Hello Enthusiacs!  Today, our announcer Dave joins us to discuss the process of localization.  Of course a voice like that would know a thing or two about the challenges of communicating, right?  Many little details come up that you might not think about when a story is taken from one culture to another, and how careful you might need to be.  For example, crusade is a bad word to use unless you’re talking about the actual historical event.  Then there are the technical elements when a word in German becomes so long that it doesn’t fit on the screen.  Or, how do you handle a language that scrolls from right to left?  Nope, localization is a tricky business.

Then, stick around and hear the epic story of bug 10,000.

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Behind the Line Radio is a podcast companion to the Behind the Line article series by Kynetyk, a a veteran of the games industry. We discuss news and aspects of the video games industry from an inside the industry perspective for audiences outside of the industry. If there is a topic you would like to hear us discuss, please write in to kynetyk@enthusiacs.com

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