{"id":49888,"date":"2025-09-07T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T23:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/49888\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T23:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T23:11:07","slug":"silksong-reviews-drop-to-mostly-negative-for-chinese-players-due-to-confusing-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/49888\/","title":{"rendered":"Silksong reviews drop to mostly negative for Chinese players due to confusing translations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">For most <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/hollow-knight-silksong-fans-have-brought-down-steam-142116085.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hollow Knight: Silksong;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. However, there&#8217;s another layer of complexity for anyone playing the sequel in Simplified Chinese: the bizarre translations. On its <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1030300\/Hollow_Knight_Silksong\/#app_reviews_hash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steam store page;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Steam store page<\/a>, Silksong currently sits at a &#8220;Mostly Positive&#8221; rating across reviews in all languages. Once you filter for the Simplified Chinese reviews, the Metroidvania-style game plummets to &#8220;Mostly Negative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">There are plenty of complaints about Silksong being too hard and not rewarding enough, but the translation issues are a common theme across the reviews for Simplified Chinese. In the reviews and comments, players compared the translations to a jarring mix of ancient and modern Chinese. Tiger Tang, who worked on the Simplified Chinese translation of an indie RPG called OMORI, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TigerHixTang\/status\/1963850592595677350\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted on X;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">posted on X<\/a> that the &#8220;translation reads like a Wuxia novel instead of conveying the game\u2019s tone,&#8221; referencing the literary genre that features martial arts and is often set in ancient China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">The good news is that the team behind Silksong is aware of the translation issues, as indicated by Matthew Griffin, who handles the game&#8217;s marketing and publishing. Griffin <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/griffinmatta\/status\/1963798473700168146\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted on X;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">posted on X<\/a> that the team is aware of &#8220;quality issues with the current Simplified Chinese translation&#8221; and that they are &#8220;working to improve the translation over the coming weeks.&#8221; When looking at the original <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/367520\/Hollow_Knight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hollow Knight;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Hollow Knight<\/a>, the reviews are overwhelmingly positive, even when looking at the Simplified Chinese reviews. However, Silksong credits a team of two for its Chinese localization, while the original featured six.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For most Hollow Knight: Silksong players, the combat is challenging and the boss fights are punishing. 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