Foreign Language Cheat Sheet
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VGCollect uses English as the primary language and this is reflected in many ways. Our search will substitute most special characters as their plain versions. For example, searching for Pokemon will return Pokémon in the results and vice-versa. This is helpful for people to not know how to type these special characters, or people from other countries that do not use them or
understand the language being presented.
As chroniclers of video game history, we must use the correct representation as much as possible, even if we ourselves do not use that language or type of script. As such, we should be using the appropriate characters and item names as it currently fits within the existing rules of the Style Guide.
If you feel this is too much to worry about, then I suggest that you do not work on game entries in a foreign language where you are not comfortable.
NOTE: If it is found that a certain letter does not translate to a plain Latin letter used in the English language, it should be reported on.
Special Characters for use in foreign language titlesÀ ALT+0192 Latin Capital Letter A with Grave
Á ALT+0193 Latin Capital Letter A with Acute
È ALT+0200 Latin Capital Letter E with Grave
É ALT+0201 Latin Capital Letter E with Acute
Ë ALT+0203 Latin Capital Letter E with Diaeresis
Ñ ALT+0209 Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde
Ò ALT+0210 Latin Capital Letter O with Grave
Ó ALT+0211 Latin Capital Letter O with Acute
Ù ALT+0217 Latin Capital Letter U with Grave
Ú ALT+0218 Latin Capital Letter U with Acute
Ü ALT+0220 Latin Capital Letter U with Diaeresis
ß ALT+0223 Latin Small Letter Sharp S
à ALT+0224 Latin Small Letter A with Grave
á ALT+0225 Latin Small Letter A with Acute
ã ALT+0227 Latin small Letter A with Tilde
ç ALT+0231 Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla
è ALT+0232 Latin Small Letter E with Grave
é ALT+0233 Latin Small Letter E with Acute
ê ALT+0234 Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex
í ALT+0237 Latin Small Letter I with Acute
ñ ALT+0241 Latin Small Letter N with Tilde
ò ALT+0242 Latin Small Letter O with Grave
ó ALT+0243 Latin Small Letter O with Acute
ô ALT+0244 Latin Small Letter O with Circumflex
ö ALT+0246 Latin Small Letter O with Diaeresis
ü ALT+0252 Latin Small Letter U with Diaeresis
ł ALT+0142 Latin Small Letter L with Stroke (currently Search does not convert this character)
English Language(In)Definate Articles are not to be used at the beginning of a game's title. These words are:
A
An
The
French Language(In)Definate Articles of French language
Le, La, Les (the)
Un, Une (A or An)
The situation where À is at the beginning of a title. As opposed to English, the À at the beginning of a French title means At. At is allowed to start a title. The Golden Compass was released in France as
À la Croisée des Mondes: la Boussole D'Or. It is a little strange to see that A is allowed at the beginning here but not in English, but it is because it is not A.
http://vgcollect.com/item/91109The situation where L is added as a prefix to a French word does not apply to the Style Guide.
For example:
The Incredible Hulk (Nintendo) NA would be put into the database as Incredible Hulk, The
http://vgcollect.com/item/29908In France, the title is
L'Incroyable Hulk (The Incredible Hulk) Because the L (The) is part of the word Incroyable, it cannot be then removed and placed at the end of the title. Therefore the title is correct as L'Incroyable Hulk:
http://vgcollect.com/item/105517German Language- TBD
NOTE: German can be found on games from Germany and Austria. Austria specific releases tend to have PEGI rating instead of USK.
Spanish Language- TBD
Portugese Language- TBD
NOTE: Portugese can be found on games from Portugal and Brazil.
JapaneseSee Telly's topic on this specifically:
http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,7164.msg115005.html#msg115005GreekRussianArabicChineseKoreanThese languages are depicted in symbols that are not Latin letters. We currently do not use the original fonts for item titles. Instead we are to use the best translation. Here are some examples:
Golden Compass, The (PS2) [RU]
http://vgcollect.com/item/105436Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Cosmic Drive (PSP) [CN]
http://vgcollect.com/item/81188Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (PS3) [KR]
http://vgcollect.com/item/52376
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