# The Chinese localization of the latest card description is still using machine translation **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\ **Created:** [March 3, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847 "2021-03-03T02:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newtype2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@newtype2001](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/newtype2001)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/1 "2021-03-03T02:36:39Z")
Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/2 "2021-03-03T03:23:58Z")
The claim would be quite compelling if you could take the English spell description, plug it into google translate, and then show the screenshot of that side-by-side with card’s spell image. Even better if there’s an explanation of what’s wrong, as well as where and why for all of us who don’t know the language and couldn’t just see the proof for ourselves at a glance. ---
**Author:** ![newtype2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@newtype2001](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/newtype2001)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/3 "2021-03-03T04:11:00Z")
Explanation of what’s wrong? How could I give that? There’s nothing right at all! It’s just a pile of nonsense! ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/4 "2021-03-03T04:38:10Z")
In fairness to the machines doing the translating, GIGO may apply. “Eliminate their attack by 10” is not the best possible phrasing in English. ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/5 "2021-03-03T04:40:51Z")
What card is incorrect, and what does it say? ---
**Author:** ![newtype2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@newtype2001](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/newtype2001)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/6 "2021-03-03T05:27:50Z")
![QQ截图20210303132022](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/6/c6b35520f817bf8780c4f1cb9edfbabbe1aff533.jpeg) ![QQ截图20210303132052](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/3/3/33bdb730dcdcc9e45b0c293ee993e0657e8a07b1.jpeg) Result 34 injured an enemy and sealed them. If our attack is more violent and irritates ourselves, Otherwise, if we are attacked by the opponent, we will lose 10 points. Result? What’s result? Machine translation result? Sealed? More Violent? Attacked by the opponent? What’s the meaning of these? ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/7 "2021-03-03T05:35:52Z")
Yikes… That’s a real shame. Hope this gets fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/8 "2021-03-03T06:36:17Z")
Irritates ourselves = enrage 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Snooj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/snooj/32/65852_2.png) [@Snooj](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Snooj)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/9 "2021-03-03T14:44:54Z")
> [@newtype2001](#): > > Result 34 injured an enemy and sealed them. If our attack is more violent and irritates ourselves, Otherwise, if we are attacked by the opponent, we will lose 10 points. Omg this is hilarious. Thanks for posting the pictures. The community had to ask for them because otherwise we don’t know what’s being talked about. Either this is a machine translation, or whoever they hired to translate is using google translate and hoping no one checks which is a safe assumption. ---
**Author:** ![blindnighto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@blindnighto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/blindnighto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/10 "2021-03-03T15:10:18Z")
![Screenshot(17)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/2/927a134ec06bb350f1d3c1de125856bd5b8c737f.png) ![Screenshot(18)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/2/a/2a6c6810593ebde4b6bb489d99467a87b903f9a3.png) Google translate does a better job, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Snooj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/snooj/32/65852_2.png) [@Snooj](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Snooj)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/11 "2021-03-03T15:21:56Z")
Google translate is so polite. “Please anger yourself” 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![sls](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sls/32/66687_2.png) [@sls](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sls)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/12 "2021-03-03T15:36:52Z")
The description was actually intended for the upcoming ‘All your base’ troop. You have no chance to survive make your time ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/13 "2021-03-03T15:56:47Z")
To be fair. It looks like a machine wrote the English translation from English as well. So it’s not specific to the Chinese language. “Eliminate their attack by 10.” Is how a robot would mistranslate a number being reduced by 10 permanently. I’m starting to think @Saltypatra is the only human left at Infinity Plus 2 and basically 505 Games is just an alias for Skynet. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/14 "2021-03-03T16:00:59Z")
A while back they said “eliminate” was going to be their new keyword any time they meant “reduce” 🤷‍♂️ In an attempt to standardize their language. Which will never happen because they keep switching what the “standard” is (and they never bother to go back and update “out-of-date” or misleading text to conform to the new “standards” they roll out). EDIT(s) for links: > [@Power Corrupts!](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/power-corrupts/58235/5): > > Also, just as a reminder as I believe this was the first time it has been used specifically in a spell description, eliminate = stat reduction. They just want to give everything 2 names for some reason. XD > [@4.5 Update Patch Notes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-5-update-patch-notes/57370/172): > > Necro, sorry, but now if you click the link you don’t have to read all the patch notes to find the relevant portion to this discussion about localization. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/15 "2021-03-03T16:02:59Z")
> [@Magnusimus](#): > > A while back they said “eliminate” was going to be their new keyword any time they meant “reduce” Ewww. 😔 But thanks. At least we know it wasn’t a mistake then. Just an unwise decision. ---
**Author:** ![blindnighto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@blindnighto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/blindnighto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/16 "2021-03-03T16:14:22Z")
I just filtered by “eliminate”. Warhound has a nice wording: “Eliminate X attack from the first enemy.” There are currently 31 enemies with the word “Eliminate” Meanwhile Accursed still uses “All enemies lose 2 random skill points” instead of “Eliminate 2 random skill points from all enemies” I’m sure the list goes on. But will stop before I derail the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Magnusimus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/magnusimus/32/50652_2.png) [@Magnusimus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Magnusimus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/17 "2021-03-03T16:17:56Z")
They did rework an old troop to say eliminate, you’re right. I shouldn’t say “never.” It’s just too piecemeal to matter, I think; Warhound only got a rework because it’s so often seen in the Arena, so it was part of that update. But also — using machines, or a _terrible_ translator, is pretty 💩. The Chinese playerbase deserves better, so I hope this thread will get some attention from @Saltypatra so she can pass it up the chain of command. ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/18 "2021-03-03T16:19:30Z")
> [@blindnighto](#): > > I’m sure the list goes on. But will stop before I derail the thread. Best do that before Shimrra notices and feels his blood pressure spike. He’s been tilting at this particular windmill for _years_ now. ---
**Author:** ![Fleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fleg](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleg)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/19 "2021-03-03T16:29:42Z")
I still have my fingers crossed they end up settling on exterminate. ---
**Author:** ![NerdieBirdie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nerdiebirdie/32/103793_2.png) [@NerdieBirdie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NerdieBirdie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847/20 "2021-03-03T16:42:30Z")
“Eliminate” usage aside, the Chinese text here is massively more messed up than a word being iffy. It doesn’t even make logical sense. Either a machine did it or the translator has no idea what they’re doing. Either way, shame on IP2 for treating the Chinese playerbase like this. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-chinese-localization-of-the-latest-card-description-is-still-using-machine-translation/68847.md?page=2)