Malay wiki translations (HELP!) - Earth Empires Forum

General Earl

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Oct 29th 2011, 16:19:02

Ok, I figured I'd put this out to the community, as you guys are going to be the ones reading this.. I've run into a little snag...

Our largest player population next to English speaking countries is Malaysian. I've been doing some reading and there's like 4 different (yet similar) languages in that region.. for maximum compatibility and minimal work, I want to know which one is the most popular and widely understood in the area. Which would be the most preferred for wiki translations?

It would be better to only have to translate to one of them, however if there is enough interest, we could possibly translate to more than one. Thanks for your help!

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diez

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Oct 29th 2011, 16:24:41

there's only two languages, can you list what the 4 languages are?

General Earl

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Oct 29th 2011, 16:27:15

(From wikipedia)
"Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia (as Malaysian), Indonesia (as Indonesian), Brunei (as Melayu Brunei) and Singapore (as the national language and one of four official languages of Singapore). It is spoken natively by 40 million people..."

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Wat3rBaRr3l

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Oct 29th 2011, 19:57:18

Diez is right, there are only two main malay languages - Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia.

I think your confusion probably comes from this line (as the national language and one of four official languages of Singapore). A short answer to that is, Bahasa Melayu is one of the four official languages of Singapore. The other three official languages are non-Malay.

More comprehensive explanation is: because Singapore used to be part of Malaysia (we gained independence in 1965), Malay remains as our national language (our military commands are given in Malay).

However, we have four official languages - English, Mandarin (Chinese), Malay and Tamil (Indian). English is the first language for all Singaporeans. We are then required to take second languages in school - either Mandarin, Malay (Bahasa Melayu) or Tamil.

Hope this helps.

Wat3rBaRr3l

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Oct 29th 2011, 19:58:37

If I made a mistake, other Singaporeans please step in to correct me. Also, I deserve to be shot if I made a mistake haha.

General Earl

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Oct 29th 2011, 21:30:45

Thanks for the clarification :).. but which is the most widely understood, and what are your own personal preferences? I realize that they may be similar, but it is a lot easier to translate into one language rather than 2.

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Kid

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Oct 30th 2011, 2:01:38

Malaysia have more language as what is mention above.
Made up of Malay, chinese, indian and indigenous race.

English is the second official language.

Malay
- Bahasa Melayu (Official language)
- Bahasa Jawi

Chinese
-Cantonese
-Hakka
-Hokkien
-Mandarin
-Hainanese
-Fuzhou
-Teochew

Indian
-Tamil
-hindu

Indigenous
-Bahasa Sarawak
-Iban
-Bidayu
-bajau
few more. can't remember the rest.

iNouda

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Oct 30th 2011, 3:06:07

@ Kid: That's bullfluff dude, there's no such thing as Bahasa Jawi, there's only Tulisan Jawi. Read more noob.

Basically, Bahasa Melayu (Malaysian version) and Bahasa Indonesia are kinda like Britglish and Americanglish. There's different terms and terminology used for certain things but in general the overall structure and grammar is the same. Well, cept for the (Indonesian) accent bit which sucks. Brunei's version should be pretty similar to ours (Bahasa Melayu) and Singapore is one of our former states so they use the exact same version. Indonesians are the lost sheep so just ignore their version.

But then again, seeing as how a significant portion of online browser gamers are Malaysians (as you stated in your first post), it would be more prudent to use our version of the Malay language rather than that of the failnubs from across the strait.

Bahasa Melayu ftw!

Diez sucks!

diez

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Oct 30th 2011, 4:27:37

diez

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Oct 30th 2011, 4:27:55

fluff, doublepost

Kid

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Oct 30th 2011, 9:36:37

@iNouda
if there is no bahasa jawi. How the hell do u pronounce jawi?

iNouda DAI!

echlori

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Oct 30th 2011, 10:04:54

Agreed. Diez sucks!

ninong

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Oct 30th 2011, 14:51:24

sky elitez ftw!

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iNouda

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Oct 30th 2011, 15:09:41

Jawi is a form of writing lah noob. It's the Malay language written using the arabic script. You pronounce it the same way as the latin script version...haiyo.

Diez sucks. Double confirm!

Wu

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Oct 30th 2011, 15:42:49

Originally posted by Wat3rBaRr3l:

If I made a mistake, other Singaporeans please step in to correct me. Also, I deserve to be shot if I made a mistake haha.

Correct and confirmed for the Singapore info

diez

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Oct 30th 2011, 15:45:33

The best solution for Singaporeans is to make singlish as their new language option.

Very easy to implement, really.

:p

Y-NoT

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Oct 30th 2011, 15:59:46

Honestly speaking, most ppl in malaysia who plays this game understand english. I don't see a point in having it in malay. =) i wouldn't want to read the wiki in malay.

diez

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Oct 30th 2011, 16:11:36

go Indonesian language, if the goal is to gain more new players :)

qzjul

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Oct 30th 2011, 16:31:09

indonesian sounds good to me; also russian might be good...

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Dibs Ludicrous

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Oct 30th 2011, 17:59:10

do meh lar! flip a coin.
my malaysian needs work. long time out of Sky. :-P

plus the Malaysian that i used to work with found another job.

Edited By: Dibs Ludicrous on Oct 30th 2011, 18:01:58
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Kid

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Oct 31st 2011, 1:53:20

http://youtu.be/o1j5ce6QLf4

Kid

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Oct 31st 2011, 1:53:51

iNouda DAI!

iNouda

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Oct 31st 2011, 3:25:33

Strangely enough /me agrees with diez

@Qzul, using Indonesian would be best since most of them are tards who can't speak/read/understand English whereas most Malaysians can.

@Kid, you jelly of my mad encyclopedic skillz?? :P

iNouda

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Oct 31st 2011, 3:27:49

Either version is fine since the basic language structure is the same and we can understand Bahasa Indonesia and they can understand Bahasa Malaysia. Not much difference to be honest...

bertz

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Oct 31st 2011, 3:32:01

Originally posted by iNouda:

is this true Diez? :D
I don't think so. Maybe we put a Korean translation coz they really suck in English.

So many south east asians playing EE. lol

TNTroXxor

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Oct 31st 2011, 3:39:28

Im malaysian. And i think i can speak for most malaysian that English is prefered.

Originally posted by JJ23:

i havent been deleted since last set

iNouda

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Oct 31st 2011, 5:14:36

Originally posted by TNTroXxor:

Im malaysian. And i think i can speak for most malaysian that English is prefered.

Vetoed. im malaysian too but i cant speaketh teh engrish.

CC

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Oct 31st 2011, 10:52:02

Bahasa Melayu = American English
Bahasa Indonesia = British English

well since there's more malaysians than indonesians, I guess Bahasa Melayu will suit the game best. However, Indonesia have like 20x more population than Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei combined, so there's a lot of potential for growth there :)

What diez said. For Malaysians - english will do. For indonesians, i think there's a need/opportunity to get the game spread there. diez/???

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diez

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Oct 31st 2011, 12:21:32

$20 per head! jajajaja

TheORKINMan

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Oct 31st 2011, 17:27:18

Just out of curiosity. How the hell are you going to translate this game into Malaysian? Community translation?

Smarter than your average bear.

General Earl

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Oct 31st 2011, 17:36:21

We'll need volunteers for Indonesian, AND the other languages we select. Right now, those languages are: Russian, Indonesian, Swedish, Dutch and German.

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TheORKINMan

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Oct 31st 2011, 17:38:52

No Frisian or Lakota?

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joeskin

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Nov 1st 2011, 3:59:39

malay boleh.... :)

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TNTroXxor

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Nov 1st 2011, 4:06:10

Originally posted by iNouda:

Originally posted by TNTroXxor:

Im malaysian. And i think i can speak for most malaysian that English is prefered.

Vetoed. im malaysian too but i cant speaketh teh engrish.

LIES !

Originally posted by JJ23:

i havent been deleted since last set

diez

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Nov 1st 2011, 4:07:00

I'll volunteer, now go make samxz and asing volunteer too :p

joeskin

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Nov 1st 2011, 4:07:53

boleh lorr....

Musuhnya habis binasa......n9 juara..

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agusjo

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Nov 1st 2011, 5:24:58

@iNouda : i'm indonesian, and I do not undesrtand Enlgish vrey well. Can yuo help me wiht my enlgish?

Spitzbart

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Nov 1st 2011, 5:49:21

Originally posted by TheORKINMan:

No Frisian or Lakota?

Nha Frisians just need to use Dutch or German for Ost Frisian

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Y-NoT

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Nov 3rd 2011, 2:33:58

there used to be an AZN clan back in the old days right?

Wat3rBaRr3l

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Nov 4th 2011, 3:46:23

yup there was.

bertz

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Nov 4th 2011, 7:12:28

AZN was in un4?

iNouda

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Nov 4th 2011, 7:16:53

AZN = clan of filipino nubs?

Y-NoT

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Nov 4th 2011, 8:41:02

I've no idea... I only heard there was an AZN clan and have no clue who they are. any of them still play here now? care to give some background about that clan?

TeckMing

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Nov 6th 2011, 4:13:06

Ya English is fine for Malaysians :P

tisya

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Nov 6th 2011, 6:58:14

To answer Kid's question way up above, you pronounce Jawi the way it's meant to be pronounced, like every other alphabet/writing system :P

And I agree with most of the above, for Malaysians, English is fine. If they still don't understand, they can always read the Indonesian version. :)

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