Top 10 Worst Dialogue Translations In Video Games
Video games, like everything else, often suffer from translation mistakes in their localization process. Especially since most are made in Japan and other Asian countries, where the translation into English seems to garner the most mistakes. Either the game companies don’t take the time to review their text translations or they just think it makes for good blog posts so they keep doing it.
Regardless, here are the top 10 worst video game dialogue translations compiled by IGN:
1. “All your base are belong to us.” – Zero Wing
An obvious choice for number 1, as it’s the most famous.
2. “I am Error.” – Zelda II: The Adventures of Link
Was this a bad translation or just a bad bit of coding?
3. “Jill, why don’t you, the master of unlocking, take this lock pick.” – Resident Evil
Part of me wishes we spoke like this in every day life.
4. “You were doomed as soon as you lost the ability to love.” – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Emo kids will disagree that this is an actual mistranslation.
5. “Yo gangsta! Get ready to gang bang!” – Bust-a-Groove
This game probably had an ‘M’ rating.
6. “I feel asleep.” – Metal Gear
You can fall asleep or feel sleepy. You must pick.
7. “You can’t give it up! Triumph or die!” – Street Fighter Alpha 3
What can’t they give up?!
8. The DK Rap – Donkey Kong 64, Super Smash Bros Melee
Simple enough.
9. “A Winner is You!” – Pro Wrestling
You’re just one of many.
10. “Shine Get!” – Super Mario Sunshine
hmm, yup.
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To be honest I’m not sure the DK Rap was bad translation…just bad writing.
I’m not sure if all of these are bad translations.
There’s a few that are just bad writing.
http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Error I think it’s true what they in the Theme Naming section.
The DK-Rap isn’t a bad translation, it’s just monkish !
English isn’t my first language so I’m probably just missing something, but where’s the error in number 4? I’ve played that game but I can’t remember the quote and where it was, so I don’t know the context o.O Should it be “ever since” instead of “as soon as”, maybe? *confused*
Zombie Kitten — there’s no mistake in the grammar. I have a feeling that maybe there was a certain skill or bonus in the game that was lost, and that skill or bonus was translated as “the ability to love” instead of “the Heart Power” or something like that. Just a guess, as I’ve never played the game, but I edit translations and I see this kind of thing a lot.
Thanks for the reply
If that’s true, then it seems that the mistaken version sounds actually more awesome than what it originally was, kind of poetic 
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in this one space game there was a bad translation wich evolved into gamer talk. “You fail”
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Dk rap isnt bad translating, just bad writing, the street fighter quote isn’t a mistanslation at all, as it makes perfect sense, and the Zelda quote does sound a bit wrong, but isn’t as the actull characters name was Error, so it isn’t a mistranslation at all. Also when listing things, better to go from 10 to 1, so that you build up to the final one. I really felt like putting all this out there, as this is just stupid.
actually, games like catlevania have a lot of that feelings crap, so, that translation may be right
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