Spanish translation? - Printable Version

Spanish translation? - Printable Version

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RE: Spanish translation? - Luis - 02-10-2008

Kedjane Wrote:Ah, well, I am learning currently Spanish. You're Spanish?

Yup, that's what my ID card says Smile

OneShot Wrote:Hey I got an idea. Instead of putting money into a Spanish translation. Why don't we just put that money into teaching people how to speak English! HURRAY!

Well, that would be a nice but extremely inefficient solution Tongue

RE: Spanish translation? - OneShot - 02-10-2008

Luis Wrote:
Kedjane Wrote:Ah, well, I am learning currently Spanish. You're Spanish?

Yup, that's what my ID card says

Kedjane Wrote:Hey I got an idea. Instead of putting money into a Spanish translation. Why don't we just put that money into teaching people how to speak English! HURRAY!

Well, that would be a nice but extremely inefficient solution

I assume a better solution would be teaching people who speak English how to speak Spanish right?

RE: Spanish translation? - Thomas - 02-10-2008

Well there gotta still be spanish in the world! I dunno how America films will be otherwise... there is always at least one spanish speaking dude / gal in a film Tongue

RE: Spanish translation? - OneShot - 02-10-2008

Thomas Wrote:Well there gotta still be Spanish in the world! I dunno how America films will be otherwise... there is always at least one Spanish speaking dude / gal in a film

Agreed. There has to be Spanish in the countries that were founded with the Spanish language. I'm just outraged at the idea of being made to speak Spanish in America.

RE: Spanish translation? - Luis - 02-10-2008

Thomas Wrote:Well there gotta still be spanish in the world! I dunno how America films will be otherwise... there is always at least one spanish speaking dude / gal in a film

Yeah, those are who give the funniest moments in dubbed movies, where everyone speaks spanish, but for some reason they still can't understand each other Tongue

Hilarious.

OneShot Wrote:Agreed. There has to be Spanish in the countries that were founded with the Spanish language. I'm just outraged at the idea of being made to speak Spanish in America.

I still don't know who's trying to force you to speak Spanish here. This thread was started by a spanish-speaking person who asked if a spanish translation was going to be released. I see no harm in that.

RE: Spanish translation? - stea - 02-11-2008

Thanks Luis for your replies. WeÂ´ll see how it goes in Black Plague! Still, I found OvertureÂ´s Spanish quite ok from a "spanish-speaking person" Wink

pov. What do you mean by special?

RE: Spanish translation? - Luis - 02-11-2008

stea Wrote:Thanks Luis for your replies. WeÂ´ll see how it goes in Black Plague! Still, I found OvertureÂ´s Spanish quite ok from a "spanish-speaking person" pov. What do you mean by special?

You're welcome! Smile

As for special... well, I just thought some parts felt pretty inaccurate, i.e. not fully delivering the original message at all, but I guess no translation will ever be able to do that. Also, there is some really wrong stuff, like having some parts in sentences still in English (I found at least one), probably caused by having rushed to get it done.

Anyway, it still serves, and those who play the spanish version will know what's going on in the game too Smile

RE: Spanish translation? - stea - 02-11-2008

Luis Wrote:
stea Wrote:Thanks Luis for your replies. WeÂ´ll see how it goes in Black Plague! Still, I found OvertureÂ´s Spanish quite ok from a "spanish-speaking person" pov. What do you mean by special?

You're welcome! As for special... well, I just thought some parts felt pretty inaccurate, i.e. not fully delivering the original message at all, but I guess no translation will ever be able to do that. Also, there is some really wrong stuff, like having some parts in sentences still in English (I found at least one), probably caused by having rushed to get it done.

Anyway, it still serves, and those who play the spanish version will know what's going on in the game too

Ok, I know what you mean now. Smile

But I think these mistakes might arise in the testing phase, since as far as I know, translators donÂ´t have the game to see everything in context. I agree with you in that no translation will ever be perfect, although itÂ´s possible to achieve a higer level of accuracy if everuthing is carefully planned.

As for the reason for things kept in English, I guess translators donÂ´t forget to translate lines into their language, instead, it could be organization issues when sending stuff to localize.

RE: Spanish translation? - Luis - 02-11-2008

Hehe, well, going a bit off-topic, I don't think you need a spanish translation to play after all. I mean, you seem pretty fluent Smile

RE: Spanish translation? - stea - 02-11-2008

Luis Wrote:Hehe, well, going a bit off-topic, I don't think you need a spanish translation to play after all. I mean, you seem pretty fluent

Thanks

I actually prefer to play the English versions, but IÂ´m always very picky with the quality of Spanish translations, because itÂ´s not fair we get a worst version of the game Sad