▲ 252 ▼ Hollow Knight: Silksong sinks to 'Mixed' Steam review status among Chinese gamers over its bafflingly bad translation, with Team Cherry promising to improve it (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 year ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) What’s the difference between the “Hollow Knight” and “Silksong” versions mentioned above? Clearly the Silksong Chinese text is longer. Also the retranslated English text is missing the core points from the original English text. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago the so called "artistic choice" by the translators clearly diverges from the original writer's artistic choices in a way that audiences perceive it as negative permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago It's great to hear from a trusted authority that the translation is perfect. I'm sure the Chinese will be happy to hear that their concerns are baseless permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) What’s the difference between the “Hollow Knight” and “Silksong” versions mentioned above? Clearly the Silksong Chinese text is longer. Also the retranslated English text is missing the core points from the original English text. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago the so called "artistic choice" by the translators clearly diverges from the original writer's artistic choices in a way that audiences perceive it as negative permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago the so called "artistic choice" by the translators clearly diverges from the original writer's artistic choices in a way that audiences perceive it as negative permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago the so called "artistic choice" by the translators clearly diverges from the original writer's artistic choices in a way that audiences perceive it as negative permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago It's great to hear from a trusted authority that the translation is perfect. I'm sure the Chinese will be happy to hear that their concerns are baseless permalink fedilink source parent