I will say although specific language like English will good for better communication for people who know English and learn the English, icon might be more straight forward to not only make things much easier than reading the words or terms and trying to figure them out for non English speaker, icons can also gather more people to join the game and the whole notion of the main ideas involving across the site. The translating tool might be helpful, but the translating might be causing some misunderstand for people from different culture backgrounds, and it may also spend some extra time to do the translate which can causing the inconvenience for users to get into the game.
I agree that icons are more straightforward since it is easier to learn and a bit more universal than a specific language. English can only cater to those who have a grasp of the language and translation tools are still not 100% accurate in translating different languages, which can have different meanings and interpretations for certain words or phrases. It would also take more time for those who aren’t familiar with English since they would have to take more time to read through it or translate it. If another language was considered, like using an international auxiliary language such as Esperanto, then everyone would have to learn it and start from scratch. However, this would require a time investment by its players who just want to play a game and not be worried about knowing all the details of a language.
I will say although specific language like English will good for better communication for people who know English and learn the English, icon might be more straight forward to not only make things much easier than reading the words or terms and trying to figure them out for non English speaker, icons can also gather more people to join the game and the whole notion of the main ideas involving across the site. The translating tool might be helpful, but the translating might be causing some misunderstand for people from different culture backgrounds, and it may also spend some extra time to do the translate which can causing the inconvenience for users to get into the game.
I agree that icons are more straightforward since it is easier to learn and a bit more universal than a specific language. English can only cater to those who have a grasp of the language and translation tools are still not 100% accurate in translating different languages, which can have different meanings and interpretations for certain words or phrases. It would also take more time for those who aren’t familiar with English since they would have to take more time to read through it or translate it. If another language was considered, like using an international auxiliary language such as Esperanto, then everyone would have to learn it and start from scratch. However, this would require a time investment by its players who just want to play a game and not be worried about knowing all the details of a language.