Is it possible to translate english to korean?
Is it possible to translate english to korean?
English is not my native language. Sorry for that.
I just bought this game. I know that english scripts in this game isn't difficult to understand. But I just wonder that it is possible to translate english text to other language(ex. korean).
Thanks in advance.
I just bought this game. I know that english scripts in this game isn't difficult to understand. But I just wonder that it is possible to translate english text to other language(ex. korean).
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
For Book II, some of the fan community was helping with translations (though I don't know if any have been completed), but the way that Book I was built, it cannot be translated without rewriting much of the game. Sorry.
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
Thanks for replying of my question. Anyway This game is really good to me. I really want to play game like this.Kreador Freeaxe wrote:For Book II, some of the fan community was helping with translations (though I don't know if any have been completed), but the way that Book I was built, it cannot be translated without rewriting much of the game. Sorry.
Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
I wanted to translate both book I and II into Japanese but the game engine doesn't like east asian characters, I imagine this includes Korean. I'm not feeling too hopefull for book III either
Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
So many western pc games were launched in korea. But just a little bit games released with korean language. Then many korean communities tried to translate english version to korean as an unofficial korean patch and I wanted to try to do like these games but I knew that's impossible. I hope that it could be possible for the future basilisk games.geishaboy wrote:I wanted to translate both book I and II into Japanese but the game engine doesn't like east asian characters, I imagine this includes Korean. I'm not feeling too hopefull for book III either
Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
I hope so too.sarancha wrote:So many western pc games were launched in korea. But just a little bit games released with korean language. Then many korean communities tried to translate english version to korean as an unofficial korean patch and I wanted to try to do like these games but I knew that's impossible. I hope that it could be possible for the future basilisk games.geishaboy wrote:I wanted to translate both book I and II into Japanese but the game engine doesn't like east asian characters, I imagine this includes Korean. I'm not feeling too hopefull for book III either
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
If I knew I could recoup the cost, I would have it professionally translated. However, it is very costly to have a professional localization service translate your product.
I probably just need to gamble it and have the game professionally translated, and see how many copies it sells.
I probably just need to gamble it and have the game professionally translated, and see how many copies it sells.
Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
Did I forget to mention that I work as a professional translator?BasiliskWrangler wrote:If I knew I could recoup the cost, I would have it professionally translated. However, it is very costly to have a professional localization service translate your product.
I probably just need to gamble it and have the game professionally translated, and see how many copies it sells.
However the translation isn't the issue, it's getting the game to display east Asian characters.
Is it possible to tweak the engine in an update to make it possible? or would it require a lot more work/engine re-writing?
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
That depends. As long as the language we are translating to reads left-to-right, top to bottom, then yes I think it would be possible to translate to it. We would just need to license a font that supports that specific language's character set.geishaboy wrote:Did I forget to mention that I work as a professional translator?BasiliskWrangler wrote:If I knew I could recoup the cost, I would have it professionally translated. However, it is very costly to have a professional localization service translate your product.
I probably just need to gamble it and have the game professionally translated, and see how many copies it sells.
However the translation isn't the issue, it's getting the game to display east Asian characters.
Is it possible to tweak the engine in an update to make it possible? or would it require a lot more work/engine re-writing?
Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
I see, well for what it's worth both Japanese and Korean read left to right, top to bottom. Also could you not simply use a freeware font? I have seen a fedw decent Japanese ones about.BasiliskWrangler wrote:That depends. As long as the language we are translating to reads left-to-right, top to bottom, then yes I think it would be possible to translate to it. We would just need to license a font that supports that specific language's character set.geishaboy wrote:Did I forget to mention that I work as a professional translator?BasiliskWrangler wrote:If I knew I could recoup the cost, I would have it professionally translated. However, it is very costly to have a professional localization service translate your product.
I probably just need to gamble it and have the game professionally translated, and see how many copies it sells.
However the translation isn't the issue, it's getting the game to display east Asian characters.
Is it possible to tweak the engine in an update to make it possible? or would it require a lot more work/engine re-writing?
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
Geishaboy,
Most freeware fonts are for "non-commercial use only." Legally speaking, he can't just stick one in without opening himself up to problems that require lawyers. That just raises the cost of everything and would really delay the announcement on Book III.
Most freeware fonts are for "non-commercial use only." Legally speaking, he can't just stick one in without opening himself up to problems that require lawyers. That just raises the cost of everything and would really delay the announcement on Book III.
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
Figures. It's a shame but I guess it can't be helped.Kreador Freeaxe wrote:Geishaboy,
Most freeware fonts are for "non-commercial use only." Legally speaking, he can't just stick one in without opening himself up to problems that require lawyers. That just raises the cost of everything and would really delay the announcement on Book III.
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
I checked out the licenses on some of the Korean fonts in Ubuntu, and found at least one that's compatible with commercial use, called Baekmuk. The license is BSD-style, so all that would be required use it with Eschalon is to include its copyright notice.
See (in Korean) http://kldp.net/projects/baekmuk
There are likely to be similar ones available for other popular non-western character sets.
See (in Korean) http://kldp.net/projects/baekmuk
There are likely to be similar ones available for other popular non-western character sets.
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Re: Is it possible to translate english to korean?
There's a game where you use Google or another translation service to go from one language to another and then back to the original language to see how distorted the meaning becomes. It can produces some strange results.