SWG Tales

This is not the extended family of artists including The Fugees, but an idea for better player interaction that's been on my mind for awhile.

What if there was a pool of multi-lingual players that you could call on to translate your English into the several other languages spoken by SWG players or vice versa?

These players could volunteer to be put on our community's Friend List to be contacted in case one of us would like to do business, roleplay to an extent or otherwise cross the language barrier.

Personally, I've always enjoyed the fact that SWG is multi-national. Seeing other languages in spatial that I don't understand lends a feel of immersion in that the SW films had a similar flavor. And I've equally despised the narrow minded attitudes that I've seen expressed regarding players from other nations.

I don't foresee it being used often, but there have been many times that I've wanted to make a deal or otherwise contact players whose language that I didn't know. Not to mention how much larger this role play communty and it's options would be if the language barrier wasn't an issue.

For instance, seeing the amount of German players after launch I had Keer establish relationships with as many German-English speakers as I could find. Each time, I found the expereince to be gratifying, fun, and sometimes lucrative. At one time I had 12 translators listed spanning every time of day and I paid them for their services. I still have a version of my Slice Coupons printed in German :-D I like to be connected.

Soooo, if any of the multi-lingual members of the community would like to be put on the list, please post. And I'd suggest that any potential users not abuse the translator services. Putting myself in their shoes I wouldn't want to be frequently telled up regardless of the money involved (well, maybe if it was "more money than I could imagine", then... :lol: )

I will poll the remaining members of my personal list to see if they would like to be added on.

Thank You all in advance.

This is a great idea because as I'm sure Nyase can tell you, there are a lot of german Imperial roleplayers.

I have been pondering hiring a German liason for the rest of my event that is currently running right now. There are parts of my event that would work perfectly if I could actually get through to people I can't talk to.

Rock on.

Jabe

German <-> English won't be a problem for me. The problem is my playtime atm. But count me in.

I'm in for it too, if you need any german<>english translations, just give me a tell or write a mail ingame.

Dasumi wrote:I'm in for it too, if you need any german<>english translations, just give me a tell or write a mail ingame.

Dasumi is so good, I thought English was her primary language for the LONGEST time.

keer, this will probably sound narrow minded like you mentioned but i can't help but comment...

I noticed back at launch...and it holds true today...

now i have many german friends...


anyway....

Anyone ever think its a bit odd that most germans are imperials, separate themselves into german-only groups, and often times have very strict uniforms....

old habits die hard?

hehe again, just messing around

Not true.

Though I did see <ND> take down a rebel HQ and then line up shout "Sieg Heil" over and over again.

roffles with a capital ROFF

Thank you Tramel, Jabe, Marata, and Dasumi for your relative input.

My addition to this list will hopefully come shortly when I'm able to get back online and in Keer's mail box and Notepad.

De-bugging now.

Ekade wrote:Dasumi is so good, I thought English was her primary language for the LONGEST time.

Oh hush!
You're flattering me, my english ain't that good. And what i learned from you i sure won't need for any translation 8-)

Dasumi wrote:

Ekade wrote:Dasumi is so good, I thought English was her primary language for the LONGEST time.

Oh hush!
You're flattering me, my english ain't that good. And what i learned from you i sure won't need for any translation 8-)

I would not be so sure. Keer is a scoundrel.

Viceroy Odantis wrote:Anyone ever think its a bit odd that most germans are imperials, separate themselves into german-only groups, and often times have very strict uniforms....

Y'know, I noticed that a while back. There was a PA that made a little "town" on Rori that had the tag BLACK. They were all Imperial and always wore the Imp Uniform. Now, I thought they were great RPers, and I would try to RP with them but they weren't having it. They always spoke german and when I would try to RP with them, they would send me a tell saying "no" or "go away."

Ekade wrote:I would not be so sure. Keer is a scoundrel.

He is?
This translator job thing turns out to be more interesting than it seemed at first ^^

Viceroy Odantis wrote:Anyone ever think its a bit odd that most germans are imperials, separate themselves into german-only groups, and often times have very strict uniforms....

old habits die hard?

hehe again, just messing around

Its funny, I have noticed this as well. But then again I really like strict order myself. I have to admit being German though too, I don't speak it - but I am only the second generation in my family to live here, my birth name was "Fuchs" (pronounced fooks) before it was americanized to "Fox". Fuchs is german for fox.

Jabe