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That still requires semi decent translators. Otherwise you get some pretty silly dialog like "You spoony bard!": https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/You_spoon
by kyrra 3y ago
That still requires semi decent translators. Otherwise you get some pretty silly dialog like "You spoony bard!": https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/You_spoony_bard https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/You_spoony_bard!
- chongli 3y ago“You spoony bard” is one of the best lines in the whole series. Why would you want it to be changed to something unobtrusive? It has tremendous staying power and it gets people talking about a game they might’ve otherwise overlooked. And that’s tragic because FFIV is a wonderful game that should not be overlooked. I think SquareEnix agrees with me, as they’ve kept the line in retranslations of the game.
- Waterluvian 3y agoThis reminds me of how the Demon’s Souls remake cleaned on a lot of translation issues, but not all. The Maiden in Black is the same voice actor, who speaks in very broken phonetic English, which is generally agreed adds considerably to the atmosphere.
- kqr 3y ago"Son of a submariner" was similarly surprising yet a perfect match for the situation and it stuck with me since.
- lmm 3y agoThat's a perfectly good and underappreciated translation. The guy is a hundred-or-so year old sage, he's not going to be turning the air blue, in that scene he's finally flown off the handle and is not going to be choosing his words carefully to match the modern ear. If you ignore the meme and read the words as they are, it really helps the emotion of the moment come through.
- 0xDEADFED5 3y agosomebody set up us the bomb