Hi guys, I know I'm new but I'm wondering what you guys would think about translations that use already hacked version of games...  Let's say for example a Chinese team converted a Japanese GBA Rom into Chinese, and I use that version to translate from Chiense to English.  I want to know if it'll be easier to mod the already pirated version or just write a new code...

And it ought to be noted that HK bootleg subs are translated from Japanese to Chinese and then back into English. So yeah, it's probably better overall to just translate the Japanese version from scratch.

Here's an analogy because I am sleep deprived and think it's very funny.

This is the script in Japanese:
This is the script in Chinese:
This is the script in English:
This is the script after a lengthy and involved localization process:

All right thanks for the comments, I'll tell you if I start any projects..., technical points aren't really difficult (my parents are computer programmers and I've learned how to do this stuff since I was pretty young)...