/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Irotoridori no Sekai - 32,878/51,100 (64.34%) lines translated, full common route, Kana, and Kyou route translated, prologue patch released
>Kimiaru - Day one translated
Koitate - Ren and Yukino’s route patch released
Little Busters - Original released, work ongoing with EX./ME content, Sasami route 51.89% (3472/6691) translated
Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + Momoyo + Wanko + teacher route patch released, Miyako route 25% translated
M&M Enchanting Magic & Sweet Charms- 92%
>Mahoutsukai no Yoru - Trial patch released, work on the full game planned
Mirai no Uta to Tsunagaru Hitomi - Translation planned
Muv-Luv Chronicles - Work being done on The Day After 00 + 01
>Never 7 - all 113 scripts and 84 of 111 tips through initial translation, 82/113 scripts through final translation, preview patch out
Nursery Rhyme - 9049/34410 lines (26.3%) translated
Okujou no Yurirei-san - project starting up
Pandora no Yume - 15-17% translated
Parfait- Translation planned
>Period- game total translation: 92.30% complete, Miyu + Rin + Aoi + Kohane + Tsuzumi + Miyu patches released, next patch will be final
Princess Maker 5- 44% translated
Pure Pure The Story of Ears and Tails- Sachi Patch released, 85.48% translated
>Riaimo - 4430/16108 (27.50%) translated
Rance 3 - 75% translated
Rance 4 - 20% translated
Rance Quest - between 4 and 5%
Rewrite - 28287/101228 (27.94%) lines translated
Sakura Wars 1 - Project started
Sapphism no Gensou - 47 scripts translated
Sensei Da-isuki 2- roughly 25% translated, still active
Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo - Fully translated, someone has gone through all the scripts for editing

>Shinigami no Kiss wa Wakare no Aji - Common route and Honoka's route translated, overall 11322/18147 = 62.39% lines translated
Sin- 65% of episode 1 translated
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 6- fully translated
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 8- fully translated
>Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 9- 3/18 scripts translated
Tenshi No Inai 12-Gatsu-"Maho route fixed"
Togainu No Chi- 77% translated, partial patch out
To Heart2- 63% translated- "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", new alpha patch released
Tomoyo After - Partial patch released
Touka Gettan: translation status: ~40% translated
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation 35%, as it was found much of the script was originally not dumped
White Album 2 - Overall: 1804/70253 (2.56%) lines translated, Introductory Chapter: 1804/10769 (16.75%) lines translated
>Yandere - 80% translated
Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - 100% translated, 26% edited
Yosuga no Sora - Roughly 40% translated, goal for greater than 50% patch around mid-to-late february

>Aroduc's secret project - Chapter 4 complete

Official work

MangaGamer
Ef - Waiting on some final minor changes to the script, webpage online
Harukoi Otome - TL/Editing complete, Scripting in April, latter half of 2012 release expected
OtoBoku - 5/20 scripts translated
>Eroge - 25/60 H-scenes translated
>Dengeki Strykers - Trial out and preorders open, 6/22 release
Da Capo III - Mentioned at AX
Innocent Grey would also like to bring over an upcoming title related to Kara no Shoujo
Negotiations with age still ongoing
Negotiations for Oretsuba are still ongoing
Games from Denbonosu - "Hopefully in the future with MangaGamer, I can do something in the US too."[president of Denbonosu]
Negotiations ongoing with Clochette, would like to bring over Kamikaze Explorers
Picked up a Circus title with gameplay

JAST
Yumina the Ethereal - "Script and images translated. Working on insertion and testing"
Moero Downhill Night Blaze- 90% translated, fixing bug
School Days HQ - June 2012 goal, editing through 25% of chapter 5, porting though 30% of the final chapter."We hope to have it out in June."
Saya no Uta - 99% complete
Hanachirasu - 99% complete
Django: Couple more months of translation
Kikokugai - Working out issues
Sumaga- demo soon, got new staff
Seinarukana- picked up, ~38% translated
Starless - Work ongoing
Starry Sky- negotations with voice actors
Muramasa - Common route complete, 2 of 5 chapters towards true end translated, uncertain what will come from the project
>Steins;Gate - 2nd pass: 154/175 Scripts. Phone and TIPS edited, rough patch out, Jast may pick up the project

Other
LUDESIA- English release planned
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread
A tracker for these threads put together by Tinfoil: http://vntls.tindabox.net/

Eustia was updated too. 100% on prologue and first chapter, 50% edited.

>>9002504
whoops, didn't realize they had the progress forums on the thread being updated, I'll include updates from there going forward.

Why aren't you updating Togainu no Chi's progress, VNTL-kun?

>Princess Maker 5- 44% translated

Another week without progress. They have not abandoned this project, right? They're just being fags by not releasing any news, right?

>Yumina the Ethereal - "Script and images translated. Working on insertion and testing"
Man, I remember this being scheduled for release before AX11. It's almost time for AX12 already, huh?

Time since JAST/Nitro+ deal announcement: 34 months
Number of Nitro+ games released in that timespan: 1
I haven't kept up with translation news much these days, but man. After Demonbane I had some hope about the partnership again, but it's been a year since Demonbane and still no other releases.

Looks like Higanbana, Never7, and Dengeki Strykers are en route for Summer releases. Excellent.

>>9002523
>Greetings, I’m Ephyon, the project editor. To everyone who’s still checking in on us (all three of you) and have no clue what the hell we are doing: >First of all, apologies.
>Second, here’s what’s up:
> Arlen, our main translator, has been on leave for an indeterminate amount of time since February. That’s not new, he slips back and forth into the project as real life allows him to so it does not mean the project’s death. It does mean we’re stalled indefinitely though, so if anybody else wants to jump in and help us by translating some more stuff, by all means send us a message. As I said before, you don’t have to feel like you’re singing up to any herculean task or will be expected to follow any particular pace.

From its TLWiki page. Message dated March 2012.

>Riaimo - 4430/16108 (27.50%) translated

Unfortunately, the new translator is "learning japanese as he goes" and everyone else associated with the project seems to have abandoned it

>>9002552
> the new translator is "learning japanese as he goes"

These are the worst people.

>>9002538
Maybe ShiniKiss too.

>>9002519
It seems like it was stopped ever since it went from the old site to a members only forum

>>9002557
>>9002552
All he said was "I'm still working on the Japanese"

Take that as you will.

Dengeki Strykers next month looks nice, and then we have AX right afterwords to see how they have done this year after since they got the partnership with J-List.

>>9002552

...Well, fuck. I loved the trial, and was really looking forward to this, too.

>>9002578

Though old translator wasn't much better. Well, his translations weren't completely wrong, just not very good.

>Mahoutsukai no Yoru - Trial patch released, work on the full game planned
>Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 80.1% translated, second partial patch out

Waiting patiently for the powerlevels to power powerlevel.

The best thread of the week is here again!

From the Mahoyo trial translator, regarding the full thing
>So, now to deal with Mahoyo. As I have previously said, I will be translating the game. Though work and other hobbies have slowed me down from even finishing it, rest assured, I will do it. Now, believe it or not, I’ve been listening to all of the criticisms I’ve found of my work, and I hear you guys. You want me to use already established fandom terms? Sure, I can work with that. The style will remain more or less the same however, since I’m still of the opinion that natural-sounding dialogue and narration is the most important thing. Honorifics and such are in, due to style guide requirements (see next paragraph).

>And yes, for those of you concerned, I will have an editor. As a matter of fact, I’ll be working with the guys at Amaterasu Translations to get this whole thing out the door. It’ll be my first time working with a team, but this entire thing has been a succession of firsts for me. Translating has been a learning process for me, and it’s the feedback that gets me to improve. With any luck, I’ll be doing this translation with a relatively relaxed but scheduled regimen, so we can all read it as soon as possible.

>>9002598
Everyone's working with Amaterasu now, aren't they?

You mad tlwiki?

>>9002598
>The style will remain more or less the same however
So he's going to continue to add stuff that wasn't in the original text?

>>9002603

I think you'd be more mad if you knew who the main translator and editor are associated with (also me).

>>9002605

He's not the main translator and Ixrec is TLCing. Not to mention there are three editors.

>>9002605

Ideally, only "fluffy" stuff that doesn't affect the plot or dialogue.
I believe having a translation editor (will it be Ixrec himself? I don't know the other members of Amaterasu) will help him avoid translation train wrecks like the Laughing Man sequence.

>>9002606
I have no clue what you are trying to say.

>Kimiaru - Day one translated

!?

Am I hallucinating?

>>9002584
The old translator wasn't amazing or anything but he was still a lot better than the current guy.

Now you have shit like

「これはもう、お前にあいつを振ってもらうしか……」
This is already.. Why don't you try shaking her off?

Come on now.

Not like that's particularly cherry-picked either. Every other line is awkward as fuck

>>9002673
Why can't everyone be as awesome as Futsuu or the Grisaia translator?

>>9002673
but come on dude, he totally said もう, that means already, that is what EDICT told me

>>9002673
What is that beginning part even supposed to say? The second half looks fine to me though.

I'm not any good at moon and still learning, don't take my word for it.

>>9002699
これは just gives scope to the sentence in this case, sort of like それがですね and similar "starters". It doesn't have a lot of particular meaning other than stating that he's talking about the overall situation. もう then expresses "at this point", etc.

>>9002673

Yeah, Koto was decent. At least he could type in English without looking like a retard.

>>9002686

Well, for one, they're both native speakers. I dunno about Futsuu, but koestl is actually good at writing in English and adapting jokes, etc. A lot of people just translate literally because it's much easier than trying to think up a good adaptation.

how long has VNTS been doing this?

>>9002786
>Yeah, Koto was decent.
I've edited (more like redone) several thousand of Koto's lines. He was NOT decent. His English usage was alright, but his grasp of Japanese was seriously sketchy.

>>9002804

Better get back to your secret project, bro.

>>9002786
Native japanese speakers or english speakers?

>>9002792
http://vntls.tindabox.net/week/2009-07-11

>>9002822

English.

>>9002563
Ixrec was still working on his Japanese when he translated Cross Channel.

>>9002876

Yes, that's why the translation is really awful and ruins the game.

Is it me or the interest in these threads slowly dying off? This shit used to bumped until nearly the next weekend. Have gay/trap/emo/etc fags completely taken over the non-touhou population of this board?

>>9002880
/vn/ has migrated to /vg/.

>>9002878
Not really. I think you're just kind of a fag.

>>9002880

The thread from last week lasted until today. Most of the discussion for VNs usually lands in the "What are you playing" thread or the general on /vg/. Not much is happening at the moment anyways in terms of translation progress.

>>9002880
Seems like they stay alive longer now. Before some drama war would inevitably erupt and put it over the bump limit within a few days.

>>9002880
There is no translation drama nowadays.
We have no new delicious drama from ixwreck or moogy and NOTHING is released.
How sad. Gotta wait till summer when all of these translators start working harder.

>Riaimo

Please don't do this. That abbreviation is weeaboo-tastic, confusing as fuck, and irritating once you finally figure it out. Is writing out "Real Imouto" really that arduous?

>>9002917
>Real Imouto
I think you mean Real Little Sister, weeaboo.

>>9002958
Calling it Real Imouto has the benefit of not getting you shunned by normals if they happen to glance at your screen and see the title, though.

The correct English title is Real Sister.

That's what the iso is named anyway

>>9002917
Fucking webos in my eroge thread on /jp/ on 4chan.

>>9002876
No he did that with Moon.

>>9002878
That is a pretty big exaggeration.

Well back during Cross Channel Ixrec was still doing things like translating 思い切り孕ませたい as "Want her to give birth to a strong child" or something. There were definitely some serious issues even before touching upon the fact that it's god damn Romeo text he was attempting

>>9003033
>translating 思い切り孕ませたい as "Want her to give birth to a strong child"
Dear god.

>>9003033
Good grief... I'm just a beginner at japanese but even I understand how wrong is that...

>>9003033
>>9003045
>>9003065
He really ought to do a second pass someday.

I'm also against "Riaimo". In fact, I'm against "Kimiaru" as well, but I can understand that its full name "Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de" is probably too long.
But "Dengeki Strykers" is undisputably wrong, it isn't plural.

>>9003033
What does it mean?

>Amagami - "Prologue patch ETA ~July 2nd. Alpha testing underway"
Here I thought we wouldn't be seeing much green here from week to week, and yet they can't seem to keep their mouths shut over there. That said, I'd like to hope they'll have something looking a little nicer than what we've seen so far as of July. It's ridiculous to expect us to play in PCSX2 or whatever to begin with, and then with that ridiculous fat text spacing? Please.

>Dracu-Riot - prologue patch released, 2411/53707 (4.49%) lines translated
See you in 2015, 'Sem.

>Fortune Arterial- Prologue completly translated, Kiriha route finishing touches, Erika route 60%, Haruna route 50%
Green again, eh? I knew this project was on the way up. Talk about "the undead"... heh...

>Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni - Fully translated, in editing
Dammit, VNTS-kun had me reeling with the OP pic, thinking this was out. Well, "fully translated" is something, anyway. Come on, Ronove, just a little more.

>Never 7 - all 113 scripts and 84 of 111 tips through initial translation, 82/113 scripts through final translation, preview patch out
This week, as always, you have my customary thanks for your hard work and honorable effort.

>Period- game total translation: 92.30% complete, Miyu + Rin + Aoi + Kohane + Tsuzumi + Miyu patches released, next patch will be final
Same goes for you, my friend. See above.

>Rewrite - 28287/101228 (27.94%) lines translated
Well well well, Mr Hitchcock. No green this week, I see. I'm sure you're hoping to "wow" us next week with the completion of a particularly large script or something, but I can tell you that your attention grabbing games aren't fooling anybody. Speaking of which, I see you've tried to snatch up Mahoyo as well? Amaterasu is turning into another JAST. I'm sure you'd like to take the credit for killing the scene all on your own, but we both know you have some tough competition. Well, I hope you can deliver the fatal blow before the scene keels over and dies all on its own.

>Yandere - 80% translated
Never really expected this to go so far. 'ts a shame no one ever had anything to say about the title--as far as I'm concerned it's a shitty nukige.

>>9003495
>>9003497
Whoops, forgot to link the posts.

Need more nitro+ bl titles. I read togainu in Japanese when it came out so I'm long tired of it.

>Well well well, Mr Hitchcock. No green this week, I see. I'm sure you're hoping to "wow" us next week with the completion of a particularly large script or something, but I can tell you that your attention grabbing games aren't fooling anybody. Speaking of which, I see you've tried to snatch up Mahoyo as well? Amaterasu is turning into another JAST. I'm sure you'd like to take the credit for killing the scene all on your own, but we both know you have some tough competition. Well, I hope you can deliver the fatal blow before the scene keels over and dies all on its own.

Can someone please tell me why everyone seems to think lxrec is out to get them/the scene? Is being one of the fastest translators somehow a bad thing? Is lending assistance to the mahoyo translator somehow a bad thing?

>>9003587
Just ignore the autist.

>>9003587
Translation is inherently an act of destruction. It's all there, in the theory. Read some Nabokov.

You see, Eric has attempted to personally co-opt the business of translation into his self-operated machine, expediting the death of the whole animal. I'm in no disagreement with any sensible person on the root matter: We all know the scene needs to die. What I am critical of is Ixrec's shameful maneuvering to take credit for the long, hard work of others. Moogy-heika-dono and our very good friend Peter Payne have been doing this with more devotion, for much longer. Honorable dovac (peace be upon him) finally pulled the only string he had to give... The twilight is ending sooner than we thought, which is why we are seeing this pathetic battle for the glory. Who will take the blame in the end? The old axis of power, an upstart pretender like Ixrec, or seemingly deluded idealists like Cudder and Aaeru.
But will there even be any glory to steal? Will our world die a complacent death, unnoticed, will we be left longing for a hero like Gipface to return from the dead and end our misery? Or maybe we're already dead?

>>9003630
Can you please post like a normal human being next time.

>>9003640
Personally, I'd rather he just didn't post at all.

>>9003587
>>9003630
Before you get too full of yourself, your posts do not sound intelligent.

>>9003630
Five star post man, didn't laugh this much in ages.

>>9003630
lol

>>9003640
>>9003642
>>9003646

2DEEP4U

>>9003630

You, sir, are fucking insane, like a boss.

>Grisaia no Kajitsu

Looking good, I hope koestl can keep this up. With a bit of luck he'll hit 25% when it's midsummer.

It's a shame Rewrite had no update though, since they're usually pretty damn fast.

So did Ixrec ever get into that Japanese university or some shit. Just wondering.

>>9003750
I'm sure that has something to do with Rewrite slowing down.

>>9003758
Rewrite slowed down because Ixrec was too busy getting head from his bitch.

Actually, they just went on a trip to Japan together but whatever, same thing.

>>9003758

japanese university is like vacation, so I doubt it

>>9003777
>>9003776
>>9003758
>>9003750
Ixrec: Due to a new wave of bullshit from the study abroad bureaucracy, Rewrite's going to have to wait another few days.

From his twitter

I wish Ixrec would become a NEET. Then he would have time to translate probably every real deal visual novel in existence. Why does Ixrec have to be such an outstanding, well-rounded human being ;_;

>>9003630
No you

>>9003630
>Or maybe we're already dead?

>>9003777
have you been to one?

>>9003630
Wow, you're like one of those raving lunatics on a street corner that warns us that the end of the world is nigh. The more I try to make sense of what you're talking about, the more I see an abyss of gibberish.

I'm going to post a picture of Moogy every time you mention him.

I have permission from the client to post this.

You may add it to the list.

Translation: 95%; Editing: 20%;

>>9004273
CUDDER WHY ARE YOU SUCH A BIGSHOT

>>9004277
What. ??

>>9003630
Actually I'm more pragmatic than idealistic.

>>9003217
Acronyms are always useful. KGADSGOD is short and coincidentally very pronouncible.

>>9004233
Wasn't that posted like five years ago? Surely he looks different now because in that image he looks about twelve.

>>9004335
anonix sucks

even espeon hate you

>>9004273

Isn't that flyable hearts?

>>9005021
It's an alternate Flyable Heart.

I don't see why people think this FH project is any WORSE than reading it in ATLAS, which is the only alternative at the moment.

What's the difference between Flyable Heart and Hoshizora no Memoria?

>>9005026
Different plots.

>>9003495

We're trying to update on a somewhat monthly basis to show that we aren't dead, and that it's active.

We found out a way to hack the text engine of the game, and fiddling with this, this is what we have hacked up. Keep in mind that this is in no way final and that we're still hacking it, which is why the whole script might be tossed around for another month as we decide how to approach this.

We're trying our best ;_;. Don't bash please.

Yes, we know about the ugly indents and overlap of m's and w's. But the text should be much more readable now, correct?

>>9005036
Miya is my favorite

>>9005022

Is that a new trend? Translating already translated VNs again?

>>9005053
It's a spin off. Not to mention
>FH
>translated
what you have is an edited machine 'translation' of FH.

Guys, do you think Majikoi is readable with Atlas and the other various programs (The dictionaries and ect.)?
I can't wait anymore.

>>9005057
it doesnt't matter how horrible it is, it is still a translation,

>>9005036
That looks perfectly readable but the line spacing is still a bit on the high side.

>>9005023
>>9005057
Straight ATLAS output is still technically a translation, although not very accurate, and yet FHTRANS is quite a bit above that. Going through VNs with ITH/ChiiTrans for a while tends to improve your reading comprehensing under 'adverse' conditions.

>>9005067
Give it a go. Dictionaries might make you learn bits of Japanese in the process.

>>9005103

We did some calculations and according to typography standards, that's what they said for us to use. We can change it easily...

You can have this, as an alternative on what we're doing. This was from before we discovered a kerning fix.

>>9005134
You mean a keming fix?

I don't mind bigger spacing as long as the longest lines can fit. Having the text cut off is a big no-no.

>>9005148

I meant line spacing. That is a decreased version of it.

>>9005148

The count right now is 62 x 4 characters = 248 characters. I don't think we'll run out anytime soon...

In any case, that picture was the alternative in terms of line spacing.and we were going to go with that before I did tweaking with typography calculations. And again, that picture was from before we found a kerning fix, which was what I meant to say.

As you can see, we're still encountering problems...

>>9005103
>ChiiTrans
Why are people still using that when you have Translation Aggregator?

>>9005248
Because TA's OCN doesn't work properly, and ChiiTrans2 has mouseover kanji dictionary lookup.

>>9005274
>mouseover kanji dictionary lookup
uh, doesn't TA have that too?

>Real Imouto is alive again
Hooray, I loved the trial a lot.

>>9005103
>Straight ATLAS output is still technically a translation, although not very accurate, and yet FHTRANS is quite a bit above that

>え？　それ俺の話なの！？
>"Eh? Is that my talk!?"

>今日の夜はしっかりご飯食べて、きちんと備えよう。
>I'll have a meal firmly and prepare accurately tonight.

>いろいろと考え込んでいる間に、一通りの設定が終わったらしくぐみち
ゃんが腰をあげた。
>While I pondered variously, the common configuration seemed to end and Gumi-chan rose to her feet.

>「ぐみちゃん、こういう時はオー！　と声に出すのだよ」
>"Gumi-chan, at such a time! To take out the voice."

>「あ！　欠片で切っちゃった？　やっぱり俺が全部やればよかったかな
…ごめんな」
>"Oh! Has it been cut by a fragment? After all should I have done it all...I'm sorry."

>「へ、平気です。このくらい」
>"I-I'm fine. This much."

>「だめだよ、ちゃんと消毒しないと」
>"It's useless, if not properly sterilized."

>そこから消毒液と絆創膏を持ち出して、すずのの所に戻る。
>"From there, I take antiseptic solution and an adhesive plaster and return to Suzuno."

>「それなら来い！　どーん！　と。ドーン！！」
>"Come then! Come! Come!!"

>「………そんな」
>"......Like that."

>「らじゃー！！」
>"So then!!"

Yeah, whatever you say.

>>9005381
What's your point? You can make some sense out of it.

>>9005381
Is that FH Trans or direct ATLAS?

>>9005394
What's the difference?

>>9005407
Not much, apparently.

>>9005381
That's... sad. I'm not even talking about the broken English.

>>9005831

It's machine translated. What did you expect?

>>9005381
え？　それ俺の話なの！？
>Does it obtain it? That be my it conversation! ?

>今日の夜はしっかりご飯食べて、きちんと備えよう。
>Eating rice firmly tonight I will prepare neatly.

>いろいろと考え込んでいる間に、一通りの設定が終わったらしくぐみち
ゃんが腰をあげた。
>While deliberating all 1 way of setting observes ぐ that seemed that ended and Miss gave a/the waist.

>「ぐみちゃん、こういう時はオー！　と声に出すのだよ」
>"When observe ぐ and say Miss, this way it is オー! I take out it to the voice that"

>「あ！　欠片で切っちゃった？　やっぱり俺が全部やればよかったかな
…ごめんな」
>"Is it った that I cut it with a/the fragment? Whether or not I was sufficient to do it all after all な..unwelcome な"

>「へ、平気です。このくらい」
>"To, it is calm. About this"

>「だめだよ、ちゃんと消毒しないと」
>"It is め that is and if I do not disinfect it properly"

>そこから消毒液と絆創膏を持ち出して、すずのの所に戻る。
>"Taking out a/the disinfectant solution and Band Aid from there it returns in the place of すず."

>「それなら来い！　どーん！　と。ドーン！！」
>"Come if it is it! It not ど ー! It is that. ドーン! !"

>「………そんな」
>"......Loss"

>「らじゃー！！」
>"Pl じゃ ー! !"

Yeah, I'd say it's better than trying to read through the fragments of Japanese it leaves behind.

>>9007112
Filter the input of the names using something like translation aggregator and there is barely any difference. Either way, it's well below the standard of conveying meaning.

>>9005381
>I'll have a meal firmly and prepare accurately tonight.

Wait warmly until it is ready?

>>9007112
You forget that if you're using a machine translator, you also have the Japanese in front of you, meaning you could look up words or use the results of multiple machine outputs to put together a result on your own.

With that taken into account, machine translation is actually more effective than the retrans release

Any long-time TA users here notice the online translators are getting worse in terms of accuracy? I remember Google in particular used to be quite understandable, but now half the lines I put in cause a strange mix of Japanese and English to come out. Jparser and Mecab + ATLAS is superior.

>>9007734
I've only been using TA (well, ChiiTrans2 these days) for about a year, but I haven't noticed OCN getting any worse, and if anything Honyaku is better than it used to be. Those two and ATLAS are the only ones I use, with Furigana Inserter and Rikaichan open in Firefox.

Google Translate is shit-tier.

So is the group doing Higanbana going to be doing Second Night?

>>9005021
>>9005022
It's a SQLsequel of FH, from what the translator said. No idea, either way it doesn't matter to me.

Translation 100%; Editing 22%;

So now there's the question of what he wants to do after KNNWSNY. Judge for yourself but I think his translation has improved a bit since then. An SP1 of FH, something else in the series, or what? Whereever there is consumer demand.

>>9009488
I would suggest killing himself as his next project.

>>9009488

Translation improvement.....¬¬

I recomend for him http://vndb.org/v4679 :P

>>9009488
Yeah I guess could say he improved from a 1/10 to a 2/10.

How do you translate an entire game and only improve marginally afterwards. Does he have no learning ability or what

>>9009893
He probably would be way better if he actually translated into his native language. I am pretty sure he hasn't read any notable books in English so he has zero feel for it.

>>9009488
This is just bizarre. Why would you localize the names of the characters but then keep the honorifics?

>>9004273
>>9009488

wait, seriously? wow, even though the translation is kinda... meh. but oh well, this was one of vn I want to read in english even if it's ended up awfuly translated (I hope the quality/accuracy/you-name-it will improve after editing though). no offense cudder, just saying what I think after seeing the image. hope it will be finished soon. any ETA btw?

>>9010265
It's a joke.

>>9010278
You're honestly better off playing it in Japanese with AGTH.

>>9010278
Machines don't improve. All it looks like he's done is learned to mix output from Translation Aggregator better to cover it up instead of just outright copy and pasting between them. So I guess he is learning something, but it's not Japanese or English.

>>9010656
But the patch puts the lines from ATLAS into the game for a smoother reading experience.

>>9013278
If inaccuracy and lost meaning counts as being smoother, then yeah.

>>9013332
It's not like you care much about the "meaning" when you are reading Flyable Heart anyway... I mean, they could've rewritten a different story to match the pictures and it wouldn't really matter...

>>9009702
It seems there's already an English translation for that.

>>9009893
>>9010239
Translating is not his day job. He probably gets exposed to far less English than you throughout the day, and has been working on this intermittently. If you talk to the people on Alibaba/AliExpress/etc. you'll see they're all like this. It's an entirely different perspective. While you may be relatively perfect in English and need no second thought, they see it as a way of communication with the West, and thus put only enough effort as needed to do so.

>>9010265
Those are Beta names. The RTM release will contain romanised Japanese names. From your perspective the Beta may as well not exist, we've decided not to make it a public one.

>>9010278
No ETA but to give you an idea of the timeframe this started a short while after FH, near the end of Q2 2011.

>>9014410
That's a joke, no? He can't use a machine translator or speak english properly and for editting adds some; "U Mad" "Meat stick" "o rly" "fuck, that was delicious" "bean-paste filled fish-shaped pancakes...". That´s retarded.

>>9014410
Hey Cudder. Remember when you used to post under the FH4 trip claiming you weren't FH4? And how both of you kept claiming that writing wasn't important for stories, just getting the meaning across, which you got wrong too? And then how you badgered the Milky Holmes project to death by spamming it every 4 hours until it got you banned?

Fun times.

>>9014668
>bean-paste filled fish-shaped pancakes
Oh my...

>>9014410

The problem was always that the translator did not understand that English consists of more than words from a dictionary.

I perfectly well recall that he undid corrections "because it was not literal enough" when compared to his own dictionary.

I still can't understand how you can choose to translate a game to learn language, and then ignore all corrections others give you. The person must simply be insane.

Cudder is my favorite autist/sociopath/troll (choose one or more).

You have to treat his projects like a joke; they make the /jp/ experience the wonderful thing that it is.

>>9016584
Cudder has done a lot of good things for /jp/

>>9016584
She's like a more autistic version of Uncle Mugen.

>>9014410
>Those are Beta names.

...what? why would you not use the correct names from the start?

is this all some kind of bizarre joke?

Because when you're using a machine translation with substitutions in place of names, you might as well search/replace across the entire script.

>>9016971
Even if this is true, you would presumably search / replace with the characters' actual names, not random ones you made up, right?

I mean, even if you are for some bizarre reason starting a translation project for a game you have never played, looking them up would take literally 3 minutes of effort...

>>9016986
But if you do that then if you have to search/replace to change them later, you will also wind up changing any instances of them in the dialogue, which may not be what you want to do. By using known substitutes you can avoid this possibility.

>>9017046
...What? Why would you search/replace later to change the correct names of the characters? What the fuck are you even talking about?

>>9017102
Don't ask me, look at the Ever17 translation and tell me why they had to do whatever they did. (replacing every instance of "Youth"--their original translation of "Shounen"--with "kid", resulting in strange constructions like "I told you that" -> "I told kidat." For some reason the search string ignored spaces, I don't know why. All in all, pretty unbelievable, considering it was a commercial translation and that there is a goddamned character named "You" anyway.)

>>9017151
...If you use placeholder names (especially something as simple as Maria or Stephen) you are guaranteeing that you will eventually have to search / replace for every single character and take exactly this sort of risk.

>>9017193
But at least you only have to search/replace once, in the end.

>>9017228
And if you use THE CORRECT NAMES from the start, you search / replace ZERO TIMES per character. Even if you change one character, that's one change, compared to 50 you are guaranteeing yourself via your method. You are denser than a neutron star and probably Cudder.

>>9017290
But during translation what may have seemed like the correct name at the start might not seem so correct when you've translated most of the script and had more time to think on it.

>>9017301
Then you replace the name you've been using up till now with the correct one, since it's still a constant.

>>9017301
How do you fuck up a name? Seriously.

>>9017309
But then you may inadvertently replace a lot of things you didn't want to. For example, when Ixrec was translating Sekien no Inganock, he had a dilemma for a while as to whether he should translate Gii's name as Gii or Guy. What if he had originally started out using Guy, and then later decided to replace it with Gii? It would be a fucking nightmare! By using substitution names until you're finished you avoid this possibility.

>>9017323
And this is the reason you listen to the fanbase and go for the already accepted names most people use.

>>9017330
I'm just saying that people change their minds, during the course of a long project all the more so. It's good to have a bit of flexibility.

>>9017323
That's an extreme case because of the odd setting and word. It's also exactly the sort of thing you decide before you begin a project. You absolutely need to go in knowing how you are going to handle speech quirks, for example; you can't simply search and replace those after the fact! You need to have done some pre-planning before you begin a translation project if you want a consistent result.

Flyable Heart, by the way, is set in Japan, with simple names. There is exactly 0 chance you will ever need to change "Mayuri" or "Shou."

>>9017372
Planning is the sort of thing real translators do. This is a Cudder project we're talking about.

It also fucks up every single time characters stutter names, but Cudder/FH4 have proven they don't understand enunciation at all anyway.

Darn what about that Goth Loli Vampire girl that seduces her teacher from the present? I don't regularly visit this board but I've been enthralled by the h sceens from that vn.

>>9017509
Stuttering, names cut off halfway through by an interruption from another character, lisping or childish characters slurring the name, names split into two parts by ellipsis as a dramatic pause, nicknames that abbreviate the name...

Decide on your names beforehand. Placeholders are a completely ridiculous idea.

>>9017559
Again, except when you're just editing machine translations so all you're using is a copy/pasted substitute list. Then it makes perfect sense.

>>9016954
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_name#Project_code_name
>To prevent casual observers from concluding that a pre-release version is a new release of the product, thus helping reduce confusion.
In other words it's a release management thing.

As for all the talk over whether we've implemented them correctly, like >>9017559 , I could explain by describing the build process, but a picture is worth a thousand words...

>>9018507
I honestly cannot tell whether you're legitimately retarded or a very talented troll.

>>9018537
Mostly retarded. Note how he thinks that image proves fuckall.

And he cherry picked this awesome bit of work to show off.
>A free pass means that it's okay eat to my heart's content, morning, noon, and night?
>S-Stephen-kun? Ignoring your father?

Enterprise quality job from Cudder as usual.

>>9018507
Go choke on dicks Cudders. Why are you still showing your face around here?

>>9018579
You're the one who is retarded if you can't see that the image is supposed to show---

1. The beta names begin with the same first letter as the romanised Japanese, and that is not a coincidence.
2. Abbreviations and interruptions of names do not get changed.
3. Most importantly, the names in the database containing the translated text are romanised Japanese and the ones which will appear in RTM and thereafter.

With that information it should be sufficient to conclude that the direction of name replacement is happening in the exact opposite of what you assumed. Thank you for showing your lack of reasoning, inability to remember even trivial facts about me, and conduciveness to producing insults.

>>9018614
Will you realize that nobody gives a fuck about any of that compared to the quality of the translation itself, which everything you touch is completely devoid of?

I don't think that goes quite far enough, Cudder. Why don't you replace all the character sprites with hairy ballsacks, just to be on the safe side? I think there might still be a few "casual observers" who think this Beta product, (?) which you aren't releasing and plaster BETA on every screenshot of in huge red letters, is a "new release of the product" (???)

You could also learn how to wordwrap text

>>9018596
>>9018624
>>9018627
So much hate for Cudder-sama ;_;

>>9018624
Then carefully explain why there has been a nontrivial amount of posting on how the assumed method name replacement wouldn't work in all cases.

>>9018627
I don't need to "learn how to wordwrap text" because that will be done for the RTM. The text is being edited and will change, and so will the font and its size. No reason for configuring the filter now if it'll have to be done again once the final textbox size is determined and the final text is available.

>>9018643
I'm not Japanese.

I don't understand this guy. All his projects are terrible fiascos, because the only people who accept his obsessive, anal demands for absolute control are Brazilians editing ATLAS output with the help of an English dictionary. These, in turn, disappear into the night as soon as they turn 15 and discover girls.

He's literally pissing into the wind. Why does he even bother? No one wants him to.

>Muv-Luv Chronicles - Work being done on The Day After 00 + 01
It's seriously not. Can we just go with that? Unless someone tells me there is more than one day of inexplicably angry posts 10 months ago that never lead to anything said in them happening to believe it.

>>9018716
>give me proof or I WON'T BELIEVE YOU
no one cares about telling you more, if you don't like it don't wait for the game, it's that simple

>>9018672
>Then carefully explain why there has been a nontrivial amount of posting on how the assumed method name replacement wouldn't work in all cases.
Because it shows a blatant disregard and lack of understanding of the translation process as well as being a hallmark of simply search/replacing terms in a language that relies heavily on context to create a correct translation. When you are relying on faulty tools and faulty processes, you will get faulty output.

That careful enough for you?

>>9018726
I'm not. No one is, nor has been for 5 months. Which was already insanely optimistic when there was no posts, no updates, and no site to start with.

What the fuck is wrong with this thread? I can't see the greentext like usual.

>Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 80.1% translated, second partial patch out
Oh my

>Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 80.1% translated, second partial patch out
Oh shit it's hit 80%!
Another year or two and we'll have 90% maybe.

>>9018828
something about the 4chan update seems to have broken all older greentext

>>9018828
Go and see a doctor. There is a problem with your eyes.

>>9009136

Yes, once The First Night is complete, we'll start work on The Second Night.

Once the editing is done and we've sorted out the glossary (translation notes) system, there shouldn't be much to do before the patch is released. We're hoping to get it out before the end of the month.

>>9020433
Good to hear. Thanks.

>>9018850

That'd be funny if it weren't true.

Ryûkishi07 is the guest of Epitanime 2012.
( http://www.epita-convention.com/invites/ )
For his visit, the last 2 games of Higurashi no naku koro ni (7 and 8) are expected to be released (in French).
For those who might care.

>>9003630

Fuck. It's like a huge crap was taken on the board in text form.

Why is White album 2 not dropped yet? I mean 2000 lines in more than 2 months is absolutely nothing.

>>9020483
> http://www.epita-convention.com/invites/
If it was in June I would fly to france from spain just to meet him and get his autograph.
In may, that's impossible for me ;_;

>>9020529
Someone ought to go convince them to drop it. At least that way we aren't guaranteed a shitty translation of WA2 in 7 years.

>>9020493
Why don't Carpe Fulgur localize more games?

I think it's unfair that foreign concepts like lolikon are kept in games aimed at the English-speaking market.

novelnews.net & gemot:
>503 - Service Not Available
That's kinda sad. IIRC, dovac gave them 90 days to relocate, didn't he?

>>9020696
It would be a shame to drop it silently now. Anyone worth his salt would at least look for an opportunity to stir up controversy before abandoning an outlet with as much potential as WA2.

>>9020708
Kindly keep your mitts off my replies (that is to say, replies to my comments, "first dibs" to which I think I am entitled much more than you), mouthbreather. Your argument is nonsensical, and worse, asyntactical. If you meant an attempt at parody, you've achieved nothing.

>>9021458
They're working just fine, unfortunately. Nice try, though. Maybe when the 90 days are up dovac's gift will keep on giving (if it has anything left to give... we'll see. I think--I hope--at least one or two archaic old sites on the subdomain might evaporate forever...)

>>9021458

They're back up.

>Higanbana no Saku Yoru Ni - Fully translated, in editing

Yeeeaaah nigga. I'm ready for this.

>>9022263
>>9022251
Yeah, I can access them now. I was worried because I'm planning to put my little Parfait & Keyorina PS2 hacking project up there when/if I finish it (both of them are built on the same engine.)

That said, is anyone here interested in reading PS2 versions of Parfait & Keyorina (using real PS2 or PCSX2), considering that both of them will soon have PC versions available?

>>9018707
You can make the same argument with users of Apple products. I'll let you try to figure out the rest from there.

>>9018734
You completely missed the point. I was not asking for your opinion on that discussion but simply why there is said discussion. It is a slightly rhetorical question.

>>9022822
That is not even in the ballpark of what rhetorical means, Cud-tan.

>>9022843
Don't bother replying to that attencion whore, his troll-ego will grow.

>Gipface: We are proud to announce that SWELLS is alive and kicking again. Expect it in the near future.
That's swell I guess.

>>9024471
Wait, Swells is back?

>>9024471
I'm actually somewhat happy to hear this. I always thought it was a huge shame that they got so far on that project and then just buried it without ever even revealing what it was.

>>9024471
Source?

>>9024471
Is that Mashiro Iro Symphony named Swells by NNL that was droped after the Minori incident?

>>9024471
What game is that? Bittersweet Fools?

>>9024529
Some speculated it was that. Also it's not like they're renaming it Swells, it was just a code name used for their poll. (Which was an intentionally bullshit poll created for the purpose of mocking Ixrec's poll that had just been fucked over something majorly by gg at the time.)
>>9024539
It was never revealed. Some speculated that it was Mashiro Iro Symphony, but it was sort of a "secret project" similar to what Aroduc did with Kamidori, so the actual name was never revealed.

<TinFoil> this just in
<TinFoil> me forgetting to block Japanese IPs has led to the Eiyuu Senki project getting a DCMA takedown request

>>9024741
Well, hopefully they'll ignore it.

>>9024741
TinFoil is a faggot and he has even gotten his grubby paws on this thread. He'll probably launch a premium scheme soon, like the selfish cunt that he is.

Fuwanovel couldn't come sooner.

>>9024741
The Eiyuu Senki project, a mediocre game with terrible writing being done by Hongfire members using machine translation, might not see the light of day?

Truly a loss for us all.

>>9024773
I was just looking at Aaeru's Twitter for some godforsaken reason. I truly can't tell which posts are supposed to be taken seriously and which are parodies.

>>9024839
Also,
>Fuwanovel is announcing a collaboration translation project with Insemination's TL group Staircasesubs. Project will be revealed in 3 days!

>>9022843
But it was. I dislike Cudder-spamming as much as the next guy, but you, if you're the same one that has been keeping arguing with him for a while, must be retarded.

>>9024881
Did you even look at what was being discussed? Someone called Cudder out on shitting all over translation quality for his versioning system, and he turns around and says "Oh yeah? Well explain why so many people are saying why this versioning system is retarded then?"

>>9024842
Just you wait, anons, Insemination & Aaeru are going to translate some full bara otomege for us. And the only catch is forced removal of sex scenes so that they can stream their release on youtube.
Hooray!