do ZoS has any plan and idea about adding and support ingame Chinese language?

Clefor · August 2017

for this question i mainly have 2 reasons.

1. Game will crash when typing Chinese

As a Chinese player, the first thing i know when i begin to play ESO, is "don't type Chinese in game, or it will crash". i knew this because my game crashed at least 5 times when i creating my first character. I finished all the character parameter setup except the character name, then at last i want to input the character name, at the same time Chinese IME was on, then boom, crash.

The point is, i don't know the reason is the input method at the first time, can you imagine how frustrating for a new player that don't even know what is going on but just keep crashing? and which cause this is just the game don't support Chinese characters?

Further more, Chinese player still can't type any Chinese characters in game chat, which means they must use other third part chatting software like Discord or QQ. This is why most(at least 5 i knew) Chinese guild game chat like a ghost city that never have people chatting. And when Chinese player want to type something but accidently let the Chinese IME on, boom, crash again. And that is very hard to notice because we can't see any element indicating which IME is on. I can't remember how many times that game crash when i trying to type something to my teammate in dungeon, which also means i need additional 5 more minutes to restart and login, and waste 5 minute of all my friends' time.

So please, support typing Chinese in game.

2. Adding Chinese translation

I think I don't need to explain too much about the importance of how useful for native people that adding a translation. Over 1090 million people using Chinese all over the world. Will you ignore the 1K million people market? especially when the attraction of ESO is its lore which most Chinese people can't understand right now, just because no translation?

Malic · August 2017

OP, what I can tell you is if ZOS thinks there is a buck out there to be made they'll go after it. If they have done anything over the years, they have exhibited a very clear desire to make as much money as they possibly can.

MLGProPlayer · August 2017

I'm surprised Zenimax hasn't made a push into China. A lot of publishers have started to realize the potential of that market.

Gothren · August 2017

oh god please no chinese hackers. had a bad experience with them before eso.

Tucker3711 · August 2017

I believe I saw on a patch that ZOS was working on adding new languages... Forgot what they are though, Look through the patches or message ZOS, Maybe that will help.

Morgul667 · August 2017

Would love to have chinese in game

I hate to crash when i put chinese characters

Also wouldlove to have chinese char names

Please zos support this, it is truely annoying at the moment.

makerofthings · August 2017

Tucker3711 wrote: »

I believe I saw on a patch that ZOS was working on adding new languages... Forgot what they are though, Look through the patches or message ZOS, Maybe that will help.

Esperanto. Just my fondest wish.

BrianDavion · August 2017

to expand into china ZOS will need to ask how popular the game would likely be with the chinese player base. China (all asia really) is a very differant market. and it's fair to ask "would this be worth it"

ccfeeling · August 2017

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

I'm surprised Zenimax hasn't made a push into China. A lot of publishers have started to realize the potential of that market.

I think the same , why?
ZOS could make a big profit I bet !

Morgul667 · August 2017

makerofthings wrote: »

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CreamedPieYum wrote: »

A Chinese man, a communist, and a spy walk into a bar. He orders a drink.

"Mom, the Commies are trying to install spyware on my computer again by getting me to click their post."

DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.

Better dead than red.

Just silly. I wish to welcome you to the 21st century. By the way, Joe McCarthy just phoned and he says too let it go.

Im not chinese but was surprised by some of the comments.

I chose to ignore them

Betsararie · August 2017

doubt it?

raj72616a · August 2017

those "racist" quotes above are quotes from another Bestheda game.

Clefor · August 2017

BrianDavion wrote: »

to expand into china ZOS will need to ask how popular the game would likely be with the chinese player base. China (all asia really) is a very differant market. and it's fair to ask "would this be worth it"

As far as i know, almost every Chinese gamer knows "the Elder Scroll" series, but not knowing the story well. It just popular, and Chinese translation will only make it more popular.

Clefor · August 2017

raj72616a wrote: »

those "racist" quotes above are quotes from another Bestheda game.

Fallout 4 i guess?

Shardan4968 · August 2017

Clefor wrote: »

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raj72616a wrote: »

those "racist" quotes above are quotes from another Bestheda game.

Fallout 4 i guess?

I remember those quotes from Liberty Prime from Fallout 3, but I didn't play F4.

Kaliki · August 2017

I also miss the possibility to chat in Chinese. On EVE Online it is possible and I'm sure it helps Chinese guilds and communities.

Concerning point 2 there might be some big problems. I remember WoW had to make a number of adaptations to be able to release a Chinese version in the People's republic of China (for example no undead allowed).
From what I've read, censorship and the promotion of media and entertainment related to Chinese culture has not grown any weaker since then ...

jaschacasadiob16_ESO · August 2017

Honestly, would it be worth it, economically? I don't think so. As you said, the regime forced other companies, in the past, to make important changes to their games. This translates into a fork of the master branch of the game, a fork that requires constant updating, maintenance, customizations (to avoid problems) and testing.

Of course, you don't want the Chinese version of the game to be like an update behind, so that the above should be done in parallel to the master branch.

Making the game accessible to more people (how many fans are there, anyway?), would also translate it into a higher value target for hackers and gold sellers. Not worth it.

anitajoneb17_ESO · August 2017

If I remember correctly, there is a law in China that forces gaming companies to have a local (China-based) subsidiary in order to operate and market their games in China ?
If that is the case, are you all here playing ESO via a VPN ?

Also there was something about the crown crates (ZOS would be forced to publish the drop rates if they operated in China).

It may all be rumours though, I don't know, but I sure am curious.

FoolishHuman · August 2017

jaschacasadiob16_ESO wrote: »

Honestly, would it be worth it, economically? I don't think so. As you said, the regime forced other companies, in the past, to make important changes to their games. This translates into a fork of the master branch of the game, a fork that requires constant updating, maintenance, customizations (to avoid problems) and testing.

Of course, you don't want the Chinese version of the game to be like an update behind, so that the above should be done in parallel to the master branch.

Making the game accessible to more people (how many fans are there, anyway?), would also translate it into a higher value target for hackers and gold sellers. Not worth it.

I too think this is the reason. The chinese communist party makes it very hard for any western media to be released, since they want to have everything under their control. (and a share of the profits) That's really a problem that the chinese people will have to solve.

WaltherCarraway · August 2017

FoolishHuman wrote: »

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jaschacasadiob16_ESO wrote: »

Honestly, would it be worth it, economically? I don't think so. As you said, the regime forced other companies, in the past, to make important changes to their games. This translates into a fork of the master branch of the game, a fork that requires constant updating, maintenance, customizations (to avoid problems) and testing.

Of course, you don't want the Chinese version of the game to be like an update behind, so that the above should be done in parallel to the master branch.

Making the game accessible to more people (how many fans are there, anyway?), would also translate it into a higher value target for hackers and gold sellers. Not worth it.

I too think this is the reason. The chinese communist party makes it very hard for any western media to be released, since they want to have everything under their control. (and a share of the profits) That's really a problem that the chinese people will have to solve.

You've missed the fact that WOW has Chinese version of game and local server. However, what you mentioned are partially true: Chinese player had to wait for wrath of the lich king expansion for almost a year due to (political/gore/violence/drug use/suggestive props) content check. Yea, and those hacker and gold sellers...

Morgul667 · August 2017

Without making a huge move to China market, the game could at least allow to write chinese without crashing

WaltherCarraway · August 2017

Morgul667 wrote: »

Without making a huge move to China market, the game could at least allow to write chinese without crashing

Both copy and paste / an ime modification can prevent crashing.

(PSA)

FoolishHuman · August 2017

WaltherCarraway wrote: »

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FoolishHuman wrote: »

jaschacasadiob16_ESO wrote: »

Honestly, would it be worth it, economically? I don't think so. As you said, the regime forced other companies, in the past, to make important changes to their games. This translates into a fork of the master branch of the game, a fork that requires constant updating, maintenance, customizations (to avoid problems) and testing.

Of course, you don't want the Chinese version of the game to be like an update behind, so that the above should be done in parallel to the master branch.

Making the game accessible to more people (how many fans are there, anyway?), would also translate it into a higher value target for hackers and gold sellers. Not worth it.

I too think this is the reason. The chinese communist party makes it very hard for any western media to be released, since they want to have everything under their control. (and a share of the profits) That's really a problem that the chinese people will have to solve.

You've missed the fact that WOW has Chinese version of game and local server. However, what you mentioned are partially true: Chinese player had to wait for wrath of the lich king expansion for almost a year due to (political/gore/violence/drug use/suggestive props) content check. Yea, and those hacker and gold sellers...

I can only imagine that companies have to make a big upfront investment first when going on the chinese market before making a profit and Zenimax might just not have the money that Blizzard/Activision has.

DreadKnight · August 2017

The game will never to translated into Chinese.

Mostly because, to enter the Chinese market (and that's the only reason they would do it), the game would need to be freely available for sale (officially) in China, and to do that the game would need to go through the Chinese sensors. Do you realise how much work that would take? The game would have to be altered in thousands of ways, and then it would then need to be compatible with the current version - it's too many years worth of work to imagine - and would take so long that the game would be dead by the time they finished it.

The servers they play on would also have to be located in China - an absolute must so that the Chinese Government can turn it off if they so wish - they do not want the ability for people to converse freely (among other things) without control. It'll never ever happen.

Either to Op is an American Chinese - or from HK - where the rules are different (for now) - they may have access to the current servers, but HK isn't a big enough market anyways - and in the future the policy may change there.

I don't want to turn this into a political debate, as that is against the TOS, but unfortunately the main reason that it will never, ever happen, is a political one.

(I'm a Brit and lived in China for 15 years).

ZOS_MattL · August 2017

Hey there,
We have removed several posts in this thread as they were off topic and derailing the thread. Make sure posts can be discussed in a constructive manner, when replying to a thread, to allow the discussion to continue.
Thanks,
Matt

PieMaster1 · August 2017

Okay, I will be constructive. I personally believe they should allow the game to be translated into a Chinese language version. (I'm on subject

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I absolutely love the free people's republic of China and would definitely never ever rob them of the opportunity of playing a game!

PieMaster1 · August 2017

FoolishHuman wrote: »

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jaschacasadiob16_ESO wrote: »

Honestly, would it be worth it, economically? I don't think so. As you said, the regime forced other companies, in the past, to make important changes to their games. This translates into a fork of the master branch of the game, a fork that requires constant updating, maintenance, customizations (to avoid problems) and testing.

Of course, you don't want the Chinese version of the game to be like an update behind, so that the above should be done in parallel to the master branch.

Making the game accessible to more people (how many fans are there, anyway?), would also translate it into a higher value target for hackers and gold sellers. Not worth it.

I too think this is the reason. The chinese communist party makes it very hard for any western media to be released, since they want to have everything under their control. (and a share of the profits) That's really a problem that the chinese people will have to solve.

Sorry, Communist Party is referencing to politics and isn't politically correct. They are free people

Please refrain from topics that might be sensitive to others. Thank you and have a nice day!

Morgul667 · August 2017

WaltherCarraway wrote: »

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Morgul667 wrote: »

Without making a huge move to China market, the game could at least allow to write chinese without crashing

Both copy and paste / an ime modification can prevent crashing.

(PSA)

What do you mean ? Can I input chinese in the game without crashing ? How to ?

Thogard · August 2017

Pinyin works though, right?

Yolokin_Swagonborn · August 2017

Gothren wrote: »

oh god please no chinese hackers. had a bad experience with them before eso.

As vulnerable as this game is to standard hackers, you are right. We would be toast in PvP.

Also, as for the answer to your question: 否预计抵达时间

Avran_Sylt · August 2017

Is it possible for an addon to replace lines of dialogue with the Chinese characters? is that already a thing?