Formal/Informal addressing across languages

[radu124]

There are quite a few languages for which there are formal and informal ways of addressing a person.
In my experience mixing the two looks pretty bad, so we need to know which one to use.
(there is a discussion regarding this for German)

The guideline is pretty vague in this respect:
"Translators should take into account the level of language and the formal/informal pronominal rules usual for the gaming audience of their country."

Could we have a clear decision on what is preferred for each language?
(a simple list should be fine I think)

[Een]

The idea of the guideline is that it should be the same as in the rulebooks / usual written gaming material, in order to feel familiar.
Since players are requested to translate only in their native language, they should know what's usual. If they don't, it may be a sign that they should refrain from translating in that language.

[vichy]

The idea of the guideline is that it should be the same as in the rulebooks / usual written gaming material, in order to feel familiar.
Since players are requested to translate only in their native language, they should know what's usual. If they don't, it may be a sign that they should refrain from translating in that language.

Due to the type of service provided and the (I imagine) general age average, wouldn't it be preferable to establish an informal language for all games and in all languages? For maintaining coherence at a general level.

Every time I go to translate a game I see that several translators have already passed through there. We can each have an opinion. And in my case, in Spanish, there are different ways of speaking it depending on whether the person is in Spain or Argentina, for example.

Nor will the player profile of Sushi go be the same as that of Chess, it would be good to think to whom the texts are going to be addressed?

I would also maintain consistency throughout the web, marked by you ...

[Een]

Well, not really. In French for example, when playing at a table we'll use informal but in writing from a computer or from a rulebook we expect formal addressing. Using informal in some languages would be very weird, and the opposite is probably true too.

So it's really a "by language" discussion between translators. When/if there is a consensus to be reached by translators in some languages where the choice is not obvious, please create a thread in the appropriate language subforum to discuss it directly in your language with other translators.

(also, we have players of all ages)