Video Game Translation Services: 
A Guide to Localization

Video game localization services, including voice over services, manual translations, and UI/UX localization, performed by specialized gaming translators. Connect with gaming localization specialists who are native to your target culture.

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Games Translation and Localization Services

The gaming industry is growing considerably fast.

Technological progress is increasing the possibility of game development as an art form. As a result, video games are gaining technical and narrative complexity. Plus, products that used to be targeted to audiences of a specific age range or niche are now mainstream and widely consumed.

For a video game and its collateral material to reach an international customer base, it must be translated and localized by professionals with extensive experience translating video games.

It’s important to maintain the tone of a game’s narration in order to present the story and the challenges within it as faithfully as possible. Expert game translators not only provide accurate translations but also adapt the game’s content to resonate with the target audience, ensuring a successful player experience. But, it’s also necessary to recognize and replace cultural references, idioms, and other details that won’t make sense across cultures when directly translated.
Your hand selected localization team will assure that your game translates in a way that doesn’t distract, confuse, or worse, offend your target audience. They will meticulously localize your game to maintain its core while impacting your new audience.

What Is Video Game Localization?

When you want to take your product to a new country, simple video game translation is just part of the process.

Video game localization refers to any changes necessary for a game to be launched in a new region, with new legal requirements, manual and hardware stipulations, and cultural sensitivities. It also involves retaining complex game mechanics to ensure the intricate gaming elements are preserved during localization, enhancing the overall gaming experience.

The components that may need adaptation are:

  • Manuals and ReadMe files
  • Logos, packaging, game boxes, and design
  • Dialogue/Voice over
  • Game text and subtitles
  • User interface and UX design (for local and international consoles)
  • Game and company website
  • Advertising
  • Artistic design

We offer all these services, performed by professional game translators and localization experts. Our proficiency extends to both indie and AAA games, ensuring a broad versatility for various gaming projects.

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Benefits of Game Localization

Game localization is the process of adapting a video game to a specific region or language, making it more accessible and enjoyable for players worldwide. The benefits of game localization are numerous, and they can significantly impact a game’s success in the global market. Here are some of the key benefits of game localization:

  • Increased Global Reach: By localizing a game, developers can reach a broader audience, including players who may not speak the original language of the game. This can lead to increased sales, revenue, and market share.
  • Improved User Experience: Localization ensures that the game is tailored to the specific needs and preferences of the target audience, resulting in a more enjoyable and immersive gaming experience.
  • Enhanced Brand Reputation: A well-localized game can enhance a developer’s reputation and credibility in the global market, demonstrating their commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Increased Revenue: By expanding the game’s reach to new markets, developers can increase revenue and profitability. (Keep keywords: game localization, video game)

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Game Localization Process

The game localization process involves several stages, from preparation to testing and quality assurance. Here’s an overview of the process:

Preparation
The preparation stage involves several key steps:

  • Reviewing Game Content: The game’s content, including text, audio, and visuals, is reviewed to identify any cultural or linguistic nuances that may need to be adapted for the target market.
  • Identifying Target Audience: The target audience is identified, including their language, culture, and preferences.
  • Determining Translation Requirements: The translation requirements are determined, including the languages, formats, and deadlines.

Translation and Localization
The translation and localization stage involves:

  • Translating Game Content: The game’s content is translated into the target language, taking into account cultural and linguistic nuances.
  • Localizing Game Content: The game’s content is localized for the target market, including adapting graphics, audio, and visuals to meet local preferences and regulations.

Testing and Quality Assurance
The testing and quality assurance stage involves:

  • Testing Game Functionality: The game is tested to ensure that it functions correctly and meets the required quality standards.
  • Ensuring Cultural and Linguistic Accuracy: The game is reviewed to ensure that it is culturally and linguistically accurate, and that all translations are correct and consistent.
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Government Interpreting Services

Day Translations is proud to offer interpretation services as essential for facilitating communication in various settings to the Department of Defense stateside and abroad.
Our official government interpreters are located around the world, and are available to provide services in any location within 24 hours of your request. We pair you with native tongue government interpreters so that every word, phrase, and cultural nuance is accurately translated.

Government Immigration and Homeland Security Services

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is one of many government agencies that require certified translation services. That means that for the U.S. immigration process, all relevant foreign documents not written in English must be translated and certified. Translating government documents is crucial for effective communication with multicultural communities and to meet legal requirements.

We provide certified document translations that are mirror-replicas of the original. We can notarize any certified translation. And, all of our certified and notarized translations are delivered with guaranteed USCIS acceptance. Our experience includes translating documents for the Social Security Administration, ensuring accuracy and reliability for various federal entities.

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Public Sector Translation Services and Language Training

Government employees and military personnel interact with people from other cultures on a daily basis.

It is greatly advantageous for these people to have cross-cultural competence. We work with government personnel to build the required abilities, skills and knowledge so they can function effectively amid other cultures. They need these skills to be consciously aware of when to switch to a more culturally adaptable and appropriate behavior. Addressing language barriers is crucial for effective communication within government agencies, ensuring smooth interaction across various sectors.

Cross cultural training can greatly benefit civilian and military personnel. Even if there is no conflict, government personnel will still continue to go on missions for humanitarian work, diplomacy, security operations and cultural ties. Day Translations has the knowledge, capabilities and resources to provide the government with cross-cultural training and language services tailored specifically for government clients.

Government Information Technology Services

We provide foreign language analytics to ensure that large volumes of information in any language are properly captured, reviewed, and translated.

Aside from developing an individual analytics index for each language, our foreign language experts identify the right stop words, regional terms, and slang in the captured data sets. Our information technology translators are experts in their languages, and professionally developed leaders in technology.

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Government Translation Services and Localization

Localization goes beyond basic translation, as it considers every factor that influences an audience. This includes imagery, design, and style.

We guarantee that your vital messages are never lost, or worse, misunderstood. Our language translation services are tailored to specific requirements, ensuring cultural accuracy for embassy sites, local government resources, and software distributed in multiple languages on a large scale. Plus, we can help you improve your website’s UX by providing locally relevant content that resonates with the target audience.

Benefits of Professional Translation Services

Professional translation services offer numerous benefits for government agencies, businesses, and individuals. By investing in professional translation services, organizations can:

  • Improve communication with multilingual audiences and stakeholders
  • Enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of international business operations
  • Increase the credibility and reputation of their brand
  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements
  • Improve customer satisfaction and engagement
  • Reduce the risk of miscommunication and errors

Our professional translation services are designed to meet the unique needs of government agencies, businesses, and individuals. We offer a range of services, including document translation, interpretation, and language consulting, to support communication across linguistic and cultural barriers.

We have experts available 24/7 to provide you with the most accurate, highest quality government translations at a moment’s notice. You focus on impacting governments around the world. We’ll focus on the public sector translation services that get you there.

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