E-mail course
“I WILL BE A GAME LOCALIZER“
– THE ADVENTURE OF YOU
IN THE GAME LOCALIZATION WORLD
What do you need to know to localize games? Check and start right away with the introduction to Game Localization.
Game localization sounds intriguing,
but you don’t know where to start your localization journey?
You’re in the right place!
- Look at games professionally and actively expand your knowledge about games
- Laugh with memes during their localization and see the localization goals in the meantime
- See what are standard tools used in game localization
- Check your strengths – and update your CV, Proz, or Linkedin profile by highlighting what’s important for game localizers
- Check for yourself what it means that context is the king
- Don’t make the boss scare you – get knowledge to make yourself stronger in further challenges
- Enter the arena and check the standard game localization text
- Check your translation and verify what you can do more to localize games even better
CONTENT
- Character creation – my strengths
- Experience points – what I know about games
- Equipment – do I get these memes
- Choose your companion/pet – tools
- Is it a boss!? – boss or simply an obstacle?
- Enter the arena – in the middle of the action
- Our princess is in another castle – do you know what you’re translating
- Allies – main storyline or side quests
- Boss fight – test yourself in the localization challenge
- Once the dust settles – localization exercise overview
NOTE: The course is available in English or Polish. In this course, you’ll find a translation exercise, the source text of the exercise is English, and comments are related to general aspects of game localization. Please see details in the FAQ section at the bottom of this page.
ABOUT ME:
My name is Asia Mleczak; I’m a game localization specialist, leader of a game localization team, and author of game localization workshops, training, and courses. I’ve been working in the game localization industry for over ten years. Here are a few facts about me:
- Over ten years of versatile experience in game localization
- Speaker on translation and game conferences (GIC, TLC, CTER, LBPC)
- Industry awards winner, including IGDA Next Gen Leader and Best Delivery at KTLC for game localization workshop
- Experience in training translators, proofreaders, and editors in game localization, including; lecturer at the university
- Experience in game development as a game developer
REVIEWS
The course was first released for Polish game localizers. See the highlighted comments:
START YOUR GAME LOCALIZATION ADVENTURE
"I will be a game localizer"
E-mail course- Ten days of e-mail course with PDFs
- Printable exercises
- Game localization exercise
- A practical approach to game localization
- Game localization knowledge focused on your skills growth
E-mail course
“I WILL BE A GAME LOCALIZER“
– THE ADVENTURE OF YOU
IN THE GAME LOCALIZATION WORLD
What do you need to know to localize games? Start immediately with the introduction to Game Localization focused on your skills!
ABOUT THE “I WILL BE A GAME LOCALIZER” COURSE:
A practical look at game localization
Focusing on practical aspects of game localization, I’m discussing topics directly related to the challenges of real game localization projects. A bit of theory with practice and exercise inspired by games – this course is for people who want to localize games.
Get creative
Game localization often goes with transcreation or creativity when it comes to translations. Check your skill by… localizing memes.
Growing skills
Practical tips that will guide you on how to grow your game localization skills by doing what you like – after all, game localization is combining work with pleasure!
Adventurous form of the course
Game localization is a great career path and often brings a lot of fun and joy. Then why don’t we also add more fun to the game localization training? I prepared the content to resemble a real adventure in the gaming world. It won’t be boring! 🙂
Game localization challenge
For the course summary, you’ll find a game localization challenge – a short portion of the text where you’ll test your skills in practice and then verify your localization with a key.
Play with context
You’ll find a short game translation exercise to complete in two different ways that depend on a game theme! Will you face this challenge?
Check your skills!
“I will be a game localizer” focuses on your skills and potential by introducing you to the core of game localization. The course is an excellent start if you find game localization exciting but unsure exactly what it is.
Localizers who already participated in the the course highlight that it opens eyes to many exciting challenges in game localization that they weren’t aware of earlier.
FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- What is an e-mail course? How does it work? What to expect?
- What is the language pair for the course?
- How I benefit from this course? Who is it designed for?
- I finished the course, what next?
- Is there a bundle?
- Payment methods and invoices
“I will be a game localizer” is an e-mail course. This means that all materials you’ll receive in your e-mail. Every day, you’ll receive emails from me with PDF materials with the course content about game localization for ten days. I’m sending emails daily, but it’s up to you when to work on the exercises or read through the materials, it’s up to you.
The course is available in English or Polish. In this course, you’ll find a translation exercise (day 9: Boss fight) with feedback on it (day 10: Once the dust settles) – The source text of the exercise is English, and comments are related to general aspects of game localization, to make the course as universal as possible.
As linguistic and regional aspects are crucial for game localization, the course will be updated with additional notes for your language pair upon purchase. I’ll do my best to get you the updated version within 10-11 days, so you receive it just for the game localization exercise 🙂
If you want to purchase this course but with the source text in a different language, contact me after purchase. (It’s the international premiere of the course hence new language pairs are a work in progress and prioritized by purchases).
“I will be a game localizer” was created for localizers and people who are intrigued by game localization but are not sure how exactly it works, what skillset is required, or if it’s the career path they want to pursue.
This general introduction to game localization allows a broad look at what game localization is about. The course supports you in verifying your current skills and finding areas for improvement.
I’m creating my core game localization training to guide you through the most common challenges of game localization. If you buy the “I will be a game localizer” course, you’ll get a discount for the next step of training. The release date is planned for mid-March.
Contact me for more information via email or social media!
I’m creating the complex training on game localization right now. The release date is planned for mid-March. If you want to preorder it, email (or contact me on social media) about it, as the related website is not there yet 🙂
I have a company registered in Poland, with VAT EU; hence I send invoices.
I use a trusted solution – Stripe that allows different payment methods for payments. If your preferred payment method is not available on the website, please contact me, and I’ll share the account number or try to arrange additional payment methods 🙂
Do you have additional questions?
Contact me by email (asia@gamelocalizers.com)
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