yes you spoony bard!

0x5 yeah I remember ERROR from Adventure of link, always wondered what was up with that dude...

Secret Mysterious Wind? wow... if it is secret, then why is it mysterious too? 

ERROR is not a mistranslation.

I just remember reading it somewhere... The details (and the original Japanese text) are unclear to me.

Are you sure? Maybe not a mistranslation as in a grammar or spelling mistake, but a poor choice in NPC name in the sentence. In a game, if my french version had a character called Cock, I would try to alter the name a bit when translating that game to English. For example, the name could become Kockle or Khocke.

If it's not a mistranslation, then could you try to find any proof?

I AM COCK

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on December 05, 2010, 04:37:54 am

Are you sure? Maybe not a mistranslation as in a grammar or spelling mistake, but a poor choice in NPC name in the sentence. In a game, if my french version had a character called Cock, I would try to alter the name a bit when translating that game to English. For example, the name could become Kockle or Khocke.

If it's not a mistranslation, then could you try to find any proof?

I AM COCK

So I definitely read this before reading the entire conversation.

I don't know about games, but some animes have a translator that just kinda fails at english, but thought he could translate, so you get some.. . interesting results. Or, the company that translates it doesn't have a good way to say it, because it revolves around a weird word having a double meaning, which isn't the same in english.  I remember one time in naruto having it say something along the lines of Naruto joining hinata's group, and in the japanese version, it used a TN, but in the english dubbed, it just said "will you be with me" which just sounded awkward.  But yeah, translating from japanese to english is kinda hard sometimes, especially with puns.

Sadly, when translating some things, it's inevitable it will not sound as good as in the original language. Some idioms are used in a language that can't be translated into another.

As for anime, I noticed translations mistakes or crappy ones. Sometimes in French they change the anime title completely as well as all character names. Saint Seiya in french is Knight of the Zodiac and SSX Arcadia/Captain Harlock is Albator '78 and '84. Often in french the opening is changed as well. Usually it's crappier, except maybe Robotech

As for Star Ocean 2 original PS1 version, here we go:


Listen to what the boss says when battle starts.


That alternate intro speech is also funny. And Rena seems to say "Women Study!" when casting her first spell.

I'm glad the voice acting was remade in the PSP version.