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Is ESO in French over? ESO en français c'est fini ?
Freezbeez
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ZOS_Kevin
Hello,
I am a French speaker, not French, but it is my language like many other ESO players. We come from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Quebec, Switzerland, and other places around the world.
For several months now, we have not had proper work done on the voice and text translations in the game. The translations are either not done, only partially done, or incorrect. Our game is in French, but we no longer have the same gaming experience as other players.
I am also surprised that French is no longer listed in the GAME INFO alongside the other languages.
The question that concerns my community is whether you have abandoned our language in this game, which I have been passionate about for 12 years next month.
We are worried because our forum is dead, we haven't had a French manager for years, and we feel like we are being discarded.
Will we have to play in English like in the good old days, or can you guarantee that French is still one of the official languages of ESO and that the absence of French in the GAME INFO is simply an error, an oversight?
Version FR :
Bonjour,
Je suis francophone, pas français mais c’est ma langue comme beaucoup d’autres joueurs ESO, nous venons de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Québec, Suisse et d’autres endroits dans le monde.
Depuis plusieurs mois nous n’avons plus de travail correctement effectué sur les traductions des voix et des textes dans le jeu. Les traductions ne sont pas faites, en partie seulement ou fautives. Notre jeu est en FR mais nous n’avons plus le confort de jeu des autres joueurs.
Je m’étonne également de ne plus retrouver le français dans le GAME INFO avec les autres langues.
La question qui préoccupe ma communauté est de savoir si vous avez abandonné notre langue dans ce jeu qui me passionne depuis 12 ans le mois prochain.
Nous sommes inquiets car notre forum est mort, nous n’avons plus de manager FR depuis des années et nous avons le sentiment qu’on se débarrasse de nous.
Va-t-on devoir jouer en anglais comme dans le bon vieux temps ou garantissez-nous que le français fait toujours partie des langues officielles de ESO et que l’absence du français dans le GAME INFO est une simple erreur, un oubli ?
ZOS_Kevin
Hello,
I am a French speaker, not French, but it is my language like many other ESO players. We come from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Quebec, Switzerland, and other places around the world.
For several months now, we have not had proper work done on the voice and text translations in the game. The translations are either not done, only partially done, or incorrect. Our game is in French, but we no longer have the same gaming experience as other players.
I am also surprised that French is no longer listed in the GAME INFO alongside the other languages.
The question that concerns my community is whether you have abandoned our language in this game, which I have been passionate about for 12 years next month.
We are worried because our forum is dead, we haven't had a French manager for years, and we feel like we are being discarded.
Will we have to play in English like in the good old days, or can you guarantee that French is still one of the official languages of ESO and that the absence of French in the GAME INFO is simply an error, an oversight?
Version FR :
Bonjour,
Je suis francophone, pas français mais c’est ma langue comme beaucoup d’autres joueurs ESO, nous venons de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Québec, Suisse et d’autres endroits dans le monde.
Depuis plusieurs mois nous n’avons plus de travail correctement effectué sur les traductions des voix et des textes dans le jeu. Les traductions ne sont pas faites, en partie seulement ou fautives. Notre jeu est en FR mais nous n’avons plus le confort de jeu des autres joueurs.
Je m’étonne également de ne plus retrouver le français dans le GAME INFO avec les autres langues.
La question qui préoccupe ma communauté est de savoir si vous avez abandonné notre langue dans ce jeu qui me passionne depuis 12 ans le mois prochain.
Nous sommes inquiets car notre forum est mort, nous n’avons plus de manager FR depuis des années et nous avons le sentiment qu’on se débarrasse de nous.
Va-t-on devoir jouer en anglais comme dans le bon vieux temps ou garantissez-nous que le français fait toujours partie des langues officielles de ESO et que l’absence du français dans le GAME INFO est une simple erreur, un oubli ?
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✭✭✭https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/685093/lack-of-french-localization-silence-and-legal-concerns
There is a staff response in above thread but it's copied fom yet another thread
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WhiteCoatSyndrome✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭We did provide an answer to the French Translation question last week. We will also have a note on it in the Patch Notes. This is what we posted last week and will be in the patch notes today.
"Voiceover support for Updates 47, 48 and 49 and some voice lines for Pass Content 2025 are not available in French. For the best experience, we recommend enabling subtitles in the game. We look forward to bringing back French voice over as soon as possible and appreciate your understanding."
Link.
I hope you guys start getting the French versions soon!#proud2BAStarObsessedLoony
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MATH_COW✭✭✭WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »We did provide an answer to the French Translation question last week. We will also have a note on it in the Patch Notes. This is what we posted last week and will be in the patch notes today.
"Voiceover support for Updates 47, 48 and 49 and some voice lines for Pass Content 2025 are not available in French. For the best experience, we recommend enabling subtitles in the game. We look forward to bringing back French voice over as soon as possible and appreciate your understanding."
Link.
I hope you guys start getting the French versions soon!
lol "we recommend enabling subtitles" which we can translate by "deal with it, we are not gonna bring french back".
They make fine speeches about transparency and communication with the players but at the same time they completly ignore the french community.
They just answer recently after 4 months of silence just to say the exact same thing but adding the U49 at the list + advicing to use subtitles which clearly say a lot on their plan to bring back "as soon as possible" the french voiceover.Edited by MATH_COW on January 14, 2026 2:50AMAn Imperial Cow Warden | PC-EU3 -
htltrashb16_ESO✭✭✭As for the Steam version, French is still present in the info (but unticked for audio in Season Pass details).1 -
Freezbeez✭✭✭Thank you all for your feedback.
I obviously did some research before posting this and read a lot about the issue.
The question remains unanswered, and the answer can only be yes or no.
I can understand that French has been removed from the list of names to comply with European laws, if that is the purpose of the maneuver. Constraints, budget, and many other factors do not always allow objectives to be met on schedule.
Changing certain statuses to protect oneself and avoid complicating the situation is understandable and the right thing to do.
But communicating to avoid losing customers, to reassure them, and to maintain a climate of trust is essential.
The question remains the same:
Can you guarantee that French is still one of ESO's official languages?
@ZOS_Kevin
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Lotus226✭✭Same on my side, I'm playing in French since TES 'Oblivion' and suddenly, I have the voices in English to recent TESO contents with only French sub-titles available whereas I still have the French voices in the "oldest" contents !!
@ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom, any information about the French voices in-game translation ? Should the French-speaking community forget about any translation in French for the most recent (and future) contents ?0 -
ZOS_KevinCommunity ManagerHi all, wanted to follow up here to clarify the missing French tag on the website. We removed French language from the game info on the website due to Update 47, 48, and 49 not having VO support, but are continuing all in-game text French localization.Community Manager for ZeniMax Online Studio and Elder Scrolls OnlineDev Tracker | Service Alerts | ESO Twitter2 -
Destai✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Hi all, wanted to follow up here to clarify the missing French tag on the website. We removed French language from the game info on the website due to Update 47, 48, and 49 not having VO support, but are continuing all in-game text French localization.
I think it really behooves you guys to explain why. What happened that an entire language stopped being supported? I'm not a Francophone, but looking at this as a customer, it feels like the full story isn't being communicated. That's not on you personally, but more on the overall handling of the situation.
Especially after the tense relationship you guys have had with PVP, I would've expected this to be handled way more delicately and transparently than it has. This whole approach of minimal statements, increased moderation around the topic, coupled with "thanks for understanding" statements - they don't land well. They don't. That should be obvious by now. That kind of verbiage feels like you want to put the uncomfortable conversations to rest.
That just creates situations where people double down. Just like you saw with PVP and its malcontents. No one wants streams interrupted, but people also want to know what's happening beyond just "oh it's gone for a few patches, but we're excited to bring it back at who-knows-when".
So here's a chance to shine guys. Hopefully you take it.Edited by Destai on January 15, 2026 8:18PM12 -
Freezbeez✭✭✭Hi all, wanted to follow up here to clarify the missing French tag on the website. We removed French language from the game info on the website due to Update 47, 48, and 49 not having VO support, but are continuing all in-game text French localization.
@ZOS_Kevin
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Hello, thank you for your reply. It makes sense to remove French from the news under these circumstances.
However, this clarification does not answer the question: will French be reintroduced after update 49? Is it still relevant or has it been abandoned?
Will we only have translations of texts in the future?
Whatever the answer, we can understand that our language is limited to text for the moment.
We can also understand and accept that French will now be limited to text translations on a permanent basis. This is the case in many games, and it's not the end of the world.
What we cannot understand or accept is a change in the gaming experience without a clear explanation.
We are waiting for an answer on this point. It is a matter of trust, much more than a commercial issue.
We do not wish to know the reasons behind these changes; that is not our role. We do not want to interfere in the company's affairs. We simply want information about the consequence that concerns us: the future of the French language.
Thank you.
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Pour le suivi des francophone, la version FR ci dessous.
bonjour, merci pour cette réponse, il est logique de retirer le français dans les infos dans ces conditions.
Mais cet éclairage ne répond pas à la question, est ce que le français sera réintroduit après la maj 49, est il encore d'actualité ou abandonné.
N'aurons nous que des traductions de textes dans le futur ?
Quelle que soit la réponse, nous pouvons comprendre que notre langue soit limitée aux textes pour le moment.
Nous pouvons aussi comprendre et accepter que la français soit désormais limité à la traduction des textes de manière permanente c'est comme ça dans beaucoup de jeux et ce n'est pas la fin du monde.
Ce que nous ne pouvons ni comprendre, ni accepter c'est d'avoir un changement de confort de jeu sans explication claire.
En cela nous attendons une réponse, c'est une question de confiance, bien plus qu'une question commerciale.
Nous ne souhaitons pas connaitre les causes de ces modifications, ce n'est pas notre rôle, nous ne voulons pas d’ingérence dans l'entreprise, nous souhaitons une information sur la conséquence qui nous préoccupe : l'avenir de la langue française.
Merci.
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MATH_COW✭✭✭Hi all, wanted to follow up here to clarify the missing French tag on the website. We removed French language from the game info on the website due to Update 47, 48, and 49 not having VO support, but are continuing all in-game text French localization.
@ZOS_Kevin
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Hello, thank you for your reply. It makes sense to remove French from the news under these circumstances.
However, this clarification does not answer the question: will French be reintroduced after update 49? Is it still relevant or has it been abandoned?
Will we only have translations of texts in the future?
Whatever the answer, we can understand that our language is limited to text for the moment.
We can also understand and accept that French will now be limited to text translations on a permanent basis. This is the case in many games, and it's not the end of the world.
What we cannot understand or accept is a change in the gaming experience without a clear explanation.
We are waiting for an answer on this point. It is a matter of trust, much more than a commercial issue.
We do not wish to know the reasons behind these changes; that is not our role. We do not want to interfere in the company's affairs. We simply want information about the consequence that concerns us: the future of the French language.
Thank you.
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Pour le suivi des francophone, la version FR ci dessous.
bonjour, merci pour cette réponse, il est logique de retirer le français dans les infos dans ces conditions.
Mais cet éclairage ne répond pas à la question, est ce que le français sera réintroduit après la maj 49, est il encore d'actualité ou abandonné.
N'aurons nous que des traductions de textes dans le futur ?
Quelle que soit la réponse, nous pouvons comprendre que notre langue soit limitée aux textes pour le moment.
Nous pouvons aussi comprendre et accepter que la français soit désormais limité à la traduction des textes de manière permanente c'est comme ça dans beaucoup de jeux et ce n'est pas la fin du monde.
Ce que nous ne pouvons ni comprendre, ni accepter c'est d'avoir un changement de confort de jeu sans explication claire.
En cela nous attendons une réponse, c'est une question de confiance, bien plus qu'une question commerciale.
Nous ne souhaitons pas connaitre les causes de ces modifications, ce n'est pas notre rôle, nous ne voulons pas d’ingérence dans l'entreprise, nous souhaitons une information sur la conséquence qui nous préoccupe : l'avenir de la langue française.
Merci.
Just a little correction in my opinion, we can understand no more french voiceover for the new content and would anyway not be in the right to complain as they come "free" but we cannot understand to not have the voiceover in french for half of the content pass we payed for expecting it to be 100% translated.
Removing the french from the list of supported language doesn't change the fact it was in the list when I bought the Content Pass last year.
At this point I don't even care anymore if the content that come in 2026 and in the future are not voiced anymore in french, I don't expect it to be mega quality so I would just do it without, but I want to be able to finish the zone I started in FRENCH in the same language. Not only because I payed for but also for the sake of immersion.An Imperial Cow Warden | PC-EU1 -
cyberjanet✭✭✭✭✭I like to play quests in French because I moved to France and it certainly helps me learn the language. I was going to play Solstice in French, but if there isn't any... well...Favourite NPC: Wine-For-All
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Freezbeez✭✭✭Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Hello,
More than a week later, we still have no answer to the question “Will the voices in the game be in French again after update 49?”
Yes or No*
* Choose one of the two options above.
My choice is simple: until the French community gets an answer to this simple question, I will not activate Eso+ on any of my accounts, of which I have 12.
I don't know a single member of my guilds who is satisfied with the current situation, and many of them are canceling their subscriptions or quitting the game. I even find myself looking elsewhere, which I haven't done in 12 years.
We are really very unhappy with the way things are going.
Version FR en texte car le vocal FR est indisponible pour le moment et reviendra peut être bientôt nous l'espérons.
bonjour,
plus d'une semaine plus tard, nous n'avons toujours aucune réponse à la question " Est ce que les voix dans le jeu seront à nouveau en version français après la maj 49 ? "
Oui ou Non*
* choisir une des deux options ci dessus.
Mon option à moi va être simple, temps que la communauté FR n'aura pas la réponse à cette simple question je n'activerai plus Eso+ sur aucun de mes comptes, j'en ai 12.
Je ne connais pas un seul membre de mes guildes qui soit satisfait de la situation actuelle et ils sont nombreux à arrêter leur abonnement ou a quitter le jeu. Je me surprends même à aller voir ailleurs aussi, ce que je n'ai pas fait depuis 12 ans.
Nous sommes vraiment très mécontents de la manière dont les choses se passent.0 -
Freezbeez✭✭✭And to show just how problematic the translations are and how little interest is paid to certain communities, here is the style of the event that starts today.
A copy-paste of the style of the 2024 event without changing the name... You're not going to tell me you paid for such sloppy work?!
How can you expect us to be satisfied when there are problems every time new content is released? Who is responsible for all these problems?
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MATH_COW✭✭✭And to show just how problematic the translations are and how little interest is paid to certain communities, here is the style of the event that starts today.
A copy-paste of the style of the 2024 event without changing the name... You're not going to tell me you paid for such sloppy work?!
How can you expect us to be satisfied when there are problems every time new content is released? Who is responsible for all these problems?
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Sadly that's just classic bad work done for the french text. Not new, we can find very old exemple of thing like that (opal style are the one that came first in mind to me).
Seem to be only for the bound page you get to the impressario because I drop the new style chest page and it's the correct name... Feel like everything is made by an intern when it's about taking care of the french text.
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Lotus226✭✭
Just a little correction in my opinion, we can understand no more french voiceover for the new content and would anyway not be in the right to complain as they come "free" but we cannot understand to not have the voiceover in french for half of the content pass we payed for expecting it to be 100% translated.
Removing the french from the list of supported language doesn't change the fact it was in the list when I bought the Content Pass last year.
At this point I don't even care anymore if the content that come in 2026 and in the future are not voiced anymore in french, I don't expect it to be mega quality so I would just do it without, but I want to be able to finish the zone I started in FRENCH in the same language. Not only because I payed for but also for the sake of immersion.
Well, on my side, I don't understand. I can play the base game and all DLCs with the French voices for NPCs and suddenly, for the pass 2025, I don't have them anymore !
I bought 2025 content pass thinking everything will be translated in French with French voices, which is not the case. For sure I will not buy anymore content until French language is back...0