Hello everybody,
I'm very exited as a new patch is about to get released. However, I have a lot to say so try to stay awake, because this is important.
I'm currently helping on the editing since the last sunday. I don't know how much completed is going to get translated the game to english once this patched get released but I find something interesting.
How many of you alredy know that there's a big lack of help on editing?. I read it before, I don't remember where, and I found that although there's a big sign saying 'help wanted' I didn't see it (or didn't want to) and when I enter to the section in where the documents were ready to edit I find that there was a lot... a lot of things to do. A lot that we, can help...
You're no asking me but I'm a local writer. I write about love stories between teenager and between grown up people in my native languaje, and I want to share some tips and my knowledge on grammar in order to
you can help us on editing.
1.
Please start to help. If we just play and don't help this is going to take forever. Few minutes at day are just enough. We can't blame jjjewel if the work takes so many time, it's a lot to do and just one person can't do everything.... on time. Besides I fell a little guilty because of my selfishness I was just playing and no helping. Now that I'm editing I see that really there was a lot to do.
2.
You don't need to know Japanese in order to help. If you're editing, please, try to make it the most accurate as possible. That way you can be reading and at the same time learning japanese. Help you out with the internet and put what do you think it must be there. If you don't know how, you can read about it
here or send me a PM.
3.
Express the feelings of the girls when editing a text. If she laughs and the main writer writes it, we must write it also. Omit it is a common error.
I know, I know, when I'm writing I also find the same dificulty, it's hard to think like a girl if you're a man. However, think on this, "how does Takane, Rinko or Nene will say this to me if she were standing in front of me right now and she was american and no japanese?" or, better one, try to remember how the girls and woman that sorrunds you will say it.
4.
Avoid robot talking. Use gestures and expressions if you're going to suggest a better or more acurate translation.
Let me give an example, How many of us don't talk like this "you seems so busy, eh?" "this work is hard, isn't it?" the words , eh? or , isn't it?, don't means much but help us to express what we feel. If you omit them, It will sound like two robots sharing data.
5.
Try to find a phrase that you know a girl will say in our culture and replace it with the one in japanese.
Another example "na-n-de-mo-na-i-de-su" means "nothing" but if you find this "some day I'll prepare a dinner for you too... hehe, nothing" that nothing sounds so google translated. It's best if you suggest "never mind" at the end instead of 'nothing' as a real girl would say that.
6.
Use google and put how a particle in japanese must be used and it's meaning. That will help you to understand if the dialog showed is completed or miss something.
7. Lastly but no less important,
play the game. If you haven't played the game is going to be very difficult o you to help, If you play it, you can recall if what it says there was the actually plot you saw back then.
There's a lot of work to do. At the firts it scares me. I don't understand google docs format and I don't even understand what does editing means, so I asked jjjewel to explain me and now is I who personally want to ask for you help.
You can help us. There are many ways.
Once the patch get released, play it.
If you find something that need to be fixed, tell us
here
, you can enter to the web site of the project and follow the procedures, you can also say it this post or send me a PM.
On the other hand, enter
here
and seek for the docs to edit. Is very easy. Follow those suggestions I gave or do as you think it must be done as this is an open project. Yes, you can help us and make the difference.
I Hope that my suggestions help to improve this pacth.
Remeber, fell free to send me a PM anytime so we can fix that and make a more profesional english patch for Love Plus.
PS. I was playing and stopped play since the sunday as there was so many scrip to edit. The same time I spend playing, now I'm spending it editing. I invite you to do something looks like. I do this for all of us.
And no, It won't ruin or spoil your experience of playing the game since isn't the same just reading its history than actually playing it.
BTW, I miss Rinko... I used to spend an hour dialy talking with her...
To jjjewel: Sorry if this post was too long but I'm working hard on editing and I tought it was good idea guiding a little the people and ask they help, that's it.-