This blog is home to my thoughts on game localisation. I sometimes write thought pieces, but most of my posts involve comparing the script of a Japanese game with its localised English. I dig down into the minutia of the text to reveal some nuggets of information that were lost in translation, or just highlight some particularly impressive translations. The internet is a big place, especially in this age of user-generated content, yet analysis or discussions about the localisation of games is notably sparse. This is one of the reasons why I decided to make this blog! However (as this blog never gets any comments) it occasionally feels like I am alone in having this interest.
I was therefore overjoyed when my friend linked me to a
message board discussion about Final Fantasy XIV's localisation. Though it concerned just a tiny aspect of the game's localisation, it was debated with deep care and consideration! 'There
are other people in the world like me,' I thought. I found it incredibly enjoyable to read through the nine pages of discussion about this one localisation aspect. That's why, for this post, I want to share with you some of the highlights of this heated discussion.
