Found in Fanslation

Chris Hatala, Event Director / Final Boss @ Games Done Legit

Telling the story of the storytellers -- interviewing videogame fan translators who toil to translate foreign games into their native tongue. Beginning with those who've contributed to the Phantasy Star and Lunar fandoms with their efforts, and eventually focusing on those who've translated some of gaming biggest titles.

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  1. E07-1: "French Teddies & Puzzling Puns" - Sakura Wars Columns 2 EN Team (Burntends / Danthrax / Derek / Natsumi)

    07/05/2021

    E07-1: "French Teddies & Puzzling Puns" - Sakura Wars Columns 2 EN Team (Burntends / Danthrax / Derek / Natsumi)

    What's even more vintage-weird SEGA than a Japanese strategy-RPG + visual-novel period piece? How about that (Sakura Wars) mixed with its own proprietary puzzle game (Columns)? Much more than a Sakura Wars skin of a Columns game, Sakura Wars Columns 2 has tons of content (60-75% of a full-blown Sakura Wars title). All 12 selectable characters have a full, unique story script to play through, plus there's a variety of other modes, puzzles and bonus content. Thanks to a dedicated core team and a myriad of knowledgeable long-time fan-subbers, the English team went above and beyond the "normal" (and already exhausting) fan translation to bring you a wholly professional localization effort. Part 1 focuses on the translation/localization: -- Adding English not just to text boxes but to compressed images (English hogs so much space!) -- Creative solutions to localizing Japanese puns and wordplay -- How fan translators juggle completely different interpretations of the universe (including diverging official sources!) -- How an effective, diverse team makes fan translations better (and easier on everyone!) Staff (with @Twitter -- they'd love to hear from you!): Project Manager/Programming Lead: Derek (aka ateam) - @DerekPascarella Translation/Localization: Burntends - @burntends2 Danthrax - @Danbo_4 Natsume38 - @blaster_mania Found in Fanslation hosted by Chris Hatala "GhaleonUnlimited" (@Ghaleon), and as always, let me know what you think or what you'd like to hear more about! FiF Homepage & Phantasy Star IV retranslation project + PS resources

    1 h 15 min

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Telling the story of the storytellers -- interviewing videogame fan translators who toil to translate foreign games into their native tongue. Beginning with those who've contributed to the Phantasy Star and Lunar fandoms with their efforts, and eventually focusing on those who've translated some of gaming biggest titles.