World of Warcraft is Now Available in Portuguese (Brazilian)

World of Warcraft is Now Available in Portuguese (Brazilian)

The Hour of Twilight is upon us! Today’s maintenance is over and all the content included in Patch 4.3 is now available. But we have some more news for you: we’re glad to announce that the Portuguese (Brazilian) localization of the game client is now available for your enjoyment!

So how can you use this new language option? Don’t worry – it couldn’t be easier, and it can be done either via the World of Warcraft Launcher, or directly from the login screen in-game. Let’s look at both of them in detail:

Selecting from the World of Warcraft Launcher

  • Start the World of Warcraft Launcher
  • Click on “Options” in the menu bar, and then click on “Game Preferences”

  • Select “Portuguese (EU)” from the menu in the lower left corner, and then click on “OK”
  • Wait for the Launcher to download the language data
  • When enough data has been downloaded you can start the game by clicking on the “Play” button

Selecting from the Login Screen

  • Start World of Warcraft
  • Click on the “Options” button
  • Click on “Languages” on the left of the menu, and then select “Português (Portugal)” from the menu and click on “Okay”

  • Click on “Quit” and then restart the game

By following either one of these procedures you will be able to enjoy World of Warcraft in your chosen language!

Divirta-se!

 

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Elementail
Outland
Elementail
20/08/2012
why cant they have world of warcraft in klingon
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Floppyz
Hakkar
Floppyz
07/12/2011
NEED Italian language!
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Darkliar
Runetotem
Darkliar
06/12/2011
italian!!!
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Srqsw
Skullcrusher
Srqsw
05/12/2011
Plz Blizz make an Arabic language pack :D
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Daerone
Quel'Thalas
Daerone
04/12/2011
Ye Blizz you should really come with a Scandinavian Pack. Alot of Scandinavian people are playing WoW!
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Dkjustice
Eonar
Dkjustice
04/12/2011
I was w8ing so much for this =) ( Estáva tanto á espera disto =) )
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Dkjustice
Eonar
Dkjustice
04/12/2011
Oh yeee
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Jingoo
Outland
Jingoo
03/12/2011
DENMARK PLZ
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Damonik
Sylvanas
Damonik
03/12/2011
Italian plz!!!
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Venewar
Zenedar
Venewar
04/12/2011
@Damonik: c'è in tutte le lingue più inutili e non in italiano.. e che siamo neri noi?
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Tesla
Sporeggar
Tesla
06/12/2011
@Venewar: non ci cahano neppure di striscio :)
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Epileptic
The Maelstrom
Epileptic
02/12/2011
i's all about the money ;)
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Ithylian
Terenas
Ithylian
01/12/2011
Oh plz,when ar you releasing a dutch client?
Almost every other language has their own client,except for us ducth speaking players!
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Frostyveins
Grim Batol
Frostyveins
01/12/2011
That issue of PT-pt / PT-br , i really don't care cause it's a language pack, let the brasiliens use the language pack since most of them have learning issues with english. i just care about the server
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Xeqmate
Burning Blade
Xeqmate
01/12/2011
Só peço que criem PT- BR realms nos servidores americanos e PT-PT aqui na Europa! Faz muito mais sentido dessa maneira! as linguas sao difirentes!
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Abssenta
Aggramar
Abssenta
03/12/2011
@Xeqmate: Concordo plenamente.

Thumbs Up.... :D
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Bifanas
Outland
Bifanas
01/12/2011
Também acho que ter uma guerra de vocabulário não é necessário neste fórum. Fico contente por saber que é possível ter o português como língua. O que falta agora é um realm dessa mesma língua na Europa. Visto que a comunidade de jogadores que fala o português é bastante vasta.
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GIMME PORTUGUESE REALM!!!! ^^
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Drakonian
Hakkar
Drakonian
01/12/2011
and italian?
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Botulinum
Moonglade
Botulinum
01/12/2011
Guys, stop bickering with Portuguese from Brazil and Portuguese from Portugal.

The problem here is not the translation of dialects but the translation of core names such as historical places and characters. I would rather like them to be in English.

Apart from that, please allow us to play on official Portuguese realms, be it with Brazilian players or Portuguese players.

As for the bickering about PT-PT or PT-BR, well that is just as idiotic as comparing Scottland's English to England's English...
Both can understand both! (unless the Scottsman is drunk lol)

And yes, I am a Portuguese player born in Brazil, but from Portuguese parents. So peace out and much love to both countries. :)
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Hoignar
Outland
Hoignar
01/12/2011
There should be a Dutch version!!!
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Pegadora
The Sha'tar
Pegadora
01/12/2011
Since I started playing, long 5 years ago, that I've seen much more brazilian people in EU realms than Portuguese people. Brazil is huge, brazilian population is huge, and the number of brazilians living in Europe is almost the number of portuguese people living in portugal. IF there is something I learned working in projects in different coutries is this:
- Even in an Island like Sri Lanka, or the far reaches of the African Continent, in any capital of the world you can find a significant number of Brazilians.
And you are right, there is an agreement going on and intend to make all portuguese "dialects" to be more similar. But you are wrong stating that brazilian portuguese is "deppendent" of portuguese portuguese. If you go around the reports in CPLP (Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguese - Portuguese Language Coutries Community) you will know that Brazil has CHOSEN to agree that our language remain being known as portuguese, and just for the sake of being part of CPLP. Since long time ago that Brazilian authorities in the matter could, would and should change its language to something like a "Brazilian" language. And that is something not being made for the sake of political convenience.
Our language is indeed different. In fact, WoW isnt in Brazilian portuguese, because as far as I've seen the translation, many things are translated like in Portugal, not like in Brazil.
And for GOD sakes blizzard, in Portugal I dont know, but in Brazil we would never translate Stormwind, nor any city names, NPC names or many other things you guys did.
And for @Xeqmate, you better not give history lessons about things you dont know. From LONG time ago, and it dates back hundreds of years, the portuguese language to remain being the offical language of brazil was GIVEN to portuguese people as an agreement in which it was done to "please" portugal in order to achieve other diplomatic goals. But you can find on google hundreds of pages containing the true version of what would be the brazilian language today, and sadly it isnt.
Luckly the portuguese government doesnt have the distorted view of history you have.
But I would love to speak Brazilian as it was shortly after the independence. That is a beautful language.
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Abssenta
Aggramar
Abssenta
03/12/2011
@Pegadora: As a no portuguese speaker how can you tell the diference?

Como possível Brasileira deves estar a bater mal!
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Maxturtle
Argent Dawn
Maxturtle
01/12/2011
i'm portuguese, and obviously there are far more brazillians than portuguese people playing this. so i guess it's a matter of numbers better than nothing
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Anstriber
Frostmane
Anstriber
30/11/2011
good for you:)
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Nilegoose
Arathor
Nilegoose
30/11/2011
When will the game be translated to the Dutch language, allready hoping for 7 years for this ...
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Doulól
Ravencrest
Doulól
30/11/2011
WTB slovak language :)
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Glittér
Spinebreaker
Glittér
30/11/2011
@Doulól: Biding Auction
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Miltondtf
Jaedenar
Miltondtf
30/11/2011
I am not home and cannot test it for myself, but I have a question that I can´t seem to find the answer anywere.

Ok so the PT-pt PT-br issue is bad and we all know it, but having PT-br for the time being is better then nothing I gess... anyway, acording to TOC we cant modify game files in any way, but will we be allowed to make our own PT-PT version of the localization files? All I wanted was a way for names (items, locations, npcs) to remain in english (cos we have been seeing them like that for years now) and keep the rest of the translation in PT-br.

Other question I have is how are the numbers formated, for example we use the " , " instead of the " . " and we do not have the word "Billion" in PT-PT... here are 2 examples:
- in English we have 10,000.50g (ten thousand gold and fifty silver) in portuguese numeration we type it down like this: 10.000,50g
- Also what in English is "1Billion" in Brazilian is "1Bilhão" but in Portuguese we say 1000Milhões (1000Millions)

So as you can see depending on how this was translated into the game allot of confusion can come from here and addon localizations or lack of it will only make it worse.
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Xeqmate
Burning Blade
Xeqmate
30/11/2011
Dear Blizzard,

Here is a history lesson. I don't mean in anyway to insult the Brazilian population, i have a huge respect for them and many of my friends are in fact from Brazil.

Portuguese is from Portugal, not Brazil. In fact, we Portuguese consider Brazilian wrong in many ways. Just because there is an international agreement evolving Portugal and Brazil about uniting both languages, i can guarantee that 90% of the Portuguese population is against it. It changes things that shouldnt be changed (for instance: tie and act become the same thing and are written the same way, one of millions of examples)

I love you're idea but Portuguese (Portugal) is the "mother language" and the correct one. Besides, the number of Brazilians in Europe is very low, this because BRAZIL ISNT IN AMERICA! Make the PT(BR) version for AMERICAN REALMS ONLY... please... show some respect for the Portuguese population.
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Wilbor
Dunemaul
Wilbor
30/11/2011
@Xeqmate: I am from Brazil and I play on european realms. I want to leave my comment on the post above. My friend from Portugal, you don't need to select the language if you so wish. I think the logic behind Blizzard's intentions is very clear. They are about to launch their game here in Brazil, fully translated, so why not share the same package with Portugal, that can understand and maybe be more familiar with it. It is all about numbers, Brazil have 170 million habitants, Portugal has 10 million. Last but not least, portuguese from Portugal is indeed the mother of our portuguese, that in no way makes one correct or the other one wrong, they have their differences. I can bet with you that in the same way Brazilian portuguese has evolved over time, so have portuguese from Portugal and for sure you are not talking in the same way your ancestors were. Still don't see any lack of respect. Um grande abraço brasileiro.
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Soadize
Darksorrow
Soadize
30/11/2011
@Xeqmate: and @Wilbor: i 'm not trolling, but the word you two are trying to describe by "different language" is "dialect".

A language that has been passed down to so many people has been divided into many languages, thus making Latin into Spanish, English, French etc. but Spanish/ Portuguese and then Brazil Portuguese/ Portugal Portuguese? nah, they be dialects, mon!!

In conclusion dialect = differentiality in ONE language caused by: Geographical, political, historical, and even cultural differences.
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Oppie
Quel'Thalas
Oppie
01/12/2011
@Xeqmate:HELL YEAH BROTHER
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Xeqmate
Burning Blade
Xeqmate
01/12/2011
@Wilbor:

All im saying is create Brazilian Portuguese realms in America and Portuguese Portugal realms in EUROPE!!! COME ON!!!!

This is an insult honestly! No desrespect to the Brazilians in the world but come on Blizzard, dont mix the languages, they are completely different! O "acordo ortografico" é uma ##!!@! vergonha!! Devia ser uma decisão dada ao povo e nao a um grupo de gajos.
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Abssenta
Aggramar
Abssenta
03/12/2011
@Wilbor: Vais-me dizer que não armavas a tenda se de repente fosses obrigado a escrever os "p's" e os "c's"..... E se és Brasileiro vai jogar para os servidores americanos e assim já não nos aturas.

BLIZZ pls make a real PT pack!!!!
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Deadforever
Argent Dawn
Deadforever
30/11/2011
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blizz-Patch-Notes/205304322844047
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Haecate
Darkmoon Faire
Haecate
30/11/2011
I understand that Blizz makes an effort to make things easier and better to its clients, though not always the result is the intended. The new 'portuguese' option is one of these cases. Just for the record, the portuguese spoken in Brasil is more and more different from the one spoken in Portugal. To make available, in European servers, brasilian portuguese with the indication that portuguese is available is as insulting as to say to the british that american english is now the english available in Europe or to the French that senegalese french is now the french version available in Europe. Just don't do that. We do not like it and we do not appreciate it.
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Zurakkan
Wildhammer
Zurakkan
30/11/2011
That's great. Cgz.
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Lupix
Moonglade
Lupix
30/11/2011
Sorry guys, Italian and Czech won't happen atleast for now, they only did Portuguese in EU because they reused Portuguese (BR) which was done to hit the Brazilian market. It's all about the numbers.
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Tìtanium
Kazzak
Tìtanium
30/11/2011
@Lupix:

Dear Blizzard I'm form Italian and for year I attend the WoW language italian pack but everytime blizzard make language pack for the 5% of the population in that language (Portuguese is example)... In this game italian player are minum 20% and none provide to create iatlian language for WoW... Please make it and we will be happier ;)
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Mengli
Grim Batol
Mengli
30/11/2011
@Tìtanium: Want to get your own language pack? Don't make stuff up.