[2.15.2026] Advises with the details of translating inZOI into Russian

[n0mercygames]

I would like to advise the developers with some details of translating the game inZOI into Russian. I would like to do this on continuing basis & I would like to keep in regular communication with the developers on localization issues into Russian. (By E-mail? Or other ways?)
Because individual topics created on the forum will quickly get lost in the stream of messages.
I live in Russia, I was born here. Russian is my native language. I’m learning English on my own. I do not have a special higher education in linguistics.
You don’t have to hire me or pay me (although I will not refuse if you offer it to me).
I just want to help make the game inZOI better and more attractive.

And for now I have some suggestions for enhancement the translation.

- 1) There is no such word as “Бебиситтер” in Russian (I write in Cyrillic, but I don’t know how the forum will translate it). There is an English word as “Babysitter”. In the previous old version of the game v0,5,0 the translation into Russian was CORRECT! There is a word in Russian as “Няня”. But after the last update, the translation indicates “Бебиситтер”. In short, it’s an English word “Babysitter”, but written in the Cyrillic alphabet!

No one in Russia says such that.

- 2) In the second example, there is a very simple error with using of plural and forms of noun.

The English version on the left is correct. But the Russian translation mistakenly uses wrong form of noun in plural, the dative case instead of the creative. It will be correct in Russian: “Давай станем партнерами, которые сделают друг друга сильнее!”.

This is a minor little mistake, few people will notice it at all.

- 3) The third example is not an error. But the previous translation option is in the old version of the game v0,5,0 was more more intuitive and logical (Better) in the context of the interaction itself. But not only the Russian translation was changed, but the English one too.

The previous translation in the old version v0,5,0 was “Play“ (in English), or “Играть” (in Russian), it’s describes the interaction better, than “Mess Around”/”Подурачься”

And I have many more such suggestions. I have given only 3 examples so as not to make this topic infinitely long.

I think the developers are already doing a lot of high-quality translation work. I just want to help make the game better

[treeofowl]

I haven’t played 0.6 yet. I’m currently on a break from Inzoi. But in 0.5, I had to switch to English very often because in Russian I didn’t understand what to do to fulfill a character’s urges. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any screenshots

Unfortunately, I can’t remember everything, but there are a lot of such inaccuracies in the translation. For example, my zoi once got the urge “wants to catch fish for cooking” (in Russian). I caught a lot of different types of fish, but the urge wasn’t fulfilled. When I switched to English, it turned out it said “wants to cook a meal from the fish I caught.”

[n0mercygames]

Oh, hello! Are You also playing with the Russian translation too?!
I think it would be nice if someone from the inZOI Russian-speaking community could communicate directly with the developers in order to promptly report inaccuracies in the Russian translation.
Because all the topics created here are quickly lost in the message stream.
All Russian-speaking players could send all their messages to one player (in comments to one topic), who would directly write the developers a complete list of errors.
I created this topic partly because I am ready to engage in such activities as searching for and collecting all errors in translation

[treeofowl]

Yes, I play in Russian.

That would be really cool! I hope the developers will be interested in your suggestion. One thread - yes, that would be more convenient. I’ve never reported translation errors because I thought it wouldn’t get much attention and the thread would get lost quickly anyway. But if everything is posted in one thread and there’s a separate person who takes care of it, I think the chances are much higher that the developers will notice all these translation inaccuracies and fix them faster.

[n0mercygames]

- 4th) My next Great Suggestion dedicated to the design of the translation of personal traits.

On the one side, I suggest return to the old version of translating of personal traits into Russian, to version that was in the old versions of the game v0,2,0 - v0,3,0. That translation was more understandable concise and appropriate.
On the other side, I suggest giving such names to personal traits in order to return subjectivity to the characters. In other words, the Characters - is an actor of action, not a statistical unit in the book.
The old translation of personal traits (v0,2,0 - v0,3,0) was shorter and didn’t deprived the character of subjectivity.

The translation of all personal traits, which I’m suggest:

Perfectionist - “Перфекционист”
Innovator - “Активист”
Recluse - “Отшельник”
Charmer - “Очарователь”
Socialite - “Светский лев” / or “Общительный”
Go-Getter - “Предприниматель”
Visionary - “Творец”
Individualist - “Индивидуалист”
Explorer - “Исследователь” / or “Любознательный”
Intellectual - “Интеллектуал” / or “Эксперт”
Sentinel - “Защитник”
Rulebreaker - “Нарушитель правил”
Troublemaker - “Непоседа” / or “Тролль” / or “Задира”
Adventurer - “Искатель приключений” / or “Любитель приключений”
Authoritarian - “Авторитарный” / or “Властный”
Leader - “Лидер”
Pacifist - “Пацифист”
Idealist - “Идеалист“ / or “Мечтатель”

The English translation of personal traits is based on this logic, which I’m talking about - the character has subjectivity.

[n0mercygames]

In addition, there was a lot of clarifying information in the old design of naming personal traits.

1. As I said, a Character has subjectivity
2. The description specified which values are more pronounced for a particular trait
3. There were clues as to which emotions last longer or pass faster, and which patterns of behavior are typical for a character with this personal trait

[NyushaDm]

Great point! I support your idea!

[NyushaDm]

Don’t give up on being heard! “Constant effort overcomes all obstacles”

[n0mercygames]

- 5th) A condition where a person walks uncontrollably in their sleep

I am not an expert in English, but it seems to me that this is also incorrectly written in the English localization. But I can definitely say that in Russian the word “Сонливость” has another meaning. “Сонливость” - means that a person has a craving for sleep, but still they are able to control their body and remain conscious.

Because it’s about unconsciously walking in sleep, the most appropriate word in Russian is “Лунатизм” or “Сомнамбулизм”. In English it translates to “Sleepwalking” or “Somnambulism” (I suspect that this is originally an English word that was borrowed into the Russian language as well)

[Carnel]

Wow, the Russian version is a complete mess right now! You really need to just sit down and mass-produce a list of all that nonsense that completely distorts the meaning of what’s going on, rather than hunting for mistakes one at a time.

But I think here you just need to wait for version 1.0. Right now everything is being done with machine translation, and most likely they’ll bring in a human specialist for each language at the last moment to “polish” everything that’s there. So until that happens, I wouldn’t bother the developers about it. Or, as I already said, just collect at least a couple dozen translation inaccuracies at once so there’s something to work with.

[n0mercygames]

In the first post on this topic, I’m suggest myself to developers as a consultant for translation into Russian. Although I don’t have linguistic education.
The Meaning of the topic is this, and not just to catch whole mess one piece at a time)))

[Carnel]

I think it would be preferable to know Korean rather than English for this. To avoid introducing additional distortions. But since you have such a desire, then of course, why not try