Translation errors

[sknub]

I’m playing the German version of Duelyst and it contains several critical errors that lead to nasty surprises and game-breaking confusion in the middle of play.

For example, the minion ‘Geisternter’ reads: “Fügt zu Beginn deines Zuges ALLEN anderen Schergen 1 Schaden zu”. The original text (and the actual working) is however: Spirit Harvester: At the end of your turn, deal 1 damage to ALL other minions.

Who translated the word “end” to “Beginn” rather than “Ende”? I just can’t get it. Not to offend anyone but I can’t imagine any explanation other than that the translator was drunk? And did no one check the translation afterwards for any obvious blunders?

Another example is Primordial Gazer. The original effect reads ‘Give a nearby friendly minion +2/+2.’ The German text is ‘Gibt einem verbündeten Schergen +2+2.’, omitting the crucial word ‘benachbarten’. Did the translator just think: Give -> Gibt, a -> einem, nearly->[nothing at all]? Even someone who wouldn’t know any German but just used a dictionary or Google Translate would not have omitted this?

Really hoping to get a response with an explanation, I would gladly correct the errors for free if you wish.

[chakri]

You better switch to english.

The german version is not all bad, but it was not done by a native speaker.
After the initial release it has never been updated afaik and in the meantime there have been a lot of error reports and suggestions from the community.

[boronian]

Many people offered to do a fan translation for the game but Namco is not allowed to accept free work (for legal causes).

Like chakri said the translation is obviously done by someone who either isn’t a native speaker or did the translation without enough context.

The German translation is just bad, just switch to the English version and be happy. For more than just that reason by the way. It makes it so much easier to interact with the community because everybody talks about the English cards and as someone using the German version you would need to know the correct terms again.