Any Brigandine (PSX) fans?

[HwitVlf]

Do you consider the translating part or the hacking part to be harder? From my perspective, you seem to have both facets down pretty handily.

I think translating is universally harder than hacking/programming. Computers use pure math; 100% man-made constructs that never vary so they're much easier to predict and edit. But translation is organic. It takes not only knowledge of two languages, but artistic ability to translate ideas between them.

For example, there's a Japanese word that is basically a "coarse sneer". ‎  Most dictionaries list it as something like bah, pfft, sh**" but there really is no perfect English equivalent. In Brigandine, Zemeckis says it almost every other sentence, Dryst says it regularly, Kiloph when he's angry, and other characters every now and then. The LoF translation dropped the phrase completely - probably because the English equivalents are too 'noticed' by English speakers. If you keep them all and translate them identically, it would make the characters sound too similar and unnatural. Instead, I came up with a distinct version of the word for each character that uses it a lot, and also thinned it down just enough to keep it sounding natural. Zemeckis got "Bah", ‎  Kiloph got "Sheesh", I think Dryst got "Pfft" etc. If a translator doesn't do stuff like that, I think their work comes out as flat or awkward. Just my opinion on the subject. ‎  ‎