Hello.

Where can I find Script Dumps?

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but where can I download Japanese text dumps.

It's a great exercise to attempt to translate anything Japanese and this is what I'm currently doing in my free time.

The thing is, I'm not interested in rom hacking, extracting and whatnot. I'm interested in languages.

If anyone has a reasonably short script they'd like to share, that would be great.

I'm not saying I will finish the whole thing, but I would be interested in giving it a shot.

Thank you.

I would like to do something like this:



This is from Mother 3 translation.

I would like to have my Japanese in one box and then I would put the English in the other box.

End of story. Just something that simple like that.

Yes, very much so.

But I kind of like having the preview showing what the final result is.

I'm also looking for a full Japanese script which I could translate whenever I have free time.

I realize I'm asking a lot, but I have another question.

Do I have to play through a whole game in order to translate it? Considering that Japanese is so context sensitive I'm guessing that the answer is yes. Did some of you manage to translate without playing the game?

I would say you definitely have to play through the game to actually do a GOOD translation. You can translate a passage of text several different ways. You may not even know how to translate certain passages without knowing what is actually happening on screen. Sometimes by script alone, you may not even be sure what character is talking to who. I know very little Japanese, but I know enough and have worked with enough people who do, to know translating a script without ever playing the game is not going to come out in a form anybody would actually want to use in a real hacking project.

You're mileage with getting any projects that have editors like Mother 3 will vary. I don't think more than a small handful of people are using those types of things. I can't speak for others, but I never do it like this because the final output display and what not is completely unnecessary. The translator just takes the the script and translates it in the word processor or text editor of their choosing. The script is then auto formatted either externally via the inserter or on the fly in game, so nobody needs to see the final output, or bother formatting anything. It's simple and convenient for all involved.

True, but your chances of understanding are certainly greater having played the game than without.

That little tool looks similar to theCheat... By the way, wasn't 2.0 supposed to be coming a while ago?

It's also why I was tempted to use a similar tool (although I don't know what you used).

Translating from screenshots shots is just completely impractical and time consuming.

Guadozoku

Phantasy Star 3 is going to have a cosmic amount of translation, so I don't think it's a good idea for a first project. If I try something which is too big to start with there's a good chance I will get discouraged.

How big is Vitamina, however?

I was also under the impression that seeing the final result in the same window would help motivation wise.

I started to translate an English game to French once but I kind of got discouraged because:

A. The game was way too massive for a first project.

B. Translating in Word gave me the impression I wasn't making any progress.

I would like to "inject" my translation every once in a while just to boost my motivation so to speak.

EDIT:

I was looking for the script of Mother 3. I found the following website:

http://www.pex2.com/mother3/index.html

But the link is down.

Anyone know where could find this utility to dump the script and I get some serious practice at translating?

They are not dumps but I have the script of a couple Japanese games.
Among the complete/almost complete ones, there are Super Mario Rpg, Rockman 7, E.V.O. the search for Eden,
Illusion of Gaia, Demon Crest, Super Robot Taisen, ... Hum, I think that's about it. ^^;
Among other notable things, I also have the 2 first chapters of the original Shining Force,
which is a must to see if you played the U.S. version.
They are in JIS format.
Or was it Shift JIS? I forgot. ^^;
Anyway, if you want any of them, just ask and leave an e-mail addres to send them.