Language PATCH ! [Archive] - Telltale Games Forums

Gabelstapler

11/02/2006, 02:06 am

hello telltale ! ( yes this goes out strictly to you ! )
I have a good idea : what when you offer language patches for free, which are developed by the fanbase ? you could make a event out of this and make a casting ( or somethin like this ) to find the best voices in each language !
I guess you fanbase would apreciate that very much and would even rise ?

please give reply to this idea !

we would love you for that ! :o

yours

gabelstapler

Gabelstapler

11/02/2006, 02:10 am

so what you others think about that ? isnt this a great idea ?

Laserschwert

11/02/2006, 02:11 am

No... noooo... nooooo! NOOOO!!!

C'mon, no dubbing by fans. That wouldn't work out. Having a group of fans work on subtitles, that I could live with. But if there's voice work, I'd either want it to be done by professionals (Hans Gerd Kilbinger and Sandra Schwittau as in "Hit the Road" for the German version would be fantastic!) or just have it subtitled. Bone is getting a German dub, so maybe it'll work with "Sam & Max" as well.

EDIT: Thanks for your "nice" PM, Gabelstapler. I'm very sorry that I have an opinion on this topic. And I'm also sorry, that I'd like to have a QUALITY German version of the game, and not some amateur work. I'm sorry that I upset you, and I'm even more sorry that my comment might make TellTale think, that an fan-dub might NOT be a good idea. Did I say I'm sorry? Yes? Sorry, I didn't mean THAT...

Derwin

11/02/2006, 04:09 am

I agree with Laserschwert. Fansub... yes. Fandub... no. And I don't really want a PM about my opinion :p

Gemeinagent

11/02/2006, 04:37 am

I'll second that! No fandubs, only fansubs (if wanted by the community)!

(Seems we have ourselves a little german get-together here :D)

Edit: Make that continental europe ;)

DarkNemo

11/02/2006, 05:09 am

Hello,

I'm french and I 've just finished the demo version.

You are talking about language patches and fansub ?
Can a french team do a french patch for a Telltale Game ?
If there is a possibility to do this sort of things, i really want to try !

If you know how to make it, it'll be great !

Thanks !

Rantanplan

11/02/2006, 05:20 am

Germans always want language patches, they are too lazy to learn English.

Laserschwert

11/02/2006, 07:16 am

Germans always want language patches, they are too lazy to learn English.

I think my English is quite reasonable... yet, I still want a language patch (and that's probably because of "Hit the Road" being dubbed perfectly... at least Sam and Max).

TheGreyMatter

11/02/2006, 07:45 am

actually there is a tool for changing the subtitles for the CSI games... i think it's on mixnmojo.

my suggestion - start making a translation pack and when you have something to show , then talk with telltale.
ithink they will be more open to accept something when it's based in a strong ground and it's quality can be checked

MeaningOfLife

11/02/2006, 07:59 am

Can you imagine Sam and Max speaking in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean?

Because I can and that would be hilarious.

But seriously, that would simply cost too much to do for all the dubbings.

Gemeinagent

11/02/2006, 08:09 am

I can live without a language patch. I just supported the no dubbing league ;)
Just finished the game - a bit too short, but I can't wait for the next episodes :D

Laserschwert

11/02/2006, 09:06 am

But seriously, that would simply cost too much to do for all the dubbings.

Well, "Bone" found a German publisher, and they're dubbing it... so, all doors open for "Sam & Max".

DarkNemo

11/02/2006, 09:41 am

Laserschwert

11/02/2006, 09:50 am

Thanks a lot !
I'll try this soon, very soon ! ^^

The exact location of the tool would be HERE (http://quick.mixnmojo.com/new-telltale-langdb-editor).

Guybrush_Threepwood

11/02/2006, 01:29 pm

The exact location of the tool would be HERE (http://quick.mixnmojo.com/new-telltale-langdb-editor).

I think it works just with Texas Hold'em and CSI3. Doesn't it?

DarkNemo

11/02/2006, 02:25 pm

It seems...
Telltale, please, listen to us !

Derwin

11/03/2006, 03:47 am

Can you imagine Sam and Max speaking in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean?

I don't even know Chinese... yet I demand a Chinese dub, and will pay good money for it!

Donar

11/03/2006, 04:00 am

But seriously, that would simply cost too much to do for all the dubbings.

yes, it would be very expensive ... but the most important languages must be dubbed ... German, Spanish and French ... above all German ;) ;) ;)

other languages can be subbed ...

BarfHappy

11/03/2006, 12:13 pm

Well, it seems the fan-made translation is not to be organized form within this forum :)

We are not allowed to post patching programs or modification tools (which is understandable, some editors allow that, others don't, its their game afterall).

Just for you to know though, it is perfectly possible to translate the texts in the game (textures too), but that will be for you own enjoyment (and your friends').

Erwin

11/03/2006, 12:17 pm

Oh man. I hate dubbing. How can anyone stand it!?

BarfHappy

11/03/2006, 12:30 pm

lucasarts french dubbing was usually done with great care (FullThrottle for example was dubbed by professional dubbers who work on TV soaps and animated series).

In fact, to be honest, since i grew up with them, i sometimes prefer the french dub to the english original (CMI and Full Throttle).

Lord_Kimbou

11/03/2006, 03:59 pm

For now, mixnmojo software, don't work with sam & max.. I think will update soon, but for now fansubtitles it's impossible..
Fandub don't like me, but if anyone want, it's more possible to do for now.. Bye!

Marzhin

11/07/2006, 04:56 am

In the french version of Hit the Road, Sam AND Max were dubbed by the same actor, Jean-Claude Donda. He did a lot of stuff on radio and dubbed numerous cartoons and video games (he was Ripburger's voice in Full Throttle, Kel-Thuzad in Warcraft 3...) If a french speaking version of Season 1 is ever made, I hope Donda will reprise the roles of our favourite crimefighting duo...

Winckle

11/07/2006, 12:48 pm

The last point & click edited by Focus were dubbed by professional!
(For example, The Westerner!)
French voices of Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks....
A very good thing!

Erwin

11/08/2006, 01:33 am

I'm curious how you translate "soda jerk" in German and French. :D

--Erwin

Vog

11/12/2006, 05:54 am

Hello,
Well, I'm very interested in an German translation, too.
Is there any way to get the English sound files to edit them or something like that?
And to the developers: Would you agree to a german fan made dub or would you disagree?

PaulchenICQ

11/13/2006, 03:09 pm

Germans always want language patches, they are too lazy to learn English.

But americans are well known as polyglot people, right?:)

LordDerwin

11/14/2006, 10:57 am

Germans always want language patches, they are too lazy to learn English.

But will you play a game in german or french language? I don't think so... And every none english games are translated in english. Telltale sells Ankh in english whereas it's a german game. Maybe you've played Syberia if you're a point and click lover. It's a french game.

I'm French too and I had play Sam and Max and other point and clik game in french for many reasons :
First I was really young when I play these games. And with two years of english learning it's was quite difficult to understand everything.
Then Sam and Max aren't speaking an easy english. They use so many familiar expressions which are hardly understandable for foreigners...

Then english isn't speak by everybody in the world, stop to believe that ;)

So please Telltale think about non speaking english people!! :)

S3BR4

11/17/2006, 12:44 am

I'm curious how you translate "soda jerk" in German and French. :D

My suggestion for the German translation: Brause-Arsch :D
but I think Soda Poppers will be much more interesting to translate ;)

Erwin

11/17/2006, 04:42 am

My suggestion for the German translation: Brause-Arsch :D

I don't think I'm gonna use that word next time I'm in Germany ;)

--Erwin

Swengin

11/23/2006, 06:11 am

If someone tell me how to do it. I can make the subtitles in french or just the translation if you want.

Yohmi

11/23/2006, 09:39 am

Send BarfHappy a message, he knows how to do it, but his post where he was explaining it was, apparently, deleted.

bgbennyboy

11/23/2006, 11:35 am

Culture Shock has 2868 separate lines of dialog as part of the game and GUI. Translating all that (and translating it well) would be a mammoth task.
You would have to have a hell of a lot of time on your hands.

Mishakun

11/23/2006, 12:49 pm

Wouldn't it be nice to have a wiki-like webapp for translating the game in other languages? Then it wouldn't be a mammoth task if people would collaborate into translating all those 2868 seperate lines of dialog into their language of choice.

Swengin

11/23/2006, 01:43 pm

Yes I agree a wiki would be the best

AirbornePirate

11/23/2006, 09:36 pm

AFAIK, the more successful redubbed games are typically in german. Germans love video games, more than Americans sometimes I've come to find.

maulobo

11/30/2006, 04:10 am

For me a portuguese (brazilian) subtitle would be nice.

Gabelstapler

12/01/2006, 11:32 am

hello people !
now that the thread has come a little more open for the option of an fandubbing, we should take it together.
because telltale never answered on this post and even deleted postings which describe how to edit it, the chance that they will allow a dubbing from fans is small - but somebody got to do it.
from my point, its yet a loooong time til summer 2008 (when s&m2 will be released in other languages - to the earliest point). and at these times I want to watch the soccer EM.

so we need a little enthusiasm to do this and good people who gets serious in it.

to telltale (I know anyone of you will read this) : I know you dont like to see that we make plans for a translation, but isnt there a posibility that we can make it ? we could release it on your page for free as a fanproject. and the peeps will love it and buy more of your games !

xepeto

12/09/2006, 06:30 pm

Spanish PATCH please!!!
only subtitles!!!!

thanks TellTaleGames ;-)

who knows fansub page that doing this work? (amateur)

Tenemos al Real Madrid,al Fary y a Julián Muñoz,pero necesito el Sam & Max en castellano para sentirme orgulloso de ser español xD

vikpatato

12/11/2006, 11:54 am

italian patch please!!!!!!!!!
only subtitles
aiutoooooooo faccio schifo in inglese, mi serve la patch italiana di sam & max, aspettavo questo gioco da 13 anni, da dopo sam & max hit the road, chi ha la patch italiana la può inviare alla mia mail vscorsonelli@yahoo.it, grazie!!!!! vi prego fatelo sto uscendo pazzo per trovarla:)

Guybrush_Threepwood

12/11/2006, 01:10 pm

Gabelstapler

12/12/2006, 06:21 am

hello ! no other comments on the general idea ? no comment from telltale ?
hmmm...

shini

02/11/2007, 12:50 pm

One of my friend and myself would be glad to work hard to translate the game in french for free... but subtitles only! Original voices are great!

Telltale, why don't you open a private wiki dedicated to game translations?

carlacampestre

09/11/2007, 06:04 pm

Hey guys
Can you help me? I have the game CSI dark motives but the texts are in italian. Is there a way to change them to the original (English) or to Spanish. Portuguese would be fine too :)