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VALORANT•3mo ago
walky-talky

Clove in-game description

hi there, I though riot has already announce that clove is a non-binary agent right? But in-game description in chinese version say that clove is a girl. 🤔
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JSN
JSN•3mo ago
I'm not fluent, but from my knowledge, it's a choice between a gendered pronoun or something that translates to "it". I guess they found that dehumanizing. Is there a way you are suggesting they write a non binary character in chinese?
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
I can't think of any replacement yet. Wish they can tryna fix it, cuz I'm arguing this issue with my friend 😂
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
It's a language thing more of a valorant thing Not all languages treat gender the same In the Spanish and English versions, they're non binary, but in the French version they're referred to as both male and female
kristithebeastie
kristithebeastie•3mo ago
prob language mistranslation
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
Understood They had translate it to 'young girl' not they or them.
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
"They" translated in most other languages is usually used exclusively for a group of people, so gender neutral looks way different in different languages.
kristithebeastie
kristithebeastie•3mo ago
xiao niu hai i suck at pinyin
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
In the context it makes sense
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
that's why I feel weird, why my friend think that Clove it's a girl
kristithebeastie
kristithebeastie•3mo ago
does ur friend know english? maybe show ur friend that
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
Just depends on the language. In English, its more appropriate to use they/them.
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
Yeah I already told them
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
Non binary speech does exist in Spanish and French but more people will fight you.
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
Chill, I'm not arguing with non binary thing, but mistranslation
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
Oh I'm not arguing, just rambling lol. I'm a linguist, this stuff is just interesting to me.
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
Forget about it! Maybe I'm using the wrong word. I'm not that pro at English 😂
JSN
JSN•3mo ago
Everything you're saying is good, sorry to confuse you
walky-talky
walky-talky•3mo ago
It's okay. That's communication is.