CaptainGolem Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I knew that a Czech version of LR exists, but I never found anything about it except some low quality screenshots. However, I have found someone who actually owns the game, and I got to take a look at it. Here's a video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I'll Czech it out Do any of the minor racers in circuits 2, 3, and 7 have different names too? also is the font for the timer completely changed? I don't remember it being that narrow and weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi La Fume Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Wow, the font for the timer and place are really generic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainGolem Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 14 hours ago, Jessietail said: also is the font for the timer completely changed? I don't remember it being that narrow and weird. 14 hours ago, Red60 said: Wow, the font for the timer and place are really generic. Yes, the font for numbers is different. I was really surprised by how horrible it looks, but I somehow got used to it after playing for a while. 14 hours ago, Jessietail said: Do any of the minor racers in circuits 2, 3, and 7 have different names too? Yes, and some of them are really stupid. I feel like the translators were handed a list of things to translate without even seeing the actual gameplay, because the translations are often absolutely unfitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeKiller Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 4 hours ago, CaptainGolem said: Yes, and some of them are really stupid. I feel like the translators were handed a list of things to translate without even seeing the actual gameplay, because the translations are often absolutely unfitting. Just out of curiosity, can you give any examples? I don't speak Czech, but I love me some bad translations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 11 hours ago, LimeKiller said: Just out of curiosity, can you give any examples? I don't speak Czech, but I love me some bad translations. was kinda hoping for all of them, its just 12 other racers besides the names seen in that video right? and veronica voltage too I guess... where are language files stored again? edit: oh this is my 6500th post LimeKiller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainGolem Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 I'm having some problems with my computer right now, I will post the NPC names and boss cutscenes soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainGolem Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Sorry for the long wait, here are the boss cutscenes: Spoiler and here are the NPC names: Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler emily, Lair and Fifi La Fume 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I see what you mean about the names being disinterested translations of the English ones. A lot of them seemed more or less the same to me, speaking as someone who doesn't speak Czech and used google translate, but these ones are pretty funny: Governor Broadside -> Governor Attacker Royal King -> King of Kings Alpha Dragonis -> Alpha Dragon Sam Sinister -> Threatening Sam Blackjack Hawkins -> Black Peter Basil the Batlord -> Basil the Warrior Nova Hunter -> Hunter Gail Storm -> Thunderbolt The fact that "Alpha Dragon" goes off of the English version's typo of Alpha Draconis is about as clear an indicator as we could get that these names were directly translated from the English game - which is interesting, considering the other languages available on my US copy all appear to use the proper regional names for the characters, as determined by Lego. Lair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_garschin Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Czech language was always funny for polish people :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainGolem Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 15 hours ago, Pereki said: I see what you mean about the names being disinterested translations of the English ones. A lot of them seemed more or less the same to me, speaking as someone who doesn't speak Czech and used google translate, but these ones are pretty funny: Governor Broadside -> Governor Attacker Royal King -> King of Kings Alpha Dragonis -> Alpha Dragon Sam Sinister -> Threatening Sam Blackjack Hawkins -> Black Peter Basil the Batlord -> Basil the Warrior Nova Hunter -> Hunter Gail Storm -> Thunderbolt The fact that "Alpha Dragon" goes off of the English version's typo of Alpha Draconis is about as clear an indicator as we could get that these names were directly translated from the English game - which is interesting, considering the other languages available on my US copy all appear to use the proper regional names for the characters, as determined by Lego. Oops, now I realize I forgot to translate it for everyone, but I guess Google Translate did the job well. Sorry about that! The first 2 circuits were kind of alright to me except Robo-Hood (What the hell? He has nothing to do with robots...), but the third circuit really caught me off guard. "Basil the Warrior" doesn't give the Czech translation enough credit - the "basil" is translated as "bazalka", which means the herb used for cooking (Ocimum basilicum). It's absolutely ridiculous and doesn't fit him at all. I laughed hard when I saw it, but I was disappointed at the same time. Then you have Alpha Dragonis, or more like Alpha Dragoness because "dračice" is a translation for female dragon. The last circuit was pretty bad too. "Hromburác" is the name of a bear in a Czech cartoon for kids and it could be translated as something like "Thunderrumble", and they just ignored the "Nova" in Nova Hunter because that would take too much effort to translate or something. Now that I mentioned it, Gypsy Moth is also translated as simply "Moth". Now about the cutscenes - some of them are broken. Basil the Batlord's second part of the cutscene has glitched text sometimes, just like the text when Rocket Racer appears. Now that I mention Rocket Racer - we see his name after he stops talking, so the whole monologue feels like I'm reading a letter. And when you win his car set, instead of seeing "You have won Rocket Racer's car set!", you see "You won a race of rocket cars!". Gypsy Moth doesn't describe herself as a "veteran pilot" (meaning experienced), but an "old veteran", and King Kahuka is threatening to beat you up (physically hurt you). Truly a high quality translation. emily and LimeKiller 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 11/26/2017 at 7:53 AM, Pereki said: Royal King -> King of Kings Oh boy looks like we have a Jesus on our hands. [1] aidenpons and emily 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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