[Enigma-devel] The Russian Translation

[Ludmian Sedai]

Dear Enigma developers,

 

I tried to contact you on this subject a couple of times, but for some reason I got no reply, and I can't find my messages in the mailing list archive. I don't know if it's because you didn't recieve my e-mail (because I wasn't subscribed to the mailing list or for some other reason) or besause my message was deleted by the moderators as presenting no interest for the developers. If it's the latter, I apologize for my insistense. I'm writing to you with the former reason for your silence in mind.

 

 

First of all, I’d like to thank you for the game. It’s really a remarkable project with so much thought and effort put into it. Hope you won’t give it up and we’ll see many new levels (as well as objects, floors, etc.) in the future.

 

Now to the subject matter. I usually play Enigma with the English language chosen in the options. But occasionally, when I come across some interesting document in the game I wonder how it was translated into Russian and switch on to the Russian language to see this. Quite often I see errors in the translation (both factual errors and those of stylistic nature), sometimes the text is not translated at all (for example, the Knight’s remark All right! Let’s call it a draw). Please, don’t get me wrong. In no way would I like to diminish the effort of the translator. The translation was done by an enthusiast who must have invested a lot of his time and effort so that people who might have been put off by the absence of the Russian version could enjoy Enigma. But the translation can be improved, thus making the game more playable for the Russian speakers. I'd like to offer you my help in editing the Russian translation. The problem is that I’m an ordinary PC user who  has no in-depth knowledge of computers, so I might need some guidance from you if you choose to give me this task.  Of course, I don’t claim that the translation will become faultless, but at least I’ll try to remove the most obvious errors that may be annoying/misleading for those who use the Russian version of the game.

 

Respectfully yours,

 

Ludmian

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