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Posted on 10-29-04 05:40 AM Link | Quote
At the arcade I frequent sometimes they recently got a "Ranger Mission" game. I almost thought it was mistranslated because of the garbled sound effects missing with the voice acting. I thought it said "eliminate the hostages and vanquish the enemy" but unfortunately (after waiting 5 min or so) it ended up being "liberate" when I heard it again. Too bad.

On the other hand, there are a few awkwardly translated phrases in Chrono Trigger, usually later in the game. I think near the Northern Ruins's town.
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Posted on 10-29-04 10:43 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by MathOnNapkins
there are a few awkwardly translated phrases in Chrono Trigger


Yes...that includes just about anything Ayla says.
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Posted on 10-29-04 09:42 PM Link | Quote
Ayla's not poorly translated, she just doesn't talk normal.
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Posted on 10-30-04 04:46 AM Link | Quote
Well, I'd have no idea, I haven't played the jap version yet.
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Posted on 10-30-04 11:39 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kratos Aurion
Ayla's not poorly translated, she just doesn't talk normal.


Uh...isn't that the same thing? ...What?


(edited by Mutation on 10-30-04 02:40 AM)
(edited by Mutation on 10-30-04 02:41 AM)
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Posted on 10-30-04 12:30 PM Link | Quote
No it's not. If Ayla was originally portrayed as being articulate in the Jap version, that's a mistranslation because she's a numbskull in the US one.
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Posted on 10-30-04 12:32 PM Link | Quote
She's supposed to talk like that.
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Posted on 10-30-04 01:21 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
She's supposed to talk like that.
Pok


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Posted on 10-31-04 12:44 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Mutation
How would "???" be pronounced anyway?

How do you pronounce ACMLM?
Seriously... I guess that his name is Questionmarkquestionmarkquestionmark. However, it didn't fit in the textbox, so they shortened it...
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Posted on 11-01-04 08:12 AM Link | Quote
Another thing I've been wondering:
How Why did AYB end up in MegaMan Battle Network?


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Posted on 11-01-04 10:48 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Mutation
Yes, that is odd. How would "???" be pronounced anyway? Would it be pronounced anything like "@@@@"?


Well, there is a band named !!! but at least there's a pronunciation or three. The most common one is "chk chk chk". So maybe something like that.
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Posted on 11-01-04 05:13 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Smallhacker
Originally posted by Mutation
How would "???" be pronounced anyway?

Seriously... I guess that his name is Questionmarkquestionmarkquestionmark. However, it didn't fit in the textbox, so they shortened it...


It would be more like: "Huh?Huh?Huh?".

Because I said so.
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Posted on 11-02-04 02:50 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Mutation
Another thing I've been wondering:
How Why did AYB end up in MegaMan Battle Network?

There's a lot of references to it in various shows. In the episode of Futurama where they show life as a video game, when the aliens are coming out of the 'ship' one of them says it.
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I am fucking SICK of all your base coming from this board. It's not funny anymore. You killed it. Hell, not only did you kill it, you dug up t he corpse, pissed on it, and then had sex with it.


But best engrish ever: "VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTEDT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE JAM!"

and "I am the justice. Not you."
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Posted on 11-03-04 04:45 AM Link | Quote
"Spoony bard". Can't touch that
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Posted on 11-03-04 04:47 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by windwaker
"Spoony bard". Can't touch that


That's not mistranslated...that's just Tellah sounding pissed.
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Posted on 11-03-04 04:51 AM Link | Quote
Which is why it was kept in the PSX version.

(That and the outcry from fans would be insane. )
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Posted on 11-03-04 04:55 AM Link | Quote
I thought it was taken out.

[blinks]

Seriously, I thought it was.
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Posted on 11-03-04 06:06 AM Link | Quote
"But there are sme who would enslave the world by reviving the dread destructive force known as 'magic' " ...ahh, good ol' FF6 another classc is F-Zero's "GOAL IN", Pokemon's "PEOPLE CALL ME THE POKEMON PROF!", FERALIGATR's name in general (yes, the space limitation, but still ) and the best being Earl from the Pokemon Acedemy in Violet city. "You are trainer?", "Win you did?" "Very indeed nice!" "Then study shall you!" "Teach you I will" "Earl, I am!" "More from me you want to hear?" "Wonderful are Pok


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Posted on 11-03-04 06:08 AM Link | Quote
MajinBlueDragon: It's just Yoda sending messages to you.
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