The spanish translation of the game simply sucks

[LaFoRiK]

I'm really enjoying the game. But the spanish translation of it is so bad it's insulting.

The grammar is bad, and even the spelling is atrociuos. That misuse of the letter "C" instead of "S" makes me think an illiterate monkey was in charge of it.

Really, when I say it's insulting it's no figurative speech.

If it was fanmade, then it's bad. If you paid for it sue the guy/company because they didn't know what they were doing.

This really gives a bad image to the game.

The game is good and fun though.

[LaFoRiK]

If you said you want the scientist to be more formal he should use usted/ustedes.
But the butcher should use tú/vosotros.

Also, I'll correct mysef:

early retirement = jubilación anticipada

[JuaKo]

Yeah, we use Sprint, it's an anglicismo (english words that the spanish language has included on it, like "chat, corner, email").

[LaFoRiK]

Juako do you use corner as a regular word? The first time I hear it in Spain.

If you don't want to use "coger" (and I totally get it) "atrapar" sounds way better than "agarrar".

[LaFoRiK]

Also, forget the extra "n" in "puntaje" and use "puntuación".

I am really sorry about the tone in the first message but, really, the is really bad.

We understand it, but you also understand Jar Jar Binks and wouldn't like a game written like that.

[JuaKo]

Yes, I use it as a football word xD Maybe you don't like football jaja

[MechaTails]

Addressing those things:

Upside down exclamation/question marks: Left out to save space. Again, this was discussed.

1. I agree, I went for brevity
2. Pachanga is a well known word
3. Bruto is a well known word
4. I'll take your word for it, no one had a problem with it here though.
5. Eh. It makes sense but I could change it to something else. "Practice drum" is what we call the oil drums we practice shooting at, that's not even a cultural thing, it's just something shooters do lol

7. I used "tacitas" because it's funnier, and it's a shoutout to those Vin Diesel movies. (kill you with my teacup)

10. Respectful tone is something we discussed. The scientist starts off respectful, then the words change to be informal when he realizes the Bug Butcher is a schlub.

14. Artilugios is the funnier sounding word for "gadgets" or "trinkets". (I would love to see your gadgets!; Everyone wants to see my gadgets). Used "sus" because the scientist is still respectful at this point.

•"Machucar" is a common word used in cooking (mashing). Plus it's funny, which was another goal. Also discussed. I hope everyone understands by now this is written for a casual game, not an essay.

Publicado originalmente por LaFoRik:

If you don't want to use "coger" (and I totally get it) "atrapar" sounds way better than "agarrar".

"Atrapar" is what we do to wild animals, not stationary/inanimate objects. "Recoger" still has "coger", also why I passed on it. "Agarrar" is "grab", a happy medium.

[JuaKo]

Where can I ask for the development of the game in spanish of Spain? Or is not possible.

[LaFoRiK]

I'm sorry but I think you understimate the differences in spanish. There are 23 (maybe 22) countries that uses spanish as the official language. If you use slang from one country you're leaving out the other 20.

I lived in germany for two years and I shared a german grammar class with people from Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Perú, Costa Rica...believe me. Sometimes it was difficult for us to understand each other.

I bet you used Mexican Spanish. It's understandable, is the closest to USA. But it's not a worldwide standar (in fact, is famous for being really "bastarized" from american english. They might be closer to you but their spanish is far from being the best) Those "well known" words you are refering to...well...they just simply are not.

Also "machucar"...first time I hear it. I looked it up in google and the first link is to a portuguese wiki. Yes, I guess it means "aplastar" o "espachurrar" but is not a common word.

So...

I bet the last thing you wanted to hear is that this job was done poorly. And I understand that doing this the proper way would take an enormous ammount of time and effort (if not, there wouldn't be people who makes money locating videogames).

I just wanted to warn you of two things:

- There are tons of mistakes. No matter what kind of spanish you are using, there are lots of mispelling and grammar mistakes.
- For the several hundred million of spanish-speaking people that live outside Mexico this game will sound silly at best an, at some points, like total jibberish. It gives bad press to the game. Just so you know.

The fact that you tried to teach me which words are common in my mothertongue didn't help neither. Once again, the spanish you speak in the USA is not famous for its quality standars.

Well, this was just an informative post.

I did what I could. But it's late and I have games to play.

Bye and good luck.
As I stated before, I think the game is pretty good.
Well done.

PS: I got the idea, the scientist is respectful, the butcher isn't. Then why is he speaking like a 19th century dude with some ocational slang?

[MechaTails]

Publicado originalmente por JuaKo:

Where can I ask for the development of the game in spanish of Spain? Or is not possible.

Do what I did and just send them your fan translation, then get called a monkey by people from a different culture lol.

[LaFoRiK]

Atrapar is to "catch". Doesn't matter if it's a living thing or not. It gives the impresion that you may fail if you don't do it fast enough.

Really, don't try to translate each word by looking it up in the dictionary.

IT JUST WON'T WORK.

[LaFoRiK]

Hey, I get it. You tried to do your best and it hurted when someone called you names.

I've apologized several times.

If you are so easily hurted don't work on videogames. We nerds are a bunch of cruel bastards. Didn't you know?

Your translating work is still terrible, though.

[MechaTails]

Publicado originalmente por LaFoRik:

Atrapar is to "catch". Doesn't matter if it's a living thing or not. It gives the impresion that you may fail if you don't do it fast enough.

Really, don't try to translate each word by looking it up in the dictionary.

IT JUST WON'T WORK.

If you want to go the "catch" route, "atrapar" would be proper when the coins are in the air, "recoger/pick up" is proper when they're on the floor. It's nitpicky, I get it. I'm not anal about these things. I'm still sending corrections.

And now you're getting aggressive, so let's end the conversation. *shrug*

[JuaKo]

Publicado originalmente por LaFoRik:

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- There are tons of mistakes. No matter what kind of spanish you are using, there are lots of mispelling and grammar mistakes.
- For the several hundred million of spanish-speaking people that live outside Mexico this game will sound silly at best an, at some points, like total jibberish. It gives bad press to the game. Just so you know.

Totally agree.
Good night.

[edusword]

Bufff... aún no he jugado con la versión en español, pero por las frases que he podido leer aquí, mejor paso de ponerlo en español. La verdad es que es muy triste, porque esas frases dan auténtico asco. Eso no es español, así de claro.

[Awfully Nice Studios]

Okay guys. We are sorry for the bad translation. We are two non spanish speaking devs not being aware of different spanish languages and we can't afford a proper translation service as we are just two indies trying to make a good game.
We either remove the spanish language alltogether now or we make two separate languages. One for Mexican and one for european spanish. Would that make sense?