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LothiRose
New Vanguard
3 years ago

Please stop translating "Simlish"

This is becoming a trend in a lot of EA/Maxis marketing now, and I believe it could become a huge problem for The Sims going forward.

The entire point of Simlish was to be a gibberish language you could never quite understand or get it's hooks into you. That's beginning to change now when we have EA/Maxis solidifying Simlish words and translating them into english, and now we're getting 3rd party articles that are supporting it (just do a google search for "simlish translation" to see for yourself)

My suggestion? For the next game Sims 5, they need to jumble everything up again. Have our Sims use completely different phrases for Hello, goodbye, thank you, etc. This will pull the rug out from this trend and return Simlish back to it's original intent.

But who am I kidding.. I know they won't do that. I fully expect these words to be a huge part of their marketing on the next game..

14 Replies

  • what would be useful is a language toggle option in the game to select what language the character speak that way if players wants there sims to speak full English or French or in there native language they can and if they went simlish just toggle the language option to that choice just giving my honest opinion here as a player if you look at other game for exemple nobunaga ambition thats a playstation game also on steam they offer the option to select the language
  • The_Mercuria's avatar
    The_Mercuria
    Seasoned Vanguard
    2 years ago


    Over the years i've been able to make out a few words of Simlish and that's how I want it. I can associate a task or action with the sounds coming out of their little Sim mouths and figure it out myself. I avoid spoilers that translate it into English.
  • TRUE. Let it be the gibberish language it's always been. Leaves everything up to the imagination. I don't think there's much of a reason for the translations, honestly.
  • If you can translate my username, you really need to age your Simself up to Adult now.

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