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Translation of Japanese Game Texts

Mon Jun 23, 2008, 8:36 AM
  • Mood: Mortified
  • Listening to: Spanish Rap & Armenian Pop
  • Reading: books about NDEs
  • Watching: European Football Championship
  • Playing: nothing... in a looong time...
  • Eating: Asian noodles
  • Drinking: water, what else is there
I realized that I haven't written a new journal in 8 months...^^;
Well, I do have something to tell occasional visitors who might stumble upon this userpage.

So I am a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda, theorizing about its timeline and stuff, and an appreciator of Japanese as well. Some of you might know that the English texts of the Zelda games are not always as faithfully translated from Japanese as we should expect them to be. That means for us fans it's very important to look at the Japanese originals so we can become aware of potential errors. And that's where I come in.

I'm the translator of Japanese at Zelda Legends, one of the biggest and oldest Zelda fansites still around. In our forums, there's a thread where I regularly post my translations of passages from games like Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, Four Swords Adventures, and The Wind Waker.
That thread is also the right place to request from me a Japanese translation of a particular passage in a Zelda game that you have doubts about (I mean, where you hope the Japanese version says something "better" than the English version - and trust me, that happens quite often).

Yeah, that's all for now. I know the chances for a Zelda timeliner to come across this journal are rather small, but if you do, don't hesitate to leave a comment and go check out my translations! :)

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:iconstellab:
Ah, how cool, I love that thread! :love:
:iconjunkiezombie:
That's cool to hear!:) You can make use of it for your comic, right?^^

Btw, stay tuned for Midna & Twili quotes which were originally supposed to be in the game but were taken out! (They were actually going to talk pages...)
:iconstellab:
Yep, great work! :D
omg, lots of new secret Twili info? That's great of course... Although I'm a little afraid of finding out about stuff that totally clashes with the things I have planned, lol.
Or if Zant were actually Midna's brother, that would be my nightmare. :laughing: Oh well. :XD:
:iconjunkiezombie:
Hehe, don't worry, nothing that drastic!;P
Here they are, my last updates in the next two weeks (going on a trip):

=398496"Midna says interesting stuff

=398515"Unused Twili quotes

Enjoy!:)
:iconstellab:
Fascinating, I love those!! Can't wait for more! :XD:

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