Introduction to Game Localization

Introduction to Game Localization, available at $69.99, has an average rating of 4.5, with 80 lectures, 8 quizzes, based on 1170 reviews, and has 3401 subscribers.

You will learn about Examine the challenges you’ll face in each stage of the game localization process and choose where you’d like to work Compare the pros and cons of working in-house or as a freelancer and select your ideal lifestyle Learn how to spend more time translating and less worrying about technical issues Improve your creativity and let your words take players on a rollercoaster of emotions Learn to write professional bug reports and how to polish a translation until it’s perfect This course is ideal for individuals who are Translators looking to specialize in game localization or Project managers looking to expand their game localization knowledge or Developers looking to improve their internationalization processes and localize games or People who love games and languages or Anyone with an interest in the game industry looking to expand their job options It is particularly useful for Translators looking to specialize in game localization or Project managers looking to expand their game localization knowledge or Developers looking to improve their internationalization processes and localize games or People who love games and languages or Anyone with an interest in the game industry looking to expand their job options .

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Summary

Title: Introduction to Game Localization

Price: $69.99

Average Rating: 4.5

Number of Lectures: 80

Number of Quizzes: 8

Number of Published Lectures: 80

Number of Published Quizzes: 8

Number of Curriculum Items: 88

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 88

Original Price: $84.99

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What You Will Learn

Examine the challenges you’ll face in each stage of the game localization process and choose where you’d like to work

Compare the pros and cons of working in-house or as a freelancer and select your ideal lifestyle

Learn how to spend more time translating and less worrying about technical issues

Improve your creativity and let your words take players on a rollercoaster of emotions

Learn to write professional bug reports and how to polish a translation until it’s perfect

Who Should Attend

Translators looking to specialize in game localization

Project managers looking to expand their game localization knowledge

Developers looking to improve their internationalization processes and localize games

People who love games and languages

Anyone with an interest in the game industry looking to expand their job options

Target Audiences

Translators looking to specialize in game localization

Project managers looking to expand their game localization knowledge

Developers looking to improve their internationalization processes and localize games

People who love games and languages

Anyone with an interest in the game industry looking to expand their job options

If you play localized games, this probably sounds familiar…

You’re playing your favorite game on a rainy winter afternoon. “Cool graphics! Amazing playability! Killer music! Stunning action! Wait a minute… What’s with all the spelling mistakes? That text doesn’t make sense! Who on earth translated this game!? I could’ve done a better job myself!”

Engage players in the game story

Learn the basic concepts behind game localization and specialize as a game translator, linguistic testeror game localization project manager.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Stages of the game localization process
Introduction to game internationalization, the game translation process, different review methods, the importance of linguistic testing.Examine the challenges you’ll face in each stage and decide which part of the process you’d like to work on!

Differences between working in-house and as a freelancer
Learn how to get acquainted with the game you’ll be translating, what reference material looks like, how to report queries, and examine general rates and salaries before you establish your own. Compare pros and cons, and select your ideal lifestyle!

The technical aspects
Get a handle on translating texts with codes, conquer those dreaded variables and learn how not to exceed character limitations. All with real examples and plenty of practical exercises! Spend more time translating and less worrying about technical issues!

Translation and transcreation
Translating a game is nothing like translating software, laws or contracts. It’s actually great fun! (That’s the brotherhood’s best kept secret: you’ll get paid for doing something fascinating!). You’ll have a blast learning how to define characters by how they speak, and translating names, character descriptions and even songs and poems! Improve your creativity and let your words take players on a rollercoaster of emotions!

Game localization testing
You’d be amazed by the amount of errors that appear when the translated text is implemented in the game. This module teaches you to identify the main types of linguistic bugs and to write straightforward, useful and professional reports. Contribute to a successful translation by reporting bugs and improvements to polish the text until it’s perfect!

Are you ready to become a game localization professional? Then insert coin and… Let’s rock!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: How Game Localization Works

Lecture 3: Thank You And Welcome!

Lecture 4: Who is Pablo Mu?oz?

Chapter 2: The Game Localization Process

Lecture 1: Intro To The Game Localization Process

Lecture 2: Internationalization (i18n)

Lecture 3: i18n Best Practices – Tip 1

Lecture 4: i18n Best Practices – Tip 2

Lecture 5: i18n Best Practices – Tip 3

Lecture 6: i18n Best Practices – Summary

Lecture 7: The Localization Kit

Lecture 8: The Translation Phase

Lecture 9: The Review Phase

Lecture 10: Localization Testing

Chapter 3: Working In-house And As Freelancer

Lecture 1: Intro To Working In-house And As A Freelancer

Lecture 2: Familiarizing With The Game In-House

Lecture 3: Reference Material, Context And Freelancers

Lecture 4: Queries And How To Report Them

Lecture 5: Quick Look At A Query Sample File

Lecture 6: Query Template

Lecture 7: That Magic Moment When You See Your Own Translation On The Screen

Lecture 8: Testing By In-house Translators And Testers

Lecture 9: Challenges For Freelancers

Lecture 10: How Much Money Can You Make Working In The l10n Industry?

Lecture 11: Quick Comparison Between In-House and Freelance Translators

Chapter 4: The Technical Aspects

Lecture 1: Intro To The Technical Aspects

Lecture 2: How Does A Typical Game File Look Like?

Lecture 3: Game File Example In Excel

Lecture 4: Tags Or Those Strange Codes Around The Text

Lecture 5: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Example For Translation

Lecture 6: Tags in Action I – Dragon Ball: Attack of the Sayans

Lecture 7: Tags in Action I – Behind The Scenes

Lecture 8: Tags in Action II – Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon

Lecture 9: Tags in Action II – Behind The Scenes

Lecture 10: Tags in Action II – Let's Cause Some Tag Bugs!

Lecture 11: Variables In Game Localization

Lecture 12: Character Limitations

Lecture 13: God Bless The Macros To Count Characters!

Chapter 5: Translation And Transcreation

Lecture 1: Hey, You've Become A Super Saiyan!

Lecture 2: Intro To Translation And Transcreation

Lecture 3: What Is Transcreation?

Lecture 4: Transcreation In 3 Steps

Lecture 5: Exercise: Transcreate With Chef Ramsay And Other Memes!

Lecture 6: Eco Shooter A Short But Good Example Of Transcreation (I)

Lecture 7: Eco Shooter A Short But Good Example Of Transcreation (II)

Lecture 8: Eco Shooter A Short But Good Example Of Transcreation (III)

Lecture 9: The Limits Of Transcreation

Lecture 10: Transcreation In Practice I – Names, Items and Spells

Lecture 11: Transcreation In Practice II – Character Descriptions

Lecture 12: Transcreation In Practice III – Dialogues And Accents

Lecture 13: Exercise: Translate Bonsai Barber Names, Descriptions And More!

Lecture 14: Transcreation In Practice IV – Songs, Rhymes And Poems

Lecture 15: Exercise: Translate The Child's Drawings Of Silent Hill

Lecture 16: Transcreation In Practice V – Songs To Be Sung

Lecture 17: Transcreation In Practice Ultimate Edition – The FFVI Opera Song

Lecture 18: Exercise: Translate The FFVI Opera Song

Chapter 6: Game Localization Testing

Lecture 1: Intro To Game Localization Testing

Lecture 2: What Is A Bug?

Lecture 3: System Bugs I – Font Issues

Lecture 4: System Bugs II – Wrong Text Implementation

Lecture 5: System Bugs III – Unexpected Issues

Lecture 6: Linguistic Bugs I – Misspellings And Grammar Mistakes

Lecture 7: Linguistic Bugs II – Mistranslations

Lecture 8: Linguistic Bugs III – Text Overflows And Truncations

Lecture 9: Linguistic Bugs IV – Style Improvements

Lecture 10: Linguistic Bugs V – Inconsistencies

Lecture 11: The Golden Rule For Being A Good Tester

Lecture 12: Timing Issues In Subtitles

Lecture 13: Cultural Issues

Lecture 14: Accesibility Issues

Lecture 15: How To Report Bugs Effectively

Lecture 16: Bug Report Template

Lecture 17: Bugs Reports Explained

Lecture 18: Bug Statuses

Chapter 7: Wrapping Up

Lecture 1: Recommended Books On Game Localization

Lecture 2: Final Words And See You Next Mission!

Chapter 8: Bonus!

Lecture 1: Top 5 – Funny Engrish In Games

Lecture 2: Top 5 – Worst Voice Acting In Gaming

Lecture 3: The 5 Worst Dubbed Games In Spanish + An Incredible (Bad) Dubbing

Lecture 4: Multi-line Character Count Macro

Instructors

Pablo Mu?oz Sánchez
English > Spanish Video Game Translator

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2 stars: 26 votes

3 stars: 136 votes

4 stars: 361 votes

5 stars: 638 votes

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