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Visual Novel translation status


>12Riven- 35/72 scripts translated
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - translation: 100%, editing 75%, case 1 and 2 released
Air (Project 1)- Released 2nd Beta patch and 70% edited
Air (Project 2) - 91.51% translated
Amaenbo - Being translated
Amagami - 1st day patch Released for PS2/PSP, "420/1966 original edition scenario scripts translated (~21.4%)"
Anniversary no Kuni no Alice - 31% translated, 26% edited
Aoiro Rinne - "Translation progress: "47% (579 KB of 1.24 MB)", 16/78 scripts edited
Ayakashibito - Fully translated, 36956/50995 (72.47%) lines edited, Touko route done
Cannonball - 25308/36902 (68.58%) lines translated
Comyu - 32142/51433 (62.49%) lines translated, common/Benio route partial patch out, Hisoka route fully translated
>Danganronpa 2 - 16.1% translated
Dote up a Cat - 32.2% translated
>DRAMAtical Murder re:connect - Released
Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 97.6% translated, third partial patch out
Flyable Heart- 11.15% translated in new translation project
Fortune Arterial- Prologue completly translated, patches for Shiro, Kiriha and Kanade routes released. Erika route 65% done. Haruna route 80% done.
Gensou no Avatar - ~15% translated
Haruka Na Sora - Sora 11.29% translated, Yahiro 4.99% translated, Kozue 20.85% translated
Hatsuyuki Sakura (project 1) - Between 10 and 15% translated
>Hatsuyuki Sakura (project 2) - 5.57% translated
Higanbana 2 - Fully translated and edited, in beta
Hinomaru- 51% translated, common route patch released
I/O - All scripts and tips translated. 127/249 scripts and all tips edited
Ikikoi - Fully translated, needs images inserted and going through QC
Irotoridori no Sekai - 43,365/51,100 (84.86%) lines translated, going through revision, partial patch going through chapter 6 planned

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>Killer Queen: 43/72 scripts translated and 18/72 scripts edited, plans also include translating Secret Game and Rebellion
Koichoco- 237/397 files translated, 165/397 files edited, Common/Chisato routes fully translated
>Koiken Otome - 56.79% translated, 31.47% through second pass
Kourin no Machi - 13075/36959 (35.4%) lines translated
>Kud Wafter - 10801/33132 (32.6%) lines translated
Kurukuru Fanatic - 57% translated
Little Busters - Original released, work ongoing with EX./ME content, now a joint project with Doki. Sasami/Kanata routes fully translated
Majikoi- Yukie + Chris + Momoyo + Wanko + teacher route patch released, Miyako route 85% translated
Majikoi A- Sayaka patch released, Benkei 40% translated
Majikoi S- Monshiro, Margit, Kokoro, and Tsubame routes patch out, Momoyo 44% translated, 44% edited
Mahoutsukai no Yoru - 830.20/1221.01 (67.99%) kb translated
>Maman Kyoushitsu - Saera Kanzaki, Honoka Mizushima, and Mimeri routes patch released, ~3 scenes left in Emiko route
Mashiro Iro Symphony - Common route 93.98% Translated
>Monster Girl Quest 3 - 109161/131806 (82.8%) lines translated, 62% partial patch released
Muv-Luv Altered Fable - 65% partial patch released
Nursery Rhyme - 13465/34410 (39.13%) translated

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>Oreimo PSP - 251/299 scripts translated, 127/299 through TLC+Editing, 101/299 scripts finalized, Kirino partial patch released
>Oreimo Tsuzuku - Youtube based project, Kirino part 16.5, Ayase part 23
PersonA - 36% translated
Princess Maker 5- ~90%, translation progress stalled while putting together a beta patch
Pure Pure- Fully translated, 77.26% edited
Rance 4.1 - 6% translated
Rance 5D- 85% complete, awaiting engine tools
Rance 6 - 53% Complete
Rose Guns Days 3 - 5% translated
Sayonara wo Oshiete - 3341/14309 (23.3%) lines translated
Shinigami no Kiss wa Wakare no Aji - Final QC
Shuukaku no Juunigatsu winter - 80% translated, 42% edited, trial version out
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 9- Fully translated and edited
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo 10- 15/18 scripts translated
SubaHibi - Down the Rabbit Hole I patch released, 42902/53562 (80.1%) lines translated and 40597/53562 (75.8%) lines edited
Sukisho! - First Limit - 60% translated
Supreme Candy - 9059/43261 (20.9%) lines translated
Tenshin Ranman - Prologue patch released, 1308.4/4560 (28.69%) translated
To Heart2- 67% translated- "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", new alpha patch released
White Album 2 - Overall: 6292/70253 (8.95%) lines translated, Introductory Chapter: 6292/10769 (58.42%) lines translated
Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - 100% translated, 54% edited, partial patch released
Yosuga no Sora - Translation status is Common route 100%, Sora route 100%, Nao 19.76%, Kazuha 100%, Akira 61.99% Motoka 23.08%, Common and Kazuha fully edited
Your Diary- Prologue patch released, common route fully translated, 11/19 scripts translated for Yua's route, 1/10 scrpts translated of Kanade's route

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Official work

MangaGamer
Touma Kojirou no Tantei File - November 28th release
Ef: The Latter Tale - December 20th release
Chou Dengeki Stryker - In scripting
D2B vs Deardrops - In scripting
>Really? Really! - Scripting complete, in UI and CG editing
Milles - Fully translated and edited
>Imouto Paradise - Fully translated, 81% edited
>Princess Evangile - 63% translated, 53% edited
Warrior Princess Asuka - Editing complete
Boob Wars 2 - It testing
>Cartagra - Initial TL going through revision, 6 H-scenes remain to be revised
Kara no Shoujo 2 - picked up
>Armored Warrior Iris - 60% translated, 17% edited
>Valkyrie Svia - 80% translated, 50% translated
Space Pirate Sara - 38% translated
Free Friends - Picked up
Free Friends 2 - Picked up
Da Capo 3 - Picked up both R and R ~X Rated~


JAST
Steins;Gate - Winter release planned
Hanachirasu - 99% complete
Django - Couple more months of translation
Sumaga- Fully translated, in editing
Seinarukana- Being translated by Aroduc
Starless - In translation
Trample on Schatten- In translation
Romanesque - In translation
Shiny Days - Sekai project to do the TL
Osadai fandisc - In Translation
Raidy III - TL finished, in insertion
Sweet Home - In translation
Sumeragi Ryoko - Picked up

Other
Danganronpa - NISA in early 2014
Liar Soft would like to bring Steampunk titles over
The Night of Kamaitachi - release planned
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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.org/

[Anonymous No.]

>>11606882
>12Riven- 35/72 scripts translated
Nice to see it progressing

[Anonymous No.]

Nothing Interesting this week

Now I can see a December without angels

[Anonymous No.]

Thanks for updating.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11606882
>>Danganronpa 2 - 16.1% translated
Was this added recently? Was interested in the translation of 2 after completing 1.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11606907
Don't remind me. I'm still hoping that I can experience a December with angels though.

>Cartagra - Initial TL going through revision, 6 H-scenes remain to be revised
Very excited about this. I will actually buy this game.

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>>11606907
Wasn't it supposed to be released back in 2009 or something? Goddamn.

[Anonymous No.]

>Kimiaru - 47% translated, Beni partial in November

About time.

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>>11606982

Where's that from?

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>>11606941

I don't think there is any Cartagra release in December. But if you want a December with angel, there's Yuuko Amamiya (ef - the latter tale) for you. According to vndb, it will release in 20/12

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>>11606999
Take a fucking guess.

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Does anyone know if there's an English patch for the first White Album?

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>>Cartagra - Initial TL going through revision, 6 H-scenes remain to be revised

well then, 1 h-scene per week should mean the revised TL will finish around christmas, and then it goes into editer hell until easter, and we may have a st. patty's day release.

>Mahoutsukai no Yoru - 830.20/1221.01 (67.99%) kb translated
and here I was thinking I'd be able to witch/holy night before F/hA, looks like I was wrong.

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>>11607010
Yes. There's four.

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>>11607014
MangaGamer is fucking slow, but at least they're not JAST slow.

Speaking of MangaGamer shit, I just noticed while I was cleaning up a hard drive that I still have KiraKira on there. I never read it, is it worth reading or should I just delete it off my drive? I did read Deardrops and that game was garbage, is KiraKira more of the same?

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>>11607037
KiraKira was written by an actually good scenario writer, but the translation is pretty bad, so it might not be worth reading unless you're into that sort of thing.

[Anonymous No.]

Can you remove my project from the list already?

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>>11607047
Fuck off, stop trying to impersonate me.

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>>11607024
links please. Google gave me nothing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11607055
You have to use Erogoogle

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>>11607044
Well I'm pretty damn bored. Maybe I'll give it a go...I have nothing better to do anyways. If worst comes to worst I'll just read 1 route and be done with it.

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>>11607062
how the fuck do I use this?There's no search bar.

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>>11606941
There won't be angels this December. If there was any chance of that happening, I'd have heard about it by now.

>>11607037
Yes. Kira Kira is one of the best games that have been officially localized. The translation is awful, but it's still worth reading despite that.

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Poor Miyako. Stuck in limbo for all eternity.

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>I/O - All scripts and tips translated. 127/249 scripts and all tips edited
Not to imitate that guy from the past few weeks, but at this point I am wondering what's going on here. There's been no update in over a month now. Is the editor busy with life, is he just not giving updates, did the group lose contact with him, ...?

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>>11607154

He's dead, Jim.

[Anonymous No.]

The future of english visual novel translation is looking pretty grim

Where's all the fresh blood? Where's the talent? Am I gonna have to learn JP myself?

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>>11607447
I think the translation scene is better than ever.
But then again, there was once a time where I essentially read every single english VN out there because there was simply so little at the time. So I guess I have a different view.

[Anonymous No.]

TRANSLATE EIYUU SENKI, YOU GUTLESS COWARDS

DMCA WARNINGS ARE EMPTY THREATS

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>>11607465
Why not translate a good game instead?

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>>11607467

There are no better games. It's the greatest. Grand strategy meets visual novel. What else could you ask for?

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>>11607475
A game that doesn't suck.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11607475
Jack of two trades, master of none

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>>11606882
>DRAMAtical Murder reconnect.jpg
Do JPs play BL games?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11607499
Yes.

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>>11607475
eiyuu senki gold

[Anonymous No.]

So why is majikoi even still up? I thought it's been dead forever.

[Anonymous No.]

on a scale of 10 to dinosaurs, how dead is the scene?

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>>11607627
because he didn't drop the project yet and until he does no other group will step up and do it.

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>>11607791
I'm too sad to reply.

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>>11607791
It's not dead at all look at all those active projects, look at all the fucking weekly updates. How the fuck is that dead?

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>>11607882
Stop kidding yourself anon. Nearly all of those "active" projects aren't ever going to see a release. Let's face it, the English VN translation scene is dead. If you want to keep reading VN's, learn moon and never show your grotesque face in this thread again.

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>>11607791

mostly because it takes less time to learn japanese than wait for updates on oh say majikoi

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>>11607995
It's hurts. It's hurts to think how it's hard to learn moon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11608003

>It's hurts to think how it's hard to learn moon.

top lel

lazy boi

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>>11607154
I also want to know Ive been waiting for I/O,its gonna be great reading a vn with plot again. this and steins gate i hope come out soon.

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>>11607154
>"So it may have been obvious due to the numbers, but DrMason has fallen off the face of the Earth on our radar, so we don't have an editor."
>"So we need a new editor to help us out on our projects, otherwise they'll remained stalled."
>"We need someone who can take translated sentences and rewrite them into more natural sounding English. Experience is a plus."
>"Those interested should either reply to this tweet or send us an e-mail. We'll need to give a test first to see if you fit our requirements."
>"We apologize for this inconvenience and hope to get support soon. -GA"

From twitter

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>>11608299
DAMMIT

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>>11608306

Just learn the fugging language and stop depending on people that abandon their projects 80%.

Hell, most of the games in that translation status list that are 100% translated have been out for nearly 5 years. That's pathetic, even the most retarded person could have just learned enough Japanese to read it on their own in a quarter of that time.

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>>11607014
Well it's commie translating mahoyo, so I'd just learn moon if you ever want to read it properly.

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>>11608313
I don't even have the time to read all of the VNs being translated, much less to also learn Japanese while I'm at it.

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>>11608329

Abandon everything else in your life and learn Japanese
It's the only thing in life that's worth doing. Everything else is a waste

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>>11608342
Okay, you convinced me. I will drop my education and other hobbies immediately, become a hikikomori, and start learning Japanese all day.

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>>11608358
's not like japanese is that hard and you can use ITH for reading vns, that's what I do

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>>11608299
fucking seriously?
they haven't found anyone yet? they were so fucking close, this editor was an asshole.

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What's the deal with Mahoyo? If they've come this far, why take so long to translate the little that is left?

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>>11608486
>this far
You mean 67%? They prolly got tired as well and the extra chapter at the end has like 20+ choices and a shitton of bad ends and dead ends.

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>>11608423
It's the elitism of translation groups that poses the real problem. They demand too much from new volunteers

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>>11607475
i think you misspelled kichikuou rance

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>>11608362
Yeah, ITH basically means you don't need to learn like a thousand kanji before you start anything. It's pretty useless before you have a good feel for grammar though.

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>>11608602
Japanese grammar is piss easy though.

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>>11608499

What kind of elitism is there from translation groups? The work required isn't a lie, and people usually make their own groups. The problem is that unlike the real world, there is no known way to keep people responsible on schedules to release and most groups lose motivation after the honeymoon phase of the project and drop.

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>>11608499
Yeah, no. That so-called "elitism" is in place to prevent people with no skill whatsoever from "contributing" to a project and thus wasting the time of people with actual skills who have to then find out what he did and revert/fix it. It also just happens to be that those people without any skill in their field tend to drop out very shortly after starting work on a project.

Generally, for translation projects, anyone can join as long as they are capable of genuinely contributing to the project. It's not elitism, it's just filtering out people who would be more of a burden than a help.

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>>11607627
Because the translator is a faggot and likes to sit on projects to dissuade other people from picking it up. When someone does inevitably pick it up he will "suddenly" start translating it again.

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>>11609016
Have you considered that there are no people willing to translate Majikoi, and that this might reflect on the quality of the game?

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>>11609289
Yeah, it's definitely just the quality that determines whether translators want to slog through several megabytes of text. That's why Baldr Sky got translated so quickly.

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>>11608423
"we don't have an editor" is a excuse people use when they can't or won't translate.
If you can't make a translation sound natural it's probably because you don't genuinely understand what the original text says.

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>>11609308
Or you don't know the target language, as in people like Takajun's case.

Either way, you're introducing errors and at best, adding another member to the telephone game that is translation so you're obviously not translating well or accurately.

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>>11609308
If what you're saying is true, then Japanese people don't know what any of their eroge mean because they can't write it in English.

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So the Eustia translation is completely dead or what?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11609341
The last time it had any work done was August 2012.

What do you think?

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>>11609383
That its past time for another round of removing long dead projects.

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>>11609308
Or there are some localizations that are a pain in the ass. For example, I'm reading Monobeno right now, and while it's not hard at all to understand, I certainly wouldn't want to translate it. Too many lame puns and unusual dialects that need to be preserved somehow. Nothing that a competent editor couldn't handle, but few VN translators have much in the way of English writing talent.

Not saying that's the case with I/O, just making the point that translation and editing are different skill sets and not everyone has both.

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>>11609388
Translating puns and lingual wordplay is a far cry from "We need someone who can take translated sentences and rewrite them into more natural sounding English."

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I've already read a translation where I could get the original Japanese reference by hearing it, but didn't know about the "translated" version (probably some American pop culture thing).
Localization can lead to dumb situations.

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>>11609388
That's what footnotes are there for. Manga translators do this all the time.

If the text needs a footnote every 20 lines so be it.

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>>11609651
Good thing VN's give you extra page space to add those in where it doesn't really interfere with the rest of the game.

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So I apologize in advance, because I'm not a 100% sure this is the right thread to post in and I don't think I saw a general in the catalog. Anyhow, what is the name of the VN (gosh I hope it's a VN, I would hate to be wrong) that I believe has a tan, muscular woman with short hair and wears a construction hat? I knew what it was at some point and had it, but I've lost and forgotten it since.

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>>11609739
The Guts

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>>11609828
And so it is, thank you so much!

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>>11609308
>If you can't make a translation sound natural it's probably because you don't genuinely understand what the original text says.
Or you know, you may just be bad at writing nicely-worded sentences. I can translate from my native language to English and vice versa, but it usually sounds rather stilted and unnatural. That isn't because I don't understand either of the languages, but because I'm not a writer.

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Anyone know what happened to the Pure Pure project? It looks like it's been fully translated forever but I haven't seen anything about it in months.

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>>11613641
the TL hasn't posted anything on his forum/website in months as well.

quite the coincidence.

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>>11613641
Isn't that the project with the translator that "disappeared" for like a year?
I wouldn't put much faith in them.

[Anonymous No.]

Mangagamer has begun work on Higurashi re-translation.

https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/400094796082995201

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>>11607499
they're cute!

[Anonymous No.]

Ikikoi soon!

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>>11616280
No, it's not.

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>>11614647
Are they gonna sell all 8 chapters on Steam, or just the first 4?

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>>11609341
Yandere is shit.

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>>11616280

[Anonymous No.]

Shinikiss relesed:

http://kohaku.kouhi.me/

[Anonymous No.]

When was the last time cannonball was updated?

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>>11618886
Maybe you could read the thread and find out.

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>>11609341
>Last updated 6/29/2013
Maybe.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11618897
Maybe you should actually check what the update was. And when the last time it had an update that involved having a translator.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11618895
It's not in the thread.

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>>11618922
but it is on the vnts website

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>>11618928
Who could ever think to look on the tracker to find an old update?

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>>11618901
It's funny how many people they supposedly had working on it, according to VNTLS

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>>11618940
look at the staff list for tsukihime

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>>11618948
Who was phone?

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>>11618952

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>>11618957
Translating porn games is seriously business, needing this many people. It's kinda stupid how major projects can be dropped so easily.

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>>11618963
You should see some Chinese translation groups. They have up to 20 people doing translation and editing and tlc alone.

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>>11618971
And still they can't shake their reputation for being shit speedsubs for some reason.

It's astounding that Tsukihime is as badly translated as it is, especially the English, given that many pairs of eyes on it.

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>>11618971
I wish english-speakers had the same dedication as them. I get somewhat upset when I see how they have things translated in half the time we take.

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>>11618978
It's because the languages aren't that far off, so any asshole thinks he can translate. Same with Portuguese (Brazilian) translations of American stuff, and almost all of it is universally low quality because whatever's released first gets all the attention.

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>>11618982
If they shared the same alphabet as us, 90% of people could probably learn the language just by similarities.

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>>11618977
There are quite a few projects in the Chinese community that went on the quality direction without as many people, but most of it is stalled and never to see the daylight.

So naturally the "prominent" Chinese tl groups are the ones who pump out the most content, quality or not. They're pretty much just a pool of interested people in the forums volunteering to help. It's something like a collaborative work.

The English community's translation groups usually function with a lot less, a lot more dependent on certain individuals, and arguably more dedicated individuals.

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>>11619006
murrikan individualism vs chinese zergs

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>>11618766
I didn't even know this game existed, and suddenly there's a translation. I think that may be the best kind of patch. It looks nice, too, so I'm satisfied.

[Anonymous No.]

DRAMAtical Murder looks really good, but also incredibly gay
Guess I need to bite the bullet

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>>11607154
CAN THEY AT LEAST RELEASE A PARTIAL, PLEASE?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11619172
No

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>>11618766
Torrent?

[Anonymous No.]

Does anyone know if there's anyone working on/planning to translate Grisaia no Meikyuu and the sequel?

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>>11619156
I read through it because I thought the character designs were cool. But it gets gay as hell towards the middle.

Also re:connect is just straight up porn. You get a little more info on the characters but its just gay sex. Except Mizuki route, which was my favorite simply because Mizuki is a cool dude and y'know there was no surprise gay sex.

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>>11620425
>koestl ‏@koestl 29 Oct
>@Linkman19 Took a break. I'll be working on meikyuu once I finish reading a few things

[Anonymous No.]

>Shinigami no Kiss wa Wakare no Aji - Final QC
English Patch released.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11618766
>>11621283

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>>11620364
http://fuwanovel.org/novels/shinigami-no-kiss-wa-wakare-no-aji

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>>11621444
>fuwanovel

Thanks, but no.

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>>11621451
http://sukebei.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=11357

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>>11621457

Thanks!

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>>11621464
>Accepting Nyaa but not Fuwanovel

There's some hypocrisy.

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>>11622353
>No accepting Fuwanovel's rip -> Hypocrisy
Good one, you got me here.

[Anonymous No.]

>Irotoridori no Sekai - 43,365/51,100 (84.86%)
fuck everything

[Anonymous No.]

>>11618766
>>11621283
>>11621286
So is the translation any good?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11622578
The VN is actually like 7 hours long total. And half of it is sex jokes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11622707
and the other half? sex scenes?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11622783
A really shitty ending

[Anonymous No.]

>>11622578
The translation is alright, the VN itself isn't though.

[Anonymous No.]

Ikkikoi where?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11624876
11.26

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>>11622464
The Nyaa torrent is from Fuwanovel.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11624876
Image inserting.

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>>11628556
>The Nyaa torrent is from Fuwanovel.
> Date: Apr 24 2009, 14:17 UTC
Aaeru pls