The Ukrainian localization union SBT Localization ("Shlyakbytraf"), known for the official translation of Baldur’s Gate 3, has announced the start of work on a Ukrainianizer for the Mass Effect Legendary Edition trilogy, which has over a million words.
The Ukrainian localization union SBT Localization ("Shlyakbytraf"), known for the official translation of Baldur’s Gate 3, has announced the start of work on a Ukrainianizer for the Mass Effect Legendary Edition trilogy, which has over a million words.
The team announced this on their social media. The translation will be released in the format of an unofficial mod.
"This is not how we imagined this announcement for the global N7 Day. Given the recent closure of BioWare, it is sad to realize that we may never see the continuation of the cult series again. However, we believe that good games should be translated into Ukrainian," SBT Localization noted.
The translators noted that due to the closure of the BioWare development studio, an official localization release from the publisher is no longer possible. Since the volume of text is significant, the development process will be lengthy. The team plans to periodically share translation details with their Patreon subscribers, whose support makes the project possible.
SBT Localization is a Ukrainian community of localizers, whose achievements, in addition to Baldur’s Gate 3, also include the official Ukrainian localization of Kingdom Come: Deliverance and many other game projects.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a collection of remasters of the cult trilogy: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The project was released on May 14, 2021 on PC and consoles. The development of the remaster was led by Mac Walters, the main writer of the second and third parts, and BioWare itself decided to focus on updating the visual and technical components without changing the original. The first part received the most updates, where the graphics, combat mechanics and vehicle control were improved.
