About 2 weeks ago, the Taiwainese website GameBase.com.tw, posted 54 new screenshots of the Sims 2. Though the meaning of the text has been unknown so far, user 'pepperonicheese' has posted a translation of the texts in the Sims UK (official site) forums (see this thread). If you want to see the pictures and their translations together, go to this page on SnootySims. They've posted the pictures along with their translations. Noticable is that the motives haven't changed after all - it was said there would be separate family/friends motives instead of social a long time back, but there's no sign of that now. You can also see some of the social interactions from the menu. Be sure to have a look if you want to know what the pictures are saying.

[Update 28 July, 20:50] Some more option images have been translated in the forums. You will be able to set the volume for music, voices, sound effects and ambience sounds separately. A picture-in-picture will be there as well, and you can turn it on or off (or like in the Sims 1, make it static or live). In the movies screen you can choose the size quality (just like with photo albums), whether to record sound, and the maximum duration. Other options are pretty much the same as for The Sims 1. See the forums thread for exact details. Thanks to David Pendray for the tip.