Rules Translation?

[Joe]

Do you guys really bother?

I never saw the need to sit down and do rules translations from AD&D, D&D whatever version of basic, 2e, 3e, C&C, Pathfinder, whatever.

I have been making translations on the fly since back in the day of Keep on the Borderlands while playing AD&D and it has never slowed the game.

I'm wondering what exactly folks translate ahead of time and what it has done for your game.

[Treebore]

With C&C I have been able to translate on the fly since almost the beginning. Back when I did 2E I did the same when I ran 1E or D&D materials. 3E is the only time I stopped doing things on the fly, then 3E flew when I threw it out. Metaphorically, I kept all my books, they are great resources.

[Joe]

I metaphorically use them to prop up my lopsided bookcase.

Your right though...a lot more work up front was needed for 3.x and when I treated it like any other game I ever ran I was reminded I was not doing it "properly".

Ohh...please do tell how I should run my own game in my own house more properly.
Thats like the 18 year old that corrected me when I said hobbit instead of halfling.

But back to my original thread.

What sort of stuff are you guys that do translating?

[serleran]

When I am doing it for someone else, yes, I will write it down. For example, when my wife wants to play a character with spells not in the PHB, I will convert some over... or, if its something I decide I want to share with the "community," then I will waste the time needed. But, for myself, I don't need that -- I can just use whatever. Maybe its not 100% perfect, but it was not that way to begin with so I can't say I care.

[Omote]

I know this is not on topic, but I do need C&C rules translated into German and Japanese. That would be nice.

~O