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swanchikaExpressing my dislike for the Avatar seems to have made me forget the few things I wanted to add about the localization.
Because I tend to laugh over everything, Gregor somewhat redeemed himself with a cheap joke, and I do mean cheap. His event tile quote "Gregor take little time-out. Do side job, yes?" has been turned into "Il faut s'entraîner plus pour gagner plus". ... And now I'm ashamed of explaining the reference. Just... Google "travailler plus pour gagner plus" and put the pieces of the puzzle together.
And of course, I've spoken too harshly without thinking much. Okay, I still miss Gregor's accent and am convinced that there was a way of transposing it without just making him sound like he's perpetually drunk, but French isn't a language you can break and distort easily (and I've tried too, with some inspiration taken from Albert Cohen). Damn our Latin roots !
I'm also wondering what the 10 persons on the quality control team were paid for. So far, my sisters and I have spotted two glaring errors in ending texts, and they may be more.
There are also some odd choices in the level-up quotes, and unfortunately, the weirder are the ones I saw the most (Olivia's 4-stat level-up quote is but an example among many ; what does (rough translation) "Let me dance to the sound of my glory !" even mean ? And yes, it sounds just as awkward in French)
And Owain is now talking about Mordacai's claws. Riiiiight.
On the plus side, Miriel's Thesaurus Syndrome has lessened in the translation. She still uses more specific vocabulary than the average person, but she doesn't really sound like she swallowed a Larousse and is regurgitating its contents at random to make herself look smarter. Of course, there are a lot of other good points, but I'm tired and it's always easier to remember the badness :p
Lastly, there's an interesting back-and-forth going on with Owain : his sword hand was renamed "main exaltée" because "sword hand" doesn't really mean anything in French... but the Exalt and everything relating to him/her/them are now "Saints".
Because I tend to laugh over everything, Gregor somewhat redeemed himself with a cheap joke, and I do mean cheap. His event tile quote "Gregor take little time-out. Do side job, yes?" has been turned into "Il faut s'entraîner plus pour gagner plus". ... And now I'm ashamed of explaining the reference. Just... Google "travailler plus pour gagner plus" and put the pieces of the puzzle together.
And of course, I've spoken too harshly without thinking much. Okay, I still miss Gregor's accent and am convinced that there was a way of transposing it without just making him sound like he's perpetually drunk, but French isn't a language you can break and distort easily (and I've tried too, with some inspiration taken from Albert Cohen). Damn our Latin roots !
I'm also wondering what the 10 persons on the quality control team were paid for. So far, my sisters and I have spotted two glaring errors in ending texts, and they may be more.
There are also some odd choices in the level-up quotes, and unfortunately, the weirder are the ones I saw the most (Olivia's 4-stat level-up quote is but an example among many ; what does (rough translation) "Let me dance to the sound of my glory !" even mean ? And yes, it sounds just as awkward in French)
And Owain is now talking about Mordacai's claws. Riiiiight.
On the plus side, Miriel's Thesaurus Syndrome has lessened in the translation. She still uses more specific vocabulary than the average person, but she doesn't really sound like she swallowed a Larousse and is regurgitating its contents at random to make herself look smarter. Of course, there are a lot of other good points, but I'm tired and it's always easier to remember the badness :p
Lastly, there's an interesting back-and-forth going on with Owain : his sword hand was renamed "main exaltée" because "sword hand" doesn't really mean anything in French... but the Exalt and everything relating to him/her/them are now "Saints".
