/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Higanbana 2 - overall 1320 / 5914 (22.32%) lines translated
Higurashi Daybreak - being translated
Hinomaru- 51% translated, common route patch released
>Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 9.6% translated
>I/O - 125/249 scripts and 84/256 tips translated. Route A/C/D translation complete
Irotoridori no Sekai - 43,365/51,100 (84.86%) lines translated, full common route, Kana, Tsukasa, and Kyou route translated, prologue patch released
Kamikaze Explorer - Common route mostly done
Kanojotachi no Ryuugi - 2735/28555 (9.58%) lines translated
Killer Queen: New translation started from scratch, 15/72 scripts translated and 15/72 scripts edited
>Koichoco- 51/404 files translated
Koitate - Ren and Yukino’s route patch released
Kono Mama ja, Ane to SEX Shite Shimau - 10.8%
>Kud Wafter - 8358/33132 (25.23%) lines translated
>Kurukuru Fanatic - 14.5% translated
Little Busters - Original released, work ongoing with EX./ME content, now a joint project with Doki. Sasami/Kanata routes fully translated
LoveMail: 13.6 % translated, 0% edited.
Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + Momoyo + Wanko + teacher route patch released, Miyako route 85% translated
>Majikoi A- Sayaka 15% translated, 5% edited, Azumi 5% translated
Majikoi S- Monshiro, Margit, and Kokoro routes patch out, Tsubame Route 95% translated, 45% edited, Momoyo 40% translated
Mahoutsukai no Yoru - 251.08/1221.51 (20.56%) kb translated
Maman Kyoushitsu - Saera Kanzaki and Honoka Mizushima routes patch released
Mirai no Uta to Tsunagaru Hitomi - 50% through the first past
Muv-Luv Altered Fable - partial patch released
Natsuyume Nagisa - 2584/38142 (6.77%) lines translated. 1682/38142 (4.41%) lines edited
Nursery Rhyme - 11218/34410 (32.81%) translated

>Oreimo PSP - Youtube based project, part 98 out. Kuroneko Route Patch released
Pandora no Yume - 20% translated, engine hacked, scripts need to be extracted
Parfait- Translation planned
PersonA - 16% translated
Popotan - Project starting up
>Princess Maker 5- 70% translated
Rance 4 - 18% translated
Rance 6 - 51% Complete
Rance Quest - New translator working on it with overall progress 9356/110000 Lines (8.5%) Complete.
Real Imouto - 7001/16108 (43.46%) translated
Rose Guns Days 2 - 5% translated
Sapphism no Gensou - 59 scripts translated
Se-kirara - Being translated
Sensei Da-isuki 2- roughly 25% translated, still active
Shinigami no Kiss wa Wakare no Aji - Fully translated, 2 routes of editing and technical problems remain
SubaHibi - Down the Rabbit Hole I patch released, 34374/54201 (63.4%) lines translated and 34203/54201 (63.1%) lines edited
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 9- 8/18 scripts translated
Sumaga Special - KBs done: [1363.93kb/8131.54kb] (16.77%)
Tenshi No Inai 12-Gatsu- "Maho route fixed"
>Tenshin Ranman - Prologue patch released, 816.4/4560 (17.90%) translated
To Heart2- 65% translated- "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", new alpha patch released
Touka Gettan - translation status: ~40% translated
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation 35%, as it was found much of the script was originally not dumped
White Album 2 - Overall: 5087/70253 (7.24%) lines translated, Introductory Chapter: 5087/10769 (47.23%) lines translated
Yandere - Resolving technical issues
Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - 100% translated, 51% edited
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 18.7%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 39.2%, Motoka 26.0%
Your Diary- Prologue patch released

Aroduc's secret project - On hold for now for technical reasons
Aroduc's secret project 2 - 431 scripts remaining
Rance Translations secret project - 82% complete

Official work

MangaGamer
SSSS - Done Beta, Winter release
Harukoi Otome - Through beta, Spring release
Orion Heart - In Beta this month
Eroge - In Beta this month
Tick Tack - 100% translated, in scripting, porting done
Ef: The Latter Tale - Waiting for estimate of first build for testing
Secret title - In scripting
"2x SHS Titles & Secret 3: In Translation"
Seeeki! Bukkake Bokujou: In Scripting
Softhouse Seal title 2: In scripting
Todoroke Seiki no Daihatsumei - matches year end hint
Chou Dengeki Stryker - matches year end hint
Touma Kojirou no Tantei File - matches year end hint
Kougyaku no Kishi Miles - matches year end hint
Imouto Paradise - matches year end hint
Innocent Grey titles- talks on hold through Feb.
Talking with new company for story based stuff

JAST
Yumina the Ethereal - editing and debugging, "We will definitely finish it by AX 2013. "
Saya no Uta - 99% complete, have uncensored CGs
Hanachirasu - 99% complete
Django - Couple more months of translation
Kikokugai - Working out issues
Sumaga- 81.91% complete, going through retranslation
Seinarukana- New translator, translation restarted from the beginning
Starless - Work ongoing
Trample on Schatten- In translation
Muramasa - Common route complete, 2 of 5 chapters towards true end translated, uncertain what will come from the project
Steins;Gate - "QC Remaining: phone text", Jast may pick up the project

Other
Liar Soft would like to bring Steampunk titles over
The Night of Kamaitachi - release planned
World End Economica - Chapter 1 release planned at Fancy Frontier

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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread
A tracker for these threads put together by Tinfoil: http://vntls.tindabox.net/

Do you think sex with Moogy would be fun?

So much nothing.

Why do I even care about those threads anyway?

I haven't touched a VN in a year.

>>10469144

You care about VNs almost as much as we care about your personal monologue.

Look at all that black~

>Danganronpa - Fully translated, demo released, 59% TLC, 73% edited

You missed SA crew starting a new, seperate project. Although I dunno if that should be reported.

>>10469151
What is /jp/ for if not for blogging?

>>10469157
Why even bother have two groups working on the same fucking project? At one point I believe there were three separate groups all working on DR. I'm sure there are plenty more awesome as fuck vns on the psp which need translating.

>>10469204
Less than you think.

What group translated Hoshimemo fandisc?

>>10469204
People are stupid and need to prove something to eachother. I don't know.

>>10469236
me

>>10469236
http://ehtranslation.wordpress.com/

>Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "237/1966 original edition scenario scripts translated (~12.05%)"
They're working a lot faster than that 4-5 year estimate they originally gave.

>Oreimo PSP - Youtube based project, part 98 out. Kuroneko Route Patch released
A patch? As in we don't have to watch their shitty videos anymore?

Crappy week.

Irotoridori no sekai project is stucked?

>>10469260
Just had a look and..
>Youtube-based Chinese-to-English translation outfit.
Oh fucking god.

>>10469267
At least you can always drink alcohol.

>>10469260
>They're working a lot faster than that 4-5 year estimate they originally gave.
>10 months
>12.5% done

Not too many As in math for you, huh?

>>10469260

>They're working a lot faster than that 4-5 year estimate they originally gave.

We had a lucky winter break burst of translation. It won't be that much of a difference in the long run but it will be enough to shift the span of completion more to 4 years rather than 5.

>A patch? As in we don't have to watch their shitty videos anymore?

It's been in the proof of concept stage for quite a while. But the game would always crash at some point. Gave some pointers for them to be able to work on it and they were able to work around the problem. They are keeping both formats but yes, you don't have to necessarily watch their videos anymore.

>>10469277
Has it really been 10 months? Feels shorter than that.

>>10469287

Been almost 1 year since I first posted on /a/ on the possibility and yes, it's been in translation for around that period of time. First appearance of it on VNTLS was in April.

>Baldr

Can you just come out and say you're not doing it already? You can say "Family/Job/Etc" and just be done with it.

>Danganronpa

Your terrible and autistic translations of the character's titles already hint that everything else you do is going to be stupid.

Luckster? Fireballer? Heavyweight? One-Percenter? Your choices are bad. Your justifications for those choices are terrible. Just stop being autistic.

Luckster is by far the worst. That's just tragically bad. I have no hope that anything you do will be good or worthwhile.

>Higanbana 2

Does anyone actually want to read this? Was anyone actually able to finish reading #1? Past the part where it got extremely cheesy in the second story?

>Fate Hollow / Ataraxia

So, should we check back in 4 more years on this?

>Cartagra

Future unknown? What, you're just going to tell us all about it and then fag out? Go die.

> Grisaia

Thanks for being the only consistent person working on a worthwhile project.

> Dra+Koi

So, when does this go to 99% waiting for negotiations and then disappear for forever?

> Aruduc

Will you ever translate anything that is not generic bullshit? Will you stop with the "lol secret project that everyone knows anyways".

>>10469312
I actually wrote few somewhat educated responses to you, but then I realized that you're not being serious. Good show, but I'll put the responses in anyway.

>Can you just come out and say you're not doing it already?
Have you not been listening? The earlier parts have been retranslated, and work on new stuff is starting again in about week.
>Luckster? Fireballer? Heavyweight? One-Percenter?
Most of those were changed. And are you seriously supporting Oren's version? Super Highschool Level? More like Youtube Level.

I cant wait for I/0 and 12 riven which should be translated faster since its a lot shorter. Also hopefully we get Ayakashibito,Comyu,and
http://vndb.org/v1904 Aoiro Rinne, which looks like a really amazing vn. it has the same system as yu-no.

>>10469467
>hopefully we get Ayakashibito,Comyu
Those two are already confirmed, yes? One has a project going on, and Comyu is Amaterasu's next.

>>10469474
I mean soon.

>World End Economica - Chapter 1 release planned at Fancy Frontier

when is this fancy frontier thinng going to happen?

>>10469467
I'd rather they skipped 12Riven and went straight for Root Double, but oh well.

>>10469113
>Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart

Cool beans.

>Majikoi A

This is the one with sex hair route, yeah?

I really don't understand why the hoshimemo fandisc is getting translated. It really wasn't all that great for anything other than giving more Yume. Shino didn't even get any random H-scenes.

>>10469587

>>10469587
What do you mean? It explained a bunch of shit that didn't get explained in the main game.

>>10469312
someone said last week that baldr sky wasn't dead and would be resuming soon. was that fake?

>>10469572
>This is the one with sex hair route, yeah?
Yes, but sexhair route is the only route that's not getting translated.

>>10469611
More it made me completely hate Mare in her afterstory. That being said, I enjoyed Yume's after story. I just don't think that it's really good enough to be worth devoting the effort that would be required for it, which would hold true for most fandiscs in my opinion.

>>10469619
What made you hate her in her after story? It was mostly just her being moe and having lots of sex with You.

>>10469627
It was pretty much purely because of one or two of the parts where she's talking to Yume. If it didn't include those, I probably would have been able to just sit back and enjoy it.

>>10469587
Because the translator likes it.

someone translate Twinkle Crusaders...
So my friends can play it

>>10469650
I'm just curious, exactly how long is it? I remember it taking a very long time to finish a single route and that for most of the days, there were a bunch of different locations on the map you could choose.

>>10469655
Extremely long.

>>10469655
well a single route take several hours and there are like 5 routes ( As far I know, not sure if there are even more routes...)
But for the main route... everything is the same except the moments you pick different characters in this traveling system.
So it's very very very long.

>>10469615
they said the same thing in October, and then back in July.

I guess we're going to see a 0.1% a week just to pretend they are making progress.

>>10469650
Just grab the Starlit Braves.

>>10469793
Still they won't play it just because lack of meaning-ness.
"Why are they fighting anyways?"
"I don't understand Japanese"
ETC.

>>10469650
I'd kind of like to, actually, but I have no tools, it's super long, some of the adaptations would be a pain in the ass, I'd probably miss some of the cultural references, and I have no tools.

Still, the script seems like it would be fun to translate.

>>10469126
you can also try having sex with glass wool.

Corpse Party - BOS works quite well on JPCSP, Oreimo doesn't... fuck.

where's pooder?

>>10469264
Sadly. It was even quite fast in the beginning, such a pity.
The only steady translation I'm interested in is Grisaia, I have to thank the translator.
Oh, and BS, if you'll ever read it. But I'll trust Futsuu for the moment.

So what's going on with Aroduc? Anyone heard if he's taking a break, and why?

>>10469621
Why would a translator do that?

>>10470590
to torment ppl

>Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + Momoyo + Wanko + teacher route patch released, Miyako route 85% translated
>Majikoi A- Sayaka 15% translated, 5% edited, Azumi 5% translated
>Majikoi S- Monshiro, Margit, and Kokoro routes patch out, Tsubame Route 95% translated, 45% edited, Momoyo 40% translated

Someone please explain to me how it is possibile there are three different translation projects of these while the first one is not even complete and barely goes on.

>>10470797
the story/character/joke/whatevertheysay is the one that make this game get this translation hype. maybe.

>>10470797
Obviously translators capitalizing on /a/ popularity.

>>10470821
You have it backwards. It's /a/ fanboys playing at being translators. Same as all those failed projects born from anime adaptations.

>>10470823
How are their TLs? Ran through WWWJDIC or google?

I'd actually really love to see some of the old Chunsoft sound novels translated. Like Kamaitachi no Yoru for the SNES and stuff.

>>10470797
Flavour of the month. /a/ have been talking about it constantly for several months now (same with Muv Luv) so people are trying their hands at translating the fan discs.

Ore Imouto was flavour of the month as well and that died a horrible death, until someone moved it onto Youtube.

>>10470965
>same with Muv Luv
Except that Muv-Luv does have some very detailed /m/-related side material they also discuss, compared to Majikoi which is more about their waifus.

>>10470826
I did try to test their Japanese, and ended up having to telling some of them to kindly fuck off.
The ones that are currently translating should be...okay, I think.

no robotics;notes?

is there even a translated version out? i was trying to find a torrent but no luck

>Princess Maker 5- 70% translated

SOON!

>>10471312
There isn't a Windows version of it out.
So no.

>>10471297
It's just majikoi fandiscs, not like it matters that much anyway

>Aiyoku no Eustia - Fione route patch out, Eris 5% translated
anyone knows real progress?

When the fuck did Yami to Boushi get removed from the list? It's the only reason I'm in this shit hole.

Kool

>>10472082
hi how r u

>>10470849
A translation of the Android version of Kamaitachi no Yoru was announced at some point, but there's been no news of it since (as far as I know; please do correct me if I'm wrong). I'll be getting my Ouya in a month, and I was looking forward to playing Kamaitachi no Yoru on it, so it kinda sucks that there's no news on it.

>>10471312
What would they do? Give you a word document to print out so you could play the game on the 360 and read the notes?

Do some research before you ask stupid questions.

>>10469273
Hopefully he's in a country where drinking alcohol is legal or else you put him down even more.

>>10472133
ha

ha

notes

>>10472090
gud

I don't know who did this, but when I checked VNDB I found Gears of Dragon interface patch: http://vndb.org/r25561

I just finished G Senjou no Maou. Should I bother with the rest of the routes? I don't really feel that motivated since I got the true end.

What should I read next?

>>10472918
The game's on Kirikiri, which has been open for half a decade, so it wouldn't be hard. Also, the patch was apparently made by some random Russian guy, so is probably not great.

>>10472133

>word document

>>10472133
What I still don't understand is... why release the game for the Xbox? I mean, the japanese hate the damn thing.

>>10473102
Uhh...to get them to like it?

>>10473108
But thanks to that there won't be a PC version since it bombed hard.

I knew i would see a fha release after my death

>>10473102
Sony restricts a lot of things that launch in the PS3. Microsoft doesn't.

Is this moogydono

>>10473198
It was released for the triple on the same day.

>>10473020

Another VN.

You know, I've never understood why these translations take so long.

If I knew Japanese what I would do is have a a game in Japanese open in one window, and a TL wiki or something for that

game in another and just translate while I play.

I bet I could have translations done in weeks instead of years, like what are these people doing?

>>10473412
VNs tend to be very long, only have one translator, and require a lot of editing. Also technical issues. Of course some short ones like this could probably be completed in a month or two if the people working on it have no life.

>>10473412
Given that it takes less effort to just learn japanese than it would take to translate like, 2 VNs, your argument isn't very convincing.

>>10473412
I bet you can't.

>Irotoridori no Sekai

fucking hell. forever 84%.

>>10473412
I used to think like you, then I started working in a translation from english to my native language, and I've noticed that it's really nothing like that. Editing, the amount of text, QC... If your english sucks shit will look awful too.

>>10473412
This post is funny every time I see it.

>>10473448
>>10473526
>>10473540
>>10473588
Please stop replying to copypasta.

Here's waiting for PM5's translation.

>>10473608
I have replied to that copypasta with a very similar reply last time.

>>10473652
Were you >>10473448?

In any case, there's no reason to.

>>10473102
>why release the game for the Xbox?
It seems most japanese VN readers these days prefer consoles for all ages games. The same way they do for pretty much every other genre, really.

>I mean, the japanese hate the damn thing.
One generation ago, yeah. As far as I know, Idolm@ster helped the 360 kick off over there.

>>10473198
>Sony restricts a lot of things that launch in the PS3. Microsoft doesn't.
You're full of shit, R;N is multiplat.

>>10473448
when I was in high school I had to translate shit for homework. I don't see why someone fluent in a language wouldn't be able to translate very quickly. even if you only worked an hour a day there's no way a game should take over 2 years to translate.

>>10473864
R;N is an exception. Most of the VNs nowadays are released to the Xbox 360.

>>10473923
Translate from what language? If it's between alphabet based language, of course it'd be easy.

If it was Japanese to English, you should probably start translating.

>>10470525
Well, the last post in his locked forum is on Jan 28. And it was about a month between that one and the one before.

So basically, god only knows what's up with that.

>>10473448
>VNs tend to be very long, only have one translator

consider that a professional translator can translate while a person is still speaking. theoretically such a translator could finish a game in the time it takes to autoplay itself.

>>10474245
Narrative is not the same as meaning.

>>10474245
The only people who say stuff like this are the ones with no experience in J->E translation.

>>10474245
Yes, and think of how much faster it is to read than wait for people to speak. I think a professional translator could complete a translation in just a few hours!

Must be everyone in the translation scene is really incompetent.

>>10473943
what dos the writing system have to do with it? there are probably people who can translate ancient egyptian faster than most of the drama queens that make up the vn traslation scene.

besides most vns are fully voiced these days so you don't even have to actually read half the lines.

>>10473937
>Most of the VNs nowadays are released to the Xbox 360.
What. VNDB doesn't think so. Both PS3 and 360 can barely fill one page of titles while PS2 has, like, 10.

http://vndb.org/v/all?q=&fil=plat-ps3
http://vndb.org/v/all?q=&fil=plat-xb3

>>10474245
>>10474292
Well, it's a fan translation. If you want professionals working on it, you gotta start paying.

So Fate is still paralyzed? I still can't recruit Lancer for the fight against Avenger without reading dozens of moonrunes.

Funny how he keeps killing Saber, I thought it was a one-in-a-million thing

>>10474303
Why don't we just hire people living in third world countries to translate our games for like fifty bucks? It seems it'd be worthwhile. We could get ten people to pitch in five bucks each if no one person cares enough to pay a whole fifty.

>>10474415
>hire people living in third world countries
It would be fast, but probably in shitty quality.

Still, I'm not sure if they'll do a J->E translation for fifty bucks. Maybe J->C->E translations.

>>10474415
Thing is, thirdworlders have to know two foreign languages on a good level to be able to produce something with better than Cudder's quality. You can imagine how many qualifying 3rdworlders there are.
My ass would count, but I don't know Japanese.

There's also payment question with any convenient way being quickly C&D'd on any suspicion, see private trackers.

-Official /jp/ reminder-

If you are currently employed, enrolled in education OR receive a welfare check you do not belong on /jp/. End of story. If you are in the aforementioned categories, please evacuate the premises immediately. Thank you for your cooperation.

>>10474453
>receive a welfare check
What caused this change?

>>10474245
>>10473923
>>10473412
All of these posts are kopipe, why are you people replying seriously to them?

>>10474507
A need for greater elitism. One must always be upping the stakes of obscurity.

>>10474415
I live in a third world country, and I wouldn't translate an average sized VN for less than 250 bucks.

>>10473412
they are shit
thats why

i worked as a translator for localizing japanese books
took me less than a week to translate a some hundred pages book

>>10474518
Your post isn't very convincing.

>>10474450
>There's also payment question with any convenient way being quickly C&D'd on any suspicion
There's no reason to mind a C&D if you live in a third world country, is there? Payment can be achieved by selling worthless items through eBay to donators.

>>10473412
>what are these people doing?
"ok, i really don't want to do this since i'd rather watch some animu or stare into the wall, so i'll do just a little bit for the peace of mind and attention.... there. 10 more lines done, now fuck this shit until tomorrow/next weekend."

>>10474609
You just described my thought process most of the time when reading said translations.

>Majikoi A- Sayaka 15% translated, 5% edited, Azumi 5% translated

It's kinda hard to get excited about this with the progression of the other TLs.

>Vndb: Anaheim Girls's Love Story. HTML file. Not a patch.
Wut?

>>10474639
They have nobody who knows how to insert the translation.

dies irae when

>>10474655
They should use Fuwanovel's cutting edge "visual novel subbing" tools

>>10474696
>Fuwanovel
>Annot

http://visualnovelaer.fuwanovel.org/2013/02/anaheim-girls-love-story-translation-released/

>>10474521
>Payment can be achieved by selling worthless items through eBay to donators.
Keyword was "convenient" as in "not involving too many hassles for the first-world donators". But let's set it aside for the moment.
In my (not really) third-world city I spend an equivalent of $350/month.
Let's say that I translate 500 lines/day or 10K lines/mo, excluding weekends.
So an average VN having 30K-40K lines will take me 3-4 months and $1000-$1400 to translate.
Frankly saying, I doubt that a single VN out of thousands that exist can gather even that amount (average monthly salary for a full-time work is around $1850 in my city) in a reasonable time.

>>10474693

Don't hold your breath for it. Makoto is pretty much the only one who could translate it suitably and he's busy with Nitro+ stuff the next 5 - 10 years.

When will the first part of white album be done..
I wish they were a bit faster. Why cant everyone be like ixrec. we should clone him.

>>10475119

Assuming they won't drop it (they will), probably 2 - 3 years. And the translation will be terrible.

Grisaia is the only thing I'm really looking forward to.

>>10474991
>"not involving too many hassles for the first-world donators"
How is it harder to buy nothing than to donate?

About the rest of the post, I know that. If this method is ever going to work, it can't be a full time work for the translator. For 200~400, we could only expect them to translate within a year, and only on their free time.

>>10474991
>Frankly saying, I doubt that a single VN out of thousands that exist can gather even that amount
It depends on where you ask. I would think that something /v/ people want would gather funds rather quickly, since they're already used to pay for things, while asking here on /jp/ or on /a/ would probably be useless.

>>10475517
I heard /a/ people willing to pay if someone translate Majikoi A.

>>10475613
I know there's people willing to pay, it's just going to be way less since /a/ isn't used to pay for animu. Also do remember that /a/ and /v/ actually share a userbase.

In any case, that wasn't my point, I was saying that 1000 only seems impossible if you only include jaypee.

Why is nobody porting VN translations into PSP?

>>10475697
>2013
>PSP

Step up to PSV, Anon-kun.

>>10475824
once its hacked i will.

>>10475824
But the PSP has a bigger install base, more VNs, all of which are playable on the PSV, and has been completely hacked.

I still don't understand why nobody has ported the translations for the infinity series, key games, and all those other translated games into the PSP versions.

>>10476011
Because it's a lot of effort for practically no gain.

What a complex thing to understand.

>>10476011

File formats will change depending on how the game was ported. It's basically another round of reverse engineering again and people don't care about doing something like that for a game that has already been translated for the PC.

>>10476074
>>10476075
But I want my portable VNs...

>>10473217
Why were you sitting on the wall?

>>10476235
So buy a tablet.

>>10476623
You mean a laptop.

>>10476660
We're in 2013

>>10476623
>>10476665

>a tablet
For VNs? What are you gonna run in it, RT? Android? Hah.

>>10476665

Tablets are overpriced, underperforming toys with shitty input systems, used solely by idiots trying to impress people.

>>10476665
And even in 2013, 99% of VNs are made for PC. Also, PC is the only platform getting translations, which prompted this discussion in the first place.

>>10476694
This guy has it right, the tablet I keep around for reading and have never shown anyone before or told anyone about until now really brings in the bitches

I feel like lying back with a thinkpad helix in the stand mode would be a pretty cool way to read visual novels actually

To TakaJun, the translator. You are the worst translator iv ever seen. This game is from 2009. How can you take more than 3.5 years to translate one game? Just work on your full time job and let the other translate. You are lazy and you cant finish shit. I hope you know you already let so many people down and you're just a lazy piece of shit. Good bye i hope you die.

>>10476996
Why are you so negative?

To Moogy-dono-heika-sama, the pinnacle of humankind...
You are the best translator I've ever seen. This game is from 2006. Yet you took pity on such an old game and now you are undertaking a gruesome and thankless task of translating it for our enjoyment. Please, make sure to take enough breaks so you don't burn out! You are the awe of men and women around the world, you are our assurance of success! If you ever stumble on your road to glory, please, remember that there are many people out there who are cheering you on!
Good bye, I hope you and your family will prosper for many generations to come.

>>10476996
It makes me mad that you thought this post would be even remotely amusing.

>>10476660
I always read no-gameplay VNs on a laptop, but you just can't beat the portability of the PSP with one. And the screen is smaller, so you don't have to show everyone you're playing chinese waifu simulators.

>>10477126
Please don't speak to Rikugun Taishō Moogy-Kakka-Hidenka-Denka-Heika-Oyakata without first being spoken to.

>>10476996
Does TakaJun even go on 4chan? I'm honestly not sure.

>>10477672
I'm sure that almost every translator read this thread.

>Aroduc

>>10479194
What the hell does that mean? hes not gonna finish the 2 projects or do anything anymore?

His 14 guinea pigs are busy coming up with some translation patch release shtick that will make more clamor than his "if you want the patch beat me at Melty Blood"

>>10479312
>>10479194
What the fuck has been going on with him? have we even guessed what the project he dropped was? Shouldn't be be long done with the other game he started? what could it be ? there no info on why ardouc is stopping at all?

>>10479417
milf autist please take your pills

>>10476011
because few are retarded enough to think what playing on tiny ass psp screen is fun.

>>10479794
Yes, because all these games have such high resolutions.

>>10480059

First, resolution is irrelevant to size. The PSP screen is small, that much is a fact. I have to hold my PSP right up to my face to get the same effective viewable area as the monitor on my desk.

Second, the PSP screen's resolution is 480x272. Most games that are getting translated are 800x600. Modern games tend to be 1280x720. So yes, compared to the PSP, they are very high resolution.

Third, the PSP engines would have to be hacked and the scripts ported over, fonts changed and resized in a lot of cases, word wrapped, etc. A lot of work for little gain considering the PSP's small install base compared to PCs.

Why don't you learn to program and do it yourself?

>>10480118
A visual novel is not anime. You don't need huge screens and high resolutions to enjoy them. They're nice to have, but not essential.

In fact, the reason modern games are coming in 1280x720 is not because the VNs look better, but because that way they don't look shit on our huge modern displays.

>Why don't you learn to program and do it yourself?
Because I don't have to, I can just learn Japanese like I'm doing and forget about hacking shit.

I just find it a waste to forget about all those potential releases, not only from the fan-translation stand point, but from the official one. Can you imagine how much would Clannad PSP sell? Can you imagine how much it would have sold years ago?

>>10480177
>A visual novel is not anime. You don't need huge screens and high resolutions to enjoy them. They're nice to have, but not essential.

They're exactly the same as anime in that regard. No idea what you're on about. If anything, VNs benefit more than anime from high resolutions, because the art is usually much more detailed.

>In fact, the reason modern games are coming in 1280x720 is not because the VNs look better, but because that way they don't look shit on our huge modern displays.

That doesn't even make sense.

>I just find it a waste to forget about all those potential releases, not only from the fan-translation stand point, but from the official one. Can you imagine how much would Clannad PSP sell? Can you imagine how much it would have sold years ago?

How many official localizations have PSP ports? The only one I can think of offhand is KazoKei. More have Android ports than PSP ports. Also, PSP licensing costs a lot more than PC licensing.

>>10480213
>They're exactly the same as anime in that regard. No idea what you're on about. If anything, VNs benefit more than anime from high resolutions, because the art is usually much more detailed.
They're not video, so they don't look like shit on lower resolutions and loss of detail is a trade off for portability. PSP ports are just an alternative, after all. Besides, it's only really a loss for CGs, since sprites and backgrounds don't need so much detail.

>That doesn't even make sense.
Just because you didn't understand it, it doesn't mean it doesn't make sense.

I'm saying that normal resolutions VNs were just fine. The reason 1280x720 became necessary is that full-screening them on our modern displays make them look like shit, and not doing so requires you to somehow black out the rest of the screen, which might seem troublesome for most people.

Sure, bigger images are awesome and I love them, but they're not necessary to enjoy a VN. Quality of text and music are infinitely more important in my book.

>How many official localizations have PSP ports?
Which is why I'm saying it's such a waste. I'm not talking about fucking JAST and MG and all their nukige or their non-existing library, I'm talking about how some other company with a little more common sense could have licensed PSP versions of classic visual novels or anime waifu simulators, and make a killing. Or how fan translations could have reached more people than those behind a monitor all day, every day.

>>10480412

All you're saying is that low resolutions look like shit on big displays. Well, obviously. Of course VNs look okay in low resolution if it's on a tiny screen. So does anime. You just get less detail. And there's more detail to be lost in VNs than anime, so I have no idea why you're trying to make that comparison. Being animated or not makes no difference, since you notice detail more in still scenes anyway. If you had any experience with video encoding, you would know that.

That aside, there's no market for PSP ports outside of Japan, especially at this point. And it's only very recently that VN companies are even becoming open to the idea of licensing their games for the English market; economics has little to do with it.

Now, Android/iOS ports could potentially be feasible. The cost to licensees would be low compared to PSP games. Key already released an English translation of Planetarian for iOS, even.

>>10479259
He was responding to someone asking why he likes Guinea pigs so much. Doesn't seem to have anything to do with translations.

>>10480506
No, low res video looks shit wherever it's played. low res images just look like small images. I know loss of detail is more noticeable on images than video, but beyond a certain point, video just looks shit.

>That aside, there's no market for PSP ports outside of Japan, especially at this point.
PSP VNs could be released on PSN and be played on both PSPs and PSVitas. I don't see how there is less market at this point now than before.

>Now, Android/iOS ports could potentially be feasible. Key already released an English translation of Planetarian for iOS, even.
This is awesome, I didn't know that. There's still more games released on the PSP than mobile OS as far as I know, though.

>>10480213
>because the art is usually much more detailed.
This doesn't matter with Key games, the art is shit anyway.

Dramatical Murder hit 98% today.

>>10480667
There's clearly something wrong with your eyes. Their art is perfect.

>>10483301
it's shit

Elina patch is out.
>>>http://staircasesubs.com/2013/02/13/valentines-day/

Why they use weird event to get the patch?

>>10484015
The patch isn't out until it's made downloadable either by first or third party. This one isn't, so effectively it doesn't even exist.

If he can spend the time on retranslating Rain's route for a goddamn year, he can surely spend the time on making sure those nifty text effects work in English too, right...?

>>10483595
Go check Haruka's CGs, Nagisa's sprites, o pretty much everything from Kanon.

Unless you're being sarcastic.

>>10484015
>Why they use weird event to get the patch?
Everybody is trying to be Aroduc now.

>>10484729
Now that you mention it, I sure hope they did.

So when is aroduc gonna give us some info on whats been going on with his projects? He only had 400 lines left like 3 months ago.. what could he even be doing?

>>10485787
Aroduc was going at breakneck speed for months, then just nothing. I think either he ran into hacking problems, or was abducted by aliens. And after being horribly probed, a guy just can't get into Eroge anymore.

>>10485541
What kind of event did Aroduc do and which translation was it for?

>>10485787
Wait, he posted a line count somewhere? I must have completely missed it because I don't remember that at all.

>>10486705
Where have you been? He did it for Kamidori if I'm not mistaken, and he gave it to anyone who beat him in Melty Blood.

>>10483301

Actually, it's 99% now.

>>10483624
and still better than the average vn

>>10487643
as in Water Closet or Dual Phase?

>>10484015
Staircase subs? Their 'translation' of Hoshimemo was a translation of Chinese to English wasn't it? So is this going to turn out to be another butchered project?

>Starless Work Ongoing

I want it now though.

>>10487714

The fandisc will feature another A+ Japanese->Chinese->English translation.

>>10487714
>Staircase subs? Their 'translation' of Hoshimemo was a translation of Chinese to English wasn't it?
No. Stop making shit up.

Insem is still an idiot, though.

>>10487916
>No. Stop making shit up.
I'd rather believe he translated from Chinese than believe he's quite that incompetent.

>>10488153
Being translated from chinese doesn't explain shit like this

>>10488188
He just missed a t?

>>10488198
Fairly certain there is more wrong with that sentence.

>>10488188
Forget what I said.

>>10488198
Huh?

>>10488198
I don't know the context of the sentence, but I'm assuming that it should read "It seems you've removed your bandages." The last "off" is redundant.

>Oreimo PSP - Youtube based project, part 98 out. Kuroneko Route Patch released

Is there an actual link for this? Since they're based on Youtube it's pretty hard to find any actual news or information.

>>10488481
You could just look at the Youtube account where the videos are uploaded.
http://notcliche.com/ziddy/

>>10488494
Now I see it. Urgh, wish Youtube would stop changing their layout every 6 months.

>>10488467
even then, it doesn't really sound very natural, which is also important

>>10488530
No, sounding natural isn't important at all. As long as you can kind of guess at the intended meaning it's perfect enterprise quality. Expecting anything more than that just means you have unrealistically high standards.

>>10488530
In what world is that not natural?

>>10488622
Earth.

>>10474991

Flatly, I make a significant amount of money.

If I could be assured of quality, there are a few titles that I would be willing to pay $1,000 - $2,500 to see translated.

I actually have considered hiring a translator to do one and to just give it to the community anonymously.

The problem is that the language proficiency requirements are high for both English and Japanese and that there are also conventions pretty unique to visual novels. Plus, I don't think that someone who does not genuinely like a work should translate it.

Another complicated problem is the legality. Whether you pay through a clever route or just direct, you are still providing payment. C&D is not an issue, since you could just not announce the project until ready for distribution.

C&D's are really only the result of having an online presence making the knowledge of a planned translation public.

Once the cat is out of the bag, a C&D serves no purpose since there are too many distribution sources.

>>10487641
100% hit. Only editing left.

Is there any news from aroduc? any info on that hes doing or if he went back to finish the first project before releasing both?

>>10488914
Milf autist, please have patience.

>>10488153
Yume's route was never edited.

Rewrite final patch with author interview translated:

http://amaterasu.tindabox.net/blog/?p=1776

>>10488607
Hi there, Cudder.

>>10488690
>If I could be assured of quality, there are a few titles that I would be willing to pay $1,000 - $2,500 to see translated.
And here I thought the people that gift $500 on games on /v/ were loaded.

>>10491078
Yes, that was the joke. Thank you for pointing it out.

Are U ready for tomorrow new thread with no Baldr Sky progress in it?

>>10492333
I'm mostly here for Canonball.

So, Fancy Frontier 21 is happening this weekend, any news on World End Economica yet?

>>10493008
Maybe you could take a couple seconds to look at their website and find out.

>>10493024
I don't really expect them to post links for a rip of their work, so I didn't bother and went straight for /jp/

>>10493060
Then you're wrong, stupid, and lazy.

You hit the trifecta.

>>10493086
shut up and spoon-feed me already

>>10493094

MangaGamer has announced their upcoming long-awaited, high-quality titles! You can soon fork over your cash to enjoy:

-Cum on! Bukkake Ranch! ~Rear Elementals into Wet, Horny Girls~! (shitty nukige)
-Throb! The Greatest Inventions of the Sexy Era! ~Second Science Club~ (shitty nukige)
-Chou Dengeki Stryker (Dengeki Stryker, but somewhat expanded)

I am so glad I've bought so many MangaGamer VNs over the years. They're really offering the best Japan has to offer!

>>10494671
You can't really blame them when most people pirate their higher quality games instead of buying Companies can't run on monopoly money.

>>10494671
>Chou Dengeki Stryker (Dengeki Stryker, but somewhat expanded)

Oh shit! I never saw this one coming!

>>10494685
Indeed. I can understand their actions as a company.

But I'm a VN player. They went from helping the market grow by releasing good games (as opposed to JAST, who was releasing only nukige), to becoming yet another company ruining the market by releasing only porn, porn and more porn. When they started they said it was hard get people into serious VNs when 95% of official releases are sex romps, yet now they're only worsening that problem. They are no longer adding anything to the market, only further defiling it. A parasite only worsening the general situation for its own benefit. I no longer want to support them. I'd rather the company just died and made place for some new company like early MangaGamer.

When will XSEED or some other real localization groups start working with VNs? Use the all ages versions for all I care, I just hate the current state of the VN market.

>>10495078
They'd just drop it halfway through like with the Kiseki series.

>>10495078
What's wrong with the current commercial groups?

I really don't follow any of the drama, but some of the first eroge I played were localized by JAST USA, and I didn't see any sort of problem with them. I wish there were more companies like that, instead of just hobbyist fan translators.

>>10495085
High translation costs were a major factor there. Those games have huge amounts of text. IIRC they actually split up the one PSP game to multiple different translators, including one student who royally fucked up.

Of course, actual visual novels are just as bad, and even more niche than JRPGs

>>10495087
>What's wrong with the current commercial groups?
They don't actually release shit.

>>10495106
And what they do release, nobody wants.

>>10495087
JAST only releases serious works when they have competition (look at their release history - each of their non-nukige releases was when they had an active competitor, and in the times when they had no competitor or the competitor wasn't doing jack shit they only released nukige). MangaGamer used to be great, but now they've gone the nukige-only route as well. Their only upcoming non-nukige releases are a Shuffle fandisk and a re-release of Dengeki Stryker (which they already released last year).

>>10495245
ef - the latter tale.
Harukoi Otome

>>10495840
Half a game that's already had a patch out for three years, and a nukige spinoff of a nukige?

nukige sell better than serious games and have lower translation costs. what do you expect to happen?

also there are tons of problems on the "negotiating with japanese companies" end of the equation.

basically everybody should just give me money directly. thanks in advance

>>10495868
Not until you finish something.

>>10495868

Looking at the translation quality of Grisaia, it seems to be the better solution. I'm really looking forward to it. Thanks for the hard work.

>>10495868
>basically everybody should just give me money directly. thanks in advance
Don't even joke about it, because you'll get drowned in NEETbux.

>>10495840
>>10495856
Actually, has MangaGamer ever confirmed since the original announcement that they'll even be releasing the latter tale? We didn't get Cartagra either, after all, so I'd say there's more than a good chance Minori just says 'nope' and ef's latter half will remain playable only through the fan translation.

>>10495868
I'll pay you 3 months worth of my fatbux if you translate White Album 2

>>10494671
>Rear Elementals

what now

Glad to see Chou Dengeki Styker on there, though, will be the second-ever MG game I buy (after Kara no Shoujo).

>>10488690
>If I could be assured of quality, there are a few titles that I would be willing to pay $1,000 - $2,500 to see translated.
Like what?

>>10488690
How would you know whether the translation you got was a quality one? I'm not talking about something, say, that CGRascal translates -- those translations are obviously mediocre. I mean how would you know that the translator had done an adequate job with metaphor and idiom?

>>10495898
>fatbux
Nigga where do I sign up?

Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to tell the dude that translated Cartagra and never released the patch to suck my ever-lovin' left nut. Release it, you fucking killjoy.

>>10488690
No, really, which titles are worth that much and how did you select them, knowing no Japanese yourself?