Translation error in Traditional Chinese version

[EricFL]

Hi Devs, I just bought The Witcher 3 (PC) and play it in Traditional Chinese version and found a translation mistake (more translation mistake details in the reply session). This translation error has commonly discussed among the Chinese players. I am not sure if the game will still get any patches but if it does and fixed this error, we will be very thankful. Below are the details.

In the Skill tree, "fast attack" should be translated as "速攻" but one of them is translated as "塑公" which shared the same pronunciation with the correct one but in totally different and wrong written form. This wrong translation has no meaning related to the correct one at all.

Traditional Chinese version: The one in green blanket is the correct one and the wrong one in red blanket.

Simplified Chinese version has both correct translations:

Thank you for making the great game and hopefully this game can be perfect in Traditional Chinese version too.

 

[devivre]

As far as I know there are no patches planned at the moment (the game is already 4 years old).
So it probably will not be changed anytime soon.

 

[EricFL]

Thank you for the reply. Maybe this report can be kept in record.

 

[EricFL]

Subtitle Error

In secondary quest, Witcher Wannabe, the subtitle of the old man (ealdorman) repeated 3 times. Only the sentence in green blanket is needed.

In the Hearts of Stone quest, Dead Man's Party, there is a mistyping word in the subtitle of Vlodimir's dialogue before entering the wedding. The english subtitle is "not a second longer" so i guess the word should be "都" or "也".

Inconsistency of character's name translation

In secondary quest, Hard Times, the name Singa was translated into two different Chinese names in a same document, Letter to Yanne. And the subtitle of Yanne's dialogue is using "辛佳". I think "辛佳" should be the proper one.

In the Blood and Wine secondary quest, Till Death Do You Part, Margot's name was translated into two different Chinese names. I think "瑪歌特" should be the proper one.

In the Blood and Wine DLC, Damien de la Tour (captain guard) was translated as "圖爾" or "屠爾" in different subtitles through out the whole DLC. I think "圖爾" is the proper one. One of the "圖爾" is in the subtitle of the wounded guard in the main quest, Capture the Castle and one of the "屠爾" is in the subtitle of duchess Anna in the main quest, Pomp and Strange Circumstance.

Missing Translation

In the main quest, Through Time and Space, the second dialogue option of Geralt after Ge'els offered a drink was not translated.

 

[EricFL]

Translation mistake with the problem of "same pronunciation but wrong word"

Since one of the Traditional Chinese input method is using the pronunciation of the word to type in T.Chinese and then choose the correct word from the list but there are so many mistakes with the wrong word choosing.

In the book, Captain's log, "庭再" should be "停在" (anchored).

In the book, The Cult of Freya, "府為" should be "撫慰" (comfort).

In the book, Laboratory notebook, "應速" should be "罌粟" (poppy).

In the bestiary entry of Melusine, "洞血" should be "洞穴" (caves).

In the book, The Conjunction of the Spheres, "神秘敢" should be "神秘感" (mysterious).

In the main quest, On Thin Ice, "太陽時" should be "太陽石" (Sunstone) in the dialogue option of Geralt when talking to Avallac'h on ship.

In the contract, Patrol Gone Missing, "烈日期" should be "烈日旗" (banners with Great Sun) in the subtitle of the quartermaster when he responding to "sooner or later, someone'll ask about those prisoners".

In the Hearts of Stone main quest, Evil's Soft First Touches, "還常" should be "還長" (long) in the subtitle of the thief's dialogue on the ship to Ofieri.

In the Hearts of Stone main quest, Open Sesame!, "而以" should be "而已" in Geralt's dialogue when he talking to the banker in the auction house.

In the Blood and Wine book, Love letter (Clara), "意天" should be "一天".

 

[Cnhnn]

What a pity.Looks like the official doesn't have too much plan for that translation error

 

[EricFL]

Translation mistake with the problem of "same pronunciation but wrong word" pt.2

In the Blood and Wine book, Thierry Pires' journal, "之到" should be "知道" (know).

In the Blood and Wine secondary quest, Till Death Do You Part, "甘" should be "關" or "幹" in the Louis's subtitle.

In the Blood and Wine secondary quest, Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite!, "得" should be "的".

In the Blood and Wine book, Notes of a Tesham Mutna prisoner, "心血" should be "新血" (fresh blood).

In the Blood and Wine book, Samuel Eide's notes, "為為" should be "微微".

In the Blood and Wine book, Clerk's diary, "大地" should be "大帝" (emperor).

In the Blood and Wine secondary quest, The Hunger Game, "之到" should be "知道" (know) in the subtitle of Geralt.

 

[EricFL]

Wrong Translation

In the secondary quest, The Tower Outta Nowheres, "left eye" (左眼) was translated as "左耳" (left ear) in the answer of the mage when he answering the question of "Who are you?".

When using the upgraded bed in Corvo Bianco Vineyard, the time unit of the buff was translated as "秒" (second) instead of "分鐘" (minute).