The PPT for our presentation at the Game Localization Rondtable @ Loalization World 2011

1. JOE FREELANCE VS THE MAMMOTH GAME TRANSLATION

2. Contents

3. Thankyou!

4. One last foreword

5. One last foreword

6. Today’s high demands Cinematics Tutorials Backstory Online Parallel import Downloadable Streaming Simship More text Less time

7. Translators can’t cover more than 3000 words/day Team translationisunavoidable

8. Teams areproblematic Selection Availability Micro-management Bickering No flexibility New partners New methods Responsibility without authority Agency/Publisher Translator

9. What can happen No control No vision No motivation Soullesstranslations

10. Twogoals, one target

11. Internal management Part 1

12. Internal management In house Outsource

13. Improvinginternal management 1 Mail + 1 Skype Answers 24/7 Always on the samepage Dropbox Instantavailabilty Securestorage Communications File sharing qdPM Self-service task input Automated invoicing Tracking

14. Style Part 2

15. Style Play the game Super-detailed Focus on the text Very slow Style bygenre Verygeneric Focus on the audience Fast In house Outsource

16. Improving style Marketing press release website/trailer Press previews/reviews interviews Platform console PC / social Pegi 3, 7, 12, 16, 18 Product Audience Format ingame subs / dubs Adaptation terms/dialogues limits Style

17. Improving style

18. Improving style Medieval Venice but with a fantastic twist Sexy lead character but it's not an amazon Linear actionrpg Console centric Pegi 16 Product Audience Timedsubtitles UseVeniceterms Do notadaptdialogues Style

19. Terminology Part 3

20. Terminology Detail-oriented Eachtermisdiscussed No triage Slow process Ongoing A few key terms Populated and unifiedasyou go Manyrewrites In house Outsource

22. Hai sbloccato (consistency)

23. Callefosca

24. Callefosca (source inconsistency)

25. City Council

26. You have now unlocked

27. back streets

28. darkstreetsThe glossary is not final! But itbuilds a commonandconsistentvisionoftheproject

29. Speed and quality Part 4

30. Speed and quality No CAT Slower Consistency and QA more cumbersome Standardized Steeplearning curve formanagers and freelancers Expensive and limiting In house Outsource

31. Improvingspeed and quality Convert XLS files into TMX Allows to leverage and reuse any previous text 300 KB in size: you can’t break whatisn’t there Free and no learning curve Lookup terms and sentences Works fromanyapplication QA: Inconsistencies Mismatches Checkagainst key terms (glossaries, TRC) 2,03 MB in size Free and no learning curve TM Builder Xbench

32. Conclusions

36. Thank you