Talk:Selkie/@comment-108.19.151.156-20150221002222/@comment-25035274-20150224122958

Well, more accurately, I should say that SOMEONE is terrible at localizing, since I do not, in all fairness, know which translation was done by whom.

The Apsara, for instance, had a number of issues in her profile. There were multiple run-on sentences that pretty much turned into word soup (note the next-to-last paragraph, the first two-thirds of which could(and should) have been broken down into two or three sentences), as well as a number of grammatical and punctuation errors. Grant you, many of these errors were minor, but had the translator had someone proof-read for him, they could have been completely avoided. Most of them have been cleared up on her page here on the MGE Wiki, though there's likely still a bit of clean-up to do.

Let me reiterate one thing, mind. I recognize that what he's doing isn't easy and he has my respect for it, especially if he's doing it for love of the material. Translating between languages can be a right pain in the ass.

However, translation without proper localization is a job that's only half-done. He (actually, they, as I'm including anyone who does these sorts of translations) would do well to have someone help them with the localization, or at least give it a quick proof-read before dropping it in the public arena. It would benefit everyone.

EDIT: What I'm getting at is that when the product is finished? It should, when read, come across in a manner that would fit with natural English speech. If one were to read it out loud, it should flow the same way any other spoken words would flow. Natural.