Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Dear EVE Devs


There are two points I’d like to make.


Point A: I believe that you should be looking into creating a Chinese version of Tranquility.

Chinese speaking players deserve the ability to play on tranquility without running into a heavy linguistic barrier.

I know that currently, there are commercial and political issues associated with the situation. I have many ideas about how they can be resolved (This topic is probably unsuited for a public forum; we can talk in private about this).

I believe the creation of a Chinese version of Tranquility is inevitable in the long term; it is simply a matter of how and when.


Point B: I can help you create a Chinese version of Tranquility.

I am an expert translator. Apart from all the things I translate to make a living, I have translated the FPS game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars with a few programming-savvy friends as a hobby. We then thoroughly play-tested our translated version and made sure the UI is properly formatted under all available screen-resolutions and settings.

I am also an experienced EVE player in almost all aspects of the game. In my two years of playing EVE, I have amassed half a trillion ISK worth of assets, not including the value of skill points on the 10+ characters I have kept almost constantly PLEXed. The income comes mostly from market trading and industrial manufacturing, but my initial funds came from mining and mission running. I currently own and operate many Upwell structures, and I have fought many battles to defend them, winning most of them. My countless hours of experience in the many fields of EVE ensure that when I translate something, I have a deep understanding of what the game is trying to tell the player.

I am also a huge fan of sci-fi, and I am familiar with military terminology. Thus my translation will be thematically appropriate. (Serenity has many problems such as translating “capital ships” into “flagships”, and “corporation” into “clan/guild”. My translation will be of much higher quality.)

Finally, I consider it an honor to work on EVE Online, which I consider the greatest MMO in existence.

I’ll gladly fly to Iceland to work for you.


Your loyal fan
VVheat



EVE的开发者们


我想在这里表达两个观点。


第一，我认为你们应该考虑为欧服（Tranquility）制作一个中文版本了。

玩欧服没有语言障碍，是每个说中文的玩家应该拥有的权利。

我知道当前有许多商业问题和政治问题阻挠了欧服中文版的开发。对于如何解决这些问题，我已经想到了很多方法（这个话题大概不适合在公共论坛上探讨，我们可以私下交谈）。

我相信从长远来讲，中文版的开发是必然的；真正需要考虑的是如何去开发，何时去开发。


第二，我可以帮助你们开发中文版的欧服。

我是个专业的翻译家。除了为了生活进行的翻译工作以外，我跟几个懂得编程的朋友作为业余爱好，一起将《深入敌后：雷神战争》这款第一人称射击游戏翻译成了中文。我们对翻译的版本进行了严密的游戏测试，并确保了我们的版本在所有的分辨率和设置下都没有任何排版问题。

我同时也是个经验丰富的EVE玩家，熟知EVE几乎所有方面。在我两年的EVE生涯中，我积攒了价值五千亿ISK的资产，这还不包括我一直依靠PLEX充值的十多个人物的技能的价值。我的大部分收入来自贸易和工业制造，但我的启动资金来自采矿和做任务。我现在拥有并管理着多个Upwell建筑物（玩家可建造的堡垒和工程港），而且为了保护这些建筑物我已经进行过许多次战斗，并在大多数战斗中取得了胜利。我在EVE多方面的丰富经验，可以确保我在翻译游戏时，对于游戏想要跟玩家说明什么，有深刻的理解。

我还是个巨大的科幻迷，而且我熟知军事术语。因此我的翻译会具有妥当的风格。（国服这方面有很多问题，比如把 “主力舰” 翻译成 “旗舰”，把 “公司” 翻译成 “军团”。我翻译的版本会比国服的质量高得多。）

最后我想说，我认为EVE是现在市面上最了不起的网络游戏，能为这款游戏做出贡献是我的荣幸。

去冰岛为你们工作，我乐意至极。


你们的忠实粉丝
麦子（VVheat）

First, there's a thread for this already.

Second, CCP literally can't. There is a Chinese version of Eve. It's called Serenity. Given this it's highly likely that there is very little actual demand for Chinese Language support on TQ, and further it's even more unlikely that CCP are legally or contractually allowed to do this.

Since doing so would likely mean the closure of Serenity I highly doubt CCP are even going to entertain this idea.