GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols
GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols
GOG 就向用户发送纳粹符号邮件致歉
GOG sent a newsletter about the game The End of the Sun on June 5th that included symbols associated with the Nazi SS. The Steam competitor issued a statement attributing the inclusion to a “series of mistakes,” including miscommunication with the German QA team, inconsistent font rendering, and being understaffed during a bank holiday, among other things.
6 月 5 日，GOG 发送了一封关于游戏《太阳的终结》（The End of the Sun）的通讯邮件，其中包含了与纳粹党卫军（SS）相关的符号。作为 Steam 的竞争对手，GOG 发表声明将此次事件归咎于“一系列失误”，其中包括与德国质量保证（QA）团队沟通不畅、字体渲染不一致，以及在银行假日期间人手不足等原因。
The game is a fantasy title set in a universe based on Slavic mythology and culture. So GOG included Slavic runes in its email promoting the title, including the Sowilō symbol, which means “sun”. According to one of GOG’s multiple explanations, some platforms, including mobile phones, rendered the rune as ϟ.
该游戏是一款基于斯拉夫神话和文化的奇幻作品。因此，GOG 在推广该游戏的邮件中加入了斯拉夫符文，其中包括意为“太阳”的 Sowilō 符号。根据 GOG 给出的多种解释之一，包括手机在内的某些平台将该符文渲染成了“ϟ”符号。
Adding confusion to the situation is a statement posted on Reddit by a verified GOG rep saying: “I also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime. This was noticed before distribution, and out of respect for local sensitivities, the material was not sent to the German community.”
更令人困惑的是，一位经过验证的 GOG 代表在 Reddit 上发表声明称：“我也意识到将两个这样的符文放在一起，可能会产生与纳粹政权所用符号的不幸联想。我们在分发前就注意到了这一点，出于对当地敏感性的尊重，该材料并未发送给德国社区。”
This has led many users to question why the newsletter was sent out to other localities or why the symbol was even doubled up in the first place.
这导致许多用户质疑，为什么这封通讯邮件会被发送到其他地区，或者为什么最初要把这个符号重复使用。
The developers of the game have also expressed confusion, posting in a Reddit thread that, “We don’t know why GOG used symbols in their newsletter. Really, we were also totally surprised when we saw the logo in the newsletter (the old logo) and the symbols next to the newsletter title.”
该游戏的开发商也表示困惑，他们在 Reddit 的帖子中写道：“我们不知道 GOG 为什么要在他们的通讯邮件中使用这些符号。说实话，当我们看到邮件中的标志（旧标志）以及标题旁边的符号时，我们也感到非常惊讶。”