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Can you name some? Especially if it's a language that's not that easy to translate to/from directly. Maybe there is something in your language that you find cool and wanna share.

Filvidek is pretty good

>>719760816 (OP)
What the fuck? They changed the brand to oat "milk" in the new update?

>>719761683
I've only seen the first picture.
Maybe those are different translations? No idea, honestly.

>>719761727
Nope, looks like it's the same. Then again, it's not the worst milk-related thing they did.
Also they got a controversial e-celeb VA to dub Tenna

>>719761843
Which VA is that? Why are they controversial? I don't know much about Russian VA.

>>719760816 (OP)
>thread ostensibly about an interesting topic worthy of discussion
>actually just another stealth DeltaDogShit thread
I fucking hate you and your fanbase for ruining every single thing you touch. If there was an anti-Midas touch, you retards all have it.

>>719761932
Chill, it was just the first thing that came to mind, since I don't play many localizations nowadays.
You can just counter that by posting an interesting example from a different game instead of moping.

>>719760816 (OP)
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus by Fargus (Russian) was great, in terms of translation, UI/font, AND VA.
No idea if they ever did the first one, though.
It also had the strangest bug I've ever seen in a game that bordered on creepypasta.

>>719761917
>Which VA is that?
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cыeндyк
>Why are they controversial?
Honestly I don't follow him and have no idea, aside from him being a libtard, but people seem to hate him.

>>719762185
Lmao I've known the bloke personally a long time ago. Had no idea they were controversial though as I don't keep up with that kind of stuff.

The localization of MGS1 was great and I'm tired of Kojima telling me it was not. Sorry it was the best one out of 4 at least.

>>719762542
Fuck off.

>just completely rewrote the script to turn it into parody
Shit was insane

Gears of Wars had LATAM's DBZ dub voice actors in the cast, specifically Vegeta and Piccolo's voices

Phoenix Wright
Final Fantasy 12
Katamari Damaci

>>719762836
>>719762095
>>719761843
>>719761683
>>719760816 (OP)
Dude nobody understands what these subhuman runes mean

>>719762836
The Neverhood (one of the two Russian localizations) did a similar thing, even going as far as changing some textures for the sake of shitposting.
They also used a lot of boomer "WINDOWS SUX" jokes for some fucking reason.

>>719763445
>Phoenix Wright
How is this allowed when /v/ flips the lid about much less egregious changes?

>>719763534
>enters a thread about localizations to different languages
>surprised at seeing something other than muttscribbles

>>719762095
>It also had the strangest bug I've ever seen in a game that bordered on creepypasta.
Nu, elaborate

>>719763769
I'll try to be brief (and fail miserably)

>be like six years old
>get Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
>the game has no music (which was common in pirated translations, honestly adds to the atmosphere sometimes)
>a couple of very specific SFX get "stuck" and play permanently once encountered on a screen, even if you quit to the title screen. The only way to get rid of this is to relaunch the game. These looping effects included the green gas sound, probably the water sound, and the round minecart sound, which as you can guess was extremely annoying.
>Am small, so not allowed to play on the computer for more than a couple hours, so usually just turn it off within that timeframe

>One day, go outside while leaving the game on, which was uncommon for me
>Return some time later. The game suddenly has music, and no audio bugs whatsoever.
>Feel like I am going fucking insane.

>Try to test various theories.
>Turns out, if you leave the game running for a specific time (like 3 hours probably), at one point you suddenly hear the "secret room sound" (which I always hated cause it's so loud)
>At that moment, all the audio issues with the game disappear.

However, that wasn't the crazy part.
I later discovered that the 3 hour countdown didn't hinge on the game being on, as sometimes I would turn it on and it would already be working as intended, with no secret room sound. I monitored the game further.

No, as it turned out, the countdown somehow monitored the fucking PC being on. If you leave your PC running for 3 hours or so, it solves audio issues in Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus. Doesn't matter what you;re doing in the meantime.
Rebooting the PC resets the invisible countdown.
Once I learned that and convinced my dad I wasn't fucking crazy, I would just boot my PC without playing it so I could play Oddworld later as God intended. And the process being so cumbersome, it made finally hearing the music in the game so comfy and so-ever-sweet each time.

>>719760816 (OP)
the only way I'd be able to tell you if a localisation is good is if I was fluent in both languages and had a good understanding of the culture of both as well.

I don't know why you think people on /v/ are qualified enough to give you real answers

>>719761932
Imagine being this fucking mindbroken, holy shit

>>719764414
/v/ is full of ESLs though

>>719763570
>The Neverhood (one of the two Russian localizations) did a similar thing, even going as far as changing some textures for the sake of shitposting.
I guess they just added subtitles for the Hall of Records? They couldn't just recreate the entire clay set in other languages.

>>719760816 (OP)
What the fuck is this weird Finno-Turkic-Mongoloid mix of a language, and why do they call it Russian?

>>719764617
No, actually. They replaced the whole wall with a different text, no subtitles. That text being a bunch of shitposty boomer jokes, as far as I remember. So yeah, no deep lore in that version.

I liked Disco Elysium russkie translation, certainly worth a replay.
Hopefully I'll be able to do a jap playthrough soon enough.

>>719763686
>when /v/ flips the lid about much less egregious changes?
95% of of complaints about Japanese game localization are from brown ESLs who learnt English from anime

>>719760816 (OP)
I think that it needs to be porportional to difficulty. MGS is way fucking harder than paper mario.

I think some of the Phoenix Wright AA games deserve credit, even with their flaws.

>>719764798
>needs to be porportional to difficulty.
What do you mean, exactly?

>>719762542
It has some really, REALLY critical flaws anon. The later entries are better..

>>719764289
this seems to be some sort of an anti-piracy measure, but still very weird that it's tied to an internal clock like that

>>719764414
But on the other hand, you don't need THAT much fluency to tell when you're getting served dog crap. And even if you can't hit the high notes, you can sometimes tell when someone's power level is much higher than yours.

Simple example. The Gyakuten Saiban/AA localization is controversial, but it was also thought to be impossible. You don't need an ace JLPT to understand the quality of work of translating Franziska von Karma bakabakashi rants into english.

Also, the people doing the localizing don't have the level of functionality you describe either.

>>719764580
Correct. They can't even do the English.

>>719764709
Considering how it uses terms like "liberast", it was definitely made for people with Soviet mentality who understand Russian cultural references.

What I don't understand is why original version of Deltarune has wordplay that only works in Russian.

>>719764837
The idea of "good" on NES legend of zelda is not the same as on Famicom detective club.

>>719761843
I don't like that the milk has a picture of toriel on it

>>719765197
>original version of Deltarune has wordplay that only works in Russian.
what now

>>719765197
>What I don't understand is why original version of Deltarune has wordplay that only works in Russian.
Elaborate, I didn't play Deltarune.

>>719765373
>>719765391
Rouxls has obsession with worms for some reason, and Russian language users the same word for "worms" and "hearts" (card suit).

>>719765221
How do we know it's not a picture of Ralsei?

>>719765458
Oh, I get it, lol.
And apparently "чepви" doesn't even originate from some foreign word, nice.

Why even translate games into other EU languages? I understand when it's something like Russian, Japanese, or Chinese.
EU just seems like a waste of time and resources.

>>719761932
I hate all these stealth threads.
This place needs better janitors.

>>719765949
Don't they sometimes translate from US to UK English, or vice versa?

>>719762836
>just completely rewrote the script to turn it into parody
That's every game victor ireland and richard honeywood have been involved with...

>>719764414
You don't have to be fluent, you can tell when things are completely wrong even when you're at an intermediate level.

>>719766185
Yeah, this also happens from time to time, which seems pointless in an online-embedded world. Everyone fucking knows all these miniscule word differences already, why go through all the trouble? At least it can sometimes save the English translation from the meddling by the US trannies.

NieR 1 and Fire Emblem Awakening come to mind.

>>719766165
>So, uh, sneaking actually really sucks.
>Let's just make new threads really fast.

>>719761932
Blame the janny and his hateboner.

>>719766165
It isn't a stealth thread, it's just the OP using Deltarune as an example of the thread topic. Nothing's stopping you from discussing other shit as long as it pertains to that topic. Or you can't seriously believe that any mention of specific games on /v/ should require action from jannies, even if they aren't breaking any rules? That's embarrassing

>>719763686
They were localized in 2000s. Localizers still had credibility. They were taken seriously until the mid 2010s with translation mistakes being seen as exceptions not the rule. No one conceived that retardation was were common place throughout the industry. Because the assumption was that they were being paid so they should do their job.

>>719766279
Awakening's localization is dogshit. The entire game is just bad translation after bad translation. It's comparable to Day of Ruin

>>719766271
The EU team and the US team are sometimes different teams. So they both do their own translation. Which can end up being hilarious because US teams always end up as shitposts.

>>719766165
I hate bootlickers like you.

>>719766268
OP asked for a good localization. You don't need fluency to tell when something is wrong but you do need fluency to say whether it's good.

Localization peaked when that Russian fan translation translated Woshua as "Moishe". That's what they should be writing about in that "Legends of Localization" book.

>>719767201
I'm going to samefag actually. I've yet to see a single scene in Awakening that is even passable. Which is impressive. You could have monkeys with zero JP knowledge, a dictionary, and a 1 week deadline and still they'd get at-least something correct on accident. You have to wonder where the fuck Nintendo finds these people.

>>719767441
Are there any other wild Russian translations of indie games? Or is it just stuff from the 90s

>>719760816 (OP)
Pikmin is pretty okay. Though I hear Louie is a bit scuffed. But it's pretty impressive by Nintendo standards.

>>719767441
Elaborate anon. Why is it so clever?

>>719768186
Because it preserves the "wash" pun perfectly, and Joshua and Moishe are both Hebrew names.

>>719767441
While this example is great, I remember UT's translation overall being horrible, plagued by direct calques from English (e.g. "Little old me will have to do! --> Cтapый дoбpый я something something).
Start contrast to the DR translation, which actually seems great.

>playing obscure czech point'n'click
>"you oiled up the door. it went smooth like butter."
>"notice the irony after translating that to russian"
>dialogue actually says this
>think game is just being weird and random
>years later learn russian
>replay the game
>mfw

>>719769129
I remember them actually translating "they/them" crap as "oни" in UT. DR translations seems to just sidestep the issue by not applying any pronouns to Kris (Knight is referred as "he" right now).

There was a Spanish boomer comedian called 'El Chiquito de la Calzada'. He was extremely iconic, to the point that many of his expressions are still used today (mostly by people who are 30+). The Spanish localization for Little King's Story on the Wii is pure fanfiction, made by a guy who clearly liked El Chiquito a bit too much. Nearly every "translated" phrase in the game has some sort of reference, and it's nearly incomprehensible.

>>719769727
that doesn't sound like a good translation anon

>>719770031
shitposting in official translation sounds based to me

Swansea is a total post-Soviet boomer in the Russian translation of Mouthwashing. Probably made for good streamer/VA bait.

>>719770031
it isn't, I just find the story interesting

>>719770192
Well, I haven't played it, but he does looks like cкyф. Not sure how you make someone sound like one, though.

>>719770538
Just lots of classic phrases that sound like a grandpa in his 60s said them. Like he's your dad, basically.

If you're afraid to use slurs then your localization sucks ass.

>>719769225
qrd?
dont make me learn russian

>>719760816 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apa5Gi5hBJA

>>719771965
"butter" and "oil" is the same word in Russian (although you can specify what you're talking about with an adjective)

>>719772083
gentleman and a scholar

>>719771965
oil and butter are homonyms
but that's dumb, the joke works the same way in English, no?

>>719761932
Deltarune is something that inherently needs a good localization because the wordplay references and stupid humor doesn't exactly translate. One of the bosses is a giant youtube poop reference, how do you convey that to someone in Bumfuckistan?

>>719772398
Man, look at the troon getting upset that his stealth thread was actually used for the topic he stole.

>>719763534
>subhuman runes
Cyrillic is derived from Greek. There is nothing wrong with it. You just don't like the people who use it (which isn't just Russians).

>>719761932
>stealth
A screenshot from Deltarune was used as the OP image.

>>719762185
>Cыeндyк
Oh fuck yeah. Sublime choice. I'm pleasantly surprised that he is still around.

English localization for Final Fantasy XII is good. They gave it this Shakespearean-style upgrade, and the localizer was a guy who studied Classical Japanese Lit at freaking Keio and Harvard. It was a stars-aligned moment, and they even got English VAs with theater backgrounds, so the final EN dub came out super polished. It was so good that newer FF games couldn’t even compare.

I’ve got a Japanese friend who was baffled that I liked FFXII, until I realized the Japanese dialogue is just plain and straightforward like any other FF/JRPG game.

>>719774967
Elaborate? I can't quite say if you're being ironic or not.

>>719775629
I'm serious. I remember watching his animations when I was a teenager. He also did a one-man dub of Gravity Falls, which is what I watched before I knew English well enough to not need it. Haven't watched him in years, though, and I guess he is "controversial" now. But if it's just voicework, he is just fine, especially for Tenna.

>>719774845
>greek kappa and latin k are "shared"
>cyrillic ka is its own thing
huh?

>>719775827
I don't know what that's all about, but apparently, they are different. Look closely: К K

>>719766279
Anything by 8-4 is terrible and you're a retard for posting this even in jest.

>>719775882
it's one thing if all three Κ and K and К were "technically different", but i am missing what colored letters are trying to convey
lambda and cyrillic el share a blue, but not latin L
cyrillic y is also pals with latin Y, and while they are related as symbols, the sounds are different
graph is wack, need PROOFS

>>719760816 (OP)
I can vouch for Nintendo's LatAM works specifically being surprisingly solid, feels like the team is made up of people who're very passionate for the games (or alternatively, very autistic). They seem to go for a nice balance between NoE having more literal translations, and whatever the fuck Treehouse is doing, keeping the important stuff and meaning there but allowing for some funnier stuff where it fits. One of the directors for the division is really pasisonate as far as I can tell, Cristina Jáuregui. She was the singer for Penny's Song in English WarioWare GIT, and Nintendo released a Spanish version of that track on their youtube channel just... out of nowhere. https://youtu.be/Ej1DqDN9AEc Was never used in-game as a patch or anything, they just uploaded it for the hell of it, and I imagine she likely had some influence there, since the translated lyrics are very well done. She's also the voice for the PA in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, as well as the LatAm voiceover for those Kirby storytime videos they put out a while ago. As far as dubbing is concerned whoever's in charge of Nintendo LatAm is doing a phenomenal job, getting A-listers or their mentees for any game with voice acting, and I strongly believe they have way better voice direction than the English VAs do. Favorite example, Zelda crying in BotW, I think LatAm does a way better job at delivering the weight of the scene https://youtu.be/kYfVul6HavM (1:47 for English, 3:32 for LatAm)
I'm also fairly glad that the way Spanish works means we avoid retarded nonbinary bullshit and characters are just male or female, very glad the English ones haven't been retarded enough to push that shit onto the Spanish team

>translating documentary I disagree with
>change "protests for freedom" into "civil disorder"
Fuck schlomo gon do?

>>719760816 (OP)
Just bite the bullet and learn English.

t. ESL

>>719777645
why would i bite a bullet
i dont wanna die

>>719767456
English version of that game had some great lines
>If these are your friends I don't want to meet your enemies.
can't compare with the original though since I don't read moon.

>>719777702
your first world life has made you weak

>>719777702
Should have localized "bite the bullet" to "chop off the dick" for clarity.

>>719760816 (OP)
Rayman 3 had a great polish translation, even changed Murphy's joke of "working in a low budget game" to working in a cheap localisation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytuyKEhnRE8

>>719765949
I do not understand why a studio would translate to Russian in the current day, besides the obvious controversy it would cause, the Russian economy isn't that big and it's only deteriorating as time goes by, and every other country that has a considerable Russian-speaking population besides Russia can understand English just fine, so no need to translate it.

All in all it just seems more trouble than it's worth. A German translation would make more sense given it's a considerably larger economy and market.

>>719780182
I mean, the only games that do it have Russians in the studio.

>>719761403
You acquired a Jew.

>>719780182
Russians are consistently second or third biggest audience on Steam, ignoring them is even more stupid than making your game woke because you don't even get DEI bucks from it. Publishers are shooting themselves in the dick while Russians crowdfund unofficial translations with VA done by actual theater actors.

So does anyone else on /v/ actually try to make their own translations? I've been working on one for a Yume Nikki fangame but lost motivation thanks to work (and getting to the point where I have to edit images)