Comments on: Localizing Final Fantasy — A Few Interviews http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=3727 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:08:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Corinth http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=3727&cpage=1#comment-4417 Corinth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:16:55 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=3727#comment-4417 I never played the original version! I enjoyed playing the other ones in English so now I'm curious how different it is. I never played the original version! I enjoyed playing the other ones in English so now I’m curious how different it is.

]]> By: MogKnight http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=3727&cpage=1#comment-4416 MogKnight Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:15:47 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=3727#comment-4416 Interesting thing to note is that Alexander O. Smith, while doing translations mostly on SE games, also translated the first Phoenix Wright/Gyakuten Saiban game. Unfortunately, the rest of the series was not translated by Smith and it clearly shows. >.>; Interesting thing to note is that Alexander O. Smith, while doing translations mostly on SE games, also translated the first Phoenix Wright/Gyakuten Saiban game.

Unfortunately, the rest of the series was not translated by Smith and it clearly shows. >.>;

]]> By: Corinth http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=3727&cpage=1#comment-4415 Corinth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:14:34 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=3727#comment-4415 Thanks ringthree! I think of language itself as art. You put together different words to create something. Sometimes it's a story or an article, and the words you use can either bore a person or move them to tears. I'll never be a native speaker of Japanese, but I can learn as much as I can. Not just vocabulary, or kanji, but how words are used and what sounds most natural to native speakers. Then, you can take that information and apply it the other way to English, translating the meaning and spirit of the words at the same time. As such, every translator will have a different way of translating an article, a passage, or even a few words. Learning how other respected translators do their work is extremely interesting to me and I really enjoyed reading these articles. Maybe someday I'll be able to get into the industry as well. Until then, it's practice practice practice! Thanks ringthree! I think of language itself as art. You put together different words to create something. Sometimes it’s a story or an article, and the words you use can either bore a person or move them to tears. I’ll never be a native speaker of Japanese, but I can learn as much as I can. Not just vocabulary, or kanji, but how words are used and what sounds most natural to native speakers. Then, you can take that information and apply it the other way to English, translating the meaning and spirit of the words at the same time. As such, every translator will have a different way of translating an article, a passage, or even a few words. Learning how other respected translators do their work is extremely interesting to me and I really enjoyed reading these articles. Maybe someday I’ll be able to get into the industry as well. Until then, it’s practice practice practice!

]]> By: ringthree http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=3727&cpage=1#comment-4412 ringthree Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:50:58 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=3727#comment-4412 The reasons that I enjoy Elmer and Corinth and this blog so much is that it seems that they understand that translation is not a science but an art. The reason that many game translations were so poor for so long was that they applied literal translations to the text. The failure is in the understanding of what the words mean in context. Unless and until a translator can understand the context then the text will just be dead words and at best lack interest for the reader and at worst just cause more confusion. Bravo guys. :) The reasons that I enjoy Elmer and Corinth and this blog so much is that it seems that they understand that translation is not a science but an art. The reason that many game translations were so poor for so long was that they applied literal translations to the text. The failure is in the understanding of what the words mean in context. Unless and until a translator can understand the context then the text will just be dead words and at best lack interest for the reader and at worst just cause more confusion.

Bravo guys. :)

]]> By: Volkai http://jpbutton.bluegartr.com/?p=3727&cpage=1#comment-4411 Volkai Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:42:04 +0000 http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=3727#comment-4411 Thank you for this, I greatly enjoyed these articles. It refreshes my interest in taking part in localization - though that interest remains no less stymied by my failure to learn any meaningful amount of Japanese (which FFXI has unfortunately done extremely little to rectify). Thank you for this, I greatly enjoyed these articles. It refreshes my interest in taking part in localization – though that interest remains no less stymied by my failure to learn any meaningful amount of Japanese (which FFXI has unfortunately done extremely little to rectify).

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