Final Fantasy VII - Retranslation Project

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
Well in any case, both spellings lead me to conclude this is "Varva", or a high chance of it.

テクニック is technique usually you are correct and in this case it is: テクニカ

Perhaps they were getting at Technique because they were limited to 4 characters or maybe it is as you say, a fancy name like Technika... it could also be a foreign word for technique. Italian is Tecnica and German is Technik.

On that shanghai thing, it could be either, since the "shanghai" title is at the bar area/food area rather than at the Inn section....I will relook at this. But given the Chinese here it seems more likely "inn"

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It is used. :) The 0 was just a space character after "Za" as you can see from the picture

edit: just for fun cause I am obsessive, I have calculated the likely number of Chocobo names possible in the Japanese game to be:

(11*11) + (11*10) + (12*11) +1 (dongfang bubai) = 364

Around or exactly that number. The names appear to always add up to 6 characters.








 
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DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
I had to chop this down a bit to fit...do you think it works? (I originally had it as "I mean....the world is all about money...")

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っていうか、世の中、金だろ
 
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DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
Luksy raised a number of issues I would like your(s) input with:)

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Earthen Pipe > ドカン > Earthen Pipe

The etymology is of course an earthenware pipe, but in modern terms it's just a pipe.

http://images.google.co.jp/images?q=%E5%9C%9F%E7%AE%A1


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Zack's Home > ザックスの実家 > Zax' Parents Home

You can probably leave out parent's, in the Japanese context it is the house where you grew up.

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Ice Crystal > 冷気の結晶 > Ice Crystal

Might sound silly but this is "cold crystal"

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Wig > クセゲのかつら > Kusegu Wig > Frizzy Wig
[Wig is untidy and unruly haired. Kusegu is a Japanese product for frizzy hair]

Kusege, it means frizzy, it's not a product per se.


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Dr.'s Office > 医務室 > Medical Office

The English comes out way more technical than the Japanese, 医務室 could be a simple Dr.'s Office (of course it can also mean Medical office, but it's a tiny practice in Midhir right?)

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Strangelove

AI Researcher
AKA
hitoshura
Except for the wig on (and maybe the one about Zack's home), I think the ones in the first column work fine for those.
 

Ryushikaze

Deus Admiral Parsimonious, PHD, DDS, MD, JD, OBE
AKA
Tim, Ryu
:lol: Think yourself lucky you didn't have to stay up all night endlessly like I did.

Also What is your opinion on especially:

Zax

Not so sure about this, given that the Japanese site romanises it as 'Zack' and unlike Tseng, there's no funky pronunciation tricks here.


Again, she's listed as 'Elena' even in Japanese materials, and I think irina is how the name elena is rendered in kana.
 

Strangelove

AI Researcher
AKA
hitoshura
Those might be more a case of the Japanese name not exactly matching the Japanese, like 'Rikku' and 'Tidus' or 'Gabranth'.

I still say his name as 'Zacks/Zax', though ._.
 

Ryushikaze

Deus Admiral Parsimonious, PHD, DDS, MD, JD, OBE
AKA
Tim, Ryu
Point. Though I'd still say 'Zacks' over 'Zax' and Elena in general.
 

Ryushikaze

Deus Admiral Parsimonious, PHD, DDS, MD, JD, OBE
AKA
Tim, Ryu
"Sage" makes me think of someone more spiritual or religious, which might work for the 'magic' one, but I don't know how sagely you can be for 'being really fast' or 'punching people in the face really hard' :awesome:

Incidentally, and not to nitpick the translation- I think masters works fine- but one can be a sage and be combat oriented. You just have to be an esotericist about it.
Like DnD monks and swordsages, especially the latter.
 

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
The problem with Elena is, Irina comes back usually in dictionaries and most sources and I find it hard to believe this was a coincidence>

Reno
Rude
iRena

Might be wrong...

You say that elena is the equivalent, but irina is a name in itself...


I know that Japanese material places it as Zack (not all do) but it also places midhir as mideel and so forth.

Basically, I think they have just retconned and changed canon.

Zack would nearly certainly be Zakku as opposed to Zakkusu....surely?

Also, Zax does have a history going back meaning "knife" from sax.
 
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Ryushikaze

Deus Admiral Parsimonious, PHD, DDS, MD, JD, OBE
AKA
Tim, Ryu
S-E's Japanese sources are actually pretty consistent about 'Zack' and 'Elena' and most character names. Place names, not so much, midgul midgal, midgur, etc., but character names are consistent.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that the Prime sources list these people with their 'current' names.
 

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
are theer any sources before the main translation got out?

Because for some reason, suddenly shera, zack, became the norm. The only thing that did change was Aeris

If there are any decent sources before hand, that would be good....or even some backup by the writers. Last Order does use "zax" in some places....

edit:

and yeah ryu don't worry about it, believe me there is no way to know for sure what was intended from what I can gather....and I may be wrong with what I have chose, for sure.
 
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The Twilight Mexican

Ex-SeeD-ingly good
AKA
TresDias
Go with "Da Zhao," but keep "Wutai," I think.

What say you, hito? I don't know as much about Chinese as Japanese, but this sounds right to me.
 

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
Yeah I will contact dilly dally too. I think Wutai is correct but Da chao wrong like you...
 

Strangelove

AI Researcher
AKA
hitoshura
I don't really know. It's not one of those cases where they used the Chinese characters but a Japanese reading, since Wutai and IIRC Dachao were both in katakana. I don't know that much about Chinese beyond basic stuff I've mostly forgot now, but Zhao sounds like it'd be transliterated as ザオ to me.

Without the staff saying what they meant with the naming, I think it's hard to really know what they were aiming for, if they did intend it to be 'Dazhao', or if it was a play on the name or just something they made up, or something else entirely.
 

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
I don't really know. It's not one of those cases where they used the Chinese characters but a Japanese reading, since Wutai and IIRC Dachao were both in katakana. I don't know that much about Chinese beyond basic stuff I've mostly forgot now, but Zhao sounds like it'd be transliterated as ザオ to me.

Without the staff saying what they meant with the naming, I think it's hard to really know what they were aiming for, if they did intend it to be 'Dazhao', or if it was a play on the name or just something they made up, or something else entirely.

Yeah I have been having a nightmare with this, pst few months....that kind of thing. Still Da chao is wade giles system....so maybe they deliberately chose this way of doing it as opposed to zhao, if both are pronounced same, then that is more complicated.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/チャオ
 
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The Twilight Mexican

Ex-SeeD-ingly good
AKA
TresDias
I don't really know. It's not one of those cases where they used the Chinese characters but a Japanese reading, since Wutai and IIRC Dachao were both in katakana. I don't know that much about Chinese beyond basic stuff I've mostly forgot now, but Zhao sounds like it'd be transliterated as ザオ to me.

Without the staff saying what they meant with the naming, I think it's hard to really know what they were aiming for, if they did intend it to be 'Dazhao', or if it was a play on the name or just something they made up, or something else entirely.

It's tricky, but since Tseng's name was in katakana as well, I'd just assume Dan should go with the likely derivation.
 

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
I will get luksy to do the rest but if anyone has the time:

Potion
HPを100回復。

High Potion
HPを500回復。

X-Potion
HP を全回復。

Ether
MPを100回復。

Turbo Ether
MPを全回復。

Elixir
HP・ MPを全回復。

Megalixir
全員のHP・MPを全回復。

Phoenix Down
戦闘不能を回 復。

Antidote
毒状態を治す。

Soft
石化状態を治す。

Maiden's Kiss
カエル状態を治す。

Cornucopia
ミニマム状態を治す。

Echo Screen
沈 黙状態を治す。

Hyper
いかり状態になる。

Tranquilizer
かなしい状態になる。

Remedy
ス テータス異常を治す。

Smoke Bomb
戦闘中、敵から逃げられる。

Speed Drink
味方一体 にヘイストの効果。

Hero Drink
戦闘中、一時的に能力アップ。

Vaccine
ステータス変化さ せなくする。

Hand Grenade
敵一体に爆発ダメージ。

Bomb Fragment
敵全体に爆発 ダメージ。

Right Arm
敵全体に爆発ダメージ。

Hourglass
敵全体にストップの効果。

Kiss of Death
敵全体にデスの効果。

Spider Web
敵全体にスロウの効果。

Dream Powder
敵全体にスリプルの効果。

Silent Mask
敵全体にスリプルの効果。

War Gong
敵全体にバーサクの効果。

Locoweed
敵全体にコンフュの効果。

Fire Fang
敵 全体にファイラの効果。

Fire Veil
敵全体にファイガの効果。

Antarctic Wind
敵全 体にブリザラの効果。

Ice Crystal
敵全体にブリザガの効果。

Bolt Plume
敵全体にサ ンダラの効果。

Swift Bolt
敵全体にサンダガの効果。

Earth Drum
敵全体にクエイラの 効果。

Earth Hammer
敵全体にクエイガの効果。

Toxic Waste
敵全体にバイオラの効 果。

M-Tentacles
敵全体にバイオガの効果。

Stardust
敵全体にコメテオの効果。

Vampire Fang
敵一体のHPを吸収。

Ghost Hand
敵一体のMPを吸収。

Vagrisk Claw
敵 一体の石化効果。

Light Curtain
味方全体にバリアの効果。

Lunar Curtain
味方 全体にマバリアの効果。

Mirror
味方全体にリフレクの効果。

Holy Torch
全体にデスペルの 効果。

Chocofeather
敵全体に大旋風の効果。

Dragon Scales
敵全体に水属性のダ メージ。

Impaler
敵一体をカエルにする。

Shrivel
敵一体をミニマムにする。

Eye Drop
暗闇状態を治す。

Fire Cocktail
敵一体に炎のダメージ。

S-Mine
敵 一体に爆発ダメージ。

8-inch Cannon
敵一体に爆発ダメージ。

Graviball
敵一体にグ ラビデの効果。

T/S Bomb
敵一体にグラビラの効果。

Ink
敵一体に暗闇の効果。

Dazers
敵 一体にマヒの効果。

Dragon Fang
的全体に雷のダメージ。

Cauldron
敵一体を毒・混乱・ 眠り・沈黙・ミニマム・カエルにする。

Chocobo Greens
チョコボに使うと……

Chocobo Nuts
チョコボを育てるときに……

Tent
全員のHP・MPが全回復。
セーブできる所でしか使えない。

Sources
"Name" を上げる。

Pocket Tissue
ちょっとせつない……

Zinc Battery
なにかの機械を動 かせそうだ。

Limit Breaks
究極リミット技 "Name" を覚える。

1/35 Soldier
神 羅軍装甲?弾兵「突撃」セット 12体入。

Super Sweeper
魔晄炉を守る最新メカ!両手からミサイルを発射!

Masamune
本 物そっくりな「セフィロス」の剣!君もソルジャー気分!

Save Crystal
メニューで使うと大空洞内でセーブポイントを1 回作れる。

Combat Diary
熱血ディオ先生の激闘人生日記

Autograph
超人ディオ先生の サイン色紙

Gambler
無敵ディオ先生の激闘日記PART2ゴールドソーサー時代

Key Item Descriptions

Silk Dress
シルクでおられたドレス。

Brown Wig
茶色い髪のかつら。

Pharmacy Coupons
薬屋で景品と交換できる。

Digestive
消化薬。

Sexy Cologne
セ クシーな香りがする香水。

Diamond Tiara
ダイヤのティアラ。

Member's Card
蜂 蜜の館の会員カード。

Lingerie
すてきな香りの下着。

Keycard 60,62,65,66
神 羅ビル60階まで行けるカードキー。

A,B,C Coupon
アイテムとこうかんできる。

Midgar Parts
ミッドガルの模型の部品だ。

Basement Key
神羅屋敷の地下室の鍵。

Gold Ticket
ゴールドソーサー入場無制限パスポート。

PHS
離れた場所にいる仲間を呼び出せる。

Keystone
古 代種の神殿にいくためのカギ。

Lunar Harp
眠りの森を目覚めさせる楽器。

Map of the Glacier
大氷河で使う地図。

Snowboard
雪の上でも進める。

Huge Materia
コ レル魔晄炉で入手したヒュージマテリア

Huge Materia
コンドルフォート魔晄炉で入手したヒュージマテリア。

Huge Materia
ロケットから入手したヒュージマテリア。

Huge Materia
海底で入手したヒュージマテリア。

Leviathan Scales
水の力を秘めたうろこ。

Key to the Ancients
海でひろった古い鍵。

Key to Sector 5
ミッドガル5番街ゲートを開ける鍵。

< I need these translating underneath. I will check them against the originals and then make menu descriptions for them.

I have completed everything except these 2 really, with little bits here and there needing to be sorted.

Still on course for a March release for non-dialogue :)
 
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Strangelove

AI Researcher
AKA
hitoshura
Not all of them, and by no means perfect English in every case.

Potion
HPを100回復。
Restores 100 HP.

High Potion
HPを500回復。
Restores 500 HP.

X-Potion
HP を全回復。
Restores HP fully.

Ether
MPを100回復。
Restores 100 MP.

Turbo Ether
MPを全回復。
Restores MP fully.

Elixir
HP・ MPを全回復。
Restores HP and MP fully.

Megalixir
全員のHP・MPを全回復。
Restores HP and MP fully for all party members.

Phoenix Down
戦闘不能を回 復。
Cures KO. (have you got a different name for 戦闘不能 and the other status effects?)

Antidote
毒状態を治す。
Heals poison status.

Soft
石化状態を治す。
Heals petrified status.

Maiden's Kiss
カエル状態を治す。
Heals frog status.

Cornucopia
ミニマム状態を治す。
Heals mini status.

Echo Screen
沈 黙状態を治す。
Heals silence status.

Hyper
いかり状態になる。
Induces anger status.

Tranquilizer
かなしい状態になる。
Induces sad status.

Remedy
ス テータス異常を治す。
Heals status aliments.

Smoke Bomb
戦闘中、敵から逃げられる。
Enables you to escape from enemies during battle.

Speed Drink
味方一体 にヘイストの効果。
Haste effect on one party member.

Hero Drink
戦闘中、一時的に能力アップ。
Temporarily raises stats during battle.

Vaccine
ステータス変化さ せなくする。
Makes you immune to status changes.

Hand Grenade
敵一体に爆発ダメージ。
Explosive (explosion) damage to one enemy.

Bomb Fragment
敵全体に爆発 ダメージ。
Explosive (explosion) damage to all enemies.

Right Arm
敵全体に爆発ダメージ。
Explosive (explosion) damage to all enemies. (is this right?)

Hourglass
敵全体にストップの効果。
Stop effect on all enemies.

Kiss of Death
敵全体にデスの効果。
Death effect on all enemies.

Spider Web
敵全体にスロウの効果。
Slow effect on all enemies.

Dream Powder
敵全体にスリプルの効果。
Sleep effect on all enemies.

Silent Mask
敵全体にスリプルの効果。
Sleep effect on all enemies. (Is this right?)

War Gong
敵全体にバーサクの効果。
Berserk effect on all enemies.

Locoweed
敵全体にコンフュの効果。
Confuse effect on all enemies.

Fire Fang
敵 全体にファイラの効果。
Fira effect on all enemies.

Fire Veil
敵全体にファイガの効果。
Firaga effect on all enemies.

Antarctic Wind
敵全 体にブリザラの効果。
Blizzara effect on all enemies.

Ice Crystal
敵全体にブリザガの効果。
Blizzaga effect on all enemies.

Bolt Plume
敵全体にサ ンダラの効果。
Thundara effect on all enemies.

Swift Bolt
敵全体にサンダガの効果。
Thundaga effect on all enemies.

Earth Drum
敵全体にクエイラの 効果。
Quakra (?) effect on all enemies.

Earth Hammer
敵全体にクエイガの効果。
Quakga (?) effect on all enemies.

Toxic Waste
敵全体にバイオラの効 果。
Biora effect on all enemies.

M-Tentacles
敵全体にバイオガの効果。
Bioga effect on all enemies.

Stardust
敵全体にコメテオの効果。
Cometeo effect on all enemies.

Vampire Fang
敵一体のHPを吸収。
Absorbs HP from one enemy.

Ghost Hand
敵一体のMPを吸収。
Absorbs MP from one enemy.

Vagrisk Claw
敵 一体の石化効果。
Petrify effect on one enemy.

Light Curtain
味方全体にバリアの効果。
Barrier effect on all party members.

Lunar Curtain
味方 全体にマバリアの効果。
Ma-Barrier effect on all party members.

Mirror
味方全体にリフレクの効果。
Reflect effect on all party members.

Holy Torch
全体にデスペルの 効果。
Dispel effect on all. (Missing a word here?)

Chocofeather
敵全体に大旋風の効果。
Great Whirlwind (?) effect on all enemies.

Dragon Scales
敵全体に水属性のダ メージ。
Water elemental damage on all enemies.

Impaler
敵一体をカエルにする。
Turns one enemy into a frog. (Puts one enemy into Frog?)

Shrivel
敵一体をミニマムにする。
Turns one enemy small. (Puts one enemy into Mini?)

Eye Drop
暗闇状態を治す。
Heals darkness status.

Fire Cocktail
敵一体に炎のダメージ。
Flame damage on one enemy.

S-Mine
敵 一体に爆発ダメージ。
Explosive (explosion) damage on one enemy.

8-inch Cannon
敵一体に爆発ダメージ。
Explosive (explosion) damage on one enemy.

Graviball
敵一体にグ ラビデの効果。
Gravide effect on one enemy.

T/S Bomb
敵一体にグラビラの効果。
Gravira effect on one enemy.

Ink
敵一体に暗闇の効果。
Darkness effect on one enemy.

Dazers
敵 一体にマヒの効果。
Paralyse effect on one enemy.

Dragon Fang
敵 全体に雷のダメージ。
Thunder damage on all enemies.

Cauldron
敵一体を毒・混乱・ 眠り・沈黙・ミニマム・カエルにする。
Puts poision, confusion, sleep, silence, mini, and frog statuses on one enemy.

Chocobo Greens
チョコボに使うと……
If you use it on a chocobo...

Chocobo Nuts
チョコボを育てるときに……
When you're raising chocobos...

Tent
全員のHP・MPが全回復。
セーブできる所でしか使えない。
Restores HP and MP fully for all party members.
Can only be used where you are able to save.

Sources
"Name" を上げる。
Increases "Name"

Pocket Tissue
ちょっとせつない……
It's kind of sad...

Zinc Battery
なにかの機械を動 かせそうだ。
Looks like it will power some kind of machine.

Limit Breaks
究極リミット技 "Name" を覚える。
Teaches the ultimate Limit technique "Name"

1/35 Soldier
神 羅軍装甲?弾兵「突撃」セット 12体入。(Does that question mark mean there's something missing here?)


Super Sweeper
魔晄炉を守る最新メカ!両手からミサイルを発射!
The latest in mechanised mako reactor defences! Fires missiles from its arms!

Masamune
本 物そっくりな「セフィロス」の剣!君もソルジャー気分!
A "Sephiroth" sword, just like the real thing! You'll feel like a real SOLDIER!

Save Crystal
メニューで使うと大空洞内でセーブポイントを1 回作れる。
When used in the menu, you can create one save point within the Great Cave.



Huge Materia
コ レル魔晄炉で入手したヒュージマテリア
Huge Materia obtained from the Corell mako reactor.

Huge Materia
コンドルフォート魔晄炉で入手したヒュージマテリア。
Huge Materia obtained from the Condor Fort mako reactor.

Huge Materia
ロケットから入手したヒュージマテリア。
Huge Materia obtained from the rocket.

Huge Materia
海底で入手したヒュージマテリア。
Huge Materia obtained from the seabed.

Key to the Ancients
海でひろった古い鍵。
An old key found in the ocean.

Key to Sector 5
ミッドガル5番街ゲートを開ける鍵。
A key with opens the Midgar Sector 5 gate.
 

DLPB

Banned Flunky
AKA
Seifer Almasy, DanielReturns
ahh good idea about the spolier tag to shortern ;) and nice one. Those will do fine. As for:

&#31070; &#32645;&#36557;&#35013;&#30002;&#65311;&#24382;&#20853;&#12300;&#31361;&#25731;&#12301;&#12475;&#12483;&#12488; 12&#20307;&#20837;&#12290;(Does that question mark mean there's something missing here?)

Probably...not sure. I can check this one if we can't find the kanji, what does this come out as?

Cures KO. (have you got a different name for &#25126;&#38360;&#19981;&#33021; and the other status effects?)

I have called it a knock out, it certainly isn't a life restorer as it was originally inferred as.

&#25973;&#20840;&#20307;&#12395;&#29190;&#30330;&#12480;&#12513;&#12540;&#12472;&#12290;
Explosive (explosion) damage to all enemies. (is this right?)

yes, same as the other.

Silent Mask
&#25973;&#20840;&#20307;&#12395;&#12473;&#12522;&#12503;&#12523;&#12398;&#21177;&#26524;&#12290;
Sleep effect on all enemies. (Is this right?)

No, my mistake

Holy Torch
&#20840;&#20307;&#12395;&#12487;&#12473;&#12506;&#12523;&#12398; &#21177;&#26524;&#12290;
Dispel effect on all. (Missing a word here?)

Not sure I will check, prob on all enemies.
&#25973;&#20840;&#20307;&#12395;&#22823;&#26059;&#39080;&#12398;&#21177;&#26524;&#12290;
Great Whirlwind (?) effect on all enemies.

Appears to be "A great whirlwind against all enemies"
&#25973;&#19968;&#20307;&#12434;&#12511;&#12491;&#12510;&#12512;&#12395;&#12377;&#12427;&#12290;
Turns one enemy small. (Puts one enemy into Mini?)

Induces Minimum to one enemy
Pocket Tissue
&#12385;&#12423;&#12387;&#12392;&#12379;&#12388;&#12394;&#12356;&#8230;&#8230;
It's kind of sad...

More like "It's kind of upsetting" I am guessing?
 
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