Question that I won't get an answer to.
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Cyberknight,
Posted on: 2010-06-18 08:39 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Maybe European and/or International Laws?
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They would need to take the adaptions made to an English language client, then "localize" those adaptations if the EU client is intended to be given to players with the capability of being presented in multiple languages. It wouldn't be unusual for a delay to arise, if that is true. |
Originally Posted by LISAR
Is there any reason for the EU client to be different OTHER then the server list?
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There's also a possibility that they "outsource" much of the work of localizing clients. If the EU player population is fairly thin for COX, then they might put the translations on a slower cycle than for the US client, changing the client only every so often to keep their costs down.
I should admit that this is speculation about what NC Soft might be doing, and it may not be true. Somebody will undoubtedly come along and correct me if they know better.
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So if we had staff that could translate content after it was written we would only need one multilanguage client that could share a server list?
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Originally Posted by ShoeTattoo
They would need to take the adaptions made to an English language client, then "localize" those adaptations if the EU client is intended to be given to players with the capability of being presented in multiple languages. It wouldn't be unusual for a delay to arise, if that is true.
There's also a possibility that they "outsource" much of the work of localizing clients. If the EU player population is fairly thin for COX, then they might put the translations on a slower cycle than for the US client, changing the client only every so often to keep their costs down. I should admit that this is speculation about what NC Soft might be doing, and it may not be true. Somebody will undoubtedly come along and correct me if they know better. |
Avatea currently translates all the patch notes and announcements for the French and german boards already and I believe all the text in game was translated to F+G for the EU launch. I believe part of the problem is the French and German clients are relatively unique and individualised to each language making combining them onto the list very difficult. That, or prohibitively expensive and they're waiting on the pop levels to drop below a set point at which point they pull the plug on the F&G servers completely and combine them with Defiant/the rest of the server list or close the Eu down completey and migrate everyone over to a new server/servers in the US. <deep breath!> Possibly.
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Doesnt help that if a french/german player transfers over to either union/defiant, when fighting you see their popups in their native language [french or german depending], for example the DB empower pop ups that everybody see.
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The European Launcher has the Verify and Next Buttons on the left side of the launcher.
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this was something i had been wondering myself. i know eurpopean laws tend to have much stronger privacy protections. and generally, i have noticed european companies are far more heavily regulated than american, so i had suspected that this might have some issue, that they had to deal with regulations imposed by the countries they operate in. really that was one thing i have often wondered if it affects the box sales thing as well, that european retailers take a larger cut for boxes, so ncsoft would take more liability for less cash back. can anyone comment as to wether i am way off on this?
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Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Maybe European and/or International Laws?
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Only in my wildest dreams it seems... |
Originally Posted by LISAR
So if we had staff that could translate content after it was written we would only need one multilanguage client that could share a server list?
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The client are already multi languages.
I had my US clinet once changed to french, I had to change some parameters in the register base to go US english again.
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No it doesn't
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
The European Launcher has the Verify and Next Buttons on the left side of the launcher.
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Warden was making a joke. It was referencing the fact that in England vehicular travel is reversed. They drive on the left side of the road while Americans drive on the right side. The steering wheels are even on opposite sides of the cars.|
Originally Posted by Icelock
No it doesn't
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Sense of humor, get one.
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I didn't get it either. Maybe because there's more the EU than the UK, and people drive the same way as Americans on most of the continent.|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Warden was making a joke. It was referencing the fact that in England vehicular travel is reversed. They drive on the left side of the road while Americans drive on the right side. The steering wheels are even on opposite sides of the cars.
Sense of humor, get one. |
Anyway, after I got the joke it got a smirk out of me.
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Could say that they are hanging us out to dry till we all leave the game and they can close the servers but that would be paranoid ........
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Originally Posted by LISAR
Is there any reason for the EU client to be different OTHER then the server list?
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Originally Posted by TrueMetal
I didn't get it either. Maybe because there's more the EU than the UK, and people drive the same way as Americans on most of the continent.
Anyway, after I got the joke it got a smirk out of me. |
I live in the UK and i didnt get it either
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
The European Launcher has the Verify and Next Buttons on the left side of the launcher.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Warden was making a joke. It was referencing the fact that in England vehicular travel is on the correct side of the road. They drive on the left side of the road while Americans drive on the right side. The steering wheels are even on opposite sides of the cars.
Sense of humor, get one. |
Fixed that for you
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I blame last nights drinks
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Warden was making a joke. It was referencing the fact that in England vehicular travel is reversed. They drive on the left side of the road while Americans drive on the right side. The steering wheels are even on opposite sides of the cars.
Sense of humor, get one. |
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Haven't they ever heard of Google Translate?
I only use online translators when I WANT the translation to come out a garbled mess.
"My hovercraft is full of eels!"
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Originally Posted by Decorum
"My hovercraft is full of eels!"
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Originally Posted by Decorum
I only use online translators when I WANT the translation to come out a garbled mess.
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Fun with Google Translate! Original text from Paragon Wiki:
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| Marcus Cole, aka Statesman, began his transformation from a poverty born child to world hero after serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. Instead of coming home in 1918 he headed east, bent on exploring the world now that he'd had a taste of it. Where he went and what happened to him during that lost decade remains a secret to all but Statesman's most trusted friends. What is no secret is that when his ship pulled into Paragon City port in 1931 he was much more than the young private who had shipped out to fight for freedom in Europe. |
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| Marcus Cole, alias Statesman, begann seine Umwandlung von einer Armut geboren Kind zu Welt, Held, nachdem er in der US-Armee während des Ersten Weltkriegs Statt nach Hause zu kommen im Jahr 1918 leitete er nach Osten, beugte sich über die Welt entdecken jetzt, dass er hatte einen Geschmack ist. Wo er ging und was mit ihm passiert, dass während des verlorenen Jahrzehnt bleibt ein Geheimnis, aber auf alle Statesman Der engste Vertraute. Was ist kein Geheimnis ist, dass, wenn sein Schiff in Paragon City Hafen gezogen, 1931 wurde er viel mehr als die jungen, die aus privaten, für die Freiheit in Europa zu kämpfen hatte, geliefert. |
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| Marcus Cole, alias Statesman began its transformation from a poverty born child to world hero after he come to the U.S. Army during World War I. Rather than back home in 1918, he headed east, bent over the world are now discovering that he had a taste. Wherever he went and what happened to him that during the lost decade remains a secret, but to all Statesman's closest confidante. What is no secret that when his ship pulled into Paragon City port in 1931, he was much more than the young, who had to fight from private, for freedom in Europe delivered. |
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| Marcus Cole, alias estadista comenzó su transformación de un niño nacido de la pobreza a héroe del mundo después de haber llegado al Ejército de EE.UU. durante la Primera Guerra Mundial En vez de vuelta a casa en 1918, se dirigió hacia el este, se inclinó sobre el mundo están descubriendo ahora que tenía una gusto. Dondequiera que fuera, y lo que le ocurrió que durante la década perdida sigue siendo un secreto, pero a la más cercana confidente de todos los Statesman's. ¿Qué es ningún secreto que cuando su barco tirado en Paragon City en el puerto 1931, fue mucho más que los jóvenes, que tuvo que luchar por privado, por la libertad en Europa entregado. |
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| Marcus Cole, alias statesman began his transformation from a poverty born child to world hero after coming to the U.S. Army during the First World War Instead of returning home in 1918, he headed east, bent over the world are now discovering that he had a taste. Wherever he went, and what happened during the lost decade remains a secret, but the closest confidant of all the Statesman's. What is no secret that when his ship pulled into Paragon City port in 1931, was much more than the young, who had to fight for private, given freedom in Europe. |
Huh, actually not nearly as bad as I expected... hmmm...
I once bent over the world and had a taste myself....
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That's one of those single entendres, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by Harry_Canyon
I once bent over the world and had a taste myself....
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Is there any reason for the EU client to be different OTHER then the server list?