Click here for Part 1 Jona had caused trouble in the Reinford Laboratory. As soon as Tio heard this, she rushed to the lab in question, where she found a seething Jona, a flustered Roberts, and a visibly upset Marcel waiting for her. “Jona…!” Tio said, panting softly. She rounded on him. “Just what are … Continue reading Ao no Kiseki Short Stories: Tio’s Chapter (Part 2) — Fan Translation
(You can read a PDF of the story here.) “Why’d this have to happen…” Jona leaned back in his chair and sighed. He was sitting in the Orbal Network server room of the Epstein Foundation Research Facility. Cutting-edge computer terminals lined the room, neatly arranged on low tables. Anyone who understood the value of the … Continue reading Ao no Kiseki Short Stories: Tio’s Chapter (Part 1) — Fan Translation
Hello, everyone! Welcome to episode 7 of Trails of Translation! This time, I'll be comparing Xseed and GungHo's localizations of Trails in the Sky FC/Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter by looking at six scenes from throughout the game's prologue. GungHo's new localization of this game has been a hot-button topic ever since they made … Continue reading Trails of Translation Episode 7: Xseed vs GungHo in Sky FC’s Prologue
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Trails of Translation, a series where I analyze the official localizations for the Legend of Heroes: Trails series. It's been, uh... checks calendar... four years since the last post. Whoops! Let's make up for lost time by checking out a long scene from Trails into Reverie from the Imperial … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 6: Reverie 1: Just talkin’ to talk, huh? (Reverie, Chapter 2)
Welcome back to Trails of Translation, a series where I analyze the official localizations for the Legend of Heroes: Trails series and maybe teach some Japanese while I'm at it. In this episode we're looking at the introduction to one of my favorite characters in the series, Kevin Graham. I want to showcase how Xseed … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 5: I’m a Serious, Devoted Priest, y’now! (Sky SC, Prologue)
WARNING: THIS POST IS LOOKING AT ONE OF THE FINAL SCENES OF TRAILS IN THE SKY FC. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE FINISHED THE GAME. For the first episode in (checks last post) eight months... we’re looking at one of the most memorable scenes in the Trails series, the Weissmann villain reveal at the … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 4: Weissmann the Faceless
Similar to Trails in the Sky FC, I believe Trails from Zero to be a massively underrated game by the Trails fanbase. I’ve seen the sentiment that Zero is a boring and uneventful game, but I couldn’t disagree more. It has a relatively self-contained story and is light on the big-time action that make games … Continue reading Top 10 Trails from Zero Moments
Unlike the last two episodes where I looked at an entire scene, this time I’m going to be focusing mainly on two lines, one from Trails in the Sky FC and the other from Trails of Cold Steel 1. The first line is one of my least favorite localization decisions in the entire series, and … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 3: Choke on a Pom (FC and CS1)
This week in Trails of Translation I’ll be looking at Olivier Lenheim’s introduction in chapter 1 of Trails in the Sky FC. The translators took a few more liberties here than they did in the last scene I wrote about, adding some flavor to the dialogue and making a couple of changes for added humor. … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 2: My Pure Glass Heart is Broken (Sky FC, Ch. 1)
Hello everyone and welcome to a new series where I’ll be looking at differences between the original Japanese and the official English localization of certain scenes throughout the Trails series! In these posts I’m going to point out changes in the localization and try to analyze why they were made, while also occasionally breaking down … Continue reading Trails of Translation Ep. 1: Trails in the Sky FC Opening Scene
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