LANGUAGE-GAMES 언어-유희

English → Korean Game Localization & Advisory

STOVE Indie Awards 2025 · Winner "Best Localizer"

Publisher Capabilities & Studio Profile

Immersive Korean Game Localization,
Tested in the Build.

We translate, adapt, and functionally QA narrative-rich video games for the Korean market. Led by an award-winning localizer and academic, we combine deep respect for game lore with proprietary CAT-native AI engineering to deliver natural, bug-free Korean gaming experiences.

🎮 English to Korean Specialists

🔍 Hands-on In-Build LQA

📜 Korean GRAC & Rating Consultation

⚡ Powered by Lexicontexta™ CAT Workbench

📰 Registered Indie Gaming Press (언어유희)

Focus Area

Narrative, RPG, Indie & Mid-tier

Lead Localizer

Jungbum Lee (이정범)

Direct Contacts

info@language-games.com

Studio Base

Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

The Craft Behind The Screen

Built by a Localizer, Grounded in Player Reality

Sentence conversion is not game localization. Korean players are exceptionally attuned to tone, character honorifics, and UI polish. When dialogue feels mechanical or overflows a dialogue box, immersion shatters immediately.

"A clean sentence in a spreadsheet means nothing if it clips through the dialogue box or sounds like machine translation to a player holding a controller."
At Language-Games, we view localization through the lens of player immersion and technical code integrity. Founded by Jungbum Lee (University of Glasgow Ph.D. ABD, Sogang M.A. in Politics), our studio bridges scholarly linguistic precision with practical game engine literacy.

PILLAR 01

Honorifics & Character Voices

Korean has nuanced hierarchical registers (존댓말, 반말, archaic forms, military tones). Off-the-shelf translation routinely scrambles these registers mid-scene. We construct character speech charts so every companion, villain, and merchant maintains their distinct personality.

PILLAR 02

Technical Syntax & Tag Safety

Game files are full of placeholders: {0}, %s, color markup, and plurals. A single misplaced tag can trigger a fatal runtime crash. We maintain strict string hygiene and parse code-adjacent formats (JSON, CSV, XML, PO) without syntax corruptions.

PILLAR 03

Context Beyond Spreadsheets

Words like Equip (action vs item slot), Miss (evasion vs title), or Cast (spellcasting vs actor list) cannot be accurately translated in isolated rows. We verify ambiguous lines directly inside the game build with controller in hand.

Comprehensive Studio Capabilities

End-to-End Korean Localization & Market Advisory

Whether you need a full script localized from scratch, an existing draft audited, or hands-on LQA in a test build, we offer modular services tailored to your release milestone.

Translation

Full Game Localization

English to Korean translation of in-game dialogues, UI strings, quests, lore items, achievements, and Steam store copy.

Glossary & style sheet creation
Lore & worldbuilding adaptation
Strict placeholder/tag preservation
Complimentary smoke LQA (1 hr / 10k wds)

In-Build LQA

Functional & Linguistic QA

Playing through your actual test build on PC or console with a controller/keyboard to verify on-screen presentation.

Detecting UI text overflows & clipping
Resolving polysemous context errors
Font glyph & line break validation
Actionable bug reports via Jira / Notion

Editorial

Proofreading & Polish

Rehabilitating awkward volunteer drafts, machine-translated scripts, or early localization iterations before release.

Eliminating unnatural "translationese"
Terminology unification across files
Grammar, punctuation & flow polish
Community sentiment alignment

PR & Korea Market

Launch PR & GRAC Advisory

Maximizing Korean player discovery through official press coverage and community outreach alongside age rating guidance.

Editorial news coverage on registered press desk (언어유희)
Community launch broadcasts (Ruliweb, Inven, DC Inside)
IARC vs direct GRAC submission paths & timing
Complimentary with full localization

Host: Smilegate STOVE
Recognized: Drova (Deck13)

Buckshot Roulette

Mike Klubnika / Critical Reflex · Tabletop Horror

Partial Translation & Polish

Global viral tabletop horror sensation with millions of players. Localized high-tension item descriptions, dealer interactions, and gritty terminal interface text with punchy, immersive brevity.

Drova – Forsaken Kin

Deck13 / Just2D · Open-World Action RPG

★ STOVE Best Localizer Winner · Trans(Co) & LQA

Winner of STOVE Indie Awards 2025 Best Localizer. Delivered a culturally resonant Korean script and extensive in-build LQA capturing the dark, hardcore Celtic-inspired fantasy world.

No, I'm not a Human

Trioskaz / Critical Reflex · Psychological Horror

Translation & In-Build LQA

Breakout psychological narrative horror requiring an uncanny, unsettling tone. Preserved eerie suspense and psychological dread through careful register design and dialogue pacing checks.

Dungeon Defenders Awakened

Chromatic Games · Action Tower Defense

Translation & In-Build LQA

Major installment in the multi-million-selling franchise. Localized intricate defense tower mechanics, hero ability skill trees, co-op UI, and tiered loot tooltips with rigorous space discipline.

Structured & Transparent Methodology

The 5-Stage Localization & LQA Workflow

We eliminate guesswork. From initial script ingestion to post-launch patch support, our workflow combines automated validation with thorough human editorial review.

STAGE 01

Kit Audit & Source QA

We audit your source files (JSON, CSV, PO, XLSX) for string keys, branch order, and speaker attribution. Before translating, our Source QA detects syntax typos, mismatched brackets, and broken placeholders directly in the English source.

Key Deliverables: Cleaned kit, variable map, string order flags

STAGE 02

Glossary Architecture

Key nouns, weapon names, character titles, and spell nomenclatures are extracted and screened. We define speech registers (존비속어, sentence endings) per character and lock the project terminology with the development team before full translation starts.

Key Deliverables: Bilingual Glossary (XLSX), Character Tone Sheets

STAGE 03

Contextual Translation

Dialogue, UI, and narrative text are translated with strict adherence to the frozen glossary. Cultural humor, slang, and world lore are adapted idiomatically into natural Korean, while all code variables and markup tags are strictly preserved.

Key Deliverables: Translated bilingual tables, tag validation log

STAGE 04

In-Build LQA Testing

We import the translated build into Steam, itch, or console devkits and play through with a controller. We resolve UI overflows, line breaks, missing font glyphs, and ambiguous strings that only become clear in dynamic gameplay.

Key Deliverables: In-game screenshots, bug tickets, line-shortening fixes

STAGE 05

Launch & Patch Support

We translate Steam announcement notes, store page descriptions, and patch changelogs. Following release, we monitor player feedback on major Korean gaming communities (Ruliweb, Inven, DC Inside) to rapidly address day-one community patches.

Key Deliverables: Storefront copy, rapid hotfix turnarounds

Engineered in House by Game Localizers

Lexicontexta™: CAT-Native Studio Workbench

Generic LLMs fail in game localization because they lose global context, corrupt code tags, and scramble character registers. We engineered Lexicontexta™ not to replace human linguists, but to eliminate mechanical friction and context-switching.

Lexicontexta™ Studio Workbench

Designed to solve the realities of game localization by minimizing translator context-switching. By batch-handling tedious lookup cycles, cross-referencing glossaries, and standardizing complex Korean spacing rules (띄어쓰기) and orthography, it frees human linguists to focus entirely on narrative voice, dialogue cadence, and in-build LQA.

PLATFORM URL

lexicontexta.com

01 2-Pass Glossary & Spacing

Scans source scripts to extract candidate proper nouns and lore terms before kickoff. Enforces unified Korean orthography and spacing rules across massive dialogue trees, eliminating time wasted on mechanical dictionary checks.

02 Source QA & Tag Hygiene

Detects typos, unmatched brackets, and broken code placeholders ({0}, %s) directly in the source. Automatically audits translated rows to prevent runtime crashes and ensure zero syntax corruption.

03 Targeted Regression Polish

Rather than unguided wholesale generation, Lexicontexta flags defective or ambiguous rows and executes targeted re-translations strictly on problem segments—leaving validated human translations completely intact.

Enterprise Cloud Security & Zero Data Leakage: Lexicontexta operates exclusively via Enterprise Google Cloud Agent Platform APIs—never consumer or free-tier endpoints. Your unreleased scripts receive the exact same enterprise data protection, tenant isolation, and strict confidentiality as sending files via Gmail or storing them in Google Drive / Google Sheets. Data is strictly isolated and never used for model training.

Capacity, Tools & Commercial Standards

Operations, Capacity & Rate Standards

Transparent reference rates, daily throughput metrics, and flexible remote engagement for publishers and agencies.

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Focused Human Craft: We utilize internal tooling to batch-process dictionary lookups, glossary consistency, and Korean orthographic spacing—freeing our linguists to focus 100% of their energy on character registers, creative dialogue, and in-build LQA.

Service Tier	Standard Baseline	Scope & Deliverables
Full Translation	Starting at $0.06 / word	Comprehensive narrative, dialogue & UI translation with syntax safety. Includes 1 hr complimentary smoke LQA per 10k words.
Review & Proofreading	Starting at $0.03 / word	Linguistic review, stylistic unification, and terminology editing of existing scripts.
In-Build LQA Testing	$30.00 / hour (or ~$0.06/wd)	Hands-on playthrough in actual builds with controller/keyboard. Overflow, clipping, and bug reports.
Translation + In-Build LQA	Starting at $0.10 / word	Complete turnkey package: full translation plus hands-on build verification. Our most recommended tier.
Launch PR & GRAC Advisory	COMPLIMENTARY	Editorial press article via registered news desk (언어유희), launch broadcast across top Korean gamer communities, and GRAC rating guidance.

Daily Capacity

2,500 – 3,000 wpd

Solo · up to 6,000 wpd with studio team

Review & LQA Speed

5,000 – 7,000 wpd

Review · LQA: 6–8 build testing hrs/day

CAT & QA Tool Stack

memoQ · Trados · Phrase

Xbench, Smartcat, Excel/Sheets, Jira

Billing & Minimums

USD ($) · Min $30.00

Source word / Hourly · Net 30 standard

Ready for the Korean Launch

Let's Bring Your Game to Korean Players

Korean gamers are passionate, vocal, and community-driven. When an overseas title arrives with natural, respectful Korean dialogue and polished UI, players champion the game vigorously.

Direct Channels

Feel free to reach out for a quote, script audit, or informal question.

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Email Inquiries info@language-games.com

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Studio Website language-games.com

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AI Localization Workbench lexicontexta.com

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Discord (Direct & Community) ganzhiking (discord.gg/cDwpkhbUST)

How to kick off: Share your total word count, sample script snippet, engine details, and intended launch window. We return a line-item estimate and timeline within 24 to 48 hours.

A Note on Our Partnership

"We run Language-Games as a craftsman studio, not a high-volume agency assembly line. Every script is handled personally by seasoned localizers who play games and understand the communities who play them."

"Whether your project is an intimate 10,000-word indie demo or a sprawling 150,000-word RPG, our goal is the same: to make Korean players feel as though your game was originally written in Korean from day one."