Translation Help.

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CGV	(Posted 2011) [#1]

Hi, anyone who speaks German, Spanish, French or Dutch I need a little help.

I hired a translation service to translate my flash game into those 4 languages but I forgot to include the button labels so I used Google Translate for them.

Can you verify the translations, please? Although I'm sure they're laughably wrong.

German
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Play - Spielen
How To Play - Wie Man Spielt
Credits - Danksagungen
More Games - Mehr Spiele

Dutch
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Play - Spelen
How To Play - Hoe Je Het Spel
Credits - Dankbetuigingen
More Games - Meer Spellen

French
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Play - Jouer
How To Play - Comment Jouer
Credits - Crédits
More Games - Plus De Jeux

Spanish
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Play - Jugar
How To Play - Aprende A Jugar
Credits - Créditos
More Games - Más Juegos

Kryzon

(Posted 2011) [#2]

@Spanish:
the "How to Play" could also be "Como Jugar", which shares a much more similar meaning than what you already have there.

xlsior

(Posted 2011) [#3]

FYI: online automatic translations to Dutch are generally attrocious, and this is no exception. :-?

DUTCH:

Play - either 'Spelen' or 'Speel', both are used in this context.

How to Play - 'Hoe te spelen', although that does sound a tad awkward to me. You may want to consider an alternative, like 'Spel Handleiding' (game manual), 'Instructies' (instructions) or 'Uitleg' (explanation) (your automatic translation was missing a verb, and just said "how you the game".

Credits - Credits (dankbetuigingen = "Expression of thanks", very formal and not a word anyone would use)

More Games - Meer Spellen

CGV	(Posted 2011) [#4]

Thanks guys,

I'm going to go with "Instructions", no grammar issues with that.

Hopefully we've got some French and German speakers here.

degac

(Posted 2011) [#5]

If you want italian...

Italian
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Play - Gioca
How To Play - Come giocare
Credits - Riconoscimenti
More Games - Altri giochi

CGV	(Posted 2011) [#6]

Thanks degac, I'm planning on adding Italian in the future.