Good day everyone!  I'm Jeff N Marquis at the business desk and on this very cold fall evening, I'm putting out a call for language professionals on behalf of those many video game developers. 

Christmas is just around the corner and maybe it is a bit too late for this year but there's next year and many years to come.  Video game developers have been doing very well for themselves for the past several years.  The video game industry continues to grow at a very fast clip but for the most part it's the English speaking world that has been benefiting from all of these action packed games.  The video game industry is now saying that it's time to change this.  Time to do something about making video games more available to those who do not speak English as their first language.  Pleas don't get me wrong.  There are many whose first language is not English that are playing video games.  However, video game developers are pushing for more and more games to be translated into multi languages.

Consequently they are now starting to seek the services of translators, transcribers, and multi lingual writers who can do the following:

Translate video games from English to other languages.

Transcribe digitized files to electronic format.

Write manuals in various other languages.

The video game industry is not going to go away anytime soon and as a matter of fact, not only are the younger ones demanding more and more video games.  Those in their 30s, 40s, and even 50s and up are getting in on the action.

There is a school of thought that there could be room for video game developers to develop games that reflect the cultures and customs of those countries whose first language is not English.  For example:  Developing games specifically for the Japanese market, for the Asian market, and for the Middle Eastern market. 

I'm not really telling you anything new, just bringing it more to the forefront.  So, if you're a language professional who is looking for new horizons, then why not check out this opportunity.

 

It's time now for our weekly news round-up for language professionals.  We're a bit thin on news items this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday week last week.

 

Interpreters and translators
By hesston64
This type of work often is done as a sideline by university professors; however, opportunities exist for well-established literary translators. As is the case with writers, finding a publisher and maintaining a network of contacts in ...
Hesston64 blog - http://hesston64.footyblogs.com
For more detail check out:
http://hesston64.footyblogs.com/2007/11/19/interpreters-and-translators/

 

JAK MOZNA POMOC?
Gazeta- Dziennik Polonii w Kanadzie - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Airports need translators, this is 2007, we have been flying men to Mars and the moon for decades, yet we haven't thought of putting translators in airports ...
For more detail check out:
http://www.gazetagazeta.com/artman/publish/article_20506.shtml

 

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At the business desk, I'm Jeff N Marquis bidding you a pleasant evening.