The more people that can understand The Game, the more people we can make lose.

Lots of people have helped so far and we now have The Game in over 20 languages:

عربي (Arabic)
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
Dansk (Danish)
Deutsch (German)
ελληνικά (Greek)
English (I lost)
Espanol (Spanish)
Esperanto
Francais (French)
Gaeilge (Irish)
Italiano (Italian)
Latin
Nederlands (Dutch)
日本語 (Japanese)
Norsk (Norwegian)
Portugues (Portuguese)
русский язык (Russian)
Slovenščina (Slovakian)
Suomi (Malaysian)
ภาษาไทย (Thai)
우리말 (Korean)
中文 (Chinese)

If you speak any of these languages you can check if our current translations are right at http://www.LoseTheGame.com

If you know any other languages please translate the rules here.

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

Obviously the meaning is what is important, so a word for word translation may not be best.

okay, how about Polish?

Gra

Zasada 1: Grasz w Grę.
Zasada 2: Kiedy myślisz o Grze, przegrywasz.
Zasada 3: Przegrana musi być oznajmiona.


Enjoy!! ;]]


o crap... i just lost the game.

My Swedish (Svensk) is still a little lacking (I'm a beginner) but in my opinion a bad translation is always better than no translation...

Spel
Regel 1: Du er leker spelen.
Regel 2: När du tänka om spelen, du er förlorande.
Regel 3: Förlorande måste bli tillkännage.

Someone gave me this Swedish translation:

Regel 1: Du spelar spelet.
Regel 2: Så fort du tänker på spelet förlorar du.
Regel 3: När du förlorar måste du utropa det!

Also, I got given this translation but I forgot which language it is, does anyone know?

Rule 1 : Ti ja igraesh igrata
rule 2 : koga i da pomislesh za igrata gubesh
rule 3: koga ja izgubesh igrata mora da kazesh na site

this one is in Hebrew ..
חוק #1 - אתה משחק את המשחק כל הזמן
חוק #2 - כל פעם שאתה חושב על המשחק אתה מפסיד
חוק #3 - כשאתה מפסיד אתה צריך להכריז בקול
enjoy !!

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

La Jeu en Francais

Regle 1: Vous étes jouer la Jeu.
Regle 2: Quand vous pensiez de la jeu, Vous perdriez.
Regle 3: Quand Vous Perdriez , Ca C'est Obligitoire de s'annoncer que Vous avez perdre

Your french is a little off.

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

Le Jeu

Regle 1: Vous jouez le jeu.
Regle 2: Quand vous pensez du jeu, vous perdez.
Regle 3: Quand vous perdez, vous devez dire "J'ai perdu le jeu", c'est obligatoire.

I think there was an online translation site used for this: (german)

REGEL 1: Sie spielen immer Das Spiel.
REGEL 2: Wann immer Sie an Das Spiel denken, verlieren Sie.
REGEL 3: Verlust muß verkündet werden.

It's mor likely:

REGEL 1: Du spielst das Speil immer.
REGEL 2: Immer wenn Du an das Spiel denkst, verlierst du.
REGEL 3: Immer wenn Du verlierst, musst Du das mitteilen.

Turkish translation follows:

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

Oyun

Kural 1: Oyun'u oynuyorsun.
Kural 2: Oyun aklına geldiğinde kaybedersin.
Kural 3: Kaybettiğini duyurmalısın.

Thanks to everyone for all these translations. I'll add them to the site within the next few months but I'm abroad right now so it may take me a while.

Keep losing ;)

In Spanish:

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

El Juego

1: Estas juagando el Juego ahora.
2: Cada vez que piensas en el Juego, pierdes el Juego.
3: Hay que annunciar cuando pierde el Juego.

Cymraeg (Welsh).

Rheol 1: Rwyt ti'n chwarae'r Gêm
Rheol 2: Bob tro wyt ti'n meddwl am y Gêm, wyt ti'n colli.
Rheol 3: Rhaid i ti ddweud dy fod di wedi colli.

Portuguese:::

As regras do jogo eh assim:
Toda vez que voce pensar no "Jogo" voce tem que falar alto:
"Eu acabei de perder o jogo."
=]

OK, I should have added all these new translations now. Check out the language menu on the right http://losethegame.com

Let me know if there are any problems. Thanks for all your help, hopefully a lot more people will lose The Game now.

Lost...

PS Keep the translations coming!

I think there is a better translation for this.

1. Siempre juegas El Partido.
2. Cuandoquiera pienses en El Partido, lo pierdes.
3. La perdición necesita estar anunciado.

Italian:

Il Gioco

Regulamento 1: Tu giochi Il Gioco.
Regulamento 2: In ogni momento tu pensi di Il Gioco, tu perdi.
Regulamento 3: Tu devi annunciare la sconfitta.

rule 3 here is translated as "You must announce the loss" as opposed to "The loss must be announced"

"Il gioco" is play. Not game.

"Game" is "partita".

Italiano:

La Partita

Regolamento 1: Tu stai giocando La Partita.
Regolamento 2: Qualsiasi volta che tu pensi della Partita, la perdi.
Regolamento 3: Ogni sconfitta deve essere annunciato.

English:

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Everytime that you think of The Game, you lose it. ("it" being The Game.)
Rule 3: Every loss must be announced.



Here are anthony's words, translated into English:

The Play

Rule 1: You play the play.
Rule 2: In every moment you think of the play, you lose.
Rule 3: You must announce the loss.

-12 Internets for A-Pells. (don't worry, I know him.)

Allora, Cioffi...Com'e' vita?

vittoria

wait dude. "you are playing" IS "Tu giochi"! you don't need to say stai giocando. or is that a different tense for is playing and has been playing?

are you sure you can directly translate "must be announced" to "essere annunciato"? it seems like something some freshman would do to try to look cool but you should know more italian than me. it seemed too easy that way.

and wait, according to wordreference.org (which i know you use), gioco is "i play" AND "the game"

Anthony. "Tu giochi" means "you play". "Stai giocando" means "you are playing".

And yes, we can say "deve essere annunciato." (it must be announced) "Annunciato" means "announced", and can be used in the same way that the English "announced" is. The same goes for all past participles of verbs.

When you looked up "game" on WordReference.COM, the first result was "gioco". In parentheses you also see "partita". "Gioco" comes from the verb "giocare", which means "to play". Therefore, "gioco" must mean "play", and it does. "Partita" is the best translation for "game". Don't worry, you'll learn that later this year I'm sure. =P

As far as the website goes, I think that that Italian translation is poor at best. Here is my review of it:

*" Regola" in place of "regolarmento" is acceptable.*
1. Stai giocando Il Gioco -- You are playing the play.
2. Ogni volta che pensi Al Gioco, perdi. -- Every time that you think at the Play, you lose.
3. Se hai perso, lo devi dichiarare. -- If you had lost, you must declare it.

"Ogni volta" in number 2 literally translates to "every time", but is a less common construction in Italian.



Once again, I will provide my translation:

Italiano:

La Partita

Regolamento 1: Tu stai giocando La Partita.
Regolamento 2: In qualsiasi volta che tu pensi della Partita, la perdi.
Regolamento 3: Ogni sconfitta deve essere annunciato.

English:

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Everytime that you think of The Game, you lose it. ("it" being The Game.)
Rule 3: Every loss must be announced.

Oyun

Kural 1: Oyunu oynuyorsun.
Kural 2: Her oyunu aklina getirdigin zaman kaybediyorsun.
Kural 3: Kaybettigini oyunu oynuyanlara belirtmen gerekiyor.

(Turkish)

Ludum Illum

praeceptum primum: tu nunc ludis Ludum Illum.
praeceptum secudum: quandocumque putas de Ludo, deficis Ludum.
praceptum ultimum: defectio nuntianda est.

(Latin)

Български (Bulgarian)

Играта

Първо правило: Ти играеш играта.
Второ правило: Когато помислиш за Играта, губиш.
Трето правило: Загубата трябва да бъде обявена.

Hindi (हिन्दी) -

खेल

पहला नियम - आप खेल खेल रहें हैं!
दूसरा नियम - जब भी आप खेल के बारें में सोचते हैं, आप खेल हार जाते हैं!
तीसरा नियम - हार की घोषणा की जानी चाहिए!

I've already started teaching The Game to the Deaf community out and around Cal State Northridge. It's so much fun too.

Slovenčina (Slovak):

Hra

Pravidlo 1: Hráš Hru.
Pravidlo 2: Kedykoľvek pomyslíš na Hru, prehral(a) si.
Pravidlo 3: Svoju prehru musíš oznámiť.


By the way, this Slovenščina you have there is actually Slovenian, not Slovak (which would be the correct name of the language btw - it's Slovak, not Slovakian).

About what language Jonty had, it sounds veryyyy similar to Bosnian but that's not quite it. So either it's a bad Bosnian translation or it's a very similar language. Maybe its Slovenian or Russian or another slavic language.

The Game

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
Rule 2: Whenever you think about The Game, you lose.
Rule 3: Loss must be announced.

Anyways, here it is in Bosnian/ Serbo-Croatian:

Pravilo 1: Ti uvjek igraš igru
Pravilo 2: Kad god pomisliš na igru, izgubiš je
Pravilo 3: Svaka izguba se mora prijaviti na webstranici

This is in Russian
Игра Правило

1: Вы играете игру. Правило
2: Когда вы думаете о игре, вы теряете. Правило
3: Потере необходимо объявить.

"Когда вы думаете о игре, вы теряете" is wrong

the way you said теряете is like saying " i lost my hat"

the correct way to say lost is проиграл so it would be проиграли