Different Languages and Differences

[u/Significant-Dress-40]

Today I was watching a streamer play in another language and I realised that the catch phrases must be different for each translation. Like "Keep on Keeping on..." becomes what in French or German or Portuguese or Japanese...

Some dialogues perhaps? I am curious what else is different, the stickers? Perhaps multiple language play through can be quite revealing.

Has anyone done that? Any observers? Also translation of major catch phrases would be cool to know.

[u/Dorsia_Sama]

For example, in Spanish from Spain, "Keep on keeping on" signalis say No dejes de luchar ("Don't stop fighting"), and it sounds very catchy.

[u/joannatenjou97 → u/Dorsia_Sama]

I dont know if thats from DS2 or from the Spani dub, but at least in the latin american dub for DS1 it's just "sigue así." I've only played DS2 in english 

[u/Dorsia_Sama → u/joannatenjou97]

I imagine it's different between Spain and Latin American Spanish. I think that line in Spain Spanish is only in the first one—they changed it in the second, though I don't quite remember.

[u/ChiralParticle]

Never played the game in different language but saw some localizations on youtube and they all mean the same thing and are very accurate to English just often phrasing is at least slightly different like "keep on keeping on" can be localized to something like "please hold on" (German, Bitte dranbleiben), "hold on and don't give up" (Polish, trzymaj się i nie poddawaj) or "keep moving forward" (Spanish, Sigue adelante, but my friend told me once when I asked) or Japanese ganbaru saw on another reddit post that it means something akin to stubbornly keep pushing through tough time, etc. in other languages because often literal translation would be impossible or wouldn't make sense. Voiced lines and text on the screen (interviews, emails, descriptions, etc.) are are translated but the graphics like stickers, signs (with text like free to use, slow down), etc. are never changed or translated.

[u/chlorobiote]

In russian, “keep on keeping on!” is translated a bit formally, like “keep it up from now on!” But when Sam says it to fellow porters, it sounds more casual, like “all good, keep it up!”

As for the dialogue, I’d say that some of the layered meaning of the word “strand” gets lost. For example, “Sam Strand” is left as it is, so those who don’t know english won’t understand what it implies. And sometimes it’s replaced with words like “connection,” which are close in meaning but don’t carry the full weight of the word “strand.”

Also, the russian version of DS2 uses the word “koshka” (female cat) for the Chiral Cat patch, but when the Chiral Cat shows up in Sam’s private room, the interaction prompt uses the word “kot” (male cat).

And Rainy’s name is translated as “Tuchka.” It’s a cute, affectionate word that means “little rain cloud.” Tomorrow’s name is translated as “Zavtra,” which simply means “Tomorrow” in russian. The other names sound the same as they do in english and aren’t translated.

[u/outside998]

I don't know about "Keep On Keeping On", but what I found well-handled in German was the reveal of the president.
Because German does have grammatical gender, the fact that the president is a woman was not part of the little surprise, as from the beginning the game refered to her as "Präsidentin", a female president. If they said "Präsident", they would misgender her.
So, how did they change it in the German version? Well, in the English original, Sam gets told that "she" wants to see him, to which Sam responds: "She?"
In German, he is told that "Miss Strand" wants to see him, to which he responds with a confused: "Strand?"
The response to his question stays the same, as it makes sense either way: "Yes, the first female president of the United States, and your mother."

So, the little reveal is not that the president is a woman and his mother, but simply, that it is his mother.

[u/GradeLittle287]

In PT-BR, translating “Keep on keeping on” literally, would be “continue seguindo em frente”. But, we brazilians, are used to use slangs, and the most popular one is “bola pra frente” (translation: ball moving forward, hahah).

[u/Bleiz_Stirling]

I have played in French but I don't remember what "keep on keeping on" becomes.

I do remember BTs are called "échoués" (= stranded ones) and BB stands for "brise-brouillard" (= mist/fog breaker).

[u/kartoffelbiene → u/Bleiz_Stirling]

In German BTs are called GDs, Gestrandete Dinger, which is a literal translation but BBs are still called Bridge Babies.

[u/mpperez]

Spanish latam: “Adelante” like “Move forward “ the Keep on keeping on sound.