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Durin Mephit · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: Translations

One key thing that the DRC Liasions have helped to implement is the translation of Town Hall chat logs to languages other than English.

Normally, I delete the sources for my video projects when I am done (they eat up lots of spacE), but for the Episodes, I will be keeping backups. I want to be able to go back and produce alternate-language versions of the Episodes for the benefit of the international community.

Thoughts?

What languages would we want to target? Who could we get to assist us?

I know who I'd ask for a German translation... if she has time. Smile

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Professor Askew · Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject:

I'm sure ireen would do it. Wink

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Rils · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:01 am Post subject:

well, the other major language represented on UU would be French, I think. There's lots of folks from Belgium, the Netherlands, and other places that speak French. Like, err, France, I suppose...

As for other major world languages, well, there's spanish (which we don't seem to have a lot of people representing, can't think of anyone off the top of my head), and some asian languages (which we don't have any of either). We seem to be a mostly European and NAmerican community.

~Rils

You know what would be funny is to make an "American" version and an "English" version, where we put u's after all the o's and add random e's to the end of words... "The Stoury of the Greate Tree"
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject:

I've asked Vortmax if he can recommend any of the kind folks who have been translating the Town Hall meeting chatlogs.
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Eleri · Great Tree Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 819

I'll poke at Wolfie, he's been handling that, mostly Smile

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject:

CAGrayWolf is now on my contacts and he has provided a potential French translator. I'm contacting them now.

Another thought, and another reason that we should synchronize the release of episodes in all three languages together - we should give credit to the translators in all versions. English Example:

Episode Zero
Script: Gadren, Marten, Rils, Zardoz
French Translation: <name>
German Translation: Ireen
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Rils · Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

good point, including the translators in the credits... :thumbsup: That way it doesn't come across as an afterthought, it's part of the "we're doing this for the whole community" stigma.
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Amarok · Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:22 am Post subject:

I'm OK to do the french translations for your project.
Email sent to Marten, just now.

Happy to help you. Smile

Professor Askew · Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:54 am Post subject:

Welcome to The Great Tree, Amarok!! And thank you!
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Rils · Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

Awesome, thanks Amarok! Welcome to the Great Tree!

~Rils
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ireenquench · Explorer Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9

Hello. Yes. Smile

Professor Askew · Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject:

Hallo! Sehr gut!
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Professor Askew · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

UPDATE:

I have received the French translation of Episode Zero from Amarok.

C'est tres cool.

[George Costanza's voice]We're goin' global, baby![/George Costanza's voice]
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Durin Mephit · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:51 am Post subject:

Wow, that was fast!

Thank you, Amarok!

/cheer
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Amarok · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject:

You're welcome Wink

Marten and Professor Askew.

Now, waiting to see the vid' Rolling Eyes

The storyboard seems to me a very good start by well placing the bases of the D'ni civization.