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Design Game Design Localization

Introduction to Game Localization

Become a translator, tester or project manager specialized in gamelocalization and get paid for your gaming passion
Bestseller
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (678 ratings)
2,025 students
Created by Pablo Muñoz Sánchez
Last updated 9/2015
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Examine the challenges you’ll face in each stage of the game localization process and choose where you’d like to work
  • Compare the pros and cons of working in-house or as a freelancer and select your ideal lifestyle
  • Learn how to spend more time translating and less worrying about technical issues
  • Improve your creativity and let your words take players on a rollercoaster of emotions
  • Learn to write professional bug reports and how to polish a translation until it’s perfect

Requirements

  • Some language skills in a language other than English
  • Microsoft Excel (any version) or any other spreadsheet software for exercises

Description

If you play localized games, this probably sounds familiar…

You’re playing your favorite game on a rainy winter afternoon. “Cool graphics! Amazing playability! Killer music! Stunning action! Wait a minute… What’s with all the spelling mistakes? That text doesn’t make sense! Who on earth translated this game!? I could’ve done a better job myself!”

Engage players in the game story

Learn the basic concepts behind game localization and specialize as a game translator, linguistic tester or game localization project manager.


Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Stages of the game localization process
    Introduction to game internationalization, the game translation process, different review methods, the importance of linguistic testing. Examine the challenges you’ll face in each stage and decide which part of the process you’d like to work on!

  • Differences between working in-house and as a freelancer
    Learn how to get acquainted with the game you’ll be translating, what reference material looks like, how to report queries, and examine general rates and salaries before you establish your own. Compare pros and cons, and select your ideal lifestyle!

  • The technical aspects
    Get a handle on translating texts with codes, conquer those dreaded variables and learn how not to exceed character limitations. All with real examples and plenty of practical exercises! Spend more time translating and less worrying about technical issues!

  • Translation and transcreation
    Translating a game is nothing like translating software, laws or contracts. It’s actually great fun! (That’s the brotherhood’s best kept secret: you’ll get paid for doing something fascinating!). You’ll have a blast learning how to define characters by how they speak, and translating names, character descriptions and even songs and poems! Improve your creativity and let your words take players on a rollercoaster of emotions!

  • Game localization testing
    You’d be amazed by the amount of errors that appear when the translated text is implemented in the game. This module teaches you to identify the main types of linguistic bugs and to write straightforward, useful and professional reports. Contribute to a successful translation by reporting bugs and improvements to polish the text until it’s perfect!

Are you ready to become a game localization professional? Then insert coin and… Let’s rock!

Who this course is for:

  • Translators looking to specialize in game localization
  • Project managers looking to expand their game localization knowledge
  • Developers looking to improve their internationalization processes and localize games
  • People who love games and languages
  • Anyone with an interest in the game industry looking to expand their job options

Course content

8 sections • 80 lectures • 2h 45m total length

  • Preview02:06
  • Preview02:16
  • Thank You And Welcome!
    00:52
  • Preview03:28

  • Intro To The Game Localization Process
    00:52
  • Internationalization (i18n)
    00:46
  • i18n Best Practices - Tip 1
    01:01
  • i18n Best Practices - Tip 2
    00:47
  • i18n Best Practices - Tip 3
    01:36
  • i18n Best Practices - Summary
    01:29
  • The Localization Kit
    02:11
  • The Translation Phase
    02:57
  • The Review Phase
    01:48
  • Localization Testing
    02:34
  • Test Your Knowledge About The Game Localization Process
    6 questions

  • Intro To Working In-house And As A Freelancer
    01:07
  • Familiarizing With The Game In-House
    02:03
  • Reference Material, Context And Freelancers
    02:22
  • Queries And How To Report Them
    03:42
  • Quick Look At A Query Sample File
    02:09
  • Query Template
    00:07
  • Preview01:09
  • Testing By In-house Translators And Testers
    01:10
  • Challenges For Freelancers
    02:11
  • How Much Money Can You Make Working In The l10n Industry?
    03:56
  • Quick Comparison Between In-House and Freelance Translators
    04:38
  • Test Your Knowledge About Working In-House Or As A Freelancer
    6 questions

  • Intro To The Technical Aspects
    00:41
  • How Does A Typical Game File Look Like?
    02:03
  • Game File Example In Excel
    00:05
  • Tags Or Those Strange Codes Around The Text
    02:13
  • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Example For Translation
    00:08
  • Tags in Action I - Dragon Ball: Attack of the Sayans
    01:03
  • What Was Wrong In The Previous Video?
    1 question
  • Tags in Action I - Behind The Scenes
    02:30
  • Tags in Action II - Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
    01:09
  • Identify Some Tags
    1 question
  • Tags in Action II - Behind The Scenes
    03:03
  • Tags in Action II - Let's Cause Some Tag Bugs!
    01:18
  • Variables In Game Localization
    02:55
  • Character Limitations
    01:09
  • God Bless The Macros To Count Characters!
    02:37
  • Test Your Knowledge About Working The Technical Aspects In Game Localization
    5 questions

  • Hey, You've Become A Super Saiyan!
    00:45
  • Intro To Translation And Transcreation
    00:55
  • What Is Transcreation?
    01:31
  • Transcreation In 3 Steps
    03:07
  • Exercise: Transcreate With Chef Ramsay And Other Memes!
    00:27
  • Eco Shooter A Short But Good Example Of Transcreation (I)
    00:33
  • Identify The Words That Could Be Difficult To Translate
    1 question
  • Eco Shooter A Short But Good Example Of Transcreation (II)
    02:54
  • Eco Shooter A Short But Good Example Of Transcreation (III)
    02:05
  • The Limits Of Transcreation
    02:10
  • Transcreation In Practice I - Names, Items and Spells
    04:51
  • Transcreation In Practice II - Character Descriptions
    03:08
  • Transcreation In Practice III - Dialogues And Accents
    05:03
  • Exercise: Translate Bonsai Barber Names, Descriptions And More!
    00:15
  • Transcreation In Practice IV - Songs, Rhymes And Poems
    01:35
  • Exercise: Translate The Child's Drawings Of Silent Hill
    00:08
  • Transcreation In Practice V - Songs To Be Sung
    03:15
  • Transcreation In Practice Ultimate Edition - The FFVI Opera Song
    05:34
  • Exercise: Translate The FFVI Opera Song
    00:29
  • Test Your Knowledge About Translation and Transcreation
    4 questions

  • Intro To Game Localization Testing
    01:00
  • What Is A Bug?
    01:29
  • System Bugs I - Font Issues
    01:40
  • System Bugs II - Wrong Text Implementation
    01:11
  • System Bugs III - Unexpected Issues
    01:03
  • Linguistic Bugs I - Misspellings And Grammar Mistakes
    02:28
  • Linguistic Bugs II - Mistranslations
    02:45
  • Linguistic Bugs III - Text Overflows And Truncations
    01:11
  • Linguistic Bugs IV - Style Improvements
    02:18
  • Linguistic Bugs V - Inconsistencies
    02:17
  • The Golden Rule For Being A Good Tester
    01:48
  • Timing Issues In Subtitles
    01:05
  • Cultural Issues
    01:42
  • Accesibility Issues
    02:21
  • How To Report Bugs Effectively
    03:57
  • Bug Report Template
    00:04
  • Bugs Reports Explained
    03:21
  • Bug Statuses
    01:48
  • Test Your Knowledge About Game Localization Testing
    7 questions

  • Recommended Books On Game Localization
    02:26
  • Final Words And See You Next Mission!
    01:04

  • Preview04:14
  • Preview04:25
  • Preview10:16
  • Multi-line Character Count Macro
    00:28

Instructor

Pablo Muñoz Sánchez
English > Spanish Video Game Translator
Pablo Muñoz Sánchez
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 678 Reviews
  • 2,025 Students
  • 1 Course

I’m Pablo Muñoz and I have 6 years of experience translating video games, software, websites and apps from English into Spanish. When I’m not busy working on translation projects, I write a well-known blog about translation called Algo más que traducir, teach courses and speak at specialized conferences on video game localization. You can find more information about my projects in my professional website.

I’m currently based in Madrid, Spain. Why? An agency hired me to work as an external part-time translator, proofreader and tester for the localization department at one of the leading multinationals in the Internet search engine and technology sector. I’ve been honing my professional localization skills there since 2010, especially in software and app localization and testing (QA).

The job that genuinely got my career off the ground was my two-year stint at Nintendo of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. My work there as a game translator and tester on a highly-specialized international team helped me make up my mind to gear my career towards projects with a strong creative and technological profile.

On top of all that, I spent my spare time in Germany studying a European MA in Audiovisual Translation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, where I learnt all about dubbing, subtitling and localization, among many other things. So much so that in 2011, my former lecturers asked me to teach some of the units of the software localization module of the MA.

To sum it up, here are my specialties:

- Game Localization (Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, Wii :U, Nintendo 3DS)
- App Localization (iOS -iPhone and iPad-, Android)
- Website Localization (WordPress, Drupal, HTML + CSS, other)
- Software Localization (PC, Help/Documentation)
- QA and Localization Testing
- Programming Languages: Visual Basic, VBA

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