Translation and transliteration can be a sticky business, especially when you’re working with Asian languages. But the biggest games—the ones that go global—need a name in every language. So when the original title doesn’t work, you find something else that does. In the infographic below, we’ve got the literal translations of the Chinese game titles for some of the world’s most popular games. Which of these is your favorite?
Now obviously, this is a little unfair as the above translations are very character-for-character literal, and of course these phrases sound much better in Chinese than they do in English. Still, it’s fun to look at the meanings behind these translated Chinese titles, isn’t it?
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