Many of us may not be aware of this kind of translation since it is not so popular and is often termed as unofficial translation. A fan translation is nothing but translating computer games and video games in to a different language. Mainly the titles and the images of the the game are translated according to the target language. Some times they might be converted in to some other language, which was never marketed. This Fan Translation attracted most media when some popular games were translated.
The translation of titles in the game is similar to any other literary translation. But when the images need to be translated they will work on the binary ROM image of the game by modifying it. In case of translating console games, a console emulator is generally utilized to play the final product, although game copiers or similar devices can be used to run the translated ROM image on its native hardware. Reverse engineering and the rise of console emulation made Fan Translation possible. This translations are more popular when the PC games are available on the floppy disks, since it is easy to distribute to the users.
Even though Fan translation is termed as illegal, a popular belief in the Fan Translation community is that distributing only the translation, as a patch to the original game, is legal. This belief, while untested in court, is probably not supported by international copyright law, but this strong anti-software piracy attitude by the Fan translation community may have convinced copyright holders, up to some extent.
There are no such cases filed till now on fan translation, even though there are some unauthorized translation of computer games done by Russian software pirates.
The translation of titles in the game is similar to any other literary translation. But when the images need to be translated they will work on the binary ROM image of the game by modifying it. In case of translating console games, a console emulator is generally utilized to play the final product, although game copiers or similar devices can be used to run the translated ROM image on its native hardware. Reverse engineering and the rise of console emulation made Fan Translation possible. This translations are more popular when the PC games are available on the floppy disks, since it is easy to distribute to the users.
Even though Fan translation is termed as illegal, a popular belief in the Fan Translation community is that distributing only the translation, as a patch to the original game, is legal. This belief, while untested in court, is probably not supported by international copyright law, but this strong anti-software piracy attitude by the Fan translation community may have convinced copyright holders, up to some extent.
There are no such cases filed till now on fan translation, even though there are some unauthorized translation of computer games done by Russian software pirates.
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