Letter from the Producer LIVE Part II (10/25/2011)

[charlemagne]

Surprised they aren't making more effort considering how disappointed we were with the last one.

[Quanta]

Surprised they aren't making more effort considering how disappointed we were with the last one.

So they're supposed to hire a skilled stenographer that can fluently translate from Japanese to English on-the-fly? Do you realize how incredibly silly that sounds for something that isn't going to happen very often?

[charlemagne]

So they're supposed to hire a skilled stenographer that can fluently translate from Japanese to English on-the-fly? Do you realize how incredibly silly that sounds for something that isn't going to happen very often?

Where did I write anything like that? I don't see where I wrote anything like that. Does anyone else see where I wrote anything like that?
I did write that I'm surprised that they hadn't made more effort. I'd be surprised if a company the size of SE didn't have people already employed who could solve this issue. Someone to do a voiceover wouldn't be too difficult to find surely. I could find one from a temp agency for a few hours no problem so why can't they?

[Risae]

Where did I write anything like that? I don't see where I wrote anything like that. Does anyone else see where I wrote anything like that?
I did write that I'm surprised that they hadn't made more effort. I'd be surprised if a company the size of SE didn't have people already employed who could solve this issue. Someone to do a voiceover wouldn't be too difficult to find surely. I could find one from a temp agency for a few hours no problem so why can't they?

And who do you think is going to pay for this?

[charlemagne]

And who do you think is going to pay for this?

I don't believe the cost is a real factor. An interpreter from an agency for a few hours really isn't much of an expense to a large company. A quick search online and I find jobs paying temp Japanese-English interpreters £8 - £15 per hour. Not a huge amount for the goodwill it would earn them from the players.

[Delsus]

I will not be waking up at 7am to watch this unless we get official word that there will be some form of translation, even if it a little bit behind, we have had live subtitles for the past 20+ years, so i'm sure SE can do it, lets not forget all GMs are bilingual in either English, Japanese, German or French that could translate on the fly, and lets not forget thier localisation teams whos job it is to translate Japanese to the other supported languages.

Live subtitles or a live dub based on language (seperate vids for each language of course) should be no problem for a company like SE, we NEED some confirmation after the last mass disapointment which is the vid, live subs are really old so we need it done.

[Betelgeuzah]

unless we get official word that there will be some form of translation, even if it a little bit behind

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[Delsus]

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Of course I'm serious, if the translation is 30s out of sync who gives a damn, as I said the technology is over 20 years old (anyone from atleast the UK remember 888 teletext page, which gave live subtitles, even on live shows before the 90s)

It is not beyond SE's capabilities, so they should get prepared for it, and thanks for choosing my post to base your troll on.

[Betelgeuzah]

Of course I'm serious, if the translation is 30s out of sync who gives a damn

We got a live translation last time and it was generally 1-2 questions behind.

The technology is there, doesn't mean SE has the human resources to pull it off. This is a special occasion and not something to be expected every month. Even if they hired someone temporarily he has no idea about the slang used, only the localization team does.

I hope that they can make the translation process more efficient this time, last time there seemed to be some hickups at the beginning. In either case other than that they don't really have the means to make it better without screwing over some people.

[Delsus]

We got a live translation last time and it was generally 1-2 questions behind.

The technology is there, doesn't mean SE has the human resources to pull it off. This is a special occasion and not something to be expected every month. Even if they hired someone temporarily he has no idea about the slang used, only the localization team does.

I hope that they can make the translation process more efficient this time, last time there seemed to be some hickups at the beginning. In either case other than that they don't really have the means to make it better without screwing over some people.

We got translations of the questions, what every none japanese speaking player and follower wants is a live translation of the whole video, which I'm sure the localisation team could handle with the right equipment, in this case a dub 30s -1min behind the live feed will probably be easier than subs which as I said they have the staff to do, if its beyond the skills of the localisation team then they can't do thier jobs.