Hey Spadge or Luther or Kilburn or anyone eles, Im wondering if this guy used to be or still is team17 staff
found a post by him in another forum from years back

His name is John Trollope
found him here
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/archives/9611/techwhirl-9611-00513.html

I'm sure he was/is a Team17 member, judging by his email address and domain. :)

A long, long time ago. We had a multimedia department and he was the French translator.

http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/archives/9611/techwhirl-9611-00513.html
That should have given you a hint:
"John Trollope - John -dot- Trollope -at- Team17 -dot- com \ "Un dictionnaire,
French translator and product localiser \ c'est tout l'univers"

Team17's 1996 who is who page:
http://web.archive.org/web/19961018202333/www.team17.com/T17/whos.html

Yea I know that part but didn't know Team17 actually had a multimedia department.. and that he was part of it... anywho thanks for the info spadge

According to the 1996 link of Bonz's, he wasn't a part of it. He was it

What were you thinking, T17?

What were you thinking, T17?
Umm...
What?

They were trying to appeal to the french market?

With one person? :p

Do you need more?

Exactly. Team17's games were never that text-intensive to require more than one or two translators.

True, True.

If you need the next game in Swedish don't let the publishers deal with it, send it to my dad, he's a translator :p

Remember, bonz translated allt he new beta features of WA into german

Remember, bonz translated allt he new beta features of WA into german
"All the new beta features" were just a few sentences and a handful of words, but it barely took me an hour to come up with ideas and translate others.

Remember, bonz translated allt he new beta features of WA into germanWho did the translations into the dozens of other languages that WA has? Or were they just not done?

I think they just guessed.

I think they just guessed.
Fortunately, they were drunk enough that they got it right.

Fortunately, they were drunk enough that they got it right.
They probably made a tour to various pubs, bars, tavernes and cantinas across Europe, where they found people like John Trollope, Bjørn Lynne and Kenny(-on-a-rope) Magnusson hanging around.

Or they used the "proffessionsal" otion of babelfish/other online translator

Or they used the "proffessionsal" otion of babelfish/other online translator

I assume you used babelfish to translate that sentence, too.

er... no. I just kept missing keys.

You were also hitting the wrong keys superfluously.

It was more of a dig at babelfish than at your post. Meh.

"Old bonds fish de Confusion"

Means "Good old Babel fish" translated into Italian and back. Oh the hours of fun that can be had with online translators...

/edit

"Old fishes de the confusion of the fastenings" (and then russian and back)

"Long fish d U who becomes it locks confusion" (then Korean and back)

"Long you of vissenD that become it close misfiring" (and then dutch. Now it's lost even the 'fish')

I remember if you convert Worms Forts Under Siege into a certain language and back, it becomes "Worms' Forts under the seat"

EDIT: I did a load of mumbo jumbo. "Hello. Pie=mc2. Are you orange? Lobo!!!!! I have E-mails. Do you have post? Free! What is your favourite Screensaver."
Seems like this translator does strange things to quotation marks as well.

Chinese Simp.: Hello. Pie=mc2. You are the orange? Lobo! ! ! ! ! I have the email. You have the post? Free! What is your affection screen saver?
Chinese Trad.: "hello. Pie=mc2. You are the orange? Lobo! ! ! ! ! I have the email. You have the post? Free! What is your affection screen protection formula?" (lol! Screen protection folmula!)
Dutch: Hello. Pie=mc2. Are you oranje? Lobo!!!!! have I e-mail. Have you posts? Rather! What your favoriete Screensaver?"is
French: "hello. Pie=mc2. Are you orange? !!!!! of Lobo I have E-mail. Do you have the post? Free! What is your Screensaver favourite?"
German: "hello. Pie=mc2. Are you orange? Lobo!!!!! I have enamels. Do they have posts? Freely! Which is its favourite Screensaver?"
Greek: "Geja'soy. Pie=mc2. You are orange? Lobo!!!!! I have the electronic posts. Have the place? Free! What is your beloved Screensaver "
Italian: "hello. Pie=mc2. You are orange? !!!!! of the lobe I have E-maihi. You have starter shaft? Free! That what is your Screensaver favorite "
Japanese: "Today. It is the Pie=mc2. orange? Lobo! ! ! ! ! There is a E-mail in me. It possesses the post? Freedom! The screen saver of your taste is what. "
Korean (WTF?): "Hello. Pie=mc2. The orange color color which spreads out it happens? Lobo! ! ! ! ! Me there is a e-mail. There is a point which spreads out? It is free,! The thing screen saver which it holds in your mind what."
Portugese (now this is getting silly!): "hello. Pie=mc2. She is orange you? !!!!! of the wolf I have E-mais. You have the post? He exempts! What it is its Screensaver favourite person or thing."
Russian: "to zdravstvulte!. Pie=.mc2. You pomerantsovy? !!!!! Lobo I have and -m31la. You do have a post? It is free! He will be your favorite Screensaver."
Spanish: "hello. Pie=mc2. Are orange you? !!!!! of the wolf I have E-maices. You have post? He frees! Which is its Screensaver favorite."

WTF Muzer? You have too much spare time.

He posts on a internet gaming forum, what did you expect? :p

Team17's 1996 who is who page:
http://web.archive.org/web/19961018202333/www.team17.com/T17/whos.html

The "old skool" :)

(seeing my name on some 1996 achive ftw!)

Kel

Old skool is good Kel =p
Means they haven't found a weakness/poor quality in you
though I think the only requirement to be an official Team17 Staff member is Beer Guzzling =p

though I think the only requirement to be an official Team17 Staff member is Beer Guzzling
Some of the teamsters probably have started taking sailing courses lately to navigate the galleon around the HQ.

heh, wonder if any of them failed during the test cause high amounts of alcohol =p