Samurai Shodown (Spirit) RPG translation (French to English)

[bloodhokuto]

Appreciate your work on this!

[Apocalypse]

Hey apoc, i haven't had time to look at the intro due to work. Have you changed the font yet?

I did.
I just re-injected the font LNB used with one difference: the edge is black instead of grey. Again it's just for me to be able to make the difference between old and new tiles.

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Is it OK now?

[xsq]

looking good, like it better than with grey border!

[donluca]

looking good, like it better than with grey border!

Agreed.

[HornheaDD]

Hello, I'm new here. I dont know how to vote on the Poll up top but I would vote a resounding YES! I've been waiting for something like this for ages. The previous person that did it I guess gave up, or something. I looked up the youtube videos and people are saying he lost his work in a computer crash or something. From what I can tell in 4 pages you are making excellent progress, Apocalypse! Thank you so much for your hard work. I hope someday we can play this in English.

I would glady pay for the translation, providing it was actually finished haha

[Apocalypse]

Hey thanks.
So let's keep the black edge!

[Rot]

Bump...

xROTx

[Apocalypse]

Bump...

xROTx

No progress sorry, I worked mostly on the AES to MVS converter.

[HornheaDD]

I know it's been mentioned but if there is busy work to be distributed about, please let us know. I'm not a programmer/hacker, etc but I'd still love to help.

[Apocalypse]

I know it's been mentioned but if there is busy work to be distributed about, please let us know. I'm not a programmer/hacker, etc but I'd still love to help.

Thanks. At this stage of the project the most part of the job is the translation so unless you speak French...

[HornheaDD]

I don't, but I can use Google Translate! haha

[Apocalypse]

I don't, but I can use Google Translate! haha

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showth...t=#post3989266

No good

[Apocalypse]

In-game texts: 35%

[greedostick]

Do you have the script?

I think pulling some funds together, and paying a french translator/university tutor, would be a pretty realistic option. I would think the text can't be more than a days worth of work, that is if there is a script printed out. Even if it was just screenshots of every single piece of text, compiled in a binder.


edit:

just realize you speak french.

If there is really that much text, could this still be an option? I just wouldn't think there would be that much text in a samurai shodown RPG. I can't imagine the story being that deep.

[Apocalypse]

Do you have the script?

Of course I do.

I think pulling some funds together, and paying a french translator/university tutor, would be a pretty realistic option. I would think the text can't be more than a days worth of work, that is if there is a script printed out. Even if it was just screenshots of every single piece of text, compiled in a binder.

The text represents thousands of lines! More than few days of work.
Plus you have many constraints:
- length of text: you can't just translate the text, it must fit in the same space as the OG text
- special characters: the script contains both visible characters for the player and invisible characters used to separate text screens, display a specific avatar above the text etc. These characters must be kept at the exact same position.

edit:

just realize you speak french.

If there is really that much text, could this still be an option? I just wouldn't think there would be that much text in a samurai shodown RPG. I can't imagine the story being that deep.

Same here, I didn't expect the text to be that long!
Basically you have 6 different characters and 2 scenarios, that's 12 different stories. Even in the shops, sellers can speak differently depending on the character you chose (although it doesn't really have an impact on the story but I guess it's because in Japanese people don't speak the same with men and women, etc.).
And the story is pretty deep yes, I won't spoil the game but be prepared to travel a lot!

[Yoshi]

The complexity is appreciated, as are your efforts to finally get this translated for us.

[Hellfromabove]

This is going to be great once it's done. Thanks for all your hard work!

[NeoEsZ]

This is my most anticipated RPG of 2016.

I remember telling Deuce how much I was looking forward to his translation, and I even offered to donate some money through Paypal. I remember him responding to the effect of "eh, temper your expectations, it's not very good."

[HornheaDD]

Honestly, I'd be fine with an imperfect translation, as long as it got the point/story across.

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[Apocalypse]

In-game texts: 40%

[Razoola]

Nice!

[Hellfromabove]

Honestly, I'd be fine with an imperfect translation, as long as it got the point/story across.

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Why do it at all if you're not going for perfection the first time around? This is a very time consuming project, it wouldn't make sense to not complete his project.

In-game texts: 40%

Awesome!

[lolifoxgirl]

Dude is on fire. If only there was a no encounter hack to make checking faster...

[HornheaDD]

Why do it at all if you're not going for perfection the first time around? This is a very time consuming project, it wouldn't make sense to not complete his project.



Awesome!

I said imperfect. Not incomplete.

[Jonathan32]

Thanks for all your hard work. I have a suggestion but I don't know if it would be looked down upon. But Deuce has put the whole translated game up on youtube. maybe you could watch his videos for the parts that are giving you trouble with fitting in the correct amount of text and see how he fitted it in there. I don't really know how any of the technical stuff works but like I said its just a suggestion. Not sure if that would help you or not. Good luck though and thanks again for your work!!