How to translate a game with no words

Chants of Sennaar, the 2023 language puzzle game from Rundisc, uses fictional languages but was developed in French and English. “Our choices of vocabulary, riddles, and puzzles were made from the ...
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Mizzurna Falls Fans Release English Translation of 20-Year-Old PS1 Game

Mizzurna Falls is a little-known open-world adventure game that released for the original PlayStation almost 23 years ago. For the majority of its existence, it fell into obscurity, occasionally being ...
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Fan Translation Makes Famicom Goemon Game Accessible To English Speakers

Turn-based Famicom RPG Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ougon Kiseru (Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: The Missing Golden Pipe in English) tells a story of when Goemon’s golden pipe went missing, with he and ...

In Japan, Pokémon Legends: Z-A Discusses Pikachu Pooping, Though The Game's English Translation Simply References 'Tummy Troubles'

According to Automaton, "Pikachu's Poop" briefly trended on X for some Japanese users after the discovery of a Lumiose City ...
Inverse

As translation technology improves, game localizations are getting worse

Game developers are becoming increasingly dependent on fans and enthusiasts to quality test their work. Localization quality is taking a critical hit. But modern games still struggle to get ...
Salon

The “Squid Game” English subtitle translation doesn’t do justice to the story’s societal commentary

Netflix’s “Squid Game” has taken the world by storm, and defied all expectations of the foreign language series that began streaming last month. Set in South Korea, the show follows a mass of ...