The video games industry has undergone significant development to become an important trading power in the market in just a short space of time. We\u2019re faced with products created with a view to reaching the widest audience possible depending on the budget available. This process therefore involves developers, as well as translators, localisers and testers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to LISA (Localization Industry Standards Association), localising a product involves adapting the original content to create a new product that can be commercialised in a different market. Therefore, we take away from this definition that a professional localiser not only has to translate, but also consider the cultural aspects of the country where the product is going to be sold, in addition to functional and technical aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Localisation takes place during the production stage of game development. More often than not, the translator doesn\u2019t have the complete text, let alone the final version, nor in many instances the image. That’s why game testing<\/strong> services are essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is translated in a video game? Everything from the game menu, system, objects, characters, subtitles and dialogue for dubbing, to the packaging and web pages. Throughout all these stages, the localiser will come across parts of the coding in amongst the translatable text that they\u2019ll need to identify, but never translate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, it\u2019s important that professional translators and localisers have both linguistic and technical knowledge. But, as you can imagine, this is particularly crucial within the testing stage, as not only do they perform linguistic quality assurance checks, but also functionality testing. There are three types of tests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given that there\u2019s a lot of material to get through and the deadlines are usually quite short, it\u2019s complicated for just one translator to take charge of everything. This means that the review or testing stage is even more important for maintaining coherence and consistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s another recurring issue that makes testing all the more crucial for ensuring the quality of the product: more often than not, video games are localised blindly, in other words, professionals work without reference images, although screenshots are sometimes provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, this testing isn\u2019t only performed on computers; it’s also done on other platforms. The apps on various devices, such as mobiles and tablets, are fully checked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What are bug reports?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Testers have to write a report that records all the errors encountered during their review as well as a proposal for improvements. The fields completed in each report depend on the company, but these are the most common: <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a professional translation company<\/strong>, we know first-hand that reviewing a translation is invaluable to guarantee clients the highest level of quality in any translation service. The case of game testing is even more complex, which is why we want to stress the importance of turning to great professionals. Here at Tatutrad<\/strong>, our translation company based in Seville, Spain, we offer testing as a separate service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019d love for you to count on us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The video games industry has undergone significant development to become an important trading power in the market in just a short space of time. We\u2019re faced with products created with a view to reaching the widest audience possible depending on the budget available. This process therefore involves developers, as well as translators, localisers and testers. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wpml"],"yoast_head":"\n