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▶ connecting games with players worldwide 🌍 through lossless localization 🔷  immersing in imagination 🌌 finding beauty in the smallest details 🌸 understanding the context pondering deeper meanings typing the right words gazing out the window ⛅ crafting clever puns 💭 reading between lines playing to proofread 🎮 testing for flow 🌊 hunting for nuances 🔬 minding metaphors 🧠 exploring expressions 🎭 immersing in imagination 👻 hearing the characters’ voices 👂 guiding the dialogue’s tone 🖋 delivering quality that speaks for itself ⭐ iterating to recreate originality 🥇 carrying meaning with care













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Game: Kentucky Route Zero PC + TV  Edition
Client: Annapurna Interactive
Localized into: Turkish
Released in: 2023
Platforms: PC, Mobile, Netflix, Switch, PS5 & PS4
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Services:
Full text localization for a point-and-click adventue game
Store page transcreation














                               

ECHOES IN TRANSLATION


»KRZ’s dream-like journey needed a tone that was both poetic and simple. I focused on capturing the quiet, reflective dialogue while making sure the atmosphere felt both magical and real in Turkish.

One moment in particular left me fighting back tears — a conversation with the last telephone operator in the Zero. Poppy, who oversees the transition of labor there from humans to machines - that is, she is "training her own replacement." This hit me deeply, as I couldn’t help but think about how, as a translator in the age of AI and machine translation, I might one day share the same fate as that operator. It was a deeply heartbreaking and personal moment.

Another highlight was localizing Junebug's song, ▶︎"Too Late to Love You." The song's melancholic lyrics resonated with me, and adapting them to convey the same emotions in Turkish was a welcome challenge. I spent days listening to the song on my daily walks through the woods. I felt like a poet.

I surrounded myself with the soundtracks of KRZ. My nights were filled with flow thanks to ▶︎“The Clearing“ playing on an endless loop. While translating the characters' conversations, what’s left unsaid often felt as important as what’s spoken.

Kentucky Route Zero in Turkish, is a perfect echo of the original, a reflection in the Echo River that flows eternally in the player’s mind. I feel like I painstakingly paid my debt to my readers and players who will spend time with this special game. I will be always proud of this colossal work. «


— Uygar Kibar



Kentucky Route Zero Credits

Poppy, the last operator
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