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The credits for Elden Ring, which were revised after the release of the DLC Shadows of the Aardtree, appear to not give proper credit to translators from Latin America.
Eurogamer understands that the revised credits now give full credit to the translators in Europe. The localisation staff is listed, as well as special thanks to all the individual translators, who all fall under Bandai Namco Europe.
However, translators from Latin America under Bandai Namco America are not given the same respect. Unlike Chinese and Korean translators, Thai translators are also not listed individually by Bandai Namco Asia other than under the agency’s name.
Other than this, Original credits The game’s Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish translators are credited separately, but the new credits remove these names and include a generic special thanks message in its place.
Now that the revised credits overwrite the original credits, these translators are no longer individually credited.
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full, The revised credits have been uploaded to YouTube.Furthermore, translator Ramon Mendez has confirmed that the European localization teams are fully accredited.
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Giving wrong credit to translation staff is a violation of Article 123 of the Constitution. International Game Developers Association Game Crediting PolicyIt states: “Any person, whether a contractor, freelancer, employee of an outside agency, vendor, part-time employee, or full-time employee, who makes a billable contribution to the creation or publication of a Game, regardless of subject matter, must be credited.”
As far as external agencies are concerned, it states: “The employer must establish a contractual obligation to identify and extend credit to vendors and contractors employed or contracted by the external agency to perform work on its project.”
Eurogamer has contacted Bandai Namco for comment.
Just last week, a report was published by the game developer regarding external translators Not being properly credited in Nintendo games.This happened after a high profile case last year Translation staff excluded from Baldur’s Gate 3 credits,
Eurogamer already reported Why localization workers are routinely denied game credits,
