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Posted 27 August 2007 - 11:41 AM

Alright. A far more calm, more constructive list of criticisms. Please forgive my earlier outburst.

1. Find a better translator if that is the problem. There are times when I, as a native speaker of English, have some difficulty understanding just what it is that a given NPC is trying to get across. Make sure that everything is clear.

2. The quests could use a little more organization. While these would seem to be suitable RPG-esque quests, as a being that was for a time a hair-breadth away from ascending to godhood, they are a little under the scope that the sequel to ToB should be aiming to achieve.

3. Dialog could be rewritten in a far more aesthetic sense. While I do wish to be blatantly offensive, the list of possible responses from the PC have run the gamut from total nonsense to all but accusing the PC of shortsighted idiocy. A little more variety could help ease your way into a more managable and less frustrating dialog.

#2 Sir Kalthorine

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 11:52 AM

Thank you for accepting that a more constructive criticism is the way to go... and as a result, you have made some valid and thoughtful comments. Your contribution is appreciated. :)

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#3 al17

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Posted 10 September 2007 - 03:19 AM

Alright. A far more calm, more constructive list of criticisms. Please forgive my earlier outburst.

1. Find a better translator if that is the problem. There are times when I, as a native speaker of English, have some difficulty understanding just what it is that a given NPC is trying to get across. Make sure that everything is clear.

2. The quests could use a little more organization. While these would seem to be suitable RPG-esque quests, as a being that was for a time a hair-breadth away from ascending to godhood, they are a little under the scope that the sequel to ToB should be aiming to achieve.

3. Dialog could be rewritten in a far more aesthetic sense. While I do wish to be blatantly offensive, the list of possible responses from the PC have run the gamut from total nonsense to all but accusing the PC of shortsighted idiocy. A little more variety could help ease your way into a more managable and less frustrating dialog.



3. Dialog will be rewritten.

2. Quests will be extended and fighting will be reduced too.

1. RTT won't be retranslated. Version 1.6 has about 300 pages if I remember, and version 2.0 will add at least 50 new ones. I'm the only translator and it's really hard to find somebody to translate 350 pages (for free, I mean). However, my english isn't as bad as four years ago; I hope you'll find more understandable my next translation. Obviously, I'd appreciate if you report which strings were bad-written according to you.

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Posted 21 April 2008 - 08:19 AM

Hi, I would like to offer a translation into polish. If interested, contact me at lorrain@wp.pl .