Localizing Cyberpunk 2077 – the team, the tools and the approach

Speaker’s bio

Mikołaj Szwed joined CD PROJEKT RED in 2010 after several years of working as a freelance translator and interpreter. He has led the Localization team since 2013 and currently acts as the Localization Director of a 15-people strong department. He managed the localization process of all the company’s titles since The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which includes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, Thronebreaker and Cyberpunk 2077. He has been in charge of the artistic supervision of the German and Polish VO production on all the games listed above. 

Speech description

Attendees will learn about the localization process of a large open world game, and how to prepare for it through a properly organized Localization team as well as through close cooperation with Tech and Tool support teams. They will also learn about the localization successes and shortcomings of Cyberpunk 2077.