/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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Visual Novel translation status

11eyes - Trial patch out, 24.50% of the common route translated
Akatsuki no Goei- common route fully translated, as well as bits of the character routes (8610 lines translated total). was mentioned in a C&D sent out to another game
Akai Ito- Insertion of the existing translation being worked on with the first day completely and inserted and working, 2600 lines total untranslated
Apathy Midnight Collection Vol. 1 - 8 of 11 arcs translated
Ashita no Kimi to Autame Ni - 5/117 scripts translated, new translator joined
Baldr Sky - Translation ongoing
Battle Flier Itsuki- 21% translated
Cartagra - Translation is pretty much finished, QC/beta next
Concerto Note - C&D, continuing, translation at 20%
Devils Devel Concept- 25%
>Fate/Hollow Ataraxia- 45.8% translated, second partial patch out
>Flyable Heart -Fully translated, trial patch out, in editing, 9600/73560 lines edited
>Fortune Arterial- 51 of 122 scripts translated, 14 of 122 scripts edited, patch for the trial version of the game
Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers- Milfie route complete, shared routes complete, about 10855 lines remaining, Milfeulle/Forte patch released
Hakuoki ~Shinsengumi Kitan~ - Classes done, so translation ongoing again
Hatsukoi - 66.2571% translated
Higurashi Daybreak - being translated
>Hinomaru- 5.9% translated
>Hime Kami Ni Bun no Ichi - Being translated
Himekishi Lilia- "As for the time window its taken to release...well how long did it take Blizzard to release starcraft 2 and after all that time what really changed? Lilia will be released when its released. Deal with it. "
Honey Coming- Prologue 100% translated, Common route atleast 20% with progress being made. Yuma Shichiri's route 5% translated
>Hoshizora no Memoria - prologue patch out, 12.4% translated
Ikusa Megami Zero - New project starting up, C&D, continuing.

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Katahane- 31602/32287 lines (97.88 %) translated, 14091/32287 (43.64%) lines edited
Kara no Shoujo - 100% translated, edited, and hacked, may be released officially
Kichikuou Rance- 20% translated
Killer Queen - 97 % translated 11312/13785lines
Kizuato - 182/246 scripts translated
Lamia no Baai - ~1/7th of the game translated, plus some new translation on top of that
LILITH-IZM03- 75% patch out
Little Busters - ~70%, new patch released with Mio's route translated, Haruka route 47% translated
>Love Plus- 380/900 scripts translated (42.22%), partial patch out
Majikoi- Prologue patch out, All Yukie stuff fully translated
M&M Enchanting Magic & Sweet Charms- 61%
>Muv Luv full patch released - Alternative progress 1686.4 KB/2738.39 KB (61.58%), ongoing talks with age regarding the possibility of an official release
>Never 7 - 38 of 97 scripts translated
Period- All image/UI editing complete, Miyu's patch released, game total translation:28.67% complete
Princess Maker 5- 19%, image translation 100%, editing underway
Princess Nightmare - Translator said the project is still active, but very slow, nearly 50% translated
Prision Battleship 2 - 43% translated
Pure Pure The Story of Ears and Tails- Sachi Patch released, 63.20% translated
Rance 1- Fully translated, now onto editing, etc
Rance 2 - Hacked, so being translated now
Rin ga Utau, Mirai no Ne-iro- Miku patch released, Rin part will be upcoming
Sa.Na.Ra.Ra - 7 completed scripts
School Days- Translation at 100%, chapters 1-3 released, project reconized by 0verflow, episode 4 in alpha
Seinarukana - Prologue and Chapter 1 translated, translation at 9.1%, image editing mostly complete, chapter 2 translation almost complete
Sensei Da-isuki 2- 20%, still being worked on
>Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo -translator working on non translated scripts, all of Natsumi's scripts translated, 6 of 7 Ririko's scripts translated
Sin- 60% of episode 1 translated

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>Sono Hanabira 2 - Full translation released
Sono Hanabira 7 - 50% translated, plan to finish within the next 2-4 weeks
Suiheisen made Nan Mile- Trial patch 55% translated
Sweet Pool- Active translation ongoing
Tenshi No Inai 12-Gatsu-"status: ~translating:active~"
>The Second Reproduction - 27% translated
Togainu No Chi- 69% translated
To Heart2- 53% - "The final product is still years away unless I get more help. ", Tama-nee alpha patch released, Yuma's route translated
>Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss - 1st patch released, translating most, but not all, of the game
Tomoyo After - No work on the translation this week, working on a 35% partial patch
Touka Gettan: translation status: ~30% translated
Umineko 8 - To be translated
Under The Moon- 6% translated/checked/programmed, still active
>Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation close to 40%
Yoakemae Yori Ruriiro Na - Being translated by the guy who did Canvas 2
Yosuga no Sora - 20% translated
YU-NO- Total: 3628.13/3995.61KB (90.80%), Prologue patch released, all normal routes translated, translation moving onto the epilogue chapter, Editing at 1819.72/3995.61 KB (45.54%)

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Official work

MangaGamer:
Koihime Musou - 1/31/2011 scheduled release, trial out, in testing
Zaishuu The SiN - March 1st release date
Ef - "The translations for ef ~the first tale~ and latter tale are both finished now"
Dear Drops - Translation beginning once Edelweiss retranslation is complete
Harukoi Otome - Being translated
Harem Party- Focused in a recent blog post
The Season of Da Capo isn’t over yet
Unannounced title- translation and editing finished
Ongoing talks with a company whose bread and jam you would not want to eat
Chance they may be bringing over Kara no Shoujo, according to Kouryuu
Picked up a Circus title with gameplay
Additionally, random sex romps are scheduled as well

JAST
Demonbane- delayed, engine almost finished
Jingai Makyou- Not mentioned in their panel
Osananajimi wa Daitouryou ~My girlfriend is the President.~ - 2011 release planned, translation near completion
Nitro Royale- being translated
DraKoi- fully fan translated, image editing is finished as well, however scripts are unlikely to be released outside of an official Jast release
Yumina the Ethereal - announced, expected to be released within a year
Sumaga- 79%, still being translated, unlikely to be released outside of an official Jast release
Muramasa - Chapter 4 complete, but because it is Nitro+, it is uncertain what will come from the project
Two remaining announcements, one this month, and one next month

Other
HgameZ is alive again, possible releases in the future
Kisaragi no Hogyoku- English trial out, now being translated as part of project T0rama
Bible Black Infection- Delayed until Janurary 25th, 2011
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Upcoming from active fan groups
Some LiarSoft will be done by Ixrec after the Muv Luv saga
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 3rd Love Plus -- Planned by the translators doing 2
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

[Anonymous No.]

The be- only good thread has arrived!

[Anonymous No.]

>Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation close to 40%

what's the 1st draft? how many draft are there -?

also thanks for the best thread.

[Anonymous No.]

>Koihime Musou - 1/31/2011 scheduled release, trial out, in testing
Is this better then Rance and Daibanchou?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6813885
No where near as complex strategy-wise, probably even less so than Utawarerumono to be honest, but you do have loli versions of the Three Kingdom characters, so it all works out.

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>>6813896
>but you do have loli versions of the Three Kingdom characters,
Good enough for me, thanks.

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>To Heart2- 53%
>Yosuga no Sora - 20% translated
Quarterly dose.

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>>6813896
>probably even less so than Utawarerumono
Are you serious? Utawarerumo's strategy was limited to, literally, moving and using that chara's one possible attack.

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>>6813922
Play the demo if you want, but all I got out of the combat was a basic ROCK/PAPER/SCISSORS type thing with the occasional special move thrown in. I'm not sure if it gets any more complicated than that.

[Anonymous No.]

>Never 7 - 38 of 97 scripts translated

Actually, we've gone up from 97 scripts to 111- we found some more scripts hidden away.

[Anonymous No.]

My kingdom will never be overrun by loli catgirl bandits. ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>6813896

i want ask something about koihime too,is this game something like get everygirl's h-scene on your way or the girls who have h-scene has a route/ending for each one of them? it seems it have a lot of heroes so i though this is also just win battle and fuck her then go to next one,but hopefully not like this.i want play a proper route for every girl i fucked.

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>>6813922
The gameplay isn't exactly the selling point of Koihime

[Anonymous No.]

>>6813973
Though there might be mini-scenarios like in Utawarerumono, the point is fucking one after another.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6813994
damn you runied my life

[Anonymous No.]

Where can i get the game in op's pic?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814005
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke o: Watashi no Ouji-sama

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814005
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=sb1aev4v
It is a yuri game though, so just keep that in mind.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814011
Yea i found that info on vndb. I assume its popular so it wont be hard to find?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814019
Thanks.

Yea, thats why i wanted to try it out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814005
Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo - Watashi no Oujiko-Sama

[Anonymous No.]

>Sono Hanabira 2 - Full translation released
YES
My body is ready for becoming a little girl once again~

[Anonymous No.]

Best thread of the week. \o/

[Anonymous No.]

http://gokusaishiki.wordpress.com/tmgs2/downloads/
>Snuggle under a blankie AWAY from all humans and blush like crazy while you swoon over TMGS2 guys.

I'm impressed that they pretty much translated the whole game in almost 6 months, but dammit they scare me.

[Anonymous No.]

>Hime Kami Ni Bun no Ichi - Being translated
This? http://vndb.org/v2826
Looks like Sanity Ends type of game to me. Did they pick up another project or is it some other group?

[Anonymous No.]

>Love Plus- 380/900 scripts translated (42.22%)

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814092
I remember somebody making a thread on /jp/ saying they would translate it. Dunno if it's the same person or if there was something a little more 'official' than that.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm kind of hoping some will translate Dark Blue and Se.kirara one day.

Still, can't wait for Rewrite to be released in April.

[Anonymous No.]

>Love Plus- 380/900 scripts translated (42.22%), partial patch out

Whoa! Did this go up 20% or was it like that last week?

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>>6814086
Well, what do you think that those people think when they browse /jp/ and see things like males fingering their assholes, pissing on themselves, shitting on the floor, etc? It just boils down to which kind of outcast you are.

[Anonymous No.]

>Love Plus- 352/900 scripts translated (39.11%), partial patch out

From last week.

[Anonymous No.]

>YU-NO- Total: 3628.13/3995.61KB (90.80%), Prologue patch released, all normal routes translated, translation moving onto the epilogue chapter, Editing at 1819.72/3995.61 KB (45.54%)

C'mon, man... since that MLA mess this is all I got.

[Anonymous No.]

The best thread of the week has finally arrived.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814139
It's likely on editing hell. If they pull another Osadai on this then I'll rage hard.

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>Sharin no Kuni, Yuukyuu no Shounenshoujo -translator working on non translated scripts, all of Natsumi's scripts translated, 6 of 7 Ririko's scripts translated
You can't even begin to fathom the complete depth of my despair in the way that I am waiting for this translation to be completed, fully polished, and released, just so that I can be able to thoroughly enjoy the amazing text of this fandisc while "playing" through my deliciously lovable and cutely tsundere Touka route. I love the translator that picked these up so much, even though it's more of a plus than anything. This guy is so awesome I'm crying of happiness.

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>>6814155
No one's going to do a commercial release for an old adventure game like that in this day and age.

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>>6814226
If I were to obtain a very large sum of money suddenly, I would just to troll /jp/. But luckily, the chance of that happening is zero.

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>>6813943
Forget about the number of scripts, you guys are awesome and you should feel awesome. Just wanted to let you know that.

[Anonymous No.]

I figured I'd ask here, I'm looking for a mystery/thriller kinda VN, is there any good ones that are fully translated?

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>>6814238
No chance is zero, else it is not, by definition, a chance.

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>>6814242
Umineko.
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Just kidding, check out 9 Hours 9Persons 9Doors for the DS.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814242
Higurashi
Umineko
Ever17
Remember11

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>>6814242
G-Senjou no Maou, was recently translated and is really nice, the first 2 chapters are a bit boring but the last three are a rollercoaster ride. I literally couldn't stop reading until the end. Another nice recommendation is Higurashi no Naku koro ni, although I found it a bit slow more than once and it has horror too. I'd also say that Cross Channel might be good too, but I'm not sure if it qualifies as Thriller. I'd recommend Umineko but no, avoid it like the plague. The Infinity games are also enjoyable though again I don't believe they are really Thrillers (Ever17 and Remember11 are translated, Never7 is being translated, 12riven and that other one are in oblivion).

You might want to make your own thread next time, even though less people would see it more people would answer, most people here will hate you for asking for recommendations on this thread. VNDB (vndb.org) has a nice advanced search system with tags, original language and available language support, so you might want to try that (it's not like there will be many results, so you can filter out the partially translated ones by hand). The relevant VNDB link for mystery (partially or not) translated VNs is:
http://vndb.org/v/all?q=&fil=tag_inc-19.tagspoil-0.lang-en.olang-ja

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814276
>>6814271
>>6814268
Thanks!

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>>6814276
I/O is better than 12riven and (arguably) better than Never7. I find it on the same level of Remember11 and one step below Ever17.

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>>6814226
I'm pretty sure he meant he didn't want it to go into editing/QC hell like Osadai.

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>>6814276
Not true. After I translate Never7, I'll translate I/O, then 12Riven. So they're not in oblivion, just on hold.

[Anonymous No.]

>Muv Luv full patch released - Alternative progress 1686.4 KB/2738.39 KB (61.58%), ongoing talks with age regarding the possibility of an official release

d-does this mean it will be delayed I'm felling faint

[yRan !mHBuh/tvfE No.]

>>6813844

[Anonymous No.]

I apologize if this has been asked before but is there a reason Yosuga no Sora is still on this update?

Didn't the translators get C&D'ed?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814328
R-REeaylly? Hoorayy I love you!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814346
Supposedly, they're still TLing, though they might stop after Sora's route is done.

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>>6814346
C&D doesn't mean they can't continue translation underground and put it out under a different group name.

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>>6814328
weeee....
*bows to SBM*

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>>6814242
Umineko

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>>6814359
Is there any way of contacting them? I'd certainly love to help out if they're understaffed.

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>>6814434
The whole point of going underground is avoiding being contacted by the outside world, but you might have luck at the correct IRC channels if you ask the correct people. Think of it as one of those hellish map traversal choices in some VNs.

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>>6814359
>>6814359
Thanks, that just made my day.

[Anonymous No.]

age

[Anonymous No.]

http://mangagamer.site11.com/viewtopic.php?p=7046#p7046

Looks like Koihime Musou is going to be delayed.

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>>6814672

Give me a break, man.

[Anonymous No.]

Hey guys I speak a little bit of Japanese and a lot of English and would like to start translating Visual Novels. What should I start translating first?

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>>6814672
And I thought mangagamer was quite fast and managed to avoid delays.

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>>6814702
>I speak a little bit of Japanese
What about stopping? We don't need more bad translators, thank you. If you really want to be helpful, go learn Japanese.

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>>6814704

Compared to JastUSA... yes. But Koihime was supposed to come out last fall.

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>>6814707
I already said I can speak some Japanese. I think I will learn more Japanese and English by translating from Japanese to English. I can learn two languages at once this way. It is extremely efficient!

[Anonymous No.]

>Battle Flier Itsuki- 21% translated

Weekly dose? I can't be the only one looking forward to this...

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>>6814702
If you are serious about it find a VN that interests you and either start translating or see if you can assist the group that already is.

You aren't going to have the resolve to do it if it isn't something you yourself would really like to see translated.

[Anonymous No.]

can't wait for flyable heart.

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>>6814748
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

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>>6814704
If it really is for testing & QA, I think I'll give them a break. I'd rather have a real release than another Ever17 or, god forbid, the original Edelweiss.

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>>6814824

>homoncurz
>mustervate

Were they even trying?

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>>6814245
>>6814155
Project member guy here. For the UMPTEENTH time again: (you know what, I'm going to put this in the updates again because this is just ridiculous that no one reads what I said, and I have to repeat this every fucking day).
IT CANNOT BE LICENSED, because the story breaks major taboos which WOULDN'T work in a license (read: would be censored in an official license), and because we already tinkered far too much from the various relases (voicepatch from Saturn, saturn only scenes, pc98 decensored erocgs etc), and all those modifications CANNOT be included in the off-chance it would be licensed, because license works on one release, not three. Please understand this, because I'm really and sick of explaining this every bloody day.
Moreover, I'm sitting on multiple fantl=>licensed projects, do you think I'd wanna see Yu-no, my favorite game to be under the same circumstances than those, because licensing is a massive pain in the ass where every step takes fucking months? You can take my word for it that NO, it won't be licensed, even if someone would be stupid enough to think it has a remote chance of making any kind of profit.
The reason it has not moved this week, because new Editor is still kinda busy with his job. He said he's gonna put a few hours in every night when he settled down. Thankfully, he really loves the game, so bloody hell, he's at least motivated to work on it, just he doesn't have all day for it.

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>>6814672
Are we getting voice?
Last I heard they are gonna removed the voice because of shit preorders?

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>>6815025
Just wait for a kind anon to post a voice patch, the demo has already had voices successfully added back, apparently.

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>>6815025
MangaGamer doesn't do preorders, the company didn't want to pay all the people who did voices unless they knew it would be worth it.

There announcement from a while ago was they are out unless they sell 2000 copies.

[Anonymous No.]

Where can I get all the Sono Hanabira series?

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>>6813922
>Utawarerumo's strategy was limited to, literally, moving and using that chara's one possible attack.

Yeah, it sounds just like chess-- so lacking in strategy and tactics.

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>>6815059
DLsite.
http://maniax.dlsite.com/circle/profile/=/maker_id/RG05173.html

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>>6815025
That's funny cause you can't preorder the game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6815090
>>6815057
>no preoder
How would they know if the game will bombed and not sell if they have no preorder number? Wouldnt they realize that removing voice might be detrimental to the sales?

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>Kimiaru - C&D, continuing. 64% translated.

Glad they didn't let something like that stop them, as it isn't likely to get an official release.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6815126

They had no choice, they said. It was either that or not releasing at all, they said.

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>>6815126
They looked at sales of previous MG releases.

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>>6815084
Thanks.

What about the translated version? Or at least the patches?

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>>6815329
Only these two are translated. http://vndb.org/v/all?q=sono+hanabira&fil=lang-en.olang-ja
Follow the link to the publisher of the english translation patches, download the patches, and apply it to the DL version you bought on DLsite.

[Anonymous No.]

>voicepatch from Saturn, saturn only scenes, pc98 decensored erocgs etc
1) Yuno PC version
2) Yuno saturn
3) Yuno Pc98
So I would need to have 3version of Yuno to apply the patch?
Or do I need just need the PC version and the patch will handle the voice and CGs?

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>>6815135
I look forward to the day this game gets translated ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

Is DLsite JAPANESE ONRY? Or will they take my gaijin credit card?

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>>6815659
Wow, someone did read my post.
Yes, it'll have a translation patch (which has the extra scenes from the Saturn, and the erocgs from the PC98), and then a somewhat larger (700+mb) voice patch separately. Neither of them will require the releases it takes stuff out from.
You will only need the windows classics release (which is kinda hard to import though since it's quite rare), and then those 2 patches.
>>6815764
You can use english DLsite too: http://eng.dlsite.com/circle/profile/=/maker_id/RG05173.html . They should accept every card I think.

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>>6814359

Why the hell would you partially translate a game?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6816154
because Sora's route is the only one people want to read and the only good thing about the game
Can't blame them for wanting to avoid a waste of time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814721
Dammit, if they didn't have dicks, I'd be ecstatic about this game.
With the exception of Sensei Daisuki, there are no loli games currently being translated.

[Anonymous No.]

You should be ecstatic BECAUSE they have dicks!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6816181
You don't like dicks bro?
You a faggot or something?

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>>6815025
They hinted they are going to turn a blind eye on any voice patches. Neither MG nor Nexton have anything to lose from them, and they might boost sales.

So, it's just a question whether voices can bee added to the full game as easily as for the demo (dump sound files to game directory) or will there be need for some hacking.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6816189
Didn't say I'm not going to play it, that CG is delicious, just that it would be better without dicks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6816168
ORLY?

I demand my delicious miko route!

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>>6816197
>dump sound files to game directory
...and patch the script files in a very weird way. I've already finished the patcher for the full version, but I don't have a repacker so you'll have to deal with having a few 100 script files in your koihime directory.

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>>6816168
Yeah, it's not like any of us are Akira fans or some--

>>6816243
... Okay, sarcasm failed. Seconding this, dammit.

I'm sure there's a few Motoka fans too. Kazuha... eh.

[Anonymous No.]

>Love Plus- 380/900 scripts translated (42.22%), partial patch out
I can't believe it. I'm in disbelief.

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>>6816678
To tell you the truth, I would rather see Idolmaster translated ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814707
I can smell your elitism from here.

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>>6816722
It's not elitism, as I can't even read Japanese anyway. It's just that we already have enough "translators" that have to use Atlas or similar every odd line, and it's hurting the VNs because it won't allow decent TLs to be made since almost no one wants to translate something that's already translated, no matter how badly.

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>>6817207
>it's hurting the VNs because it won't allow decent TLs to be made since almost no one wants to translate something that's already translated
This. Shit translations wouldn't be a problem if VNs were like anime where there's five sub groups working on each one, but once someone starts translating a VN nobody else can touch it.

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>>6817250
>Shit translations wouldn't be a problem if VNs were like anime where there's five sub groups working on each one, but once someone starts translating a VN nobody else can touch it.

Don't be retarded. This is because the VN community is a thousand times smaller and a VN has a thousand times more to translate and the writing is a thousand times more complex.

Because of this wasted effort really hurts the community, so having two teams working on the same project is far more harmful as we need all we can get.

[Anonymous No.]

>Kara no Shoujo - 100% translated, edited, and hacked, may be released officially
bullshit or 2020 release.

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>>6817477
Read more carefully. I'm not saying "VNs should have multiple groups working on them", I'm saying that's not possible so people shouldn't take on translation projects unless they can do it well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6817207
>>6817477
>community
Some of us don't give a shit. We just want translations delivered as quickly as they can. So what if it's full of typos and other errors? It's good enough.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6817682
Then use machine translators and be done with it.

[Anonymous No.]

Bump

[Anonymous No.]

>>6817867
I wish...

[Anonymous No.]

Best bump of the week!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6817682
Seriously, does anyone other than cudder actually believe this?

I mean, if speed was really the issue, couldn't you translate it instantly with ATLAS? If quality isn't an issue, why are you editing it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6819047
Morons maybe?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6819047
>if speed was really the issue, couldn't you translate it instantly with ATLAS?
He pretty much did
>If quality isn't an issue, why are you editing it?
For ReTrans quality™

[Anonymous No.]

>>6820453
This is the editing for Flyable Heart.
http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/jp/thread/6798988#p6799114

The project is pretty well thoroughly fucked.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6820467
Anybody who wants coherent English is clearly a TLWiki shill or troll.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6820790
It's staying true to the Japanese! Because the Japanese version also had incoherent grammar, incorrect wording, and misconstructed sentences.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6820467
>>6820790
Holy fucking christ thats the most retarded arguement I've heard in years. How can somebody make a translation from japanese to english without making the translation "more english"? Anyway, I'm pretty sure that the original japanese intent was for the sentence to be coherent rather than nonsense, but I digress...

[Anonymous No.]

The backing behind literal translation is that 'literal integrity' is given top priority, meaning it's retained even at the sacrifice of not actually portraying what the sentence was trying to say, or the result ends up not meeting English standards, so yeah.

I mean I think it's pretty retarded but there are apparently quite a few people on jp who agree with that approach(or maybe they're all just trolls, I don't know)

[Anonymous No.]

Can we stop arguing about the usual shit again in this thread?

[Anonymous No.]

>Sonohana 2
Fuck yeah.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821019
That's not what formal equivalence means at all. Formal equivalence can compromise the natural expression of a language, but if the meaning is also compromised, then it is not a translation. A simple example is double negatives in Japanese. Carry them directly over into English and you get sentences that mean the exact opposite. That is not equivalent in any way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821037
Not as long as moogy and his goons are hanging around.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821086
Wanting coherent English or a proper translation makes me Moogy or one of his goons? Awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821084
I don't think there's a such thing as formal equivalence where the meaning isn't compromised in some way. I mean, you may get across a 'general idea' but if you don't take some liberties, there are some subtleties in the meaning that you are going to lose. The difference between formal and dynamic is basically that dynamic equivalence attempts to account for these subtleties in some way by taking liberties while formal just completely ignores them

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>Kizuato
Can we say for sure that this is dead yet? I really want to read it...

>Killer Queen
Are they re-translating it or something or does no one want to edit it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821144
I'm not arguing with that point since it is quite right, but there's usually a little more to it than that, mostly when it comes to specific wording or cultural differences, especially for things like similies, metaphors, and analogies. Personally, I think 99% of the people that advocate formal equivalence do it as an excuse for being shitty translators instead of actually having enough of a grasp of both languages to be able to make judgement calls like that.

[Anonymous No.]

>http://yandere.gray7.com/
>Jan 17: Yukie route beta testing (will end on Jan 24th)
Does this mean that it will get released then?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821302
Beta reports have to be read and then acted on after they're handed in, so it'll probably be at least a day more.

[Anonymous No.]

What is the status on Yakutte Yami? Has anyone picked this up, or is it abandoned until a much later date?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6816168
I'd rather have the fandisc. I want my Yahiro route.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821196
This would have been a fine and intelligent discussion and all, if only it wasn't for the fact that the "translator" mentioned above uses machine translation as an absolute benchmark for "faithful" translation....

I suppose it's rather difficult to explain the absurdity here to someone that doesn't know the language to any measurable degree.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821196
It is a pain, that much is certain. I know from experience from dealing with the translation of german or french texts into english. Sometimes a word just does not have a word with an equal meaning in that other language. In that case, you just pick the closest possible word you can think of, but there will always someone who thinks that it should be translated as something else. In this case, though, the translation comes out as nonsense, which I wouldn't classify as a translation at all. Translating a language into another language means using the rules of that language, so original meanings have to take the rules into account or their worthless.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821629
>>6821803
Yeah, it's is an interesting discussion, but the FH abortion is a really shitty context for it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6821145
There might still be hope for Kizuato. The translator has made a habit of going months and months without posting any updates, then suddenly posting one huge update.

So while it's been silent for a long time, it still has a chance.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6822589
People have an amazing ability to rationalize, don't they?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6822605
I'm simply saying that there is at least more hope for this project than there is for some others on the list.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6822605
And you are a spoiled brat who isn't used to translation projects that take years to complete without updates for more than an entire year.

[Anonymous No.]

Stop with that page 10+ shit while I'm reading you. Up.

[Anonymous No.]

So Baldr sky—refresh my memory, that is a legit translation right, not a trollslation?

[Anonymous No.]

It's a legit translation but with the way things are going you probably won't be seeing a Dive 1 release until 2014 or so.

[Anonymous No.]

>Muv Luv full patch released - Alternative progress 1686.4 KB/2738.39 KB (61.58%), ongoing talks with age regarding the possibility of an official release

Well fuck thats depressing

[Anonymous No.]

>>6825036
From the sound of it, the translator is just not going to put up any 'progress reports' up. Supposedly he is still working on it. Can anyone confirm this?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6825091
Ixrec said that if there are Demonbane level shenanigans that he will release it himself.

>>6825842
I heard it was that same guy who runs AFK subs, back when we thought getting fansubs for something the next day after airing was miracles.

[Anonymous No.]

Bumping for everyone.

[Anonymous No.]

Umm Tenshi 12's translation is at 80% they just need a hacker.. ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>6826381
>Umm Tenshi 12
Fuck off valley girl.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6825887

That would be Strato, yeah. Right now he's busy working for the Haruhi novel licensors, but I dunno if he's still working on Baldr Sky or not.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6827961
Then how else would be working on it? This would be typical behavior from him but I just can't help but feel that know one is actually translating it and that this is VNTLStatus-kun's way of trolling us.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6828080
>VNTLStatus-kun's way of trolling us
VNTLStatus has already stated in the past that due to the translator's MO he has no way of confirming if the project is still on-going. But he's not going to remove it without confirmation either. That's just the way he does things.

[Anonymous No.]

age

[Anonymous No.]

>>6829170
Damned age! Where is your Muvluv Alternative complete patch?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6828080
I think it should be obvious by now that it was a preemptive measure for the TLWikier to place a hold on the translation on Baldr Sky (and EXE, I'd even venture). Really, no one outside of that incestuous circle has any proof at all that a translation exists in the slightest.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6829362
Are you really doubting OP's word? He confirmed it himself.
Anyway tl guy has to translate other stuff for living, and game is long so you won't see it completed any time soon.

[Anonymous No.]

>Ashita no Kimi to Autame Ni - 5/117 scripts translated, new translator joined
This one hasn't gone very far since April last year, has it?

[Anonymous No.]

On to Sachi route!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6832810

[Anonymous No.]

age

[Anonymous No.]

>>6832840
You have no idea how much that made me smile.

[Anonymous No.]

Koihime release delayed until February 28th:
http://mangagamer.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/koihime-delays/
No surprises here, but for once i wish they would behave like anyone who runs a business and just apologize to customers instead of posting excuses, talking about how their beta testers suck and spoiling cgs

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834273
Like JAST doesn't do those things.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834273
>i wish they would behave like anyone who runs a business
HA

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834283
Indeed, and not just Jast, but every software company think they're exempt of that, and this comes from a former programmer.
As i said just be professional and don't alienate your customers with your shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834273
>how their beta testers suck
This is true, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers

Never actually played the games before. Are they worth my time?

[Anonymous No.]

They're translating the Rance 2 remake, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834820

Correct.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834805
I only played a little bit of the way through the first one, it's not super deep or anything, and the protagonist is easily one of the most bland I've ever encountered, but still I found it to be somewhat enjoyable for some reason. Not bad to play if you're bored and have nothing better to do.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834805

I enjoyed the first game a lot. The VN parts are pretty much your average "children's VN" suitable for ages 6 and up, but the space battles were fun.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6814124

Aren't there like, region-locked (as in, in Japan only) areas all over the plus in Love Plus?

[Anonymous No.]

The guy doing the rest of the Sharin fandisc just translated the first Sachi script.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834498
Seconded. Don't take the job if you have shit like finals to get in the way of deadlines, my god. Common sense.

[Anonymous No.]

>Sono Hanabira 2 - Full translation released
Sweet jesus. Anybody have a download link to the game itself? All I'm finding are downloads to the anime itself...

[Anonymous No.]

>>6834498
I don't really remember but weren't Sonozaki twins and EvoSpace the betatesters for MangaGamer?

[Anonymous No.]

So what's Avenger gonna do now that he finished up G Senjou? Himawari finally?

[Anonymous No.]

When will the official CHAOS;HEAD be released?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6837862

I'm more interested in Sumaga. Oki~

[Anonymous No.]

>>6837862
You should be banned from these threads

[Anonymous No.]

Kouryuu just had a pretty long interview with Japanator and finally clarified the actual ownership/leadership structure of MG.

Apparently they got most of their beta testers by absorbing NNL. Suddenly, delays make perfect sense.

>We’ve recently added two of the top ten requested companies to our partnership, and are making efforts to persuade two more as well.
Minori and... Innogrey, Age, Key?

[Nitori's Faceless !FRIENDgj1s No.]

>>6839161
Kara no Shoujo when?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839171
I told you, in 2011.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839161
Link to the interview? I can't find it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839207

http://www.japanator.com/interview-mangagamer-says-adult-content-is-just-a-bonus-18069.phtml

I haven't seen Kouryuu around here for a while. He's a rare example of someone who actually knows whats up being put in a position where he can actually make a difference.

[Anonymous No.]

Is there any word on when the WH crew is going to release an ep 8 compatible version of the ep 7 patch?

[Anonymous No.]

Symphonic Rain side stories translation fucking when?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839161
His latest tweets heavily hint at Key being one of the two companies.
But the other one might not be minori. If it was, he would have probably named it, instead of keeping us in the dark.
On the other hand, this interview is over a month old, so it could be Age wasn't even being considered back then.

[Anonymous No.]

Ok yeah, one of the companies must be Key, which makes me very excited.

>Expansion is Key!
http://twitter.com/#!/MangaGamer/status/27899751772979200

[Anonymous No.]

Please do Air and don't just take tlwiki LB.
Kanon and clannad wouldn't sell, I mean, too much time since they were translated to take down all the patches.

[Anonymous No.]

Support Mangagamer's official localization of Little Busters! in 2020

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839730
Also
>@MangaGamer Nice read. Company who can't cook?
Response:
>=3 Fans get the hint.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839804
this

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839752

Air AND Rewrite.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839846
It's Broccoli, because everyone hates broccoli, duh.
Support Mangagamer's official localization of Galaxy Angel series!

[Anonymous No.]

Hey, guys... remember when Dear Drops was supposed to come out a few months after it did in Nipland?

[Anonymous No.]

YUNO project page updated:
http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Yu-no

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839892
>We have successfully integrated Sayless' scenario into the main game.
why is izmos so awesome?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839904
Nah, I'm not really. Our hacker should take the credit for all these cool stuff, without him everything would have been a pain in the ass.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839695
Age isn't even on their top 10 most requested developers list. Here's the full list:

1. Visual Arts/Key
2. CIRCUS
3. Black Cyc
4. Nitroplus
5. KID/CYBERFRONT
6. Leaf
7. minori
8. Innocent Grey
9. Liarsoft
10. Type-Moon
10. UNiSONSHIFT

http://mangagamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/what-do-you-want-to-see/#more-309

It's probably Key and Innocent Grey. Kara no Shoujo and Cartagra would've been released by now if the deal didn't work out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6840724

>10 most requested developers list
>Circus

Doesn't Circus own part of MG, anyway?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6839973
Either way congrats on the project.

[Anonymous No.]

Stop working on YUNO for a couple of hours and translate the remaining Symphonic Rain side stories please ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

Am I the only one who's saddened by the lack of progress of Seinarukana's project?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6840788

What? No.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6840789

No. Not really, no.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6840793
Don't be mean..

No, seriously. Do I need to pay or something?

[Anonymous No.]

So which of those VNs are homosexual?
inb4 all of them

[Anonymous No.]

>>6840724
>Black Cyc

[Anonymous No.]

>>6840825
Togainu No Chi and Sweet Pool, might be others, not sure.

[Anonymous No.]

>Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 - 1st draft translation close to 40%
Holy crap, I didn't know someone was working on this.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6841096
Those, and Battle Flyer Itsuki. Well, if you're okay with traps.

[Anonymous No.]

Rance 1 translation is out.
http://www.mediafire.com/?0j5k9t6ssshxchv

[Anonymous No.]

>>6841867
Ah fuck, am I gonna have to DOSbox this shit? I hate dos.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6842888
I haven't tried it, but I guess it's using the Alicesoft interpretor they used when they released their games as abandonware.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6842888

It works fine for me in XP.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6842888
There is no need for DOSbox, bro!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6841867
Oh wow, awesome. 8 bit My Glorius Days here I come!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6842974

I think My Glorious Days started in 2. I could be wrong, though.

[Anonymous No.]

http://mangagamer.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/edelweiss-trial-version-is-out/

New Edelweiss trial out

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone know where I can find the translation for Muv-Luv Extra/Unlimited? Amaterasu took it down from it's page it appears.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843029

Did you try /rs/? Maybe you should try /rs/. Why don't you try /rs/?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843035

Just checked, they have the full game in parts (dunno if the archive includes the patch). However I already downloaded the image, I only need the patch.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843029
http://www.mediafire.com/?zt948e8f4h3njjg

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843071

Thanks mate.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843071
Not cool, man.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843001
Would someone be so awesome as to upload the trial to Rapidshit etc.? No download access to Mangagamer for my country of residence ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843322
It may take a while b ecause of a shitty connection right now, but I'll try.
Bear in mind is more than 400 mbs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843341
Nah I can't, my internet keeps getting disconnected.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843360
Well, thanks for attempting it for me anyway. Much appreciated.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843341
>>6843360
http://www.hjsplit.org/ much?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843391
I have it, but any other person could do it faster, it keeps connected for like 2 minutes straight with awful speeds.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6841867
Do you have a project page or something by chance?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843451
It's from the people at Hongfire.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6843451
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246117

[Anonymous No.]

>>6842891
>>6842957
>>6842964
That's really good news! Thanks!

[Anonymous No.]

Bump.

[Anonymous No.]

Apparently, Rance 3 translation is almost complete.

http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246117&p=2752777#post2752777
(last line in this post)

[Anonymous No.]

>>6847496

Ok, half complete (as noted in another post further on in the thread).

Anyways, this guy is flying through these translations (though I suppose they aren't too long to start with)