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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kishin" data-source="post: 4598282" data-attributes="member: 40956">I've read a fair amount of the Spanish writing for Anima, and while the style is different and a bit more 'casual' (A word which may not be the best choice), it never seemed to muddy matters for me. Regardless, I don't see why a translator should be worried about 'preserving the flair' when they're working on a passage that is clearly meant to be an explanation of the mechanical functionality of a game rule. I assisted one of my professors (a relatively acclaimed Chinese poet) in translating some of his writings from Chinese to English during undergrad. In that sort of case, you get to play around with language and meaning all you want. Here, though they should be treating that chunk of text as if they were working on a technical manual. Precise, clear cut explanatory text.Also, that doesn't explain everything. Translating the same item as 'Forehead Plate' and then 'Forehead Protector' ON THE SAME PAGE speaks only to shoddy translation work, not a conscious effort to preserve linguistic nuances. Also, FFG's focus is about 95% boardgames at this point, so honestly, I expect there exists at least some corner cutting in the RPG department.  Dark Heresy suffered none of that because its corebook was already printed before the deal went down, and as I understand, a good portion of its original staff are still manning the helm.  I still support the company (and I understand they need to go with what is paying their bills, especially in times like these) but it does raise a few questions. Especially when you let your flagship RPG line (Midnight) sink. I won't nitpick them further though: The guys handling the Anima stuff at GenCon were fantastic and quite excited about the game. I'm grateful to FFG for finally making it available in English. (Even though I have ordered two sourcebooks in Spanish.... Note to anyone considering similar with any product: Ordering RPG material from Europe when you are in the US gets expensive. Quickly. International shipping rates are brutal).Also, I should have figured the Cadfan over on the Anima forums was you as well. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Over there, I'm Swordwraith.It shouldn't be difficult at all. There's an underground organization in the default setting that constructs and utilizes some very high tech stuff (including primitive cybernetics, powered armor, and firearms advanced beyond the flint/matchlock level), and it integrates fine. You could easily do a more Sci-Fi orientated game if you were willing to add in some suitably futuristic weapon types, body armor, etc.</blockquote>

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