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Metamorphosis Alpha was one of the first ever science fiction roleplaying games. It was published by TSR in 1976, and created by the...

The art is to portray the classes and people in the game and not the people that play the game. I would rather have pictures of brave...

I do not have a problem looking at good looking people in art they show in the books.

Yep. That’s exactly what we did. We wrote the sample to be translated with an emphasis on the words that Google translate screwed up on...

That can be helpful, but the best thing of course is to get a sample translation (or hand them a paragraph or two) that's reviewed by a...

"Fuzzy logic" has been a part of professional translation for decades, primarily for maximizing reuse of pre-existing glossaries (ie...

It's going to be a four part epic movie.

Absolutely. In-channel margins and volume as well. The positive is that it also can keep the 500 lb gorillas from stomping all over the...

Unless the original publisher is working with a language expert on staff or a localization expert, and those are not common in TTRPG...

Yes, and engaging on such things has a high 'cost' as well. If you have to do it, its like having to re-edit or effectively re-write the...

At a company the size of Wizards, the translations are arranged through the international licensing team. The brand team might have some...

There might also be 'opportunity cost' factors as well, where accommodating a different system of publishing (which would itself be cost...

Here in Brazil, in the mid-90s there were translations of systems other than D&D, such as World of Darkness (mainly the basic books on...

It is not about the number of Portugese-speakers but the number of people spending money in titles of Portugese languange. It happens...

Very nice to see there are multiple options. I think very, very relevant to RPGs are these: The creator's own personal reputation. The...