Locking this thread as we have one in the German forum as that makes more sense then here:
Please post all further issues here: [SAMMLUNG] Fehlerhafte Übersetzungen und Textfehler
The "call in fake sick" has three possible outcomes:
1. You are believed and get a day off.
2. You are not believed and must go to work. Job performance drops.
3. You are not believed and gets fired.
Notice 3 is rare and I believe you must have gotten a 2 first or be on a newly started career.
"Play Hookey" does not have these repercussions.
Than it is buggy.
Yesterday I tried play hooky (Schule schwänzen) and the result was the same as call in fake sick 1.
No it is not a bug "Play Hookey" always succeeds.
Only "Call in fake sick" can fail with the mentioned repercussions.
Ok, I misunderstood. Thought 1.-3. are the results for call in fake sick and play hooky has completely different ones.
Than its a translation thing 😉
On a German Sims site is written that this option is for Teens to skip school, no wonder of the wrong translation. This confuses me too.
I agree on the German translation being bad. Blau machen as you said would be a lot better.
As it's part of a skill and not generally available as you say, I don't think it's a bug.
