A game translated by someone who has never played it gets the terms wrong: skill names, item descriptions and tutorial text read like a manual instead of a game. Tomedes provides video game translation by professional translators who are also active gamers, reviewed by a second linguist, with a dedicated project manager and a 1-Year Quality Guarantee. AI translation is used only where they suit the content and are always post-edited.
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IndustriesGamingTranslating a game by exporting its text with context, having a translator who plays the genre adapt it, and checking the result in the build. Tomedes provides video game translation for studios, publishers and mobile developers by professional translators who are also active gamers, who know the technical terms and lingo of each market.
Gaming is the second-largest subject in Tomedes assignment records, about 8% of all assignments since October 2024, and about 9 in 10 gaming assignments reach the project manager on or before the client deadline, against about 8 in 10 across other subjects. For engine files, UI fitting and language QA, see Tomedes game localization services.
Tomedes translates the text players read and the marketing that brings them in, with specialists who know games. You can also take a look at Tomedes' DesignRush agency profile.
Send all the text to be translated, and Tomedes translates it so that every word tells the game's story faithfully and keeps the gaming experience intact.
Translators who are marketing specialists adapt store pages, trailers and campaigns for players in each market. See marketing translation.
Game development involves code, and code involves documentation. Technical translation specialists handle developer documentation and technical guides without cheat codes.
Studios most often translate games into Brazilian Portuguese, French, Latin American Spanish and German, followed by Azerbaijani, Czech, Kazakh, Hindi and Japanese (Tomedes assignment records, October 2024 to October 2026). Tomedes covers 270+ languages through one provider.
Voice, subtitles and interfaces round out a translated game.
Need voice-overs in multiple languages? Professional voice artists give your game a human touch through voice acting.
Subtitling gives players another way to follow the story through text, and professional subtitlers handle timing and character limits.
With UI and localization experts, games can be ported into other languages without text expansion wrecking the design.
A game translator costs from about $0.08 per word at Tomedes, depending on language pair and genre, with voice-over, LQA and DTP priced separately and a firm quote within 15 minutes. Tomedes works with a network of 20,000+ language professionals across 270+ languages, so rare language pairs for a global launch are covered by one provider.
Real-time tools exist for chat and voice, but their output is unreviewed, so they suit casual play, not the text you ship in the game. For a quick first draft, use the free Tomedes AI translator. For shipped text, Tomedes provides a gamer linguist and a second reviewer, with AI-assisted drafts only where they suit the content and fully human work for story-critical text.
Tomedes translated 9 documents for us into three different languages. The cost was reasonable and the turnaround time was fast without sacrificing quality. Denis on the Customer Success Team was also extremely communicative and helpful, he really guided us through this process and answered our many questions.
We used Tomedes as a certified translator for our legal work with international clients. They were very quick with responses, attentive, and had a quick turn-around. They were able to translate documents that were in multiple languages without additional delay.
All of my requests were responded to and completed in an extremely timely manner, even when I requested support with something that needed to be completed within short notice. Staff was kind, helpful, and understanding!
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