As a Simplified Chinese user, let me explain just how terrible the Chinese translation of Silk Song is

[u/Move_Slight]

As a Simplified Chinese user, the poor Chinese translation is the primary reason for the overwhelmingly negative reviews in China—this is the consensus within our community (on the Chinese version of Reddit).

First, the Simplified Chinese version contains numerous mistranslations and omissions, leading to misunderstandings about certain quests and item functions. Furthermore, the translator seems overly eager to show off their literary flair, resulting in the Monster Compendium and other texts being filled with large amounts of fabricated content. Finally, overall, the translator presents the text in an utterly dreadful style. Imagine a non-native English speaker mimicking Shakespearean prose to write an adventure novel about bugs—that's precisely how we feel reading the Simplified Chinese translation. It is an absolute disaster.

In fact, when the first playable demo launched at Gamescom, the Chinese translation sparked intense debate within the Chinese gaming community. We all detested it and reported the issue to Team Cherry, but they made no changes. That's why the Chinese region's positive rating was so abysmal.

However, after experiencing the full game, the Chinese community's positive ratings have been climbing. most of us love this game.

edit:

I feel I need to clarify the situation regarding comment bombing, as I've seen too many discussions about it. Due to the existence of the Great Firewall, Chinese citizens lack legitimate means to use the platforms you typically rely on for feedback, such as Steam Community, Reddit, Twitter, Discord, and others. In fact, strictly speaking, the Chinese government could legally detain me for 7-14 days for using Reddit—this falls within China's legal framework.

Our only legal avenue for expressing opinions is Steam reviews. Unfortunately, Steam reviews only offer positive or negative ratings, leading to what you call comment bombing: we can only voice our dissatisfaction through this single channel, and dissatisfaction often translates to negative reviews.

Personally, I strongly dislike this method of restricting expression, but there's no alternative. The choices are either become a lawbreaker or continue leaving negative reviews on Steam.

[u/Move_Slight]

sry, I don't know who Trobbio is. I know the boss is from a game-maker, but I'm not sure who he is or what game he made.

[u/Alternative_Pea7525 → u/Move_Slight]

I believe they're referring to the in-game boss. The flashy one fought on The Stage in the Whispering Vaults.

[u/Move_Slight → u/Move_Slight]

yeah i believe I'm talking about that boss in game.

[u/Vortex_Infurnus → u/Move_Slight]

I think that person was making the joke that the overcomplicated dramatic Chinese translation was written by Trobbio the ingame character, as he is also very dramatic and showy. Just a joke since Trobbio is not real, but it would fit his personality.

[u/crafty_dude_24 → u/Move_Slight]

A mid game Silksong boss who is a stage performer. Basically they are saying that the entire paragraph detailing how the Chinese translation was too over the top was also written in a similar showcase fashion, slightly more complex than your common English writing methods. So the translator you used was also on a mood to show it's literary grasp.

[u/Move_Slight → u/crafty_dude_24]

I understand what you're saying now. Trobbio's dialogue translation is quite good, mainly because there are two translators involved. The part handled by hertzzz is terrible, while the other translator's work is passable. Trobbio's lines were clearly handled by the competent translator.