With each update, new content and systems are added and the project becomes more complex. Online games evolve over many years, continuously expanding both story and lore. What makes localizing an online multiplayer title like FFXIV different from titles that offer purely single-player experiences? Also, approximately how many people are involved in FFXIV’s localization?.

Maki Shiota (Localization Project Manager) Kathryn Cwynar (Lore Consultation & English Translator) *Combined number of registered players in the five regions Japan, North America, Europe, China and Korea as of February 2021. In the first part of our interview we ask about FFXIV’s localization in general, from how the localization team is structured to what makes FFXIV’s localization unique, and more! FINAL FANTASY XIV is an ever-expanding MMORPG with over 20 million* registered players all over the world, which means it needs to be playable in many languages! We spoke with members of FFXIV’s localization team-including a localization project manager, English, French, and German translators-to learn what goes into adapting such a title for global audiences.

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