/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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Visual Novel translation status


>12Riven- 38.5/72 scripts translated, 3/75 scripts edited
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - translation: 100%, editing 75%, case 1, 2, and 3 released
Air (Project 1)- Released 2nd Beta patch and 70% edited
Amaenbo - Being translated
>Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "475/1966 original edition scenario scripts translated (24.1%)"
Anniversary no Kuni no Alice - 49% translated, 27% edited
Aoiro Rinne - "Translation progress: roughly 53% (588 KB of 1.12 MB)"
Cannonball - 33313/36902 (90.27%) lines translated
Chichi Miko - Fully translated, 25% edited
Chichi Miko Plus 1 - Fully translated and edited
Clover Day - 243/1296 KB of the common route translated
Cocoro Function - 12911/53644 (24.07%) lines translated
>Comyu - 41847/51433 (81.36%) lines translated, Second partial patch out
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 100% translated, script 74.6% validated, third partial patch out
Flyable Heart- 14.61% translated in new translation project
Fortune Arterial- Prologue completly translated, patches for Shiro, Kiriha and Kanade routes released. Erika route 65% done. Haruna route 80% done.
Galzoo Island - Being translated
Grisaia no Meikyuu - 208/2797 (7.44%) KB translated, 140/2797 (5.00%) edited
Haruka Na Sora - Sora 11.29% translated, Kozue 23.73% translated
Hatsuyuki Sakura - 19.4% (7525/38793) lines translated
>Kichikuou Rance - 59.3% translated and edited
Killer Queen: 55/72 scripts translated and 20/72 scripts edited, plans also include translating Secret Game and Rebellion

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>Koi iro Chu Lips - partial patch out, 83.43% translated
>Koichoco- 390/397 files translated, 208/397 files edited, Common/Chisato/Satsuki/Michiru routes fully translated, Common + Chisato patch released
>Koiken Otome - 69.70% translated, 30.46% edited, prologue patch released
>Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort - 4123/36312 (11.39%) lines translated
Kourin no Machi - 18361/36959 (49.6%) lines translated
Kud Wafter - 11415/33132 (34.45%) lines translated
>Kurukuru Fanatic - 53.7% translated
Lamune - Common route fully translated, Nanami's route 3714 / 4771 lines translated
Little Busters - Original released, work ongoing with EX./ME content, now a joint project with Doki. Sasami/Kanata routes fully translated
Mahoutsukai no Yoru - Fully translated, in TLC
Muv-Luv Altered Fable - 65% partial patch released
Muv-Luv TDA00 - 33% partial patch released
Oreimo PSP - 272/299 scripts translated, 153/299 through TLC+Editing, 138/299 scripts finalized, Kirino + Ayase partial patch released
Oreimo Tsuzuku - Youtube based project, Kirino part 26, Ayase part 23
PersonA - 36% translated
Princess Maker 5- 91.4% translated, 37.1% finalized
Pure Pure- Fully translated, 77.26% edited, 64.60% ready for testing
>Rance Quest - 4.48% messages and 21.48% strings translated
Rose Guns Days 3 - 60% translated and edited
Sayonara wo Oshiete - 3341/14309 (23.3%) lines translated
>Seitenkan - 83.7% translated, 5 scenes and the omake remain, 3nd partial patch released
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 9- Fully translated and edited
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 10- 17/18 scripts translated

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>SubaHibi - Down the Rabbit Hole I patch released, 46141/53562 (86.1%) lines translated and 40597/53562 (75.8%) lines edited
Sukisho! - First Limit - 69.53% translated
>Supreme Candy - ~13600/43261 (~31.4%) lines translated
Tasogaredoki no Kyoukaisen - 6003/19648 = 30.55% lines translated
Tenshin Ranman - Prologue patch released, 1829.2/4560 (40.1%) translated
To Heart2- 67% translated- "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", new alpha patch released
Walkure Romanze - 4,268/8037 lines of the prologue translated
>Witch's Garden - 1824/67202 (2.71%) lines translated
White Album 2 - Opening chapter fully translated with a "rough patch", Closing Chapter: 2220/35275 (6.29%) lines translated
Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - 100% translated and edited, 54% QC, partial patch released
>Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 59.21%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 73.62%, Motoka 29.63%, Common and Kazuha fully edited
Your Diary- Prologue patch released, common route fully translated, 11/19 scripts translated for Yua's route, 1/10 scrpts translated of Kanade's route

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Official work

MangaGamer
>Milles - Released
Really? Really! - finalizing beta testing, Demo version complete
D2B vs Deardrops - In scripting
>Imouto Paradise - In Beta
Princess Evangile - Fully translated and edited, in scripting
Cartagra - editing complete, in scripting
Kara no Shoujo 2 - picked up
>Armored Warrior Iris - In Beta
>Space Pirate Sara - 90% translated, 53% edited
Free Friends - Fully translated and edited
Free Friends 2 - 16% translated, 16% edited
>Bokuten - 13% translated, 10% edited
>Da Capo 3 - Prologue fully translated, Chapter 0: 43% translated, 12.9% translated overall
>Higurashi (retranslation) - 6% of Watanagashi TL, 74% of Onikakushi edited
Work being done on a fanTL of Shin Koihime with hopes of getting it licensed


JAST
>Hanachirasu - 99% complete, next from Jast
Django - Couple more months of translation
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
Seinarukana- Mostly translated
Starless - In translation
Trample on Schatten- In translation
Romanesque - In translation
>Shiny Days - Translation finished
Osadai fandisc - Fully translated, 94.48% edited
Raidy III - TL finished, in insertion
Sweet Home - In translation
Sumeragi Ryoko - Picked up

Other
Danganronpa 2 - Picked up
Moenovel is working on another title
Liar Soft would like to bring Steampunk titles over
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread
A tracker for these threads put together by Tinfoil: http://vntls.org/

[Anonymous No.]

>>12073892
>Space Pirate Sara - 90% translated, 53% edited
Oh shit, it's happening.

[Anonymous No.]

Does Shiny Days have the hilarious bad endings too?

That was the only redeeming feature of School Days.

[Anonymous No.]

>SubaHibi - Down the Rabbit Hole I patch released, 46141/53562 (86.1%) lines translated and 40597/53562 (75.8%) lines edited

Will I live to see its release?

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>>12073895
There were no redeeming features.

[Anonymous No.]

God, you're an asshole, Dan88.

[Anonymous No.]

I am tempted to play to play the Amagami translation when it's finished just to see how awkwardly some things came out.

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>>12073902
That depends. Do you have a terminal disease like all the best Key heroines?

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[Anonymous No.]

>>12073892
>>Imouto Paradise - In Beta

Late July release?

[Anonymous No.]

Did anyone read the WA2 IC "rough patch"?

I did and it wasn't nearly as bad as people claimed it would be. It was a bit awkward in parts, but it made sense and it got the point across. The main point of a translation is conveying the same message in another language after all. I for one welcome our new machine overlords.

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>>12073953
Are you basing that off your understanding of the untranslated version?

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>>12073953
>”What Io wanted to say, I know all about it.
about that guy’s identity, the reason for being hurry,and about my own feelings”
>”I become want to tease you, you know…”

You don't strike me as a discerning individual.

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>>12073953
>>12073961
I browsed through 5 scripts on their site to see if it was as bad as rumored. There were glaring flat-out translation errors popping up repeatedly in every one them

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>>12073964
So, average fantranslation?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12073892
>>Hanachirasu - 99% complete, next from Jast

Oh boy, just another 5 years or so of 'editing' to go!

[Anonymous No.]

Is the new Rance game translated yet?

[Anonymous No.]

was hanachirasu already fantranslated too or is this going to be the first new thing jast has actually put out in however many years?

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>>12073968
How many errors does Ixrec make per translation? There's probably hundreds in each game.

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I wish I were a shoestring...

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>>12073990
It's both the number of errors and the egregiousness of them.

Or I guess it's a philosophical exercise. Which is a worse translator, one that gets 10% of every line wrong? Or one that gets 100% of every tenth line wrong?

Though I guess in Ixrec's case, it's kind of both.

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>>12073990
>>12073998

Ixrec makes more errors than I personally find acceptable and is not a skilled enough writer to manage some complex stuff well in English.

That said, his stuff is way way better than a project like this, where practically every other line has something critically wrong with it

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>>12073962
I've read worse. Maybe I'm just used to shit so I don't mind it as much.

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>>12073962
English is probably their second language.

Go figure.

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>>12073986
Makoto translated it years ago.

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>>12074076
They clearly don't understand Japanese either.

>「駄目なのはお前の方だ…」
>"It is you who are dangerous..."

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>>12073895
No. Anything that you might have found interesting about School Days is missing. I slogged through it for the loli but it's not like JAST could release the game with her scenes intact, so there's literally no point in playing it.

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>>12073924
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you

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>>12074089
Wow. This script is just a fucking disaster.

>「なんでわたしが客席に…こんなはずじゃなかったのに」
>"How comes I should be an audience?"

>「まだ言ってる…自業自得でしょ？」
>"It's your choice, isn't it?"

>「あいつだってまともに歌えるわけないわよ…絶対、客席で声上げて笑ってやるんだから」
>"She can't sing well either, definitely."

>「少なくとも春希のギターを聴きに来た奴はいないだろ。…冬馬目当ての奴らなら、少しはいるみたいだけどな」
>"No one comes to watch Haruki's performance at least."

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>寝不足でテンション上がってるんだろ。
>She must be high due to lack of sleep.

>とはいえ、テンション上がってハイになってる冬馬なんてのは、出会って半年の間、お目に掛かったことないけどな。
>I haven't seen her be high in this half year since I met her, though.

>ハイであろうが、落ち着いていなかろうが、もう昨日のような、青ざめて震える弱々しい女の子は、そこにはいなかった。
>Getting high or calm down, whichever true her mental condition is now, she has not been what she was before, she has not been the girl being pale and shaking on the stage already.

>そんな雪菜が、俺に雪菜って呼ばれて喜んでるあの雪菜と、どうしても繋がらなくなるときがある。
>Sometimes, I can't link such her image as our school idol to who she really is, a girl who gets high just because I call her 'Setsuna'.

So he thinks it's about a bunch of teenagers doing drugs at rock concerts, huh?

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>>12074111
>She must be high due to lack of sleep.

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>>12074111
>So he thinks it's about a bunch of teenagers doing drugs at rock concerts, huh?
Wait, you mean it isn't? Well, fuck, there goes my motivation to read it.

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Every single translation project ever is shit*
Everything is machine translated even if there is enough evidence that it isn't*
If the translation is not as liberal as possible it's still in japanese you fucking weeaboo, if it is a liberal as possible it's raping the original meaning of what was said.*
The community is dead the number of updated projects per week doesn't matter**
Did I miss anything?

*Except for Moogy-dono approved projects
**Except when there are only 2 or 3 that week than it matters since it shows how dead the community is.

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>>12074125
>Everything is machine translated even if there is enough evidence that it isn't*

Are you blind?

>>12074111
>>12074103
>>12074089

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>>12074111
Seems about as liberal as the Grisaia translation was. People ate that garbage up and thought it was "funny" and "witty" and "le epic humor".

I honestly can't wait for Commie's Mahoyo project to be done. That is going to be a disaster.

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>>12074132
Can you read english?

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>>12074136
No.

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>>12074133
Grisaia was edited by two of the worst editors of the fansubing community and translated by a complete moron.

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>>12074141
Yes, and it is hailed for its amazing translation and humor by the retards on /vg/. I doubt many people will ever read WA2 since the anime wasn't very popular and the translation for the game has been very scrutinized. I just think many people have selective vision for things, they'll readily eat shit and then complain about something else that's equally as shitty.

More people need to be like me. Accept that everything is shit, but read it anyways because you have no life and nothing better to do.

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>>12074146
Sounds pretty high school dude.

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>>12074148
I remember back when I was in highschool. I was playing real games, none of this japanese picturebook shit.

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>>12074187
You mean yesterday?

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http://www.jlist.com/product/SG001LE

Sold out

[Anonymous No.]

What's the most decent fan translation out there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12074316

Hadaka Shitsuji

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>>12074316
YU-NO

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Do you whiners get paid by anti-gaijin eroge companies or what?

[Anonymous No.]

Ded thread.
Ded board.
Ded scene.
Weekly reminder.

>>12074316
Hoshimemo.

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>>12074089
What does this mean?

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>>12074451
Something to the effect of "It's over Anakin, I have the high ground!"

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around 300 school days limited edition copies left according to twitter

[Anonymous No.]

>ctrl+f majikoi
>ctrl+f maji
>0 results
;_;

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>>12074541
NICE GREENTEXT FAGGOT

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>>12074590
Thank you

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>>12074590
Shut up, idiot.

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>>12073986
It was already fan translated. It's been 5 years since the JAST/Nitro+ announcement. Since then, we got Demonbane (fan translation for Al route about to be released before being picked up by JAST) and Saya no Uta (fully fan translated and released before being picked up by JAST).

The JAST/Nitro+ deal still has yet to give us any new titles, while other titles remain in limbo because of it.

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>>12074133
>>12074141
>>12074146
Except that Grisaia was like that in the original Japanese. Unlike WA2's machine translation, which added it to parts where no such thing existed in the original Japanese.

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>>12074455
I was asking to someone who can read Japanese, go back doing your reps.

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>>12074638
Useless 10^-9 topic marker particle you (masc) indicates possessive direction plain copula...

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>>12074638
I like how this thread is a collection of butthurts

>I don't know japanese, but the translation is shit
>They don't know japanese, but the translation is shit
>I know japanese, and the translation is shit
>They know japanese, and the translation is shit

all over again

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>>12074644
/thread

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>>12074644
But the translation IS shit.

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>>12074644
Usually all four of those types of comments come from ESLs, too. You can't trust anything people say in these threads, because chances are the post was made by the guy who has never heard of "just deserts."

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>>12074679
Most people here who read VN in Japanese don't know enough Japanese to enjoy a VN to its fullest anyway. They think they know what they're reading but they're misinterpreting everything. Their incompetency only shows when someone tries to translate something.

The fact of the matter is, most people here are too incompetent to comment on translation.

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>>12074710
You don't need but basic comprehension to see that the preceding examples are poor translations.

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>>12074146
>More people need to be like me
You mean by not having a clue? You know that Mexican border crossing joke was in the original, right? To give you an idea.

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>>12074677
why you even bother shitposting here then
if ppl enjoy eating shit - let them be

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>>12074679
Also from people who don't speak Japanese at all and live entirely on hype. They can't accept that the supposed kamige's story is actually pretty stupid.

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>>12073986
Makoto wants the translation to be less literal, hence why he's been translating it for a while.

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>>12074873
I'm not one of the people who complain about TLs all the time, but most of the titles who are supposedly kamige haven't disappointed me so far.

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>>12074846
And if I enjoy shit posting about poor translations, let me be.

>>12074885
There's something wrong if he's been spending all this time translating an incredibly short game. More likely it's just a Jast line to trick people into paying for something they already played a free fantranslation of.

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>>12074644
I can't why this has to do with my post, since the one who answered me was a clearly troll.
I just wanted to know what that sentence actually means, you can't post it with the translation used and claimed it's shit if you won't say what it means for this thread is for EOP such as myself.

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>>12074773
Ignorance is bliss as they say.

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>>12074873
Muv Luv is supposed to be a kamige too right? That was just an anime cliche filled copy of Starship Troopers and other classic sci-fi. Nothing truly amazing or groundbreaking. The TL was also pretty shitty (surprise surprise).

People need to go into things with lowered expectations.

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Does anyone know about any 'secret projects'? I know some translators are doing some. But not like ixrec, who we all know is doing a Liar-Soft title. Someone else who is doing a still unknown title.

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>>12075315
Ixrec's not doing a secret project. Or a Liar-Soft title.

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>>12075343
Fuck, I meant koestl.

[Anonymous No.]

Is VNTLS completely dead? Will someone take over for TinFoil?
http://vntls.org/

[Anonymous No.]

>>12075315
I know about the secret project I'm working on.

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>>12075469
I know about it too.

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>>12075315
As far as unannounced translations go, Aroduc is currently working on something now that he is finished his Jast work, and MangaGamer has been teasing multiple projects that they have not yet announced, with Koestl and the person doing Rance Quest each working on something.

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>>12075369
it's dead

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>>12073883
why is baldr sky not listed yet?

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>>12075315

There're rumors of a non-Rance Alicesoft game in the near future ('near' being given in years), and possibly a Lass game. But you know how rumors are.

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>>12075565
>>12075565
We have lost three big inspirators so far; TakaJun, Aaeru and now TinFoil :(

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>>12075621
Are you talking about Galzoo? The translator plans to have that out before summer, though I wouldn't be surprised if it came out some time in December.

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>>12075663
Disney probably ate them all up.

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>>12075679

Nope, although that does look entertaining. The game wasn't specified, but it definitely wasn't that one.

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>>12075679
>>12075621
Who's the translator?

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>>12075739
Me.

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>>12075739

They gave the genre 'sci-fi fantasy', which covers at least half of Alicesoft's games. Just wait warmly for the announcement; it's still at least 1 year out.

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>>12075541
Aroduc is actually thinking about dropping his new Secret Project. Apparently it's about 40000 lines longer than he thought and his tools crapped out.

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>>12075835
isn't it baldr sky?

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>>12075783
It's probably Beat Blades Haruka or Pastel Chime Continue, but it could be Manana or one of their old freeware games.

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>>12075541
>MangaGamer has been teasing multiple projects that they have not yet announced

Did we already figure out what most of those were?

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>>12075910
It's never Baldr Sky.

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>>12076125
Do they all have "anal" in the title?

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>>12076125
No, Thank You!, euphoria and a liar-soft game. There might be others, but I don't know.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12076129

Pretty sure they all have anal in them at least.

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Why are people so anxious for Baldr to get translated?

It's not like it's all that hard to read. It's even fully voiced.

If you put in even a little bit of effort into learning Japanese for a few months, you could probably read it just fine with a little help from JParser.

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>>12076807
Makoto a cute.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12076810

I agree. She seems like she would smell nice.

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>>12075835
wait so how many Secret projects is he translating now? whatever it is i hope he doesn't give up.

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>>12074873
You're one of the people >>12074710 refers to.

[Anonymous No.]

Kouryuu answering the question "Is Mangagamer still in the red?"


>Not really. I think we typically manage to break even on every product we're producing at the moment, and profit on a lot of them, though it would be nice to earn more so we can start looking at spending capital in others areas it needs spending in order to build up our foundations and our customer base for further expansion.

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"Hurr I'm Futsuu I better translate this volleyball anime Crunchyroll is doing because I have nothing to do with my worthless life. I don't even know anything about volleyball, I am going to fuck this up so much. What a shame because it is a good show and I am not worthy of it at all."

Direct quote from IRC. Also who the fuck uses IRC these days anyway? Maybe try a program that wasn't last updated 20 years ago. Come join us in 2014.

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>>12078396
>not using IRC
fb pleb detected

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>>12077467
One. He's also still doing work for Jast with both Seinarukana and Romanesque.

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>>12078396
>Also who the fuck uses IRC these days anyway?
Get a load of this fag.

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>>12074633

There are people who like to bash even good translation simply for some non-existent internet credit. Oddly enough, they're mostly the same people who can't read the originals and don't have any means to compare the scripts.

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>>12079255
In this case, Ixrec counts as "good", doesn't it?

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>>12078396
>Also who the fuck uses IRC these days anyway? Maybe try a program that wasn't last updated 20 years ago. Come join us in 2014.

If it ain't broken, don't fix it. IRC works well, can be accessed on pretty much every platform, is quick and has a good degree of anonymity, supports all essential features perfectly, is extremely customizable (both client and server-side), and is guaranteed to remain stable.

But of course you prefer caving in to peer pressure to belong with the cool kids, using instant messaging software requiring you to register using your real name and phone number, being only usable in specific devices, only one device per user, being forced to use their specific proprietary client which lacks basic features such as client-side chat logging and much more and has no customization, being able to reach only the people you're close enough to in real life, and with every word you type into it with your crappy touchscreen keyboard recorded to be sold to any company that is willing to pay for it. But that's okay, you can now be confident in knowing you're one of the cool kids.

No thanks, I'll stick with IRC.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079269

No. Why should he?

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>>12074541
I know that feel bro ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>12076807
Disclaimer: your results may vary
People who study for a few months and then read vns with Jparser without realizing how their shit is comprehension are one part of the problem. Try 1 year. 6 months, if you have solid work ethic.

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>>12078396
I like how your IRC bit was the only effective part of your post.

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>>12074541

Man, it's like the translators dropped off the face of the earth

We will never get Miyako route god damnit.

Eternally stuck at 80%

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079892

No one thinks about the Agave route.

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>>12079899
There's Tequila in this game?

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>>12079899

What I don't get it is why out of ALL the translators, not a single person has really taken up the rest of the translations

To my understanding, Majikoi was a fairly popular game. So why?

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>>12079903

Maybe not.

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>>12079904

the anime ended and with it all of it's popularity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079904

Because Majikoi fans usually belong to the "flavor of the month"-crowd, which means they lose their interest in a couple of weeks after the hype is over.

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>>12079911

Yeah, maybe for the majority, but surely a diehard fan out there would feel responsible enough to finish translating it?

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>>12079904
Majikoi isn't a particularly noteworthy game. It's just a simple charage with the voice cast being the only standout aspect, and games of equal or higher caliber are released nearly every month. By this point, even the people who really liked it when it was released in 2009 have long since moved on.

Also, Miyako's route was pretty bad, so there's that, too.

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>>12079918
>Also, Miyako's route was pretty bad, so there's that, too.

I don't really get all those Miyako fanboys. I mean, what do they expect from a route of a bland osananajimi who's madly in love with the protag from the very start?

That's why this character archetype is so damn annoying.

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>>12079923
Man, I even like deredere characters, and Miyako herself was fine, but her route was full of retarded drama. Honestly, TakaJun did Miyako fans a favor by not translating her route.

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>>12079934

So, did anyone ever translate the other Majikoi games?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079941

They started and gave up after a couple of months. That was pretty much clear from the start though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079950
It's for the best. For a while, they were passing Majikoi S from one superfan in /a/ who spontaneously discovered he could somehow read Japanese to the next. It's obvious how that was going to turn out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079904
Because TakaJun said he was going to finish it eventually and nobody wants to step on his toes.

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>>12079918
Tell me how many charage each month have an egs score of 85 and over 2k votes. It's noteworthy.

The obsessive Western fanbase is pretty dumb, yeah, but you're selling the game short.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079352
Wow, you actually think instant messaging software requires all of that? No wonder you use something as awful as IRC. Confirmed, only deluded people still use that shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080097
I meant more in terms of quality than popularity. Not going to argue over aggregated numeric scores because that's stupid, but for me, Majikoi was decently entertaining but nothing to get worked up over. Aside from a few really shitty months in 2012-2013, most months have at least one game that matches that level.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079954
More like /a/ got a hold of a Japanese reader from /vg/ and tortured him to get a TL

[Anonymous No.]

Will have translation the game Nursery Rhyme?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080415
Will not have ever it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080106
>As of 23 April 2014, WhatsApp had over 450 million monthly active users, 700 million photos are shared each day, and the messaging system handles more than 10 billion messages each day.[9][10]

WhatsApp requires all of that and is currently the most popular IM client. Skype is slightly less retarded and is second most popular. The further you go down the list, the less retarded the services become, but the less people are using it. As a general rule, the newer the service, the more restrictive it is. And apparently people like being fucked over that way, considering the apparent direct correlation of retardedness of service and size of user base. I don't, however, which is why I've always stuck to the older alternatives - I also used MSN Messenger up until it got shut down.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080538
I've never even heard of WhatsApp, and I'm really in the know. You're just continuing to demonstrate how insane and stubborn IRC users are.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080824
That's impossible unless you're over 70.

[Anonymous No.]

Eroge! ~Sex and Games Make Sexy Games~ hardcopy confirmed. MangaGamer twitted:
https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/460940376237289472
>today we're also checking the Master Disc for our next hard-copy~

The artist of it twitted: https://twitter.com/shigeo_h/status/459234129825890304
>「えろげー！」北米版のパッケージ校正を見せてもらいました。ＤＬ版はもうすでに好評販売中なのですがＰＫ版も出るそうです！☆ノー!モザイク！☆ノーモザイク！☆
というわけで北米圏にお住いのユーザーの皆様どうぞよろしくお願いします！＼(^o^)／

Using google translator there's a reference to a package version.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080824
That's because WhatsApp is for phones only, and owned by Facebook. It doesn't even operate in the same sphere as IRC.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12081484
*a paid service for phones

So no shit you need to give them personal info.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080415
I hope so, I love Krile's character design, but translators are likely going to focus on big breasted baba eroge #43451.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12081531
>>12081484
It's only used because of phone services gouging. Texting and data are two separate charges. All WhatsApp does is operate on the data layer for less than phone services charge for texting. It's cheaper to not pay for texting through the carrier and instead pay for WhatsApp and use the data transfer rates the carrier gives.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079918
majikoi are a pretty good game, it's fun to read, it hs many great characters and most of them have their own routes - that's great. You won't get serious shit like MLA, so just sit back and enjoy the ride

[Anonymous No.]

>>12081531
>>12081561
Wait, paying for WhatsApp? What the hell are you guys talking about? WhatsApp can be used for free. Is net neutrality already so fucked on the other side of the ocean that you can't even use WhatsApp for free anymore?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12082110
http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/general/23014681

[Anonymous No.]

>>12080848
I, for one, am super stoked about this.

[Dreams-Dave No.]

Do you know that Sekai Project is doing a new "Original" VN called Sakura Spirit?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12074103
I read through the entire game and I will not deny that the translation sucks, but I will question the claims of a Machine TL. Machines do not make spelling errors and dumb grammar errors. Machines know how to spell "embarrassed" properly, they know the difference between "your" and "you're", and they don't jumble things up such as "wiht" or "good jbo". That alone makes me think that it was done by a typical ESL "translator" who didn't check their work.

The translation needs a heavy edit and plenty of TLC, but it is certainly readable. I'd say it's about on par with the Clannad patch which was shit, but not shitty enough for me to give up on it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12085266
How do you think that someone who clearly does not understand Japanese or English translates from Japanese to English? Magic?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12085266
Apparently you don't understand the glorious Cudder way. Noone just copypastes output of MTL. They run JP line through several different MTLs, then turn them into EN line using power of Guesslate. Since final line is assembled by human, obviously it will be littered with typos and mistakes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12085272
Are you telling me that magic doesn't exist?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12085281
That's right. Magic and witches don't exist.

[Anonymous No.]

Certified real by admins
http://piplbok.ru/zaschita/num448.html

[Anonymous No.]

https://twitter.com/jastusa/status/461747115731857408

Raidy 3 is close to release

[Anonymous No.]

>>12088385
No, it's just near the front of the queue, which means they still have to get through a couple more, which in all honesty, will probably take a few years.

[Anonymous No.]

Has anyone here actually worked on a VN translation?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090122
If editing counts, yes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090122
Yes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090135
I have been playing around with the idea of trying one for a while. Before all of the naysayers chime in, I know it's difficult and honestly, I'd be surprised if I got far enough with it that it'd see the light of day.

But, the reason I ask is because I've picked one out "Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de", and have been looking into tips in general. So the script is decrypted. It's an "nscript.dat" file. I can open it and successfully edit it with notepad++ (notepad works but it's crazy slow and just shoots the entire thing out as a wall of text). With notepad++ it opens it quickly and provides it in an easy to read fashion. The edits I make work and the translated text show up in the game where it should. But I'm having trouble with some spacing. Sometimes the spaces I put show up, and other times they don't. For example, the first thing I come across is "Would you like to skip the opening?". At least that is how it should read. What I get is "Wouldyou liketoskipthe opening?". Would anyone have any tips on what to try to fix that? No matter how many spaces I add, it still shows up the same way. Some letter combos just refuse to have spaces in between them. I realize not every VN works the same way and it's difficult to pinpoint the cause/how to fix it, but I'm open to advice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090122
I was about to do a little work on the one I'm currently translating, but I saw your post and decided to put it off. Guess I won't be updating the progress tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090164
Don't stop work an my account. Like I said, I just want to try something new and this isn't a serious project to begin with. I think it'd be a neat thing to do, but I still realize what a huge undertaking it is. I guess I'm just looking for helpful tips. I'm not trying to impede anyone's progress.


If anyone would like to take a look at it though, I can upload the game, decrypted script, and unprotected launcher.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12076807
Yeah, Baldr Sky is pretty easy to read. The only thing that might fuck up people is that if you don't pay close attention to the infodumps you might get all confused later on. But even then, grammar-wise there's nothing out of the ordinary. There's the fact that you can't hook the gameplay info like the description of techniques or weapons but it's not like anyone cares about them anyway.

[meido !!EHs+8AbN1pH No.]

>>12090155
I worked on nscripter on that otome game I translated. The engine should be completely hacked if anything, did you use uncle mion's ONScripter-EN?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090277
>on that otome game I translated
?

[meido !!EHs+8AbN1pH No.]

>>12090281
http://vndb.org/v3319

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090277
I've tried, but I've never used nscripter or any variants of it before, so I'm having a bit of trouble getting it to work with this. I kind of gave up on it and just went to notepad++ since that seemed to work. I'll try again. I must have been doing something wrong with onscripter-en. I just kept getting error messages.

[meido !!EHs+8AbN1pH No.]

>>12090387
Using notepad++ works on changing the text, and that's how you're supposed to change the text in the script. But you have to use a hacked exe to start the game to make the text display support english, hence the use of ONscripter-en. It's an interface for nscripter that supports english text. Put the onscripter-en files inside the game folder and try starting it with that, that should work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090122
I translated the first part of a nukige but then I realized I wanted to convey its characteristically bad/odd writing in English and didn't know how so it's on hold for now, possibly forever. I was doing it mostly for my own writing skill, by trying my hand at a different form of the art, than any other reason (only a couple people would actually want to play a really old NTR nukige).

Translation is incredibly hard, especially if you have high standards for your work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090408
I tried it and it wouldn't start when I did. No error messages even. It just wouldn't open. I've got a hacked .exe for the game itself, which is how i'm currently viewing it since the original .exe wouldn't open the decrypted script, nor would the hacked .exe read the encrypted script. I'll keep trying with ONscripter-en. Maybe that's the problem. Like i've said, I've never used nscripter or any of the clones/alternate language variants. I'm new to it, and the online FAQs/tutorials aren't that great. Maybe they don't need to be and i'm just a little dense. Who knows?

[Anonymous No.]

Meido-sama, thanks for Ayakashibito TL

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090205
How are you supposed to play it if you don't know the techniques' effects?

[Anonymous No.]

>>12090578
Tons of VNs use NScripter (Higurashi and Umineko included), maybe one or another solution used by their translators is applicable in your case too.
Proger_XP hacked KimiAru for one of its failed translation attempts, and he should be willing to put his work to good use at last.
http://proger.i-forge.net/Stage_Once_-_a_Visual_Novel_hacking_tutorial/IPD had KimiAru hacking discussion somewhere in its comments IIRC.

On an unrelated matter, the only legit excuse to use IRC nowadays is direct downloading over XDCC where applicable.

[meido !!EHs+8AbN1pH No.]

>>12090578
What I meant was that onscripter-en IS the exe you should be using to start the game, not the original exe or the no-dvd version exe, since onscripter-en has english support and the original japanese exe doesn't. Then again, if you're having difficulties getting it to start with it, then it's very likely the game isn't programmed as simple as the other nscripter games, probably because of the no dvd protection that onscripter-en doesn't have the function to bypass, which means you probably need to get a hacker to help you out on that.

>>12090982
Thanks, hopefully you enjoyed it!

[Anonymous No.]

>>12079638
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

[Anonymous No.]

>>12091071
Thanks I'll check it out. The hacked launcher i'm using was made by proger. Also, I don't use IRC. Not sure if that's directed at me or not, but yeah. Never have used it.

>>12091087
I know. I put it in the game folder and tried to launch it with ONscripter-EN. I wasn't treating it like a 3rd party plug-in for the game or anything. But still, it refused to open up. It made my computer act like it was trying to do something, but aside from my mouse arrow turning into the little loading-wheel icon for a few seconds, nothing happened. While I have applied a no-cd patch, the launcher I'm using was edited by proger to open a decrypted nscript file. The script was decrypted using a tool by asmodean. Apparently the game itself can recognize Unicode blank characters. At least an ideographic space or the EM Quad. Don't really remember which at the moment, so I suppose I can always use that and continue with the translation. It's not ideal, as the space is slightly wider than a normal space, but it's still preferable to no space at all.

Thanks for the help, guys. I'll continue worrying about it later down the line.

[Anonymous No.]

age

[Anonymous No.]

>>12091071

>On an unrelated matter, the only legit excuse to use IRC nowadays is direct downloading over XDCC where applicable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-HDUBbtgQ

[Anonymous No.]

>>12100528
Circlejerk of namefags doesn't count as a legit reason, neither does stalking of namefags circlejerking.