It's been a while.
It's been a while, and I haven't been here for a while, So I thought I'd just post here.
With my Japanese level being quite well, I've been working on a translation of my favorite famicom (NES) game, Final Fantasy III. So far I've only managed to get the intro translated, but it takes a lot longer than it seems. First you need to make a table file for the Japanese font (took me over an hour), hack into the rom to write over the Japanese font tiles into the english alphabet, then make another table file for the new english font (long time too). (My original font sucked so much ass I ended up stealing the font used from the English version of FFI) Then you use a Hex Editor called thingy which can load both tables and then you translate away. The only problem is that Thingy wasn't designed for Japanese, and it's also a DOS program, so it can't display Japanese, just garbage. So how I got around this was to dump the entire game into a text file (Over a meg! causes notepad lag) and I look at script, translate from there, and then add it into the rom.
In the end, I'd say translating 1 line can take 3-4 minutes, translating, cutting down to fit (most of the time), then entering it back in.
And then major problem 2 arises! Lack of space. Japanese writing sends a lot more meaning with less space, so trying to translate to english with the same amount of space can cause problems, mostly me not knowing how to cut it down and still keep most meaning.
The full real translation without any cutting is
The gurgan spoke softly...Even this large quake is nothing more than a sign. The light of the world, crystals have been brought deep under, and monsters have been born. Even a large tremor is nothing compared to what is about to come. It's extreme, Large, Evil, and finally, sad. But hope has still not been lost. 4 souls will have a revelation from the light. From there, everything will begin.
The 4 orphan youths, raised in the remote town of Ur by priest Topapa. The crystals have been brought underground by the earthquake, and in the cave that was created from it, the 4 youths just went to test their courage.
...And then my extremely cut down version to fit.
I got some screens for the progress.
First screen with my original font
second screen with my original font
and then the updated font(thanks square!)
With my Japanese level being quite well, I've been working on a translation of my favorite famicom (NES) game, Final Fantasy III. So far I've only managed to get the intro translated, but it takes a lot longer than it seems. First you need to make a table file for the Japanese font (took me over an hour), hack into the rom to write over the Japanese font tiles into the english alphabet, then make another table file for the new english font (long time too). (My original font sucked so much ass I ended up stealing the font used from the English version of FFI) Then you use a Hex Editor called thingy which can load both tables and then you translate away. The only problem is that Thingy wasn't designed for Japanese, and it's also a DOS program, so it can't display Japanese, just garbage. So how I got around this was to dump the entire game into a text file (Over a meg! causes notepad lag) and I look at script, translate from there, and then add it into the rom.
In the end, I'd say translating 1 line can take 3-4 minutes, translating, cutting down to fit (most of the time), then entering it back in.
And then major problem 2 arises! Lack of space. Japanese writing sends a lot more meaning with less space, so trying to translate to english with the same amount of space can cause problems, mostly me not knowing how to cut it down and still keep most meaning.
The full real translation without any cutting is
The gurgan spoke softly...Even this large quake is nothing more than a sign. The light of the world, crystals have been brought deep under, and monsters have been born. Even a large tremor is nothing compared to what is about to come. It's extreme, Large, Evil, and finally, sad. But hope has still not been lost. 4 souls will have a revelation from the light. From there, everything will begin.
The 4 orphan youths, raised in the remote town of Ur by priest Topapa. The crystals have been brought underground by the earthquake, and in the cave that was created from it, the 4 youths just went to test their courage.
...And then my extremely cut down version to fit.
I got some screens for the progress.
First screen with my original font
second screen with my original font
and then the updated font(thanks square!)
Originally Posted by .::SCHiM::.
But I hadn't seen you yet at the time I posted this 
