Posted by D-BOY (pcp01214168pcs.roylok01.mi.comcast.net/68.61.64.47) on March 28, 2002 at 10:26:56
In Response to So, any thoughts on Tomato's page about Woosley... posted by KingMike on March 11, 2002 at 18:00:44:
> Well, I also thought negatively of Woosley's changing stuff, but I would now have to agree with Tomato. The guy didn't get much time to translate. I also would say before I heard the rumors, I did enjoy his version of the FF6 & CT stories, and I didn't think he did such a bad job, coming from someone not fluent enough to read the original script.
> Not to say that I condone making stuff up, but to say Woosley could at least write an interesting story.
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> Though, I am also surprised at what Nintendo did allow:
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> http://www.geocities.com/newkingmike/ff3huh.jpg
> I was surprised to see even bleeped swearing in an NoA (at the time)-approved product.
> And Nintendo did censor the FF4 stripper, but apparently Valvalis' sprite was just fine (too lazy to play all the way up to there. You remember, the speedo-wearing tornado girl.
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> NOTE: I am somewhat bored in writing this.
It really depends on what the objective is. Ifg you objective is simply to make an enjoyable, english version of the game with a good story, then people like Ted Woolsey and the Working Designs staff succeed with flying colors. However I would separate that from translation and call it a localization project instead. When I hear "translation" I expect a quality, accurate conversion of the original text from one language into another. That's where my only gripes lie. If they would just sell their english edition and call it the "american release" or "localized release" etc, I'd give them a standing ovation. Packaging such works as a translation however severely grates on my mind.