Updated on Jun 9, 2026

Translating wor(l)ds

Game localization can prove surpringly complex. Here are a few papers we've written over the years to describe some of its challenges. Enjoy!

Past projects, the challenges of Cuphead and the future of translation in a quick interview we did for a trade portal

How we translated and adapted the historical board game "Colpo di Stato" for English audiences

How we evolved the Italian language for a cyberpunk setting

How we adapted Subset Games' FTL: Faster Than Light and played with context to make effective names despite harsh space limits

What if your text plays nostalgic notes your audience just can't hear? Our experience adapting Cuphead

A bombastic sci-fi adventure becomes a touching personal story. A beautiful, forgotten game we loved to work on

Sometimes there's more than meets the eye. Especially when dealing with a simple, little videogame

A game as elusive as its ghosts. The case of Dear Esther and its flawed Italian translation

Unsurprisingly, Papers Please was one on our most unusual projects. Let's study its true nature through the notes of its author.

Finding the voice of the most important character in Papers Please: Arstotzka itself

This academic paper is just five pages long but is a goldmine of tips about player's perception.

From San Andreas to Tokyo, the unlikely start of the career of Alain Dellepiane, founder of gloc.team

Pegi ratings explained: behind the scenes of the Pan European Game Information system

What movies taught us about subtitles and writing

Internet magic will not turn amateur lead into crowdsourced gold, but there is still room for community translations.

The vibrant characters and moves of fighting games hide a surprising amount of depth. Let's see the core concepts.

Working on large AAA game breaks many assumptions about translation. Let's see how.

Videogame texts cover multiple functions at once, from system messages to marketing calls. Let's summarize them.

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