The Case of the Golden Idol

The Case of the Golden Idol

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German language translation?
Hi.

Will be there a german translation?
The game looks very nice but my english language is not good enough to understand complex detective conclusions.
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Yuni May 30, 2023 @ 1:58am 
+1 German Translation
вιηєy01 May 30, 2023 @ 6:34am 
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steff0rn Jul 7, 2023 @ 3:46am 
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Uses phrases like "complex detective conclusions".
Says "my english language is not good enough".

I swear, this is the case with so many German speakers. You guys speak excellent English but for some reason think that it's "not good enough". I'll never understand it...

Besides, the game would be pretty hard to translate to anything at all, as the grammar fitting is part of the solution, and English is a language with very basic grammar, definitely unlike German. Unfortunate.

Just check it out Brudi, you'll do fine!
BxBender [GER] Jul 7, 2023 @ 4:20pm 
blah blah blah, Vitlök, you are not welcome here, please go home
вιηєy01 Jul 8, 2023 @ 12:40am 
Originally posted by BxBender GER:
blah blah blah, Vitlök, you are not welcome here, please go home
mad
Cali Sep 1, 2023 @ 1:37am 
+1
Tom S. Fox Sep 1, 2023 @ 9:09am 
I’m volunteering as a translator.
Melbac Sep 2, 2023 @ 12:38pm 
Originally posted by BxBender GER:
Hi.

Will be there a german translation?
The game looks very nice but my english language is not good enough to understand complex detective conclusions.

Wird nicht gut funktionieren. Die deutschen Artikel der/die/das verraten einfach viel zu viel. Englisch ist da einfacher und erlaubt mehr grammatikalisch korrekte Kombinationen.
Gyre Sep 2, 2023 @ 2:04pm 
Originally posted by Melbac:
Originally posted by BxBender GER:
Hi.

Will be there a german translation?
The game looks very nice but my english language is not good enough to understand complex detective conclusions.

Wird nicht gut funktionieren. Die deutschen Artikel der/die/das verraten einfach viel zu viel. Englisch ist da einfacher und erlaubt mehr grammatikalisch korrekte Kombinationen.

Put this into Google translator, and I agree. A lot of people are asking for translation into language XYZ and not realizing the translator is gonna have to do a lot of extra work to hide stuff like gender or case for their language. It's possible by using slashes like you used, but there's also issues like tenses, adjective agreement, and different word orders in making the slots work and important information hidden. It's not an easy job and would definitely stretch the budget of a niche indie game.

EDIT: There are some enterprising fans doing translations out of the love of their heart, but again, actually paying for a translation would be enormously expensive.
Last edited by Gyre; Sep 2, 2023 @ 2:06pm
kurosawa Dec 27, 2023 @ 6:40am 
+1
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