Um, it's not like it's an undub version, since the DS version was never localized to begin with. The English PS3 version is not the same, it's very different and including its names in the DS version is a much bigger task than it seems, and it's not even a priority in the translation process. In fact:

* NPC Characters: We can't just use the English names since we have no way to swap the DS voices to the ones in the PS3 version, and this would create a useless annoying dissonance between JP names in audio and US names in text.
Even in case we could swap the audio, the dialogue is vastly different at places, and 3 main locations with their NPC are exclusive to the DS version (they are destroyed in the backstory of the PS3 version).
* Imagen names: A lot of Imagen are DS-exclusive. Other are PS3 exclusive. The internal list has around 700 entries and we have it already translated. The same goes for item names (lots of them are DS-exclusive, and one has its name as a soltion to a riddle) and skill names (for instance Maru/Esther has three different songs to catch enemies, and may skills are DS-exclusive due to the fact that the battle system is different, let alone that the PS3 version itself has its exclusive skills as well)
* Options: Many gameplay aspects are DS-exclusive, for example the tensei drops and the item crafting to create floors. This said we went sometimes with the official ps3 names when it was a good fit for the ds game. For example the species name "senshi","tori" (warrior,bird)... perfectly match the "milites""aves" and the like. We had "Bottle" but we put "Locket" instead since it's more of the same and not a lot is missing from the original meaning.

The translators already are going that path. Of course this doesn't rule out an eventual second "localized names / reverse-undub" patch and I and pleonex don't object to it at all, but it's *not* a priority. It won't be made unless we have already the direct translation patch out.

About the names xml it's not even complete for all languages and we are waiting for the second translator since scott.ender didn't answer for a while.
Even the battle fonts in screens are borrowed from other games (Final Fantasy). I tried adding the Layton font but I didn't figure it out yet for the battle one. The dialogue one works fine

 

I'm assuming it would be too much work to have 2 patches (undub names and localized names) right? Is it possible that, after we finish the undub patch, that anyone else that wants to (like me) can go through the translation and change the names to their localized names? I still personally prefer the localized names since I've grown accustomed to them thanks to the ps3 version. I'm sure I'm not the only one either. Most people playing the patch will have played the ps3 version first, so it makes sense that we have at least one version that uses the same names the ps3 version does. It would require a second reinsertion though, so I assume it would cost a lot of time for people to do it again just so that the names could be changed. I assume there's also names exclusive to the ds version that would need to be localized, right?

Edit: GHANMI's comment didn't show up for some reason until after I posted the comment . Still, I support the idea I for a second patch with the fully localized names if its feasible.

 

Yes !!
You are the same like Lip' !!
But you must consider yourself like a "fanboy".
For my part, I have play IE1 and IE2 european version first, and it's was really difficult for me to push Benjis and Lip' to do the two versions of IE3. I watch all the anime in french, because i'm not so fluent in english (and i'm not the only one). History has work for me, success of the english patch is heavily higher than the undub one. At v0.5, we have though about abandon the undub version lake of players...

For Ninokuni, it will be exactly the same. All the players know only the english PS3 version, and noone except hard core gamers know Shizuku.(you are part of them !)
I personaly dislike the french translation of the game, but it's the officially one.
Even the games are differents, they share the same videos, history, many monsters, ... and it will really be a disapointement to play a game with all the world you know called different.

That why we choose for the french patch the official translation, easy to find, easy to translate, and reduce the work to do (only the exclusive things, done by japanese to romanji on names, items, monsters, ...).
You choose what you want for the english patch, it's yours !!
It's not a bad idea to do a undub version where you put all what you want to change in the official game. It will please you and a lot of people. And please, produce a English patch for the masses.

 

Beautiful job on the fonts !
Except for the "Bottle" title, for my part, too gothic. The japanese titles are squares with rounded corners.

 

Hello! I'm really interested on this project and since I want to play it so bad I want to help as much as I can *-*. For what I have seen, the spanish translation is kind of bad..., so if you need any help with Spanish-English English-Spanish tell me and I'll gladly help. Also I know a little bit of french so I hope I can help with this amazing project :3

 

The Spanish translation is very good. Here is a preview from some months ago:

Maybe I'll join the translation team (someone asked me to join some days ago, but no news since then) and I wouldn't join a bunch of kids with a translation plenty of "heys" and misspelings.

 

Spanish team ftw =p

 

Things haven't been going so hot lately...
Our remaining translator, who said he was caught in RL, didn't give any updates since more than a month, and needless to say, this stalled the project quite a bit...
We put this file (needed to better automate the main text extraction tool) as the top priority and even that didn't get translated... Nevertheless I fully take the blame for the grim state this project got to.

If anyone would wish to help translating from Japanese, that would be very nice (and that's an understatement).
All the text is extracted from main plot text to system text (the graphic parts are especially needed if the menus are to be translated)..

 

took a look at the file
lots of "borg empire", and lots of borg empire in katakana...