ROM Hack Mugen no Frontier EXCEED menu translation

[Noitora]

As I'm not sure this one's gonna be localized, I'll just wait some more. If there still are no news of this being released outside Japan by the end of the summer I'll start a full translation project, provided there's interest and translators to help me out.
I'm a little busy studying right now so this will have to wait some more.[/p]

Patch v3.0 (Released 9/7/2010)

Spoiler: Patch v3.0 readme

Apply the patch using xdelta UI.

-Translated in this version is:
Menu (100%)
Items (100%)
Equipment (98%)
Enemy names (100%)
Spirits (100%)
Skills (100%)
Attacks (100%)
etc.

-Beta testers:
bason230
ramestre
KaelKazaki
phoenixgoddess27

 

[StorMyu]

Whoa i need to check the release I wasn't aware of this one ^^

Is the menu the same as the previous one ? (With Tutorial etc etc...?)

 

[mateo245]

im learning japanes since some months ago, tell me if this is alright its for the first entry:

?????“??”?????????????????????????????17????????????????????????????????????“??(????)?????”????????????????????????????????????????“??”??????????????

he lived inside the swirling vortex that we know as war since he was a kidat the age of 17 as a martial arts master he conquered the skills known as "Machine God Fist" and "supreme leader fist" those can only be learned by martial art masters"my group formed by"these two names the Limb armor known as"roarer demon" he said.this nonsense way of thinking , just calling anything "Training" and getting attached to it.

if its well done i would like to keep helping.

 

[Demonbart]

Whoa i need to check the release I wasn't aware of this one ^^

Is the menu the same as the previous one ? (With Tutorial etc etc...?)

Partially, some new things were added though.
Crap, I wish I could do something to help, this is a great initiative.
EDIT:The kanji in line 16 before the obvious "recovery" part turned out to mean abnormal/abnormality, ingame this would probably be"status effect recovery." I added it, feel free to delete if it's wrong.
EDIT2: Tranlsated some obvious song names.

 

[joelogs]

Whoa i need to check the release I wasn't aware of this one ^^

Is the menu the same as the previous one ? (With Tutorial etc etc...?)

there had been a lot of changes on the menu... most of which is that they made categories for the items. there is also a feature which you have a list of predefined sequence for a characters skill which you can still change.

 

[StorMyu]

there had been a lot of changes on the menu... most of which is that they made categories for the items. there is also a feature which you have a list of predefined sequence for a characters skill which you can still change.

Oh great, and next question...
Are you sure it's gonna be localized ?

 

[ShinRyouma]

Yes, I was thinking about asking you through PM if you're going to translate this game

I'll check the spreadsheet.
Good luck on this project!

 

[mateo245]

i hope im helping not ruining it, but i need to know from someone with a better experience if im doing well.

who will give it a check pleaaaaaasee???

 

[Sobol14]

Good luck with the project. I can live without the story but it's hard to play without understanding what attacks and skills do.

 

[megawalk]

is it me or is it when i think of a specific menu translation it always happens ?
most likely luck but i call it odd...
anyways good luck on this translation. hopefully that'll help me to blast through the game

 

[Noitora]

i hope im helping not ruining it, but i need to know from someone with a better experience if im doing well.

who will give it a check pleaaaaaasee???

If you're not sure about something put it in the comments column and I'll check it out.

 

[joelogs]

there had been a lot of changes on the menu... most of which is that they made categories for the items. there is also a feature which you have a list of predefined sequence for a characters skill which you can still change.

Oh great, and next question...
Are you sure it's gonna be localized ?

did i mention that it surely be localized? i think not.

 

[weika]

there had been a lot of changes on the menu... most of which is that they made categories for the items. there is also a feature which you have a list of predefined sequence for a characters skill which you can still change.

Oh great, and next question...
Are you sure it's gonna be localized ?

did i mention that it surely be localized? i think not.

It probably will be localized seeing as this is the sequel and all. The problem is when. I surely don't want to wait a whole year for the localized version

 

[squall23]

Added:

♪鋼鉄の孤狼 = Kotetsu no Beowulf
♪極めて近く、限りなく遠い世界に = So Close, Yet so Far (Atlus translation)

 

[Demonbart]

Added:

?????? = Kotetsu no Beowulf
???????????????? = So Close, Yet so Far (Atlus translation)

That's called Steel Beowulf in the Atlus translation, right?

 

[squall23]

You know, it probably is, it's just been awhile since I've seen the song title because I've always remembered it as Kotetsu no Beowulf, before the title was translated.

It's easier than remembering "Kiwamete chikaku, kagiri naku tooi sekai ni" instead of So Close Yet so Far.

 

[Sobol14]

Are you going to translate characters bios or just attacks, items and skills?

 

[Noitora]

Are you going to translate characters bios or just attacks, items and skills?

Everything apart from the script.

 

[joel00]

I love this game! it may be too much but can you translate the script/storyline as well (and ill help you translate if i can learn from you and DarthNemesis and become youre pupil)

 

[Densetsu]

QUOTE(mateo245 @ Feb 27 2010, 12:18 AM) http://gbatemp.net/index.php?act=findpost&pid=2624110
im learning japanes since some months ago, tell me if this is alright its for the first entry:


?????"??"?????????????????????????????17????????????????????????????????????"???????"????????????????????????????????????????"??"??????????????

he lived inside the swirling vortex that we know as war since he was a kidat the age of 17 as a martial arts master he conquered the skills known as "Machine God Fist" and "supreme leader fist" those can only be learned by martial art masters"my group formed by"these two names the Limb armor known as"roarer demon" he said.this nonsense way of thinking , just calling anything "Training" and getting attached to it.

if its well done i would like to keep helping.
Here is how I would translate it:

Spoiler

In the nation of "Namikuni," a land torn by war, there is a warrior who has known strife since he was a child. A martial arts expert who mastered the "Kishin Fist" and "Hakuou Fist" techniques at the young age of 17, he is known by another name, "Gouren no Alady." His arm and leg armor are known as "Kouma." He has an intense personality, and he tends to see everything as an opportunity to forge himself through extreme training.

It's really hard to translate some of the words directly because they aren't even real Japanese words. So it would probably be better to just keep some of the words in their original Japanese pronunciation, or take some liberties with the translation of the words below. I've included their literal meanings, which sound clunky and awkward in English:


?? (Namikuni) - lit. "wave country"
??? (Kishin Ken) - lit. "chance god fist"
??? (Hakuou Ken) - lit. "champion emperor fist"
?? (Gouren) - lit. "tempered" (hardened)
???? (Alady) - No meaning, just a name
?? (Kouma) - lit. "roaring demon"

The best thing to do would be to try to cross-reference with the original Mugen no Frontier and see what they're called in the official English localization. If you don't know, then I would suggest just keeping the Japanese pronunciation transliterated into Roomaji unless there's a dictionary or wiki of some sort that contains all of the words above and their official English meanings. All of the difficult-to-translate Japanese words will almost certainly be proper nouns.

*EDIT*
Fixed my translation a little bit.