Author Topic: Multi-language box text  (Read 1312 times)

Multi-language box text
« on: November 21, 2018, 08:42:48 pm »
For packaging that has multiple languages on it, do we put all of them in the box text field or just the "primary" language? It's becoming common for US releases to have English and Spanish or French on the same box.

Agozer

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2018, 10:39:14 am »
Personally, I just put the English text.

tripredacus

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2018, 10:58:07 am »
Add what you know. You can add all of it, or some of it.

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2018, 01:32:26 am »
For packaging that has multiple languages on it, do we put all of them in the box text field or just the "primary" language? It's becoming common for US releases to have English and Spanish or French on the same box.

I just typed both verbatim as they appeared on the packaging.  But I suppose it doesn't really matter?

https://vgcollect.com/item/141597



Flashback2012

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2018, 02:11:09 am »
For packaging that has multiple languages on it, do we put all of them in the box text field or just the "primary" language? It's becoming common for US releases to have English and Spanish or French on the same box.

I just typed both verbatim as they appeared on the packaging.  But I suppose it doesn't really matter?

https://vgcollect.com/item/141597

This is what I do though it's semi-rare of me to add the box text if I see it's multi-lingual. Takes 2-3X as long to enter and it gives my spell checker a heart attack.

tripredacus

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2018, 10:36:20 am »
When you type in the box text, you should be using the special characters for the other languages as they are represented. You do not need to put in non-language symbols such as trademark or copyright.

See this thread for information: https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7316.0.html

aliensstudios

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2018, 06:38:21 pm »
So it would be preferable to put in the additional languages? I usually don't just because this site is almost completely English speakers
"I collect vidya games and vidya game accessories, I tell you what."

Flashback2012

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2018, 07:16:25 pm »
So it would be preferable to put in the additional languages? I usually don't just because this site is almost completely English speakers

I put this one in the other day... https://vgcollect.com/item/99081

Was only a handful of lines but it still took a little bit of time. I usually have the alt-codes website up on another tab so I can see which alt+number combination gives me the right accĂ©nt.  :P

I'm a bit of a stickler and think that if it's on the box, it should be in the box text field. I can see people not wanting to fill that in though. There's been plenty of times I'll just forego putting anything in because the English part is a wall of text and then it has the same thing in French AND Spanish. Nope.  8)

tripredacus

Re: Multi-language box text
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2018, 09:58:27 am »
So it would be preferable to put in the additional languages? I usually don't just because this site is almost completely English speakers

Its up to you if you want to do it or not. You can put in just the tag line, just the English (or maybe just the Spanish or French or whatever) or put in nothing.