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Poll: Would you like to help with translating Hawken?
#1
Posted April 28 2014 - 09:45 AM
Not everyone is able to understand english perfectly and many players have to rely on other localisations of Hawken. I didn't test all of them but I can at least say that the german translation is bad, incomplete (there are descriptions saying "UPDATEME") and buggy (there are lots of Spanish descriptions instead of German descriptions for some reason). From what I've read the french and the russian translations are bad as well. Players that have to rely on those localisations might give up playing pretty quickly if the translations are confusing or even misleading.
The problem is that the developers themselves don't speak all of the other languages which Hawken offers it's players.
I talked with a dev and as it turns out some devs are curious if there are enough people willing to help with crowdsourcing the translations. I made this thread to find out how many community members want to help out. The devs won't start such an endeavour if they don't even know wether or not enough community members are capable of helping and acutally want to help with translating Hawken into other languages. Of course a certain level of knowledge about the English language is required as well.
So, please only vote if you really want to help. Please create a post and elaborate if you would like to help to translate Hawken into a different language than the "main languages" which already have translations of varying quality.

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#2
Posted April 28 2014 - 09:53 AM
#3
Posted April 28 2014 - 09:54 AM
#4
Posted April 28 2014 - 09:58 AM
 
					
					Edited by Estif, April 28 2014 - 10:00 AM.
#6
Posted April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM
That said, a so-so translation is probably better than nothing in our case, so why not.
* In fact, you must be proficient in at least two languages to be able to deliver a quality translation. And if you think you know your mother tongue well enough without being a linguist, I have bad news for you—most people in most countries can't write one paragraph without making grammatical mistakes.
#7
Posted April 28 2014 - 11:19 AM
 DerMax, on April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
DerMax, on April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
 DerMax, on April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
DerMax, on April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
#8
Posted April 28 2014 - 11:49 AM
 BadCatWillum, on April 28 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:
BadCatWillum, on April 28 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:
Spot on. Professional translation is quite costly.
#9
Posted April 28 2014 - 12:09 PM
 DerMax, on April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
DerMax, on April 28 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
Let's not forget that several players would work on a translation. Others can proof-read what you wrote. It's certainly not an easy feat but it's not like we're creating a translation from scratch. As far as gameplay terms are concerned we can orientate ourselves by the original translation. Depending on the translation most of the work might just be proof-reading.

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#10
Posted April 28 2014 - 11:09 PM
 
					
					#11
Posted May 01 2014 - 05:45 AM
#12
Posted May 01 2014 - 04:06 PM
#13
Posted May 01 2014 - 04:31 PM
Would love to help but I see no reason too.
#14
Posted May 01 2014 - 07:18 PM

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"The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than it is in practice"
#15
Posted May 01 2014 - 07:41 PM
 The_Silencer, on May 01 2014 - 07:18 PM, said:
The_Silencer, on May 01 2014 - 07:18 PM, said:
If that's the case then I recommend voting for "Spanish", lol.

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#16
Posted May 02 2014 - 08:17 AM
#17
Posted May 02 2014 - 09:33 AM

[sD] Meraple: #baddaim
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#19
Posted May 12 2014 - 11:47 AM
#20
Posted May 12 2014 - 04:37 PM
Seeing as all of them are still here, including the very misleading HC/XP boost error (no, they don't double anymore !), I think so-so translation by the community would beat what we currently have, especially if does not evolve anymore.
Unlike many of our European neighbors, most french people are very very bad in english (or any other foreign language for that matter). So a good French translation is not an option. I have no problem with english comprehension myself, but I prefer to see my native language in-game.
Edited by Niels, May 13 2014 - 06:26 AM.
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