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Anyone in need of good English translations? - Staminist - 03-18-2014
I've seen and played many CS and I was really surprised how many of them have bad English. I know, I know... not everybody speaks the language that well, but when I read some texts that are LITERALLY C/P from GoogleTranslate, I just lose it....
Soooo..... Guys/Girls - It's no shame to reach for help if you need it
I'd be more than happy to do translations! Since we have GoogleTranslate, I think that 70-80% of all languages available wouldn't be a problem to translate properly and make sense of what the writer intended to say. I speak only 3 languages perfectly, but hey... I can promise this - You will get a transcript of your text, on "spot on" English!
Cheers!
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - PutraenusAlivius - 03-18-2014
I think this is useful since not many people on here speaks perfect English (Excluding the native speakers of course.).
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Staminist - 03-18-2014
(03-18-2014, 04:02 PM)SomethingRidiculous Wrote: I think this is useful since not many people on here speaks perfect English (Excluding the native speakers of course.).
That's why I opened this topic, so that the games/CS would be as polished as possible. I hope that I can contribute, that's the least I could do - for all those days playing nameless, countless, great MODs I came across.
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Mudbill - 03-18-2014
It's kinda funny how so many native English speakers are actually quite poor with the grammar. But yeah, a majority of the native speakers will of course speak better than most non-native.
Just curious, what three languages do you speak?
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Skyy - 03-18-2014
I'll PM you when I need help!
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Red - 03-18-2014
I've been looking people like you lately without any progress. I have a little job for you.
Let's make it this way for change, PM me if you are interested.
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Romulator - 03-19-2014
(03-18-2014, 04:01 PM)Staminist Wrote: Since we have GoogleTranslate, I think that 70-80% of all languages available wouldn't be a problem to translate properly...
Hate to burst your bubble here, but even with Google Translate, I wouldn't always trust its capabilities of going from every language properly to English, after grammar checks.
And, no offense, your grammar is not the best either:
"I've seen and played many CS and I was really surprised how many of them have bad English."
could be worded as:
"I have seen and played lots of Custom Stories and I was really surprised by their lack of proper English use."
Regardless, having this topic is a good idea. I think those who are willing to correctly go over language files for others, not necessarily only English, would be quite handy for the general database!
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Staminist - 03-19-2014
(03-18-2014, 04:09 PM)Mudbill Wrote: It's kinda funny how so many native English speakers are actually quite poor with the grammar. But yeah, a majority of the native speakers will of course speak better than most non-native.
Just curious, what three languages do you speak?
My native languages are Hungarian and Serbian. English is common knowledge, and I am learning some Deutsche
Red Wrote:I'll PM you when I need help!
No problem! I'm checking my inbox (here on FG) every 2nd-3rd day, feel free to write
Romulator Wrote:Hate to burst your bubble here, but even with Google Translate, I wouldn't always trust its capabilities of going from every language properly to English, after grammar checks.
I never said I would trust and use 100% GT, I was referring to people who actually use GT without 'cleaning up' it's mess, catch my drift?
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - Romulator - 03-19-2014
(03-19-2014, 11:13 AM)Staminist Wrote:Romulator Wrote:Hate to burst your bubble here, but even with Google Translate, I wouldn't always trust its capabilities of going from every language properly to English, after grammar checks.
I never said I would trust and use 100% GT, I was referring to people who actually use GT without 'cleaning up' it's mess, catch my drift?
Yep! Got ya
Sorry for misunderstanding :3
RE: Anyone in need of good English translations? - RaideX - 03-19-2014
Quote:My native languages are Hungarian and Serbian. English is common knowledge, and I am learning some Deutsche
Actually, it's "deutsch".
I'm learning some deutsch.
Anyhow. I like the idea behind this. How it turns out is another question though.