Video Voice-Over
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Gaming & Entertainment
Stories that land in every language
Focus Interpreting works with game studios, film and television producers, and media companies to localize content and interpret live, so the experience feels native wherever it plays.
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The challenge
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Players and audiences notice when localization is wrong
The challenge
Players and audiences notice when localization is wrong
A joke that falls flat, a subtitle that lags the dialogue, or a menu string that overflows its box breaks immersion instantly. Entertainment content is judged emotionally, and a literal translation rarely carries the tone that made the original work.
Production schedules are unforgiving. Localization often starts before the script is final, assets arrive in fragments, and everything is under embargo until launch.
- Dialogue, lore, and UI text with character limits and variables
- Subtitles and captions timed to picture
- Voiceover scripts that must match lip flap and pacing
- Marketing, trailers, and store pages for simultaneous global launches
- Live interpreting for premieres, press days, and fan events
How we help
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Localization and interpreting for games and media
How we help
Localization and interpreting for games and media
Our media translators are chosen for genre familiarity and creative range. They work from your string tables, scripts, and subtitle files, keeping placeholders and timing intact, and they build a glossary of character names, items, and world terms so the experience stays consistent across a franchise.
For audio and video, we transcribe source material, translate and time subtitles, and produce translated voiceover scripts for recording. Our YouTube video translation service handles captions, descriptions, and metadata for channels that publish in multiple languages.
Live events need interpreters who are comfortable on camera and on stage. We provide simultaneous and consecutive interpreters, with equipment and staff, for premieres, press junkets, panels, shareholder events, and on-set communication. Disney is among the entertainment companies we have worked with.
Standards
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Ratings, captioning, and confidentiality
Standards
Ratings, captioning, and confidentiality
Games and media sold internationally must satisfy regional ratings and content requirements, and console and storefront submissions have their own localization checklists. We flag content that may need adaptation for a market and keep translations within platform string limits.
In the United States, broadcast television must carry closed captions under FCC rules, and video that aired on TV must keep captions when distributed online under the CVAA. Accurate, well-timed captions and subtitles are also central to accessibility for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
Pre-release content is protected by NDAs and embargoes. Our linguists sign confidentiality agreements, work in secure environments, and never receive more of a project than they need.
- Glossaries for characters, items, and world terminology
- Subtitle and caption timing to broadcast and platform standards
- Platform string limits respected for console and mobile submissions
- NDAs, secure file exchange, and need-to-know access
What we handle
Typical work for gaming & entertainment
In-game text, dialogue, subtitles, voiceover, and marketing localized for global audiences, plus interpreters for premieres, press junkets, and productions, from an agency trusted by Disney.
- In-game text, dialogue, and UI for console, PC, and mobile titles
- Subtitles and closed captions for film, series, and streaming
- Voiceover and dubbing scripts for trailers and animation
- YouTube channels, promotional video, and social content
- Transcription of interviews, podcasts, and production footage
- Interpreting for premieres, press junkets, panels, and on-set communication
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