Comments on: Game Engrish – Ten worst translations http://www.creationrobot.com/2006/04/game-engrish-ten-worst-translations/ Forced Autonomous Creativity Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Game Localization http://www.creationrobot.com/2006/04/game-engrish-ten-worst-translations/comment-page-1/#comment-105026 Game Localization Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:44:47 +0000 http://www.creationrobot.com/?p=2155#comment-105026 Generally, game localization improved a lot over the last decade, it has become something much more professional. That said, the recent boom of mobile games and these kinds of applications from small developers with a small budget mean that we start seeing such big mistranslations again. I can see that very clearly at my work (I'm a French proofreader), we sometimes get to proofread games which were translated by automatic dictionaries... Well, the worst is that actually some of these developers release their "localized" games without any proofreading... Generally, game localization improved a lot over the last decade, it has become something much more professional.

That said, the recent boom of mobile games and these kinds of applications from small developers with a small budget mean that we start seeing such big mistranslations again.

I can see that very clearly at my work (I’m a French proofreader), we sometimes get to proofread games which were translated by automatic dictionaries…

Well, the worst is that actually some of these developers release their “localized” games without any proofreading…

]]> By: Engrish Christmas Cards! « The Hypernation http://www.creationrobot.com/2006/04/game-engrish-ten-worst-translations/comment-page-1/#comment-97137 Engrish Christmas Cards! « The Hypernation Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:02:49 +0000 http://www.creationrobot.com/?p=2155#comment-97137 [...] odd stir-fried Wikipedia goes down beautifully. Here’s a blog with the ten worst (ie: best) Game Engrish of translation [...] [...] odd stir-fried Wikipedia goes down beautifully. Here’s a blog with the ten worst (ie: best) Game Engrish of translation [...]

]]> By: Torchico http://www.creationrobot.com/2006/04/game-engrish-ten-worst-translations/comment-page-1/#comment-96428 Torchico Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:41:37 +0000 http://www.creationrobot.com/?p=2155#comment-96428 DK RAP original language is english.. Rare developed the game, remember?? And that Castlevania one wasnt so bad imo. DK RAP original language is english.. Rare developed the game, remember?? And that Castlevania one wasnt so bad imo.

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