/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>Katahane- Fully translated, editing is at 31141/32287(96.45%) lines, final release planned for August
Kichikuou Rance- 20% translated
Killer Queen - 97 % translated 11312/13785 lines
Koitate - Yukino’s route patch released
Lamento ~Beyond the Void~ - Teaser patch out
Lamia no Baai - ~1/7th of the game translated, plus some new translation on top of that, still ongoing
LILITH-IZM03- 75% patch out
Little Busters - ~90%, new patch released with Haruka' route and Kud's route
Love Plus- 744/900 scripts translated (82.67%), 4th partial patch out
>Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + teacher route patch released, Momoyo route 20% translated
M&M Enchanting Magic & Sweet Charms- 61%
>Monmusu Quest - Translation progress Total: 72089/75876 - 95.0% partial patch covering 75% out
Muv Luv full patch released - Alternative fully translated, ongoing talks with age regarding the possibility of an official release
>Muv-Luv Chronicles - Work being done on The Day After 00 + 01
Nursery Rhyme - Being translated
>Never 7 - 94 of 111 scripts translated
Ore no Imouto - ~7.6% (23/299) scripts translated
>Period- All image/UI editing complete, Miyu's patch released, game total translation: 49.95% complete, Rin's route patch released
Princess Maker 5- 29% translated
Princess Nightmare - Translator said the project is still active, but very slow, nearly 50% translated
Prision Battleship 2 - 45% translated
Pure Pure The Story of Ears and Tails- Sachi Patch released, 76.96% translated
Rance 3 - 75% translated
Rance 4 - 20% translated
Real Imouto ga Iru - translation: 3986/16108 (25%) editing: 3699/16108 (23%)
Rewrite - 11,000 lines translated of the trial
>Rin ga Utau, Mirai no Ne-iro- Miku patch released, Rin part 1st translation pass done, starting second pass
Sa.Na.Ra.Ra - 8 completed scripts
Sensei Da-isuki 2- 20%, still being worked on
Serifu de Kanjite! Seiyuu Doushi: Total: 185/5400 translated
Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo - Fully translated

Sin- 65% of episode 1 translated
Sono Hanabira 7 - fully translated
Sorairo - 2755/48557 (6%) lines translated
>Steins;Gate - 30/175 script files translated
Suihensei Made Nan Mile - Trial 70% translated
Sumairu Cubic - Trial 50% translated
Tenshi No Inai 12-Gatsu-"status: ~translating:active~"
The Second Reproduction - Fully translated
Togainu No Chi- 77% translated, partial patch out
To Heart2- 56% - "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", alpha patch with Konomi, Tamaki, Manaka and Yuma routes translated
Tomoyo After - Partial patch released
Toradora Portable - Being translated
Touka Gettan: translation status: ~30% translated
Umineko 8 - Translation: 55%, Editing: 50%, 50% translation patch released
Under The Moon- 6% translated/checked/programmed, still active
Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation at 75%
>Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - Translation complete besides some optional text, editing is behind
Yosuga no Sora - 20% translated
>YU-NO- Total: 3962.65/3995.61KB (99.17%) Prologue patch released, all normal routes translated, translation moving onto the epilogue chapter, Editing at 3348.69/3995.61 KB (83.81%). Hacking has allowed additional stuff from the Saturn release to be included in the translation

Official work

MangaGamer:
We Love Master- Out of testing
Dear Drops - Common route translated, Riho's route about half translated, demo in testing and a goal to have it out this month
Ef - Waiting on Minori, who apoligized for the delay
Harukoi Otome - 5 arcs translated thus far
Dengeki Strykers - Translation ongoing
Game from Tactics in beta testing
Swords and Magic from Tactics
Dark fantasy from Liquid- off to insertion
Sexy magic title from Score- off to script insertion
Conquering the Queen - Mentioned in an interview
Harem Party- Focused in a recent blog post
Da Capo III - Mentioned at AX
Innocent Grey would also like to bring over an upcoming title related to Kara no Shoujo
Negotiations with age for KimoNozo
Negotiations for Oretsuba are going steadily
>Games from Denbonosu - "Hopefully in the future with MangaGamer, I can do something in the US too."[president of Denbonosu]
Picked up a Circus title with gameplay

JAST
Osananajimi wa Daitouryou ~My girlfriend is the President.~ - Finished besides a couple minor bugs, goal end of July or early August
Eien no Aselia- Seeing an official release of the all ages version based on the fan translation, Goal for end of Summer
Yumina the Ethereal - Final QC/post production, images being translated and edited, goal end of the year
Moero Downhill Night Blaze- debugging, 2011 release expected
School Days HQ - First half of 2012 release scheduled
>Saya no Uta + Hanachirasu - Being released together
Kikokugai: picked up
Django - picked up
Sumaga- 81.6%, picked up
Seinarukana- picked up, ~30% translated
Starless - picked up
Starry Sky- official release possible
Muramasa - Common route complete, 2 of 5 chapters towards true end translated, uncertain what will come from the project

Other
LUDESIA- English release planned
Hakuoki - Aksys 1Q 2012
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>Yosuga no Sora - 20% translated
NIGGUH

>Aiyoku no Eustia - Fione Chapter 40% translated
>Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + teacher route patch released, Momoyo route 20% translated
>Muv-Luv Chronicles - Work being done on The Day After 00 + 01

Sweet. I'll take what I can get.

isnt balder force just a load of heroine rape?

So much translation project, so little green.

I can't wait to hear the bitching when The Day After 00 is fully translated.
So mediocre, that was, only for it to be basically insignificant in TDA01.

>>7628277
Some of you already bitching at the translator in /m/

>Monmusu Quest - 95.0%

>Baldr Force Exe - Project starting up
>Project starting up
Fungi and moogy-dono project?

>Games from Denbonosu
This looked promising until I checked the gallery samples. What the fuck

>>7628277
But Mel makes it worthwhile
She would have, anyway, if they had given her an h-scene...I still mad

>>7628280
I'm grateful that it'll give them something to talk about hopefully, rather than TE shits continually shitting up any threads about Muvluv on /m/.
Especially when all the TE shits care about are the character designs, which are even more generic and cliche than what's in Extra, and making shit up to make TE seem far more important than it is, and not just a side story.

>>7628286
its a really short vn

>>7628291
Just wait until MelMani, and how it'll be all ages, you know, if age ever updates that site.

>>7628285
>Fungi and moogy-dono project?

No

http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/370451-Baldr-Force-Exe-Fan-translation-Project

>>7628289
>Tags: Youkai, Rape
What the fuck were you expecting?

Best thread of the week etc.

>>7628306
I made the mistake of checking the company website before VNDB. Saw a dungeon crawler with a cutesy art style and then that.

>>7628297
>Alrighty guys seeing as nobody has bothered to translate Baldr force I decided to do it myself
>myself
Another 1man show project.
I hope his motivation last.

>>7628296
I would be buttdevastated if they pulled that, especially after Haruko Maniax having 18+ content

<+Qaenyin> so 『おつかれさま』 means
<+DesolateOne> idk there's the word sama
<+DesolateOne> i quickly translated it as thank you master/sir
<+DesolateOne> or I'm tired master.

Steins;Gate translation = best translation.

>>7628331
It's up in the air honestly at this point I'd say. It's in the age Fanclub Fandisc line, which I know 2 out of the five were not all ages, with another one possibly being as well, but still have not managed to grab that last one from PD yet.
And of the *Character* Maniax line, it's an even split.
Regardless though, hoping for an 18+ Ellen Maniax or something down the line. So good.

Is it normal to start cackling maniacally when I see the new VNTS thread?

>>7628369
Yes, I do it every time.

>>7628348
Seems the project is made up of a mix of people who sort of know what they are doing, and idiots who should be no where near a VN project.

>>7628369
No, especially when it's a shitty week like this one.

>>7628348
Last time I heard, DesolateOne got kicked out.

>Games from Denbonosu

Good news.

>Baldr Force Exe - Project starting up
>Katahane- Fully translated, editing is at 31141/32287(96.45%) lines, final release planned for August
>Steins;Gate - 30/175 script files translated
>YU-NO- Total: 3962.65/3995.61KB (99.17%) Prologue patch released, all normal routes translated, translation moving onto the epilogue chapter, Editing at 3348.69/3995.61 KB (83.81%)
This news is making the blood flow into my penis so hard.

>>7628394
The way things are going we will get to play Steins;gate before watching the anime.

Good work guys

>>7628472
Just like with Chaos;Head.
Oh, the good old days.
Back before the JAST/N+/TLwiki trifecta.
Back when we had hope of getting Noah...

>>7628479
Why would you want Noah anyway?
Of course, larger resolution CG's are always appreciated, but as far as I understand, it's basically a dating sim, that doesn't contribute anything to the story.
Damn, I want more of that first half..

>>7628482
You're thinking of Love ChuChu.
Noah had substantial character routes.
Kozue's route was violent enough to get the game a CERO Z rating.

>>7628492
Ah, makes sense.
I don't know if that's good news or bad news..

>Yumina the Wireshark - Final QC/post production, images being translated and edited, goal end of the year
Fixed

>Monmusu Quest - Translation progress Total: 72089/75876 - 95.0% partial patch covering 75% out

>Mfw it's going to be done before his planned date

This guy really is a machine. I love him.

Man the stein gate guys are actually doing it, at a good pace too.

The group who did Sono Hanabira 3 is releasing 4 on the 22nd.

http://axypbworld.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/she-ran-with-the-thought-of-wanting-to-see-me

Are Chaos Head and Ever 17 for the Xbox 360 direct ports of the PC version, or do they have new/different content? I was thinking of buying them on 360 and playing along on the PC, so I can read it in English. But if it's different I won't understand what to do.

>>7628583
Chaos Head Noah, the 360 version, has entirely new routes.

Ever17 for 360 is a complete rewrite to address pacing issues. It also has one new scenario and one new ending.

If you've already played Ever17 to completion, then this image should say enough, but if not, then I guess it won't mean anything.

>>7628242
>Togainu No Chi- 77% translated, partial patch out

Where?

>Hoshizora no Memoria - prologue patch out, common route fully translated, Isuzu's route translated, overall 26117/55183 (47.33%) translated. Goal to have Isuzu's route released at the end of July or early August

And Asuho's route to be worked on next.

So has witch hunt said anything lately?

What ever happened to Yukkuri Panic that Jast was doing?
Did that get released already?

>Steins;Gate - 30/175 script files translated

Fuck, yes

> Yosuga no Sora - 20% translated
;_;

>>7628681
Yes. It just hasn't been pirated yet. Because nobody cares.

>>7628593
Are you going to repost the image?

>Aiyoku no Eustia - Fione Chapter 40% translated

wow that's actually going a lot faster than i thought

this is yandere right?

>>7628741

>>7628747
And then they hug and cry, great addition.

>Yosuga no Sora - 20%
>To Heart2- 56%
Half-yearly dose.

>Valkyria Chronicles 3 - Hacked, translation reinsert test successful.

>>7628938
Selvaria is pretty hot, shame every doujin she's in way overemphasizes her breasts to the point of making them grotesque.

>>7628571
lolwut? So supposedly the fifth and the seventh game are already translated and the eight one is being done for almost a year now, but instead we are getting a part nobody knew it's being worked on out of the blue?
not like i complain, it's better than nothing anyway

>Steins;Gate - 30/175 script files translated

oh god yes

>>7628956
Who even cares?
It's just going to be more of the same unsatisfyingly short porn without plot.

>>7628956
Such a shame that it's shit. The only thing good about the Sono Hanabira series is the art.

>>7628956
Such a shame that it's shit. The only good thing about the Sono Hanabira series is the art.

>>7628956
The Katahane translator (who did the 3rd for this group) seems to have translated the 5th as well based on a blog post a bit ago. I would assume this group plans to release as many as they can in order.

>>7628974
shit? lolnope. They are supposed to be cute, fluffy and heartwarming and they are great at that. Not everything must be...whatever you consider to have great story.

>>7628938
oh god yes. Even though i didn't play VC since the first one

>>7628989
shit? lolnope. They are supposed to be cute, fluffy and heartwarming and they are great at that. Not everything must be...whatever you consider to have great story.

>>7628938
oh god yes. Even though i didn't play VC since the first one

>Saya no Uta + Hanachirasu - Being released together
Setting up the highest sales for Hanachirasu for the future Muramasa release, I see...

>>7629245
I was wondering why they didn't bundle the two Urobuchi games but then I realized it was probably just so they could extend the "From the writer of Madoka Magica!" tag to Hanachirasu's sales as well.

YU-NO is still moving well along towards its June 2012 release date.

Promising week. I can't wait to read Katahane.

>>7628394

Thank god.

>>7629266

I'm just wondering what they're going to package Kikokugai with. It's not been very well-received by most people.

It's a shame, too, I thought it was better than Saya...

>>7629483
>I'm just wondering what they're going to package Kikokugai with.
It's obviously Django, since that's the only short Nitroplus VN left that they have. They would make quite a nice package together, since both VNs are quite cinematographic.

>Baldr Force Exe - Project starting up
oh god YES!!!! My body will be hopefully ready. now hoping that it gets finished

>>7629483
>It's not been very well-received by most people.
Really? I thought most people liked it. I didn't pay much attention to threads after the initial translation though because I didn't like it.

>>7629506
Didn't the Jast catalog poster show Django being sold on its own for $39.99?

Decent progress this week, but what the fuck is this
>Baldr Force Exe - Project starting up
Exe sucks, they should just translate Dive 1.

>>7629675
BFE if a classic so it's good to have and it's still damn goot imo. sure it isn't quite on the level of Sky but still great. besides strato is doing Sky, no need to have 2 different people doing it, ofcourse it's up to you if you believe strato or not

>>7628482
>it's basically a dating sim, that doesn't contribute anything to the story.
Are you gay, son?

>>7628938
is this for real? I don't want to get my hopes up since it sounds too good to be true.

I'm looking forward to Steins;Gate, but if it's going to turn out like Chaos;Head (amazing buildup, terrible resolution), then I don't know if I should bother.

>>7629738
I know judging from the anime isnt accurate but from the story so far it is already better than chaos head.

>>7629738
S;G is much better than C;H, trust me. Both of these are not very strong when it comes down to storyline, but Steins;Gate features likeable characters and has that thick atmosphere to it.

>>7629738
Erogamescape mean
Steins;Gate 89.66 (360 version), 88.63 (PC)
Chaos;Head 76.74 (PC), 78.87 (NOAH, 360)

>Rewrite - 11,000 lines translated of the trial

This thread always kick starts my "I want to translate" genes. Just a shame I have no skill to go with these genes.

Cudder is translating S;G. Don't get your hopes up.

Yukkuri Panic torrent fucking where?

>>7630198
Bumping the thread just to troll? As expected of /jp/.

>>7630272
>>>/a/

>>7628375
It's just a troll, that chat extract is weeks old and the guy got taken off their team.

>>7630267

>>>/u/

>Delicious yuriscum tears

What are you doing there?
You belong to [0], you should always be there.

Every single time, >Fate/Hollow Ataraxia is "updated"..
By what, 0.X%?

>>7631023
If that's not fast enough for you, then help them.

>>Steins;Gate - 30/175 script files translated
>Yes
>Yes
>Yes
Really? You don't think they are very likely to run into problems, or drop in pace considerably when they have done some more work and able to do more accurate estimates of the work/remaining work?

Does any of you really think this hastily put together translation group made out of a few anime enthusiast with either little or no real translation experience, will naturally end up among our fastest translation groups yet, and with no problem to follow, be it with quality or getting work done itself?

>>7631513
That's basically what happened with Amaterasu.

>>7631556
Ixrec's "speed subs" of VNs were horrible. His first releases, honestly wasn't good.
He is, alot, better now though. But he also takes more time and is more organized overall. But at the same time, the speed difference isn't as big anymore.

But even then, I am not sure a comparison to Ixrec and his friends is the best one.

>>7631513
-They are enthusiasts, as you say, so they're probably actually interested in giving people the game instead of working for epenis. Passion makes you go a long way.
-I think they have more than one translator working on it, you don't see it that often in the other groups because the translator wants to feel special and basically the incarnation of the whole group (like Ixrec who said "I am Amaterasu, the group is nothing without me" or something to that effect) or because the porn is beside him
-Blick Winkel at least proved himself to be a competent enough translator in the past, translating all kinds of shit people posted here on the fly
It probably won't be without a problem or two but I say they're heading down the right road.

>>7631626
>but I say they're heading down the right road.
If this isn't a one off thing, then I would be very inclined to agree.
I just don't think their estimates later, will look like their estimates now.

I might be pessimistic, but I think such a thing is to be expected from lack of experience, working with translating a VN as a project. Translation itself disregarded even.

I could expect the work to go on, but then take considerably longer time than "expected" at some point later forward.

Period hit 50%
>2011/07/17 - Two more big milestones - the last summer (Kohane, Aoi and Koto) is complete, and the whole game is now 50% complete! It's all downhill from here (in a good way) - I'll be able to make releases twice as quickly because I don't have to translate any more summer events, just the girls' routes

>Lamento ~Beyond the Void~ - Teaser patch out

I appreciate what you do VNTS, but please stop including machine translation "projects" in your lists. They deter skilled people who might actually want to work on those VNs someday.

>>7631626
>...more than one translator working on it, you don't see it that often in the other groups because the translator wants to feel special and basically the incarnation of the whole group
Nope.

BTW it's someone translating Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de? Cos the old translation team dropped the project.

>>7632219
There actually was a translation going on?

I always thought it was just a troll

>>7632337 I dunno. That's why I'm asking....
The original TL team just... evaporate.

>Rewrite - 11,000 lines translated of the trial
Oh wow, how long is this fucking game?

>>7632395
100,965 lines.

>>7632189
The translator is the project. It is a TRANSLATION project. Yeah, some other people might help them refine the product through editing or hacking, but publishers and bookbinders don't take credit for an author's work, unless you're Cudder of course. A translation project without a translator isn't a project. And a project with multiple translators is an editor's giant headache.

>>7632408

Dear god. Does that break records?

>>7632462
Not even close.

>>7631513
It is summer after all. They have a lots of time.

>>7632428
I translation project without a hacker isn't a project.

>>7632462
http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=VN/Eroge_Script_sizes

>>7632428
A translation project without any hacking isn't a project.

>>7632678
Except hacking is a lot less time consuming. The problem with translation projects isn't the number of good hackers but the number of good translators.

>>7632873
Not to mention that hacking requires a lot less effort. (Not saying that it's easy to learn how to program, though). Anyone can waltz in and hack a game if they feel like it, but the same can't be said for translating a VN.

>>7632884
>Anyone can waltz in and hack a game

>>7632884
>Anyone can waltz in and hack a game if they feel like it, but the same can't be said for translating a VN.
Hack the first PSV-VN, come again and be my guest, then you may repeat that line.

I won't undermine the work needed to translate, but people shouldn't underestimate what hacking entails.

>>7632904
"Anyone with decent hacking knowledge can waltz in and hack a game" sound better?

>>7632914

Which doujinshi is this originally?

>>7632919
Anyone with decent translation knowledge can waltz in and translate a game.

>>7632935
... provided they're willing to devote months of effort. Hacking takes nowhere near that time if you have the hacking knowledge. Hackers are necessary and important, but it's easier to get a good one than a good translator.

>>7632914
Likewise, translate said VN and be my guest.
Note that hacking ultimately requires a translator, making it the inferior job by far. You can hack all the VN engines on the market, but nobody will care unless you have a translator to pick up the game.

So what, if anything, is Ammy working on these days?

>>7632963
All hacking in the world, is not done solely for translation attempts, or even for translations at all.

>>7632971
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker

>>7632946
Translation is generally a more taxing job, yes.
But there is nothing to say that specific hacking can't take months, even if it may not be as many months as one might expect from a decently sized novel.

There are a lot more willing translators than there are hackers. Just look through the TLwiki projects. Tons of different translators, but most of the time, hacking is done by either ViruX or Nagato.

Nagato also hacked Steins;Gate, and all of the translators finally jumped on it once he did. Blick was even doing backwards ass shit like recording and subbing videos before Nagato came along.

Hackers are the mouth and the anus of the translation project body. Translators can't do shit without them.

Try to hack a psp or ps2 game and say its easy, /m/ cant fucking translate super robot war games all because fucking nobody knows how to hack over there, they do have a lot of Japanese speakers over there though, i think its because /jp/ and /m/ have the same user base though.

>>7632984
>Hackers are the mouth and the anus of the translation project body. Translators can't do shit without them.
Oh, you.

>>7632971
But we're talking about VN translations here, anon.

>>7632984
You're not going to get shit without translators either. Quite frankly, you only need about one or two hackers in the entire community to suffice the number of translation projects taking place.

Hey, /jp/, which is more important for light?
The candle or the match?

Looks like Monster Girl Quest is going to make it's deadline.
Let's try to not all start the cries of "Patch Where!" when we look at that nice round 3 figure completion percentage on Hongfire.

>>7633039
Will the translator be working on other projects after this? He is really fast and good, i hope he uses he talents for other good games.

>>7633011
the flint

>>7633008
>Quite frankly, you only need about one or two hackers in the entire community to suffice the number of translation projects taking place.
Decrypting and breaking engines and writing tools for re-insertion etc isn't done within hours.
But with engines already broken, you can make do really fast. But that is nothing to say in the scenario of an intact engine written by someone didn't want everything to be reverse-engineered.

>>7632970
Secret project that's likely Sharnoth.

>>7633138
Certainly not within a few hours if we're talking about hacking an engine from scratch. However, the fact remains that it will ultimately be a mere fraction of what a translator spends time-wise.

>>7633210

In the end, both need eachother. Translation is absolutely worthless if you can't get it in the game. Hacking is absolutely worthless if you don't have any translation to put in the game.

Both are difficult. Both are time consuming. Neither camp should be dismissing the other,even as far as saying one is even slightly more difficult than the other. You have to remember there are a lot of translators, but the lack of hackers is one of the major reasons something won't get translated. Afterall, who is going to want to spend all that time translating something that can't even be released?

There is nothing to gain by making those assumptions and accusations, and all it does is devalue the hard worth these people put in to making such translations freely available to us.

Now that I think of it, what's Apoptosis been up to since he translated Kara no Shoujo and moved on to Cartagra. I don't think I've heard of anything since then.

>You have to remember there are a lot of translators, but the lack of hackers is one of the major reasons something won't get translated.
But I'm hacker and I see different picture - lot of translators that will drop translation at the beginning. Also no one wants to translate what I want. Damn disappointing.

>>7633275
Got hired by MG and translates nukige now.

>>7632990
>Try to hack a psp or ps2 game and say its easy

You said it. There's a certain game that I'd be interested in working on. It has PS2 and PSP versions, but I'm no hacker, so it seems rather hopeless since I have no intention of actively soliciting help.

The long-term solution would be to start studying programming, but I can't imagine how long it would take to get to the level needed for that sort of thing.

>>7634144
What game?

Aelwain is the best !

>Aiyoku no Eustia
>Katahane
>Monmusu Quest
>Waiting warmly all green edition.

>>7632675
So... Majikoi is more than twice as long as Kira Kira. Jesus, and I thought that game was pretty long.

>>7634160
Amagami, probably.

Whatever happened to my Jingai Maikyou? I thought it was getting released in summer this year.

>>7634144

You reminded me I have two PS2 VN roms downloaded. I wonder if I can get the PS2 emulator to work on this PC. Last one was too slow to play sound.

I assume it is a lost cause to get any text hooking on an emulated game though? Oh well, I'll just have to force myself through it and guess what is said. Who knows, maybe I learn something.

>>7634262
Script size in MB is a better gauge of length than line count since lines can vary greatly in length, especially between a NVL and an ADV.
>Kira Kira 2.3 MB
>Majikoi 3.01 MB

>>7635446
I tried, but I was unable to get it to work with an emulator. I still pray that someone will figure out how to do so.
>>7635649
Not always, since the scripts may contain speaker tags and other code.

>>7633311
I'm on the translator side (editor and TL checking nowadays to be exact) and what I've experienced is that it rarely takes hackers long to actually do anything, but they'll spend months making excuses to not do it. And even assuming that hacking would take two hours of work every day for a month, that's still a fraction of time that the translator is going to have to put into it.
Personally, there was a short doujin game I wanted to do and the script was even already extracted (as one long text dump, so not readable yet). It mainly just needed line splitting plus an inserter to change the fixed width strings to variable width. Every hacker I talked to said it'd be easy and take only an hour or two, but even after spending a month of asking them, none could be assed to even try, just keep saying they'll do it in a few days or on the weekend until I eventually gave up. It was frustrating and even insulting at times to be blown off for weeks. I know that's normal behavior for programmers, but I sure as hell am not going to kiss their asses for it.

>>7636581
>and even insulting at times to be blown off for weeks. I know that's normal behavior for programmers, but I sure as hell am not going to kiss their asses for it.
To be perfectly honest, it isn't as if that's unique to programmers.
Now no need to go Camp A vs Camp B in some kind of flame war, but it's simply that what you described is humanity in a nutshell, in general, so the camp doesn't matter.

I have similair stories to yours. Cracked open a bunch of minor mini games in Japanese back in the days, containing not much text at all. Some were nothing but interfaces, some others had some a bit of text leading up to a joke of sorts, or a twist. No matter the case it was something that could be translated really easily, but translators can never be assed to do anything, even if it doesn't require much work.

The answer to this I reckon, is that people in general, are bad at getting stuff done.

>>7636617

It might be more of a matter of not caring about the game or VN you wanted them to do their work on. Honestly, I'd probably do the same if somebody came to me and asked me to translate or hack something I couldn't care less about with no reward for doing it other than my name tacked on to it.

I could be wrong, but I imagine that could have something to do with it. Also, people are lazy cunts.

>>7636630
I'm pretty sure that most hackers can't read Japanese, so not giving a shit about almost any VN is their default state.

Hunk's Workshop!'s translation has around 20% of the script translated, and about 50% of that has been proofed and "finalized".
http://vndb.org/r14260

age

>>7636684
Is it supposed to be fully voiced?

>>7636684
Looks kind of gay

>>7636684
It is fully voiced. Even has the protagonist voiced.

>>7638586
Really? I coulda sworn, I thought it was pretty hetrosexual lookin'.

>>7638586
Thats because it is. The shounen ai tag isn't just for show.

bump

>Monmusu Quest - 100% Patch Information
>- I'll post it on July 22nd at 6pm EST
ヽ（´ー`）ノ

>>7641358
>not translating the encyclopedia

>>7643061
They found a way to change the text into an image instead, so it's going to be a part of the 100%

>http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Daiteikoku#Script
Adding all the numbers together, shouldn't the total be 133,000 lines? Oh, America, you so dumb.

>we have nearly 4/11 chapters translated
http://vn.shourai.net/news/progress-update.html
Jesus Christ

>>7641358
Hope he does the sequels if they ever come out...

>>7644254
Can't wait for fall

>>7641358
Nukige of the year, no question.
Waiting warmly for 100%.

>>7643248
Possibly not. If it's structured like previous Alicesoft games, then all H scenes will be duplicated within the script files with a version for gallery replay and one for in-game as well.

>>7644565
That said, there should be a shitton more than just 3,000 lines worth of H scenes. Alicesoft H scenes run about 120 lines or so each, and there are way more than 30.

Fuck man, i feel like a freaking pandering fag being tentacle-raped by a monster little sister who remember how i used to rape her, and now that she have this "things" she takes his revenge. It's hard to actually knows shit of what is going on. I don't know what translators do the job, who is a masterpiece-tier translator, and that kind of things of the VN's world, but i actually like the VN's i played.

>>7644582
What the fuck are you even talking about?

>>7644582
>>7644601

>>7644601

Well, you see, i'm a newfag in all this VN thing.

>>7644621
Not just that...

bump

>Higurashi Daybreak - being translated

I'd say this project is pretty much dead by now

>Umineko 8 - Translation: 55%, Editing: 50%, 50% translation patch released
>No progess

Godamnit, Maybe before christmas atleast?

>Steins;Gate - 30/175 script files translated

Can someone link me to their site or project page? interested.

>Fortune Arterial- 52 of 122 scripts translated, 14 of 122 scripts edited, patch for the trial version of the game

I want to play this so bad ;_;

>>7646162
>Can someone link me to their site or project page?
translation:
>Hurr durr, I'm retarded, I need to be spoonfeeded.
Why don't you google something like: steins gate translation?
Because I just did and got the link.

>>7646165
No you don't.

Baldr Sky translation where? I've been itching for something mecha.

>>7646235
Only for members of our secret club. But obviously you are not part of it.

>Baldr Force Exe - Project starting up

>Project News
>*16/07/2011 - Installed game, now analysing data while taking fapping breaks.
>*18/07/2011 - I think I may of found the text.

>>7646244
But really though, when is the translation going to be finished?

>>7646252
It's already finished, the patch was released on irc but nobody spread it around.

Hey, what did you say about Valkyria Chronicles 3 english patch? Post a link to that translation project, who managed to replace text.

>>7646256

page 11 bump. You guys weren't really going to let this 404 right?

>>7648367
About 40 hours from the next one? Who gives a shit?

>>7646252
According to Ixrec Stratos -is- working on it but at a snail pace, he said in 6 months only 2% was made.

>>7648662
Liar
...
;_;

>>7648683
Go on his forums and check the baww no one is translating this begging thread yourself. I'm not sure how he can get to check Stratos's progress, but considering irc circlejerks it's not that farfetched to think he could.

Now that I think about it, Ixrec probably wants for Stratos' project to be declared dead so he can snatch Baldr Sky from him and attention whore again, like he did with Alternative and that /m/ anon

>>7648764
The guy on /m/ is an attentionwhore?

>>7648698
>Go on his forums
Link to said forum please?
Also why is no one offering to help him if no progress was made?

>>7648764
How did he attention whored in Alternative?

http://amaterasu.is.moelicious.be/forums/index.php?topic=924.msg19053#msg19053
>I am of the opinion that strato's project should be considered dead as it has been far too long for him to have not even finished Dive 1 at a reasonable rate, and at one point I actually checked and his speed was far below reasonable (in the ballpark of 6 months for a couple percent).

At least you got a response. I think I had half a dozen translators drop off my project without even bothering to say "Sorry, no longer interested."

Full Monmusu patch is out.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?e8be0i15k2x63xt

Monmusu Quest full translation patch:
http://www.mediafire.com/?e8be0i15k2x63xt

>>7650360

bumping to counter raid

I want to release my load all over CHRISTIIIINA's tits.

Does anybody know if Sanity Ends is still working on Devils Devel Concept?
I haven't heard anything about them since they wanted to move to IRC...

>>7652315
The guy left with the money from the donations.

So how is Little Busters quality wise. I love me some Key animu, but the VNs always turned me off with either Key art or a bad case of way too fucking long.

>>7652340
Little Busters is huge, if being "way too fucking long" is a deal breaker for you

>>7652340
Individual routes are shit and short..

Steins;Gate - 64/175
http://e17time.blogspot.com/2011/07/steinsgate-chapter-7-11-translation.html

>>7652343
Depends on the route.

>>7652626
Wow, the translation seems to be moving pretty quickly.

>>7652626
>gelbanas
I want one.

>>7652626

I'm confused, is this part of the same group that's translating it (SGVNTP) or a different one?

>>7652679
Blick Winkel is one of the translators of that project, that's his personal blog.

>>7652679
Yeah... well, we're not much of a group.
I have no real idea what anyone else is doing.
I just sort of did stuff that wouldn't be in anybody's way.

And then I decided, oh what the hell. And translated backwards.

The formation of the group was an odd turn of events.

First I made videos of Suzuha, Faris, and Luka's endings. Then Antheon contacted me and said their group had extracted the nss.npa file, but couldn't repack it. I declined to help the project until repacking had been figured out.

Then Nagato contacted me and said he was almost done with his nipa2 tools. I introduced Nagato to the group. I only figured I'd stay long enough until a better translator joined in, but... stuff happened, and now I've singlehandedly translated about 40% of the game.

>>7652696
Why dont you and Nagato just 2man it since the rest of the people arent doing anything?

>>7652696

That's pretty impressive. I (and many others) appreciate all of the hard work you're doing.

>>7652712
I know they're doing stuff, but I just don't know how far they've gotten.

I also like how the project site exists.
It attracts certain people away from my blog.

>>7652626
...wow

>>7652696
That... sounds fun.

In any case, keep up the good work. I have no idea about the rest of the translators, but I definitely support you.

SUPERCAR
http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm4044702