How to translate SNES games into Dutch with a Hex Editor
I must’ve been around 14 years old when I stumbled across OK Impala!’s website. Sadly, the website has been down since 2014, but the original content is still available on the internet archive. OK Impala! is one of the unsung heroes of video game localisations, as he was the only ROM-hacker translating retro Nintendo games […]
Only 7 SNES games had Dutch translations – and they’re bad
In the early 90’s, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) hit the European market and was an instant hit. At round the same time, I was born, ensuring I would grow up with a brightly colored SNES-pad clutched in my juvenile hands. Whilst the SNES games were wildly popular in the Netherlands, they would rarely […]
Spanish ministry blunders with machine translation
The website of the Spanish Ministry of Industry has an exemplary display of ineffective use of machine translation : A woman named Dolores del Campo is erroneously translated as ‘pain of field’.
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