Comments on: Video Games to Be Required to Be Translated to French http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/ News for Gamers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: somewhat http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15445 somewhat Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:44:21 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15445 But wasn't their mention in the agreement of the french being Québecois and not European ? Because there are already quite a few games already available in European french, just not necessarily Québecois, à la Simpsons. Which happens to be very well translated to Québecois, and one the few translated shows I can stand to watch. But wasn’t their mention in the agreement of the french being Québecois and not European ? Because there are already quite a few games already available in European french, just not necessarily Québecois, à la Simpsons. Which happens to be very well translated to Québecois, and one the few translated shows I can stand to watch.

]]> By: Dominic Arsenault http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15424 Dominic Arsenault Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:47:49 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15424 Actually, the agreement stipulates that video games which are available in French elsewhere in the world will have to be in Quebec too. They're not asking for every game to be translated, and if some obscure japanese developer only makes its niche RPG in japanese and english, we'll get it in english just the same. Actually, the agreement stipulates that video games which are available in French elsewhere in the world will have to be in Quebec too. They’re not asking for every game to be translated, and if some obscure japanese developer only makes its niche RPG in japanese and english, we’ll get it in english just the same.

]]> By: Peter http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15369 Peter Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:30:46 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15369 I'm from Quebec and I see this rule be thrown around all the time. The primary language here is French and they really love letting everyone know about it. This is crap and Im tired of it, if this reduces the number of games delivered to Quebec I'm going to be pissed off. But then again I think this only applies to the smaller, less budgetted games. Any big tittle that comes out usually has a french version to it. Where it's going to get hard is the voice acting; any game getting rid of text and replacing it with voices is going to have to spend more money into releasing a bilingual game. And that's basically why we pay extra to buy our games here. I’m from Quebec and I see this rule be thrown around all the time. The primary language here is French and they really love letting everyone know about it. This is crap and Im tired of it, if this reduces the number of games delivered to Quebec I’m going to be pissed off.

But then again I think this only applies to the smaller, less budgetted games. Any big tittle that comes out usually has a french version to it. Where it’s going to get hard is the voice acting; any game getting rid of text and replacing it with voices is going to have to spend more money into releasing a bilingual game. And that’s basically why we pay extra to buy our games here.

]]> By: THELORD http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15351 THELORD Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:48:11 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15351 good point somewhat, i seem to recall sutle differences in the France and Quebec versions of the language from my early days of learning french good point somewhat, i seem to recall sutle differences in the France and Quebec versions of the language from my early days of learning french

]]> By: somewhat http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15338 somewhat Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:21:08 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15338 A bit of the hoopla about this one is that most of the companies are sayng that french is french. But that's like saying American english is like UK english. Not exactly the same, and though you can understand most of what is said and figure out the balance, the expressions are far from the same. This is what the Quebec language police are trying to have corrected. And sadly Heru-Ur, though it's not required, any extra languages in a persons répertoire (that would be a french word) are always an advantage, forced or not. Remember, your parents didn't let you choose what language would be your mother tongue, yet that doesn't seem to bother most people. A bit of the hoopla about this one is that most of the companies are sayng that french is french. But that’s like saying American english is like UK english. Not exactly the same, and though you can understand most of what is said and figure out the balance, the expressions are far from the same. This is what the Quebec language police are trying to have corrected. And sadly Heru-Ur, though it’s not required, any extra languages in a persons répertoire (that would be a french word) are always an advantage, forced or not. Remember, your parents didn’t let you choose what language would be your mother tongue, yet that doesn’t seem to bother most people.

]]> By: THELORD http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15334 THELORD Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:01:35 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15334 quebec? who cares about quebec? lol-jk quebec? who cares about quebec? lol-jk

]]> By: Jetsetlemming http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15323 Jetsetlemming Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:09:28 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15323 Forcing games to be translated to French before released in Quebec will only reduce the number of games released in Quebec. Free market, bitch. Forcing games to be translated to French before released in Quebec will only reduce the number of games released in Quebec. Free market, bitch.

]]> By: Heru-Ur http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15306 Heru-Ur Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:36:34 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15306 Hey bilingual is all well and good, as long as its voluntary. Way things are around here, its gettin to where its required, thats what gets under my skin. Dont forget thats there are hundreds of millions of people out there that know one language, and I'd bet a good deal of them have no desire what so ever to learn another. Like i said: Voluntary = good Required = shitty Hey bilingual is all well and good, as long as its voluntary. Way things are around here, its gettin to where its required, thats what gets under my skin. Dont forget thats there are hundreds of millions of people out there that know one language, and I’d bet a good deal of them have no desire what so ever to learn another.

Like i said:
Voluntary = good
Required = shitty

]]> By: William http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15302 William Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:37:41 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15302 this may not be the common belief here, but I don't care if the games here started being in Spanish. My friend used to tell me this joke: What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual What do you call someone who speaks 1 language? American Perhaps it's time we started expanding our horizons a little bit and speaking multiple languages. this may not be the common belief here, but I don’t care if the games here started being in Spanish. My friend used to tell me this joke:

What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 1 language? American

Perhaps it’s time we started expanding our horizons a little bit and speaking multiple languages.

]]> By: Heru-Ur http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/comment-page-1/#comment-15294 Heru-Ur Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:39:18 +0000 http://news.filefront.com/video-games-to-be-required-to-be-translated-to-french/#comment-15294 Oh wonderful, now all the mexicans here in texas are gonna want all the games in Spanish too :shock: :mrgreen: Oh wonderful, now all the mexicans here in texas are gonna want all the games in Spanish too :shock: :mrgreen:

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