Petition for Spanish Translation of Final Fantasy XIV

I would honestly love to have the game dubbed in spanish and I think this is an amazing initiative! I think a lot of spanish people who don't want to play because the language barrier scares them, so I think adding the support and dub for spanish, it would be a great idea and way more accessible! :D

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

I don’t think it’s feasible from a finance pov.

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Oh, but it is!

If we compare the numbers on the languages that have already a traduction, therefore, are reaching their max audition such as French and German:
https://i.imgur.com/iwV6eZm.png

And we compare it on the numbers of members and active members of the Spanish Community (wich doesn't include so many Latin and we don't have an official translation, therefore we're not "maxed out"):
https://i.imgur.com/G6BGQVq.png

We can see that, in fact, IT IS feasible from a finance PoV :)

Juntos,podremos conseguirlo! :D

As you said i see completely fine-ish if we don't have a dub, since we're used to it and it can get more complicated, but not even text?

I remember searching trough the topic and seeing threads of over 10 years ago praying and asking for a spanish tl and welp, here we are lmao

I also recall one of the main reasons why it couldn't be done is because all tl come from JP and not English, wich while i find great can also see why it's hard to find people

And for last i'm really, really surprised there haven't been any side-projects to try and tl the game community wise, not only in spanish but in general for other communities that also want it(Think PR is also a big one that also would like the game tl)

It also gets funnier when we actually have ads and merch for the game in actual spanish lmao, then you get slapped in game with english at much

I play on english. BUT I know of plenty of friends that won't get into XIV because of the language barrier. Please, add it. It will be worth the investment!

As an example: games workshop, THE giant of the wargaming landscape, has switched from english only to also covering spanish. There's a market!

It would be a gargantuan task for sure, but not an impossibility!
I hope it could become a reality one day.

Plenty of my irl friends here in Spain have always been huge FF fans!

Dale copate Yoshi. Un servi pa los pibe.

I've been playing on and off since ARR, and this is the first thread that got me to actually post a reply on the forums although I've read many before. Yes, please to a Spanish translation!

This initiative is especially timely because of the subject of the next expansion. Dawntrail takes so much inspiration from Central & South America, and it's sad that many players from places that inspired the game will not be able to play it without a language barrier.

I'm an English-speaking player myself, but if a Spanish translation and/or dub was available, I would use it too. I have used TV shows and music to learn Spanish and found it really gratifying. There's a market for a Spanish translation even outside Spanish-speaking countries! :)

¡Sí, por favor! ¡Queremos el juego en español! :D

(Logeándome por primera vez en el foro solo para apoyar esta iniciativa ♥)

It is a shame that the game at this stage is not translated into Spanish with how big and active the Spanish-speaking community is, especially considering how important the narrative is in this game.

The only thing we ask for is to be able to play the game in our language, it doesn't seem far-fetched considering that we pay a subscription of 13 dollars a month.

You have my full support on this!

I know quite a lot of people who would love to enjoy our beloved game and they don't or can't simply because their english is not good enough to fully enjoy the story.

Obviously, translating a game like this is neither easy nor cheap, but the spanish-speaking community is sooo big that just having text translation would be really really appreciated.

Fingers crossed!
Buen trabajo!

Be nice Yoshi-P, un besín

I've had too many friends tell me "If only the game was in spanish..." not to do this
NOW IS THE CHANCE! VAMOS!!!

I'm not sure the timing of such a petition is going to be effective. We're what, 2 months out from DT, so if there is going to be a new translation, it's been in the works already for months, and they're certainly not going to see this thread at this stage and think "oh yea, let's get started on the Spanish translation."

That said, petition away!

Please, we need our beloved game translated into our language; I know a lot of people who don't play FFXIV because it is not translated into Spanish

As a brazillian, I'd love for the game to be translated to portuguese as well, but I know how unrealistic it is, but I really can't see why the game can't be in spanish. There are so many spanish speakers throught the entire world that not translating just feels like a poor marketing decision at this point, I hope this changes something, you have my full support.

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Originally Posted by Boblawblah

I'm not sure the timing of such a petition is going to be effective. We're what, 2 months out from DT, so if there is going to be a new translation, it's been in the works already for months, and they're certainly not going to see this thread at this stage and think "oh yea, let's get started on the Spanish translation."

That said, petition away!

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Well, the game will be around for quite some more time, it's not like Dawntrail release will be a deadline for any possible new translation.

That said, it is really absurd we're getting "South America: The Expansion" in two months and none of the main languages spoken there is localized. I get it is expensive, but this is Square Enix. I am sure they can afford it. Even with voiced lines, probably, but they could also start with translated subtitles and add the voiced cutscenes later if all at once is a bit much. Our Spanish speaking Warriors of Light deserve better than this.

Yoshi-Please!. FF14 en castellano!

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Originally Posted by ChocoFeru

Oh, but it is!

If we compare the numbers on the languages that have already a traduction, therefore, are reaching their max audition such as French and German:
https://i.imgur.com/iwV6eZm.png

And we compare it on the numbers of members and active members of the Spanish Community (wich doesn\\'t include so many Latin and we don\\'t have an official translation, therefore we\\'re not "maxed out"):
https://i.imgur.com/G6BGQVq.png

We can see that, in fact, IT IS feasible from a finance PoV :)

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I have no idea what your picture said.

But one point is Spanish speaking countries isn’t exactly known to paying subscription based games.


Not to mention how much manpower, time and money this would take. I’d rather them focus on giving us better content than a localisation for only 5k potential players.

If SE wanted to they would already offered it a decade ago.

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Originally Posted by ThorelisAsgardian

Please, we need our beloved game translated into our language; I know a lot of people who don't play FFXIV because it is not translated into Spanish

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That is true. I grew up in Spain and my friend often mentioned how she struggled to get into FFXIV because it's not in Spanish like WoW. While she's playing now with her husband, they do struggle a lot of times.

I know many fans of the saga who don't play or don't pay a subscription because of the language barrier. Yoshi-P, S-E, please also support Spanish in FFXIV. ;)

Maybe your friend should’ve spent some time in school to learned English like rest of the western world.

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

Maybe your friend should’ve spent some time in school to learned English like rest of the western world.

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Damn imagine being this pathetically xenophobic.

It's kinda weird that we still don't have an official localization for one of Square Enix's biggest games in their catalog.
Asking for dub seems too much, but even if the release is text-only it would be really nice to finally see our favorite game translated into Spanish.

Really low chance it happens, but it would really open the game a lot for our community.
Dale, Yoshi-P.

I've always wondered why this game doesn't have an official Spanish translation with just how many Spanish speakers there are in the world. There's more native Spanish speakers than English speakers worldwide, after all. It seems odd to ignore such a huge demographic.

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

I have no idea what your picture said.

But one point is Spanish speaking countries isn’t exactly known to paying subscription based games.


Not to mention how much manpower, time and money this would take. I’d rather them focus on giving us better content than a localisation for only 5k potential players.

If SE wanted to they would already offered it a decade ago.

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Spanish is the 2nd most natively spoken language globally and English is the 3rd so I can assure you it's a lot more than just 5k.

Playing this game as a normal person that understands everything that it's said on the game without using the 100% of my brain would be nice

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

I have no idea what your picture said.

But one point is Spanish speaking countries isn’t exactly known to paying subscription based games.


Not to mention how much manpower, time and money this would take. I’d rather them focus on giving us better content than a localisation for only 5k potential players.

If SE wanted to they would already offered it a decade ago.

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It shows that our community is as big as French and German communities, basically. And we're missing people from USA aswell, wich proves that we're more than it seems :)

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

Maybe your friend should’ve spent some time in school to learned English like rest of the western world.

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Please, we don't want toxicity on this post. We're here looking for support, not controversy. Remember that we pay our sub like everyone else and we have the same right to ask for a translation :)

Question for Spanish speakers: if they made a sub would you like them to work back through the story so DT>ARR or through the story ARR>DT?
just curious tbh.

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Originally Posted by ChocoFeru

Oh, but it is!

If we compare the numbers on the languages that have already a traduction, therefore, are reaching their max audition such as French and German:
https://i.imgur.com/iwV6eZm.png

And we compare it on the numbers of members and active members of the Spanish Community (wich doesn't include so many Latin and we don't have an official translation, therefore we're not "maxed out"):
https://i.imgur.com/G6BGQVq.png

We can see that, in fact, IT IS feasible from a finance PoV :)

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Just to play devils advocate here, whilst there are a lot of Spanish speakers it's also known that a lot of those people struggle to pay the sub fee due to how expensive it is in their countries. If you compare their lower income vs the higher income of French and German speakers we might have a reason for lack of translation. Even if they can get to pay the sub, a lot of Spanish speakers won't have disposable income for all the extra things like the French and German communities do. So there is no guarantee that it would be a financial boon spending money on localisation for a demographic that has a lower spending power than others.

Not opposed to adding the translation and I don't think that if they did it would do harm to other development efforts in any major way. But I do see why it hasn't happened yet.

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Originally Posted by ChocoFeru

It shows that our community is as big as French and German communities, basically. And we're missing people from USA aswell, wich proves that we're more than it seems :)




Please, we don't want toxicity on this post. We're here looking for support, not controversy. Remember that we pay our sub like everyone else and we have the same right to ask for a translation :)

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Also you can look for support, that's fine. People are allowed to disagree with you though and say they rather resources be spent elsewhere. They pay the sub too, as you said.

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Originally Posted by Mosha

Question for Spanish speakers: if they made a sub would you like them to work back through the story so DT>ARR or through the story ARR>DT?
just curious tbh.

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I know there is a new game +, but if they translated it, I would most likely make an alter to play it all over again with secondaries and everything

This would be great. My younger brother loves the game but he isn’t fluent in English so I have to translate the dialogue for him so he can have an idea of what is going on. He would love to have the option to play in Spanish. It’s actually wild this is still not in the game considering Spanish is one of the most used languages in the world.

¡Por favor, señor Yoshi!

Please, Mr. Yoshi, we are not asking for so much as dubbing, just having the text translated to understand and enjoy the story 100% would make us very happy.

First time on the forum supporting this dream for many of us.

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Originally Posted by Lokewen

I know there is a new game +, but if they translated it, I would most likely make an alter to play it all over again with secondaries and everything

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My wife and I dream of the day when it will be translated into Spanish, starting with alts as if it were the first time, doing all the quests and very calmly. So ARR>DT.

While I agree that not dubbing it in the short-term would be nice so that Spanish speakers can enjoy the game in our native language as soon as possible, I think it's fair to also ask to have it dubbed over time.

They could start with the latest installments or expansions and then slowly work from ARR onward, for instance.

Anything less than that would make for a lower quality game, in my opinion.

And this is coming from a Spanish native speaker that plays games mostly in English but I know many people that cannot play or do play but cannot enjoy the game due to the lack of translation.

Here's hoping!

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Originally Posted by Mosha

Question for Spanish speakers: if they made a sub would you like them to work back through the story so DT>ARR or through the story ARR>DT?
just curious tbh.

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Personally I think it would be beter to start with DT and work on the others after, but since the thing is that people won't buy the game if it's not in spanish I think the right thing to do would be to start with ARR.

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Originally Posted by Lokewen

I know there is a new game +, but if they translated it, I would most likely make an alter to play it all over again with secondaries and everything

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I didn't think about NG+ or making alts so Spanish speakers could go through again!
https://media3.giphy.com/media/3r2ED...giphy.gif&ct=g

I am in full support of this! I'm still surprised there is no option to pick Spanish

Dale joshy portate bien y rompete una sub ESP mira que se pudre todo sino gato

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Originally Posted by Sotaris

Maybe your friend should’ve spent some time in school to learned English like rest of the western world.

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I speak 5 languages, and I'm fluent in 4 of them, English being one of those. I've comfortably played this game in 2 of its languages (English and Japanese), and I could somewhat defend myself if I ever wanted to play it in a third one (French). I have no need for this being localized to Spanish, but I can still be aware about there being people either too young (13 years olds can play this) or too old to have a proper grasp of English in order to play and enjoy a story-heavy game such as this one. Especially when sometimes the English localization uses non-standard/modern English. And even if everyone could understand English perfectly, that doesn't negate the fact that most people will always prefer to play in their native language if they're given the option. So, if there's a high enough demand within the community as it seems, it would make sense to work on a Spanish localization (or any other language that meets the numbers). Voicing such demand is the right thing to do.

In other words, your remark is a quite ignorant one. And, sadly, the cause is not as easy to fix as spending some time at school.

Anyway, in regards to the main topic of this thread, I think that I heard some time ago that Koji mentioned the possibility of a Spanish localization possibly happening "soon", and being interested in maybe recruiting folks to add to the team. Was it at the EU fanfest? I think so. But I might be wrong, tho, or perhaps it actually happened but it was just PR talk.

Other MMOs that lacked a Spanish localization for years, decades even, offered one not long ago (EVE and ESO). Others, like WoW or GW2, were localized to Spanish at or shortly after launch. FFXIV (and FFXI) is the only MMO from the top ones that still doesn't, despite every other SE game released in the West offering such option (and having done so for decades).