18 Game Titles From Translator – Is Your English Bad Enough To Recognize Them?

We present you 18 game titles poorly translated into German by translation machines (or by us). Do you recognize them all?

Machine translation is handy and now quite good – at least most of the time. Again and again you come across texts on the web that show that they were translated from another language using a bad algorithm.

Especially as a games journalist, one stumbles across such cases again and again. While researching the top 30 gaming franchises in the world, I noticed a few bad translations like this.

With some games, I had trouble even recognizing at first glance what it was supposed to be about. That’s why I thought to myself: I’d ask the clever readers of MeinMMO whether they feel just as stupid about the titles.

The article is originally from 2020. We updated it for Pentecost 2022.

Title Quiz – Do you recognize the titles in German?

What are these titles? The titles are all games that are known to some extent worldwide or at least in the West and in Germany. There are big blockbusters but also one or two older games and games for fans. You can find games for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Mobile and more.

Here are some lists that might help you recognize a title or two:

The titles are chosen in such a way that with a bit of thought you will surely figure out some of them – others might be more difficult, especially if you are not already familiar with the game itself. But most should explain themselves.

As for the translations, I took some machine translations from random websites as well as coming up with my own. Have fun!

How does the quiz work? In the flip quiz, you will see the name of the game title on the face of the card. Click or tap to flip them when you think you’ve recognized the title.

On the back you can see the resolution. I decided to do this kind of quiz so as not to lure you onto the right track with multiple choices or to let you randomly guess correctly. So be fair to yourself when evaluating the result!

How many games did you recognize? How many did your friends make? Tell us in the comments!

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