As a Korean-American, SC2 localization is funny - Page 3

Eloh666

Italy24 Posts

August 15 2010 01:53 GMT

#41

You have never seen the italian translation of SC2.
I recived the game about 1 day before the release, and didn't even dare playing the sp in ita.
Some examples of what i'm talking about?

Firebat = "Piromane" which in english means Pyromaniac - when a friend of mine asked me "why ain't there in the mp" it took me a bit to realise it was actually a unit he was talking about.

Carrier = "Portastormo" ye you know, i really don't know how to translate it. It could be something like flockcarrier. No not kidding.

Marauder = Distruttore => destroyer, or something like that..

Some of them are prolly even more retarded. I just dont dare installing the game in another language.

Mikilatov

United States3897 Posts

August 15 2010 01:56 GMT

#42

I'm not sure what would win... Spike thruster or intense beam cannon.

lol at 'Connect Hub'. So lame.

Hinanawi

United States2250 Posts

August 15 2010 02:02 GMT

#43

Do Korean and Chinese have a syllabic alphabet they can use to just sound out English words literally? Most Japanese translations will just leave a word as English and cram it into their syllabary if it's a unique word.

I imagine they must, or else they wouldn't be able to write out foreigners' names without using roman letters.

Hakker

United States1360 Posts

August 15 2010 02:03 GMT

#44

I mean, they sound weird to us, but are they really that off to someone who speaks only korean?

Like for example when i took spanish in high school if you translated word for word alot of the sentences sounded pretty ridiculous aswell.

Just my thoughts.

Ouga

Finland645 Posts

August 15 2010 02:31 GMT

#45

Localization indeed. I don't find anything completely weird about the korean ones. Then again I've never understood complaints about bad translations. It's BAD only if the meaning drastically changes. Like IMPORTANTLY changes. Among same lines + localization = good enough most of the time.

ArghUScaredMe

United States712 Posts

August 15 2010 05:50 GMT

#46

spent some time updating more.

Kutar_FOX

Korea (South)67 Posts

August 15 2010 20:32 GMT

#47

On August 15 2010 11:02 Hinanawi wrote:
Do Korean and Chinese have a syllabic alphabet they can use to just sound out English words literally? Most Japanese translations will just leave a word as English and cram it into their syllabary if it's a unique word.

I imagine they must, or else they wouldn't be able to write out foreigners' names without using roman letters.

Yes they both have. for example korean letter can be used to write batman as 배트맨 bat-tu-men,
reaper as 리퍼, banana as 바나나.
also Korean language systematically can pronounce foreign lauguage more close to original sounds compared to Japanese.

English: center building // girl
Japanese pronunciation: centa-beeru-ding // ga-ru = ガール
Korean pronuncnation: centeh bill-ding // gurl = 걸

This way of reading foreign languages was more common
until WoW with overhaulish translation showed up.
I have hard time communicating with Korean buddies who play Korean version of WoW. lol.

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

August 15 2010 21:03 GMT

#48

I just hope the Korean commentators stick to the old BW-style romanizations. It's just not the same without PLAGUUUUU and REEBOREEBOREEBO x10 :[

Kutar_FOX

Korea (South)67 Posts

August 15 2010 21:12 GMT

#49

On August 15 2010 11:03 Hakker wrote:
I mean, they sound weird to us, but are they really that off to someone who speaks only korean?

Like for example when i took spanish in high school if you translated word for word alot of the sentences sounded pretty ridiculous aswell.

Just my thoughts.

I have to say for Asia, due to weternization many decades ago, countless number of foreign goods and culture and most of those werent translated and we just sounded it out like i said above, until today we just sound out batman as batman, shokolad as shokolad.
I think Europe is not that different from Asia, but americanization (mainly movies and pop culture) instead westernization is correct statement.
so it just feels awkward to see translated english words and names into different language.

Wihl

Sweden472 Posts

August 15 2010 21:19 GMT

#50

Should have seen the swedish translation of Diablo 1. /shiver

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