D&D Translates Into Different Languages From September 2021!
June 15, 2021 by fcostin
I have always considered myself quite lucky to be an English speaker. I have always had access to any tabletop game with no problems, as most publishers will manufacture their product in English as a first priority.
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I feel that the community suffering the most from the lack of diverse language content is the Role Playing Game community. The rich background, the monster manuals, campaign after campaign written solely in English.
The folks over at Wizards of the Coast have started to put wheels in motion, as in September this year, there are going to be some big changes worldwide for RPG players.
This September, Wizards of the Coast will roll out the first set of their translated products in four additional languages. Along with English, there will be French, German, Spanish and Italian. The products will be easily accessible to new players, as Wizards of the Coast will be providing the three core rulebooks, and the Essentials Kit translated over.
Dungeons & Dragons // Wizards of the Coast
The publisher has confirmed that from January 2022 onwards, the translated products will have a happy home in the quarterly release schedule, opening up the joy of RPGs for a wide community of people across the world. This will include their biggest releases to a fully international audience.
If you are in seek of one of the languages that are not being translated over, I am sure it will not be too far behind until you will be completely in the loop.
This is fantastic news for the Tabletop Community! We get to welcome lots of new people around the world to our weird and wonderful world that they have not had the opportunity to see beforehand.
Welcome to all! Cannot wait to see what adventures you all embark upon.
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Those lucky Italians!!!
Total number of global speakers by language:
1. English (1.34 billion)
2. Mandarin (1.12 billion)
3. Hindi (600 million)
4. Spanish (543 million)
5. Arabic (274 million)
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7. French (267 million)
12. German (135 million)
27. Italian (68 million)
Number of chinese, hindi, arabic, etc. D&D players: 0
Yup, pretty much. Where is the biggest audience for D&D? Basically it’s the Euro-sphere (Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand). What are the main languages spoken there? English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.
But fe haf ze monnies… ALL ZE MONNIES! *muahahaha*
But seriously, I think having one of the biggest IP of RPG being translated to German could be interesting… if they don’t mess it up. As most translations tend to do :S
Why did you skip number 6? I could understand it if you skipped several places, but to jump from 5 to 7 hardly seems like any kind of Saving
Niiiccce.
“I feel that the community suffering the most from the lack of diverse language content is the Role Playing Game community. The rich background, the monster manuals, campaign after campaign written solely in English.”
Not really. There are fantastic games produced in Europe, but the anglophones don’t know about them because on the whole we only speak and read english.
And I think 5E has been available in translation, the announcement is that WoTC are bringing this ‘in house’ rather then via 3rd party agreements. This seems to be a trend lately.