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I used to be very reluctant to try new tools for my business. My point of view was that I had my tools for translation, review, time tracking and management, as well as tried and tested processes. Everything worked smoothly. Or maybe I didn’t even have a tool for a given task but was perfectly […]
Games, words and localization
Blog posts about topics related to video games localization, language, translation and more, and a few more technical posts designed to help translators with online tools, CAT tools, business tips, etc.
While translating words that have a direct equivalent in the dictionary is already a pretty complex task that involves choosing among synonyms and paraphrasing the word that will perfectly match the tone and meaning of the source, what about neologisms? Games are peppered with original places, items and character names. So, what should the translator […]
This article was originally published as a guest post on Marianna’s blog (1Up translations) and is the French counterpart to her article about German translation, that was also published here “Accents and Dialects in Games—Yay or Nay?”. In video games, we get to meet characters who are larger than life, caricatures of real people. They dress in a […]