Translation for Game Studios and Publishers
Professional translation of the business and legal documents behind a game: publishing and licensing agreements, EULAs, privacy notices, ratings paperwork and press materials.
The short answer
We do not localize games or test builds. Studios and publishers use us for professional translation of their documents: publishing, distribution and IP licensing agreements with foreign partners, EULAs and privacy notices, correspondence with ratings boards (ESRB, PEGI), press kits, and visa documents for hires. Quebec requires game software to be available in French when a French version exists.
Rules that apply
Each rule links to its source. Checked 4 November 2026. Rules change, so confirm with the office that will receive your documents.
| Rule | Source |
|---|---|
| Computer software, including game software, must be available in French in Quebec unless no French version exists. | Charter of the French Language, CQLR c. C-11, s. 52.1 |
| Games sold in North America carry ESRB ratings and content descriptors. | ESRB, Ratings guide |
| Games sold in most of Europe carry PEGI age ratings and content descriptors. | PEGI |
| Translating or adapting licensed IP (a novel, film or another studio's game) is a derivative work that needs the rights holder's authorisation. | 17 U.S.C. 106(2) |
| Privacy information for players in the EU must be concise and in clear and plain language. | GDPR, Article 12(1) |
What studios and publishers send us
- Publishing and distribution agreements with publishers and platforms abroad.
- IP licences and co-development contracts, often with Japanese, Korean or Chinese partners.
- Player-facing legal documents: EULAs, terms of service, privacy notices, refund policies, delivered as documents for your team to publish.
- Ratings and regulatory correspondence: decisions and questions from foreign rating boards or regulators, translated so your team can respond.
- Press kits, store descriptions and pitch decks sent as documents.
- Hiring: diplomas and experience letters of developers you sponsor for visas.
Licensing deals across languages
Licensing and co-development contracts with Asian partners are often bilingual, and the two versions drift during negotiation. Translate each draft in full, keep the clause numbering, and make sure the governing-language clause names the same language in both versions. Territories, platforms, revenue shares, milestones, IP ownership and termination are the clauses that cause disputes; we translate them exactly and flag wording that reads differently in the two versions.
Player-facing legal documents
EULAs and privacy notices are contracts and legal notices. For EU players, privacy information must be clear and plain in their language; for Quebec, French versions of the game and its standard-form terms are expected. We translate the documents; your team publishes them in the game, store and website.
Ratings correspondence
When a foreign rating board or regulator asks about content, its letter and any decision need an accurate English translation, and your response may need translating back. We translate the correspondence; the ratings submission itself remains your team's work.
Press and pitch materials
Press kits, fact sheets and pitch decks for foreign publishers are translated from the document you send. Game, character and place names stay as your team has set them.
Investors, studios and acquisitions
Studios raising money or being acquired across borders produce due-diligence material in other languages: corporate registrations, shareholder agreements, employment and contractor agreements with IP assignments, and financial statements. For a buyer, the IP assignment clauses matter most, since they show the studio owns what it sells; we translate them exactly and keep the original clause numbering for counsel.
Hiring developers from abroad
Studios sponsoring developers for visas file diplomas, transcripts and experience letters with USCIS, each with a certified translation. Experience letters should describe duties and dates; we translate them in full with the employer's details as printed.
What we don't do
We do not localize games: no in-game text or string-file work, no linguistic testing in builds, no voice-over, no font or UI engineering, no ratings submissions. We translate the documents you send us.
Documents we translate for this
Contract translation
Certified translation of contracts and leases: supply, distribution, employment, rental and sale agreements, for signing, courts, lenders and USCIS.
Business Registration translation
Certified translation of foreign company register extracts, articles, licences and tax registrations for US banks, USCIS, state filings and partners.
Price
$39 for the first page (up to 250 words) into English, $49 into any other language, then $0.116 per additional word. Each file is priced on its own. The signed certificate of accuracy is included.
Full pricingTurnaround
24 hours standard for most documents. Expedited service is +50% for 6–8 hours and +100% for 1–3 hours. Large files are quoted with a delivery date before you pay.
Questions
Can you translate a letter from a foreign ratings board?
Yes, with reference numbers and deadlines kept exactly, so your team can respond on time.
Can you translate due-diligence documents for a studio acquisition?
Yes: registrations, shareholder and employment agreements, IP assignments and accounts, with clause numbering kept for counsel.
Do you localize games?
No. We translate the business and legal documents behind a game, and press materials sent as documents.
Can you translate a publishing agreement with a Japanese or Korean partner?
Ask us about the language pair. Contract clauses are translated exactly, with the clause numbering kept.
Can you translate our EULA and privacy notice?
Yes, as documents for your team to publish. State which language governs if both versions are binding.
Does a game sold in Quebec need French?
Under Quebec's Charter of the French Language, game software must be available in French when a French version exists.
Related
Prepared by Global Certified Translations, Edgewater, NJ. Translations are signed by a State Court Certified Translator. This page explains translation requirements; it is not legal advice.
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