We are pleased to announce that Star Trek Online is now fully localized and supported in French and German. Check out the welcome message from our EU team.
We are pleased to announce that Star Trek Online is now fully localized and supported in French and German. Check out the welcome message from our EU team.
This is a good thing. I'm from the US but I'm mostly up at night due to my job being late night hours. Now I don't have lose any sleep just to squeeze in something. You Spaniards, keep your chins up! I'm sure you'll get something too!
So does this mean that we will also get the German and Frensh Forums back that were closed due to low traffic? (at very least there should be a general-talk and a SUPPORT section, i know traffic is lower in these languages, most of us do indeed understand english, but some don't and they need a place to get support, be it player to player or with some QA people in there)
There are 27 EU countries, each having different official languages. Some of them have more than one :rolleyes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union#Knowledge
2/3rds of people (skewed towards the young - IE people who would play MMORPGs) in Sweden, Malta, Holland, Denmark, Cyprus, and Finland speak English. Norway and Iceland have similar numbers.
Half or more speak it in Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Remember this is conversational. Near half speak it in Croatia, Greece and Estonia.
English alone reaches 51% of EU citizens. German reaches 32% and French reaches 26%. Some people speak both or all three of these languages, but my estimate is that 2/3rds of EU citizens can speak one of these three, 3/4th of them young, and that 80% of those who have an interest in ever playing STO would know one of these languages.
If Russian, Spanish, and Italian were added, I would say that the overwhelming majority of EU citizens could play the game in a language in which they could hold a conversation.
So does this mean that we will also get the German and Frensh Forums back that were closed due to low traffic? (at very least there should be a general-talk and a SUPPORT section, i know traffic is lower in these languages, most of us do indeed understand english, but some don't and they need a place to get support, be it player to player or with some QA people in there)
We are pleased to announce that Star Trek Online is now fully localized and supported in French and German. Check out the welcome message from our EU team.
hello im star trek online player and I speak for many Spanish speakers who would not be wrong to translate the game well but would encourage us to buy more game content.
because there are many things we do not understand to be in English.
The Star Trek phenomenon has been an international one for a very long time. While it's been pointed out that more localization is desired, I feel that this step by PWE/Cryptic is a significant one. And would like to acknowledge these efforts.
When will Spanish localization be done? Hmmmm? After all, North America/South America/Caribbean/Europe has many spanish speakers(Myself included among the number).
The new slots should really help me with my odd work schedule. I hope high school French will be enough to understand what the rest of the team wants me to do.
And still no Spanish translation, one of the most spoken languages in the world. With things like this I understand why my friends don't want to try the game.
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Thank you very much, especially for the new event time slots
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Just read this on startrek.com
An IDIC tribble? Schaweet!
I hear you, just shows they have no idea that not everyone speaks English, French and German in the EU :rolleyes:
So does this mean that we will also get the German and Frensh Forums back that were closed due to low traffic? (at very least there should be a general-talk and a SUPPORT section, i know traffic is lower in these languages, most of us do indeed understand english, but some don't and they need a place to get support, be it player to player or with some QA people in there)
"Marecey Buckets"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union#Knowledge
2/3rds of people (skewed towards the young - IE people who would play MMORPGs) in Sweden, Malta, Holland, Denmark, Cyprus, and Finland speak English. Norway and Iceland have similar numbers.
Half or more speak it in Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Remember this is conversational. Near half speak it in Croatia, Greece and Estonia.
English alone reaches 51% of EU citizens. German reaches 32% and French reaches 26%. Some people speak both or all three of these languages, but my estimate is that 2/3rds of EU citizens can speak one of these three, 3/4th of them young, and that 80% of those who have an interest in ever playing STO would know one of these languages.
If Russian, Spanish, and Italian were added, I would say that the overwhelming majority of EU citizens could play the game in a language in which they could hold a conversation.
They've been open since last night
DE: http://forums.startrekonline.com/forumdisplay.php?f=294
FR: http://forums.startrekonline.com/forumdisplay.php?f=254
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
(the joke is that I've literally said "I am I speak French very very small" which is a god-awful way of translating what I want to say into French)
hello im star trek online player and I speak for many Spanish speakers who would not be wrong to translate the game well but would encourage us to buy more game content.
because there are many things we do not understand to be in English.
translated by google
*doh* to much work on the doffsheet, i'm lacking behind in my DevTracker stalking
anyway *thumbs up* for bringing them back!