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General discussion (archive)Update: GOG.com now also in French!(275 posts)(275 posts)
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Posted November 07, 2014
Bonjour et bienvenue sur GOG.com!

We're happy to announce that the site is now available in the native tongue of Molière, ‎Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Honoré de Balzac, Jules Verne, and René Goscinny! Here, at GOG.com we're always trying to make DRM-free entertainment more accesible to gamers around the world. For your convenience we'll be rolling out support for different language versions of our service, and we're starting with French - right now! On top of main page translation, french-speaking support representative is waiting to help you with your game-related problems and answer your questions.

All this is nice, of course, but we know what is the most important part for you: the games! We've already had about 240 titles playable in French in our DRM-free catalog. With today's launch we're rolling out another 30 French versions of titles such as Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, or Darkstone for a nice 270+ French-speaking games total. You can get some of them with a nice discount in our special promo, aptly named "Vive la France", that lasts until Tuesday, November 11, at 4:59AM GMT.

But that's not all. As french cuisine dictates, no meal is complete without something small and sweet for dessert! For the next 24 hours (that is until Saturday, November 8, at 7:59AM GMT), we're giving away a dear French-made classic, Little Big Adventure for FREE a game that's seeing its 20th anniversary! Remember to sign-up for your free copy and celebrate the event with us, and play one of the many memorable oldies coming from France.

Have a nice day, everyone!
Posted November 07, 2014
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JMich: Let me also point out to the French speakers here that GOG is looking for a Customer Support Representative - French, in case you wish to lose all faith in humanity.
Word of warning:
"The hired individual will need to work in-house, in our office based in Warsaw, Poland."

So applicants will need to move (I doubt GOG will pay me a house like I have right now) but great opportunity for those who want to acquire some experience.
Posted November 07, 2014
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Zoidberg: Come on, YOU are not the center of the world, nor are english speakers.

It does not change ANYTHING for english speakers, gog service is just enhanced for FRENCH speakers. WHat the heck is wrong with that? What the heck is wrong with you guys...
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Trilarion: Hey, I never said that GOG should not do it or that other users shouldn't use it. I only talked about me and how I may be affected by this change. I know that I'm not the center of the world but I also never said so. I feel misunderstood now.

Pointing out the risks and disadvantages is not inherently bad but rather a good thing.
In short: It may be nice but it comes at a price and the price is fragmentation, at least to some extent. We'll see how much of a problem this will be. I hope this is agreeable.
Yeah, well, sorry I may have overreacted. I get the point of the fragmentation but not everyone speaks english and for those who don't care for it, they won't bother with GOG... AT ALL. What if gog was only in polish? What if you whined about it and got counter argument by "just learn polish". That wouldn't be agreeable, I think. :p

My opinion is that it will increase the french base of clients and bette have bigger fragmented communities than a smaller english speaking one, all lonely.

That was just the point I wanted to make. Hope that clears up a bit. :P
Posted November 07, 2014
Huh. So that's why, over the last few days, the RSS feed has been trying to give me extra French-language practice when my brain is already exhausted.

Est-ce q'il y a un bouton pour le désactiver?

(I hope I wasn't too literal in translating my flippant attitude. Speaking more seriously, they really should have added a new feed rather than dumping the French-language stuff into the existing one.)
Posted November 07, 2014
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Lost-brain: @trilarion : have you ever goes on a forum with different sections for different languages ?
People who speak two or more languages often post on all the sections they understand...
I have to say that this is new to me. I was only in either my language or english only forums but never where they have mixed sections. Let's see how it goes.
Posted November 07, 2014
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catpower1980: Word of warning:
"The hired individual will need to work in-house, in our office based in Warsaw, Poland."

So applicants will need to move (I doubt GOG will pay me a house like I have right now) but great opportunity for those who want to acquire some experience.
Yeah, I don't fully understand this obsession with having everybody working on a website in-house. I guess it's part of their commitment to their "small, friendly, curated boutique" image.

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Zoidberg: What if gog was only in polish? What if you whined about it and got counter argument by "just learn polish". That wouldn't be agreeable, I think. :p
As long as the games are available in a language I understand, I'm all good. I know how to use a bloody gibberish-to-intelligible dictionary to find the "add to cart" and " pay with paypal" buttons.

French people are by and large lazy as fuck when it comes to languages - and most of the time downright rude to people trying, howewer imperfectly, to speak french - and that's the crux of it. So this is a good move from GOG, will bring more customers in.
Post edited November 07, 2014 by Erich_Zann
Posted November 07, 2014
Merci very much !!
Posted November 07, 2014
Any way to know which games are available in french which weren't ?

The Prince of Persia are now available in French but were not previously and there is not update notification.
Posted November 07, 2014
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Zoidberg: Yeah, well, sorry I may have overreacted. I get the point of the fragmentation but not everyone speaks english and for those who don't care for it, they won't bother with GOG... AT ALL. What if gog was only in polish? What if you whined about it and got counter argument by "just learn polish". That wouldn't be agreeable, I think. :p

My opinion is that it will increase the french base of clients and bette have bigger fragmented communities than a smaller english speaking one, all lonely.

That was just the point I wanted to make. Hope that clears up a bit. :P
Yeah totally. I even can speak a bit of french although it is at least 10 years ago I last tried it in real world. I get the argument about the non english speaking customers and it will definitely increase the attractivity of GOG towards french speaking customers. More service is always good.

I can really only speak for myself but I will probably stay mainly with English because I want to stay part of the biggest community. I can speak English well enough for it and the English community will also always include all the customers from small languages that will never have their own language on GOG. But I actually like that they offer it. I have nothing against but it may be that fragmentation will lead to problems that's why I personally am unlikely to use this feature if GOG will introduce it for me.
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sebarnolds: Any way to know which games are available in french which weren't ?

The Prince of Persia are now available in French but were not previously and there is not update notification.
go to your games library, search for "fr" (or "de" or "it" or "linux" or "mac")
Post edited November 07, 2014 by Trilarion
Posted November 07, 2014
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catpower1980: Word of warning:
"The hired individual will need to work in-house, in our office based in Warsaw, Poland."

So applicants will need to move (I doubt GOG will pay me a house like I have right now) but great opportunity for those who want to acquire some experience.
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Erich_Zann: Yeah, I don't fully understand this obsession with having everybody working on a website in-house. I guess it's part of their commitment to their "small, friendly, curated boutique" image.
In fact, I think it's more a practical/financial thing because if we ask for the western european salary as a "tele-worker" and in euro currency, it would probably cost them the double than paying a common Polish salary in Zloty.
Posted November 07, 2014
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catpower1980: In fact, I think it's more a practical/financial thing because if we ask for the western european salary as a "tele-worker" and in euro currency, it would probably cost them the double than paying a common Polish salary in Zloty.
You're very likely right.
Posted November 07, 2014
Me and Peewee are of the same mind on this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIzB5BI-m9c
Posted November 07, 2014
I must say I find it somewhat funny that French was the first language chosen to translate.
Posted November 07, 2014
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Zoidberg: It's still better to have information in your own language.

You ask in your language, you get answered in your language eventually by someone who translated a communication from another language.
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Trilarion: I don't think it's better. My english is good enough to understand almost everything. The benefit is that with a larger community I get better answers in a shorter time. This advantage is to me more valuable than a slightly better understanding.
For you and me, it's not really useful. We both are confortable enough in english to be able to hag out on an english-speaking forum. The same should be true to pretty much all users already here, otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation, obviously.

But I know many people who learnt english at school, but are not confortable speaking it. Those won't come here, because even if they can manage to read an instruction manual, they are not proficient enough to really have a conversation, or don't want to look stupid by speaking some "Franglish", or feel lost as soon as someone use english figure of speech or english slang, or...
Add the fact that people trying to use french (or other non-english language) on english-speaking communities, forum or comment section often get insulted or publicly shamed for it by xenophobic morons, and you get the idea. Those people won't come here.

So those new sections are useless for us, sure. And they will divert some attention from the english-speaking ones (I know I'll go to the French forums to answer questions). But they will also allow a lot of people to actually be part of the community, even if it's only on a "side board". And it will make GOG a more welcoming place for them all

So thanks, GOG :)


EDIT : And I've been massively ninja'ed. Oh, well, "c'est la vie" ^^
Post edited November 07, 2014 by Kardwill
Posted November 07, 2014
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Erich_Zann: French people are by and large lazy as fuck when it comes to languages - and most of the time downright rude to people trying, howewer imperfectly, to speak french - and that's the crux of it. So this is a good move from GOG, will bring more customers in.
Yes, that was along the lines of what I was thinking.
Posted November 07, 2014
Super, très bon boulot, ça va sûrement attirer des nouveaux utilisateurs et merci pour le jeu !

For the job as a Customer Support Representative, it's a very interesting opportunity for those who can move to Poland. With everyone working in the same place it's more productive and faster than corresponding via emails. I know that because I translate some games for a Canadian company and it's not the best and fastest way to sort things out. Anyway thanks for the translation and the game!
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