Nunavut company translating video game into Inuktitut (fwd link)

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*Nunavut company translating video game into Inuktitut*

*Web developers want translation to be clear in many dialects*

CBC News
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 3:16 PM CST

A small online company based in Pangnirtung, Nunavut is translating a
popular online game into Inuktitut.

Pinnguaq.com is working with Nelson, B.C. based-Hemisphere games to version
the game Osmos. The puzzle game was created in 2009 and became a popular
game for devices such as iPads.

The puzzle game, Osmos, was created in 2009 and became a popular game for
devices such as iPads.

The company hopes it’ll make the game more accessible.

"When you put something in (people’s) first language they are speaking at
home and you can create the experience in their language, it kind of makes
the world seem a little bit smaller," said Ryan Oliver, who works with
Pinnguaq.com.

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