Czech language in game.

[mArDobCZ]

Hi, I have a question. Why aren't the languages of other countries in the games when the tolerance of each group, gender, etc. is addressed? Many people know English and German, but not at a level where they can understand everything the game has to offer. Do you know how hard it is to play for example Crusader Kings 3 and Victoria 3 in English for an average person who knows basic English or German? What about children who do not know these languages at all? Why can't artificial intelligence at least assist with translations?? It's definitely not always such a problem and there would be a lot more players and thus a lot more revenue from games sold!! You offer a very good variety of quality games, but without our native language it is really very difficult or unplayable for someone. I know a lot of people in my area who would appreciate a Czech translation. This is a really big lack of games from
Paradox Development Studio. :-(

 

[AndrewT]

With every game, the suite of languages supported is evaluated by market share, economics, and supportability. For example we had no games using Turkish until Victoria3 - as a major power of the period it qualified for that game, but not in say HOI4 or EU4. Russian was added in HOI4 (but not previously in say EU4) due to their role in WWII, I imagine. And so on.

Each language supported in a game is a major investment, we pay professional translation services for it - not just for the original release, but every update to the game too, patches AND DLCs. For EU4 which just passed its 10th anniversary, dozens of DLCs, it was a major commitment! And our games have a LOT of text in them, in general. An AI translation would be utterly unacceptable to the vast majority of players, I am sure.

Then we get to player numbers. How many extra copies would we sell in Czech compared to those players there who are okay with English, German or other languages generally provided? Czech does not seem to rank in the top 100 languages spoken worldwide.

While it is not out of the realms of possibility Czech will be supported in some future game or games, it seems unlikely to me. Note that new languages are never added to existing games, as economically that cannot ever work out.

What you could do is work on a Czech mod for the game or games you are concerned with; if it were popular enough that might change things!

 

[mArDobCZ]

Thanks for the reply. Chap, it's always about profit and costs. The Czech language was a form of mod some time ago, but your studio did not allow it for the author and you had a problem with it. That's why I wrote directly here on the site, when there is no path, I don't understand why it bothers me when someone else creates it... It's a shame, it used to be downloadable, now there isn't one, so for me a game with such text content is useful, I can speak English, but not so good to understand everything :-(

 

[AndrewT]

I don't know why the Czech mod you mention was disallowed, but I'm sure it wasn't a specific issue with the Czech language as such. There's no reason why another one would suffer the same fate.