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Author Topic: SaGa Frontier translating  (Read 2 times)
azidahaka
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« on: February 03, 2009, 02:14:42 am »
Hi! i'm considering a translation of this game, soon it'll be its 10th anniversary!, and this year is the 20th of the series,  and i needed some hints before starting.

i'm not 100% a noob to romhacking and translation, but i've never dealed with psx, only with roms. So i'm having problems in finding characters for creating a TBL file... any hints? also do i have to keep the same text lenght while translating or can i allow myself to expand it?

the game tree is composed of a LOT of small files in many folders.

any suggestion is welcome
karsten
Ryusui
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 04:33:49 am »
Quote from: azidahaka on February 03, 2009, 02:14:42 am
also do i have to keep the same text lenght while translating or can i allow myself to expand it?

You may not be 100% a noob, but you're close enough if you have to ask this question, because you clearly have never heard of pointers.

Anyway, are you talking about a retranslation? Because the game is already available in English (though I wouldn't be surprised if it genuinely needed one).
azidahaka
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2009, 05:02:58 am »
Quote from: Ryusui on February 03, 2009, 04:33:49 am
Quote from: azidahaka on February 03, 2009, 02:14:42 am
also do i have to keep the same text lenght while translating or can i allow myself to expand it?

You may not be 100% a noob, but you're close enough if you have to ask this question, because you clearly have never heard of pointers.

Anyway, are you talking about a retranslation? Because the game is already available in English (though I wouldn't be surprised if it genuinely needed one).

no to my mother language, italian.

concerning pointers, last time i started translating there was no documentation about them (i'm talking about more than 10 years ago Tongue)... i've read something about them now, but i have no clue if editing just a file in a disk can broke something like in roms or not...

in any case i would love a re-translation of it in english  Smiley tought what i'm most interested in is eien's RS2 translation
danberado
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2009, 06:38:45 am »
I've always wondered if the writing in this game was better in the Japanese version.  The English dialog was incredibly minimalist, typically with a few disjointed sentences accounting for an entire scene.  But it was a rushed game, so I imagine the Japanese version was just as rough around the edges.

Though it is still one of my all time favorites.  There's a briskness to the battle system keeps drawing me back (unlike Frontier 2 which had battles which were slower than molasses).
azidahaka
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2009, 09:06:53 am »
one of my very favorite games too Smiley great, GREAT battle system and freedomwhile playing  :thumbsup:
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