discussion How do you guys translate in games that are mostly english?

[GourmetChef]

Sometimes there are games like Found in Translation that are mostly in English, but sometimes some of the characters will speak in a different language, and the game will not tell the player what they are saying. I was wondering what the people here do in those moments. Do you guys just skip it and not care about what the dialogue says, or do you guys have a way to quickly translate what it says?

My old method in moments like these was to use the google translate app on my phone that would translate any text that I recorded with my camera, but that method was really annoying to use, and I wasn't really comfortable with the idea of a camera seeing me jerking off.

My new method is to use a windows app called Power Toys that will let me scan text on the screen and automatically copy it to my clipboard, and then I paste it into an ai translator called DeepL.

Please share what you guys do to translate dialogue

 

[Redyscom]

This happens to me all the time because my first language isn't English (and I don't like it very much), but I can read it fluently only because I play a lot of games in English.

For cases like you mentioned, be it Russian, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, etc., the solution is what you mentioned: apps that translate with your phone's camera. Technology is a blessing.

 

[yobnis13]

sometimes I use the deepL app on my phone

 

[jacky76]

personally I use vntranslator

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[retteq135]

I just ignore it, I mean if the game isn't telling me what they are saying, then surely it isn't important.

 

[AlBetGam]

There's a couple online sites that will transcribe and/or translate text in screenshots. E.G.

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[Garaf]

If it was meant for me to know, then it should have an in game translation (like in brackets or something) or a later exposition explaining what it meant (like the same or another character telling what was said in English)
If not, then it don't matter to me

 

[Deleted member 182138]

Depends if i deem it a bug or not.

If it's not a bug, i trust the dev it's part of the story to not know.

If it's a bug, i'll translate if i'm invested enough in the game.

 

[lokoralwosod]

I use snip image tool and send it to ChatGPT for most accurate results. but as someone mentioned before when i see a foreign language text i think that developer wants me to not understand whats happening lol

 

[BigEffinPerv]

I don't translate it. I figure the character I'm playing doesn't speak that language so he'll just have to live with not knowing what was said unless another character is here to translate.

 

[aiqedometqi]

Depends on how immersed in the game I am. If I am focusing on the playthrough, I would just quit the game unless it's got a great story and graphics because it's not worth the hassle of going through a translation app (especially with my boycott of all things Google, except YouTube which I access through an unofficial app), if I'm just playing for the fap, I would just skip and not care at all what it says.