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Video Game Localisation 5 Reasons It's Still Necessary

Published On - May 4, 2018

Gemma Brackenbury Game and App, Language BlogTags: video games

Video Game Localisation: 5 Reasons It’s Still Necessary

Game localisation is the process of translating and adapting a video game to reach new markets. In a multilingual world where almost everyone knows a little bit of English and Google Translate is omnipresent, is video game localisation still necessary? In a word, yes. And here are five reasons why...

Translation in Gaming You Must Defeat Sheng Long

Published On - July 12, 2017

Agnieszka Animucka Game and App, Inside TrackTags: video games

Translation in Gaming

Video games have come a long way in the past 30 years. The cinematic masterpieces offered today bear little resemblance to the pixelated classics that so many of us remember fondly from our childhood. Gaming has become a huge global industry. There are believed to be up to 2.6 billion gamers in the ...

8 Hilariously Bad Video Game Translations

Published On - April 12, 2017

Alicja Brady Game and App, Language BlogTags: translation fails, video games

8 Hilariously Bad Video Game Translations

Those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s remember when video games were the new hotness. Everyone wanted an NES or a Sega Genesis, and we were all so enthralled with the magic of pressing buttons that nobody even cared how bad the dialogue was. And often, it was bad. Many games […]...

Published On - February 7, 2017

Richard Brooks Language Blog, Voice OverTags: video games

6 Hilarious Video Game Voice-over Fails

Video game localisation is an art. Getting the dialogue right is one of the most challenging parts of the job. For example, check out these six terrible examples of video game voiceovers. From bad translation to goofy accents to poor quality control, these games featured voice acting that made pla...

Published On - August 3, 2016

Alicja Brady Game and App, Language BlogTags: video games

The Language of Pokémon Go

It’s official: Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm. A week after release, it had more active users than Twitter and more engagement than Facebook. Players are walking off cliffs and walking into traffic. Those of us who don’t play are thoroughly confused, by both our fri...