{"id":16342,"date":"2022-10-24T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T06:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=16342"},"modified":"2022-10-24T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T06:29:43","slug":"20221024-16342","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20221024-16342\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of Fantasy is recruiting Localization Specialists but draws concerns over compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Level Infinite has released a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toweroffantasy-global.com\/news-detail.html?content_id=0bd8663daa865a45f7aa0dea41936d52dfd9\">Dev\u2019s Re<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toweroffantasy-global.com\/news-detail.html?content_id=0bd8663daa865a45f7aa0dea41936d52dfd9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toweroffantasy-global.com\/news-detail.html?content_id=0bd8663daa865a45f7aa0dea41936d52dfd9\">ort<\/a> for their free-to-play open world RPG <em><strong>Tower of Fantasy<\/strong><\/em> on October 19. The report introduces content in the Ver.2.0 and includes a notice regarding their initiative to improve the game\u2019s localization via a \u201cLocalization Specialist\u201d program. However, Twitter users have been quick to express their concerns regarding said program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f9f9f9\"><strong>We are looking for Localization Specialists!<\/strong><br>Despite how much we would like to improve our localization qualities, we know we still have a lot to work on. Thus, we will be launching the \u201cLocalization Specialist\u201d program to enlist players to help us optimize our localization quality (of course, your contribution will be properly compensated with in-game rewards). Please stay tuned for more detail a couple of days after the launch of the 2.0 version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the reactions are those wondering if it\u2019s appropriate to entrust translation quality to players. Some are also expressing concern that the company is trying to pass a job that should be sufficiently paid for to players for some in-game currency instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Controller update is nice, but attempt to offload localization optimization work to player base then pay them &quot;Company Scrip&quot; is just a bad practice. I mean what&#39;s next off load QA to players &amp; pay them dark crystal. Tencent is a big company, go &amp; actually hire some people. \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJbNilSdTu\">pic.twitter.com\/JJbNilSdTu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rocket Punch \u3299 (@RocketPunch1221) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketPunch1221\/status\/1582761263406333954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a reply to the above tweet, one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gilnaure\/status\/1582995690430484480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">points out<\/a>, \u201cthey want to check their localization for quality, essentially LQA.\u201d Others in the fields of translation and quality assurance can also be seen sharing their opinions on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can confirm I was generally underpaid in my editor\/QA years, but at least I was never paid in scrip. Please rethink this one, Tencent. You\u2019re creating a new low in an industry that\u2019s already in a race to the bottom where paying contractors is concerned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eNMbl3Lta1\">https:\/\/t.co\/eNMbl3Lta1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kara Dennison \u2615 (@RubyCosmos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubyCosmos\/status\/1583050534201671681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s certainly a questionable move if their intent is to leave improving the quality of <em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em>\u2019s localization solely to players. Especially when you consider that they\u2019re using the term Localization Specialist, which sounds more like a job deserving of a paycheck than a task to be compensated for with in-game currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program aims \u201cto enlist players to help us optimize our localization quality.\u201d Judging from that, it sounds like an incentive system for reporting translation errors. With that being said, both the English and Japanese versions of the game have enough translation and text errors that it\u2019s become a topical discussion among players. To players that feel the current translation quality is low, seeing a program that puts improving it into the hands of players may feel like they\u2019re just passing off responsibility of the issue.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"601\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20221022-223739-001-741x420.jpg 741w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It&#8217;s not rare to see global live service games solicit help in finding translation errors, and there are numerous cases of small development studios relying on volunteer translators to translate their games into other languages. However, Level Infinite is a publishing brand of Tencent Games, a large corporation with circumstances that are quite different from small-scale studios. This is likely another point of contention for players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At any rate, the update includes the statement, \u201cPlease stay tuned for more detail a couple of days after the launch of the 2.0 version,\u201d so more information about the program looks to be on the way.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20221022-223739\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-10-22 12:40 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tower of Fantasy&#8217;s new Dev&#8217;s Report introduces content in the Ver. 2.0 update and a notice regarding their initiative to improve the game&#8217;s localization via a Localization Specialist program. 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