[asobu tutorial #3] Japanese/English vocabulary to use when posting your game trailer on Youtube
Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago we published two articles in Japanese about “How to efficiently upload your indie game trailer on Youtube”, to help Japanese indie developers.
The first article was providing a quick Japanese/English vocabulary list of phrases developers can use for their trailer's title and description.
We figured that many non-Japanese developers would also be interested to know those Japanese expressions so here is the list!
For the video title:
ティザー / Teaser
アルファ映像の公開 / Alpha version footage reveal
アルファ映像の予告編 / Alpha Footage Trailer
アルファ版予告編 / Alpha Trailer
ベータ版予告編 / Beta version Trailer
(Platform name)デモ / Demo on (Platform name)
Steamアーリーアクセス (date) / Steam Early Access on (date)
予告編、トレーラー / Trailer
ゲームプレイトレーラー / Gameplay Trailer
ストーリー予告編 / Story Trailer
カットシーントレーラー / Cinematic Trailer
キャラクター紹介トレーラー / Character Introduction Trailer
(Type)ショーケース→バトルショーケース、武器ショーケース / (Type) Showcase. For example: Battle Showcase, Weapons Showcase
(Type)ハイライト→バトルハイライト、ゲームシステムハイライト / (Type) Highlights. For example: Battle Highlights, Game System Highlights
(Event name)予告編 / (Event name)Trailer
Steam版トレーラー / Steam Trailer
家庭用機版トレーラー / Console Trailer
リリーストレーラー / Release Trailer
ローンチトレーラー / Launch Trailer
発売中／発売中(Platform name) / Available Now / Available Now on (Platform name)
発売中 / 発売中(Platform name)/ Out Now / Out Now on (Platform name)
(Type)アップデート / (Type) Update
チュートリアル動画 / Tutorial Video
(Game title) 実況動画 / (Game title) Let’s Play
(Game title)のクリエイターが実況 / (Game title) Playthrough by its creator / (Game title)’s creator plays the demo
For the trailer description:
今すぐウイッシュリストに登録！/ Wishlist now!
予約開始！/ Pre-order now!
体験版を公開中！/ Demo available!
体験版をプレイ：(demo link) / Play the demo on (demo link)
近日中に発売予定！/ Coming soon!
(Platform)で近日発売予定！ / Coming soon on (Platform)
(Date)に発売予定 / Releasing in (Date)
(Platform)に発売予定 / Releasing on (Platform)
(Platform)に発売中 / Available on (Platform)
ここからゲームを購入：(URL) / Buy the game:(URL)
SNSでフォロー：(Link) / Follow me: (Link), Follow us: (Link)
何かご質問があれば、お気軽にお問い合わせください : (mail address or link) / If you have any questions, feel free to ask here: (mail address or link)
Season/Period names:
冬 / Winter
春 / Spring
夏 / Summer
秋 / Fall
年末 / End of the year
近日 / Soon
Remarks:
1. Japanese people tend to use the expression “Promotion video” or “PV” for trailers. You can use it too or just use “Trailer”.
2. If you need to know the genre of your game in Japanese, we advise checking on Wikipedia (Go to the page in English, then switch to Japanese) or looking for similar games and their Japanese page. Some game genres don’t have the same name in Japanese. Ex: Grappling hook game: “Wire Action”, Horizontal Beat them up: “Belt Action”, Tactical RPG: “Strategy RPG/SRPG”,…
3. Dates: Japanese dates always go: Year/Month/Day. Abbreviations like Q1 don’t relate. Put a season or the date.
4. If you need some extra text, usually DeepL does a better job than Google Translation for ENG>JP
5. You can set up the video settings so the language of the title/description will change depending on the region of the viewers (that was our second article). Don’t hesitate to do it in various languages.
If you have other questions, feel free to come and ask on asobu’s Discord server or Twitter.
We host many indie games online events, such as Indie Collection Japan every month on Twitch (apply here).
Follow our Twitter account for regular updates.
And we have a Youtube channel with a lot of content (indie game showcases, interviews, talks) available in both Japanese and English.
