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| Wich language does fitt Gothic 2 the best ? |
| German |
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26% |
[ 6 ] |
| English |
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73% |
[ 17 ] |
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| Total Votes : 23 |
x_Noble_Paladin_x
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Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 61
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personally I wonder if they made a spanish version and I wonder how the voice acting would be. ( I'm studing spanish right now) 
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RastaBlasta420
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Joined: 23 Oct 2002
Posts: 92
Location: Canada |
My vote goes to the english version, I have dozens of german speaking relatives but yet I dont know a single word of german  |
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Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:14 am |
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Dybbuk
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 30 Nov 2002
Posts: 121
Location: Sweden |
quote:
Originally posted by Maylander
"The original language is always better than a translation."...
No, it's not.. reading fantasy in Norwegian and in German is not as great as reading it in English; the vucabulary of Norwegian and German is 1/3 of the English due to the fact that English is a mixture of languages(German, French and so on). There are words in English which can only be described with sentences in Norwegian and German, so I still feel English is the #1 language for litterature like fantasy(a lot of the words within the fantasy genre cannot be translated properly).
Yes it is...
It doesnt matter what language is the best for fantasy in general. If the author/developer is for example Norwegian, then his work is best read in norwegian, any translation of his work will undoubtly contain missunderstandings and misstakes and wont come out like the author/developer intended it to come out.
Of course in Gothics case the developers are involved in the translation and Im sure they are skilled enough in english to make it come out good. But I still say the original language is the best. |
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Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:31 pm |
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deathcloud
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Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Posts: 6
Location: Ohio |
okay well why dont you go get on the german forum and ask this survey and see if they vote german you. are just asking the wrong people. everyone here should vote for english unless you are bilangiual.
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Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:02 pm |
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Evil Timmy
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Posts: 46
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I'll compare the Gothic II Demo with the English subtitles and German voice to the final English version, and let you know then.
However, doing a not-exactly-equal comparison, I think I liked the voice acting from the GII demo better than Gothic; it was much easier to pick up on the emotions and tone of what was being said with the original German; in the English version, there were a few times where the inflection didn't match the meaning of what was being said. |
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Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:42 pm |
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Ork_porK
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Joined: 23 Feb 2003
Posts: 36
Location: orc town |
i think german is better. when translated into english, they over exagerate the voices when they talk. i have the g2 demo with english subtitle translation. it sounds much more lively.
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Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:24 am |
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Kiwi Boy
High Emperor
Joined: 03 Jan 2003
Posts: 1086
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My vote is: 3) I don't know
The English version isn't released yet, so how can I decide when I haven't heard of anything English in the game? |
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Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:37 pm |
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TheCleric
Fearless Paladin
Joined: 11 Jan 2002
Posts: 230
Location: Upstate NY, USA |
Agreed. Although I must admit that a game is usually better in it's original language.
PS- I'm really surprised that there's not an English Version Demo out yet! |
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Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:52 pm |
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Arexen
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 24 Feb 2003
Posts: 32
Location: Tacoma, WA |
I've played many games many times and I'll say it now that the original language suits the game best...
Translated versions seem to have a tendency to lose the sync between the lines. |
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Mon Feb 24, 2003 3:57 am |
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Irf
High Emperor
Joined: 18 Jul 2002
Posts: 1032
Location: England |
personally, i dont think english is a very good language, the only people in the world that think it's good are germans and norwegians. However, since i speak english better than any other language, I'd still have to say english
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Sun Mar 30, 2003 7:15 pm |
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DzD
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Joined: 12 Mar 2002
Posts: 7140
Location: Sweden |
quote:
Originally posted by Irf
personally, i dont think english is a very good language, the only people in the world that think it's good are germans and norwegians. However, since i speak english better than any other language, I'd still have to say english
I think english is a good language, it's quite easy to learn compared to Spanish or Swedish.
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Sun Mar 30, 2003 9:34 pm |
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Delo
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Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Posts: 125
Location: Center of the Universe |
I think it would be a good idea to have the game in both languages. It'd be great if there was an option in the game that let it switch between German and English voices and switch between German and English Subtitles. If ever I play a game and can have the voicing in a different language, I do it. It adds a certain, mystery-like effect to it.
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Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:53 am |
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Jaz
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Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
I'm afraid the last game to do that was System Shock 1.
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Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:17 am |
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Dbesing
Noble Knight
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Posts: 222
Location: Texas |
quote:
Originally posted by Jaz
I'm afraid the last game to do that was System Shock 1.
Yuh and System Shock 1 was a good game , it would be neat thou for the next gothic to do both if possible
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Mon Mar 31, 2003 3:35 pm |
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Irf
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Joined: 18 Jul 2002
Posts: 1032
Location: England |
I agree, would be nice to learn german, in case i wanna buy another JoWood game... 
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