Morningcalm
Keeper of Records
Thanks for the minor corrections! Credited you in the original post accordingly.
According to one of the voice actors, Emile (who voiced Augustus), the voice actors were given the translations to read out, and didn't do the translations themselves. So Firaxis/2K/whichever voice acting company they used is to blame for any inaccuracies therein, though the voice actors' awkward pronunciation and grammar is their fault. It was sad, I was kind of hoping that Bismarck would be accurately voiced, and at first I thought he was, until people on this forum enlightened me.
Here's to hoping the Korean and Spanish leaders sound natural, or I'll be the ones calling foul and laughing at them. Even though I don't want to. Civ has always been a venerable series in my mind, until this 5th installment that is. =|
Slight update on search for further translations: I suspect Askia is speaking Hausa, so I'm searching for people who might speak that language. I think the only real way of getting in touch with Mohawk speakers would be to visit bilingual Native Americans on reservations or to talk to some people on YouTube who teach Mohawk (there are several users doing that).
According to one of the voice actors, Emile (who voiced Augustus), the voice actors were given the translations to read out, and didn't do the translations themselves. So Firaxis/2K/whichever voice acting company they used is to blame for any inaccuracies therein, though the voice actors' awkward pronunciation and grammar is their fault. It was sad, I was kind of hoping that Bismarck would be accurately voiced, and at first I thought he was, until people on this forum enlightened me.
Here's to hoping the Korean and Spanish leaders sound natural, or I'll be the ones calling foul and laughing at them. Even though I don't want to. Civ has always been a venerable series in my mind, until this 5th installment that is. =|
Slight update on search for further translations: I suspect Askia is speaking Hausa, so I'm searching for people who might speak that language. I think the only real way of getting in touch with Mohawk speakers would be to visit bilingual Native Americans on reservations or to talk to some people on YouTube who teach Mohawk (there are several users doing that).