations, which everyone praises.)
But anyway. Never trust anyone's opinion on JP localization if they don't actually speak JP. Easy as that. :3 You wouldn't trust a Farmer to perform heart surgery, or a dentist's opinions on rocket science right? If a person can't credibly back up what they're espousing... Well, that's sus.
These games and the PoP ps2 trilogy deserved modern remasters that weren't pieces of garbage and ubisoft couldn't even do something that simple.
NISA have started their Golden Week sale. Expect other Japanese publishers to follow suit tomorrow.
The German translation of those is also really good.
However, the best German localization of anything in my experience (admittedly, I stopped consuming German versions of anything available in English ~2 decades ago) are the Donald Duck Comics by Carl Barks localized by Dr. Erika Fuchs.
Fun fact: I started rereading all of them last summer. Currently up to "The Truth". Such a great series (especially the Witches and Watch sub-series).
Also, these are some of the last books I actually bought as physical items (before admitting to myself that I'm running out of space and have to switch). It's nice to read those, even if it's sometimes less convenient than ebooks are.
I started reading the Pratchett books about 36 years ago. It's one of the few things I constantly go back to (Chrono Trigger and Tetris are 2 of the others). They are comfort food for me and one constant in my life.
i'm still early so I haven't really unlocked much in the way of combat abilities yet so we'll see if it holds up but as much of a slog as the Eiyuden random encounters have been so far(they're super easy even on hard and they feel super frequent in longer areas so i've just been putting them on auto and they just kinda feel like a chore) the bosses have felt very well designed so far
the fights usually have some sort of gimmick in addition to their abilities which does a good job of making the boss fights feel different and on hard mode at least they've been kinda in a sweet spot where i'm beating them without having to try multiple times but using lots of items and such and have felt long enough to feel grueling without being long enough to feel boring, we'll see how that balance holds up as I unlock more rune slots and party members and such and can actually do some customization beyond just picking which 2 or so party members not to use in my party of 6 though
the fights usually have some sort of gimmick in addition to their abilities which does a good job of making the boss fights feel different and on hard mode at least they've been kinda in a sweet spot where i'm beating them without having to try multiple times but using lots of items and such and have felt long enough to feel grueling without being long enough to feel boring, we'll see how that balance holds up as I unlock more rune slots and party members and such and can actually do some customization beyond just picking which 2 or so party members not to use in my party of 6 though
Glad to see 8-4 love on here. Definitely my favorite localization team (and favorite podcast!).Why are biggest complainers about J -> E localization the ones who refuse to actually learn Japanese so they can figure out what they're talking about before fisting their own mouth hole??
My favorite localizer is 8-4. Slight bias, I got to work with them on the Undertale JP/Console ports.
(They also did the NieR/Drakengard 3 localizations, which everyone praises.)
But anyway. Never trust anyone's opinion on JP localization if they don't actually speak JP. Easy as that. :3 You wouldn't trust a Farmer to perform heart surgery, or a dentist's opinions on rocket science right? If a person can't credibly back up what they're espousing... Well, that's sus.
I used to love the Polish translations of Discworld.
Then my English got good enough to read them in original form.
Now I hate the Polish translations of Discworld.
Hey, that's me!
And yet I never complain about localizations (other than the lack of them)
I'm trying out this Pokken controller I got years ago and never used much, got it to play 2d games... I don't like the dpad that much.
Am I the only person that loves the Xbox One controller? I prefer the dpad over any playstation and most Nintendo. The only problem I have with it is the sticks have peeled, I need to replace both.
Am I the only person that loves the Xbox One controller? I prefer the dpad over any playstation and most Nintendo. The only problem I have with it is the sticks have peeled, I need to replace both.
I think that's certainly a more reasonable thing to do than take translations from random people on twitter for granted, specially when their source is "Google Translate" most of the time.
Most americans can't even speak english right
I never actually read them in German. I think I started reading them when I was 17 or so and at that point I read everything that was originally in English in English.I used to love the Polish translations of Discworld.
Then my English got good enough to read them in original form.
Now I hate the Polish translations of Discworld.
I do imagine that translating Pratchett is incredibly challenging if you want to transport both the meaning and the wit of the writing while still having it sound natural.
There are only a few books I read in both languages (like Lord of The Rings, tons of Dragonlance, and some Shadowrun novels), and in those cases there was usually so much time between them that I don't really have any reference for how good the translation actually was.
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I thought it meant Age / Sex / Location
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First few novels were actually decent, the translator tried to do localize most of the puns, but further into the series he just gave up.
And yeah, since I turned 15-16, only books I read in Polish are by Lem and Sapkowski (well, and books I read for my son, nowadays).
I tried the English translation of Cyberiad and while it's not bad (it's a really challenging text to translate), it doesn't hold a candle to the original.
Not unless one of those programming languages is assembly
So I want to play Fallout New Vegas, need to install mod because 64 bit, install mod, thing doesnt work properly because I use an AMD GPU.
Sometimes I fucking hate PC.
Sometimes I fucking hate PC.
Wait, do you all really speak other languages? Because I'm technically fluent in four languages and I'm at the point in my life where I'm confusing the words in my head and mixing different languages when I speak, to the point that I doubt whether I am even fluent in a single language.
I blame my family... why couldn't we all speak the same language?
I blame my family... why couldn't we all speak the same language?
Why does one needs Dutch in South America?Native Spanish, fluent English, very casual Japanese and starting to learn Dutch and French, so yes I'm qualified to tell people to fuck off
I only speak Dutch, English and a little bit French and German.
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Voor de lolWhy does one needs Dutch in South America?
I only speak Dutch, English and a little bit French and German.
I am fluent in German, English and Women.
A good amount of Latin and very low amounts (as in a handful of sentences) of Spanish, French, Japanese, Filipino and Dutch
Tho i can read dutch very easily a lot, since it's so close to german, just speaking it yourself is hard.
A good amount of Latin and very low amounts (as in a handful of sentences) of Spanish, French, Japanese, Filipino and Dutch
Tho i can read dutch very easily a lot, since it's so close to german, just speaking it yourself is hard.
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Garry's Mod - Nintendo stuff on Steam Workshop - Steam News
It's Nintendo. Need more be said?
I'm surprised it took this long to be honest.
I bet that nobody here had this on their bingo card XD
I'm guessing this is another case of developers porting the existing Xbox version of a game to make cross-platform saves and such work. That's happened before with the Zero Escape trilogy and No More Heroes 3.
Native Fin, fluent English, very little German and Swedish.
The worst thing about learning languages is how fast they tend to just kind of escape your brain if you don't use them, which is the case for me with both German and Swedish.
Localization is difficult, and some people really don't understand what goes into it.
If you played Control, Ahti uses some Finnish idioms that are directly translated word for word, obviously on purpose. It's pretty amusing for a Fin like me, but "you think there's a dog buried in this?" probably doesn't make much sense for the rest of the world.
The worst thing about learning languages is how fast they tend to just kind of escape your brain if you don't use them, which is the case for me with both German and Swedish.
Localization is difficult, and some people really don't understand what goes into it.
If you played Control, Ahti uses some Finnish idioms that are directly translated word for word, obviously on purpose. It's pretty amusing for a Fin like me, but "you think there's a dog buried in this?" probably doesn't make much sense for the rest of the world.
Just portuguese and english here, but I have close to no experience with speaking in english, I can read, write and listen, but I bet if I were to speak in english my accent would be completely broken. xD
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