I’ve decided to go with Sieg for the main character’s name in Tales of Hearts. I’m sure many will object, but I feel that this is the right decision from a localization standpoint. As I’m sure you’re aware, primarily because I discussed it last time, the character names in Tales of Hearts were just temporary placeholder names that ended up sticking around longer than expected. The fact that these names ended up being used in the final version of the game clearly brings great pain to the Japanese developers. As I’ve already noted, never before in the Tales series have non-ninja main characters had Eastern names. This is certainly not the time to start. As such, I will be following the developers’ wishes and using the names they were planning on using.
Henceforth, Xing Meteoryte is a figment of the past. Let’s all give a hearty welcome to Sieg Meteorit! His name means “victorious meteorite” in German, which is clearly the meaning intended by the development team, as it signifies his determination to rise above all odds and stand victorious as a defender of truth, justice, and the American way. By the way, the names of your favorite brother and sister duo are now Anna and Lucio, just as the developers were intending.
In other news, I have finally completed a feature that will bring greater accuracy to KAJITANI-EIZAN’s Patch Site’s translation of Tales of Hearts: Translator’s Notes. Often known as “TL Notes”, these notes will pop up on screen any time additional explanations that cannot fit into the text are required. I feel that this was a necessary feature to be able to deliver a truly accurate Tales of Hearts experience to you, the audience. Tales of Hearts is a Japanese game, and as such, it is chock full of rich historical Japanese bunmei (culture) that will be lost on many of you. Unless, that is, I can pop up a TL Note to explain what you would otherwise be missing. This will allow Tales of Hearts to become the most pure and accurate fan translation of a game to date.
On a related note, I reviewed the translated script thus far and realized that it was far too liberal in its translation. It deviated too far from the purity of the Japanese script to even be called the script to Tales of Hearts; rather, it is as if it is a bad fanfiction about Tales of Hearts written by some foolish gaijin (dirty foreigner) who wants the characters to sound like they’re speaking conversational English. They are not; they are speaking Japanese, because that is the language that people of the planet Celland speak. Thus, I have revised the script to be more accurate and true to the pure Japanese script. For example, I noticed that people were not calling each other -san and -kun, as has been traditional in Japan since the Meiji era, so I added these honorifics (titles suffixed to people’s names to convey a sense of Japanese honor and spirit, known as bushido) back to the script. This, together with the TL Notes, should deliver a pure Tales of Hearts experience that best conveys the true story of Sieg and Anna just as the developers intended it.
I am guessing a small minority of you may be against these changes, but whatever; I can’t please everyone. I simply have to please the vocal majority of the fanbase and do whatever sticks closest to the Japanese original source and I will be doing the right thing. Tsurai asa o sukue (follow your heart every morning), as they say, according to an ancient Japanese proverb. And anyway, I’m confident most of you agree with me in that these changes are very much for the better. Just one thing… which style of TL Notes do you guys prefer? Would you like the way it is above, or the style below?
Please let me know what you think in the comments, and o-saraba da, teme-ra (until next time, friends)!
April 9, 2011 at 8:23 pm | Permalink
Donations are nice and all but donators can become a major pain in the ass. Some of them think donating grants them privileges and end up acting all bossy and bitchy. If people wanna tell him how he should work now, imagine what they would do as donators.
Besides, we’re talking about Kaji here. I did donate to AZT for the amazing and COMPLETE ToI patch because they had already made an amazing and COMPLETE patch for ToP, but Kaji? I’m happy he decided to make a patch for this game but I still highly doubt he will ever reach 100%.
Nothing personal though. If he ever starts accepting donations I will gladly help, but only after I have a fully translated ToH ROM in my flashcart.
April 10, 2011 at 6:48 am | Permalink
Okay, I lol’d at the TL Notes thing.
April 10, 2011 at 1:48 pm | Permalink
Umm sorry it’s not like that I don’t like your decision. I really support you all and respect you, just want to ask is that a way to change his name again in game ? I like Shing because his real name have very wonderful meaning and I just love him too much (He’s my fav chara in Tales). Sorry again very sorry
April 10, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Permalink
mfw people take anything Kaji posts seriously.
April 10, 2011 at 2:36 pm | Permalink
Oh dear, Clou.
This was actually a joke. April Fools, you know. But that doesn’t mean you can take his other posts serious… Just sit back and relax =)
April 11, 2011 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
Really ? Ow I’m relief now :D, I dunno why I always fooled easily by many people :<
April 11, 2011 at 4:59 pm | Permalink
Because you are an idiot.
April 12, 2011 at 1:24 am | Permalink
Gosh stop trolling already… How would you know if Clou’s an idiot? Maybe you’re the idiot since you just go around, trolling people. Get a life or something. (Wuhu I can troll too!)
April 12, 2011 at 3:48 am | Permalink
Woah….I love all these changes! This is great!
April 12, 2011 at 9:55 am | Permalink
You’re too green, Clou.
April 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
Yes Nivea, because one little post calling someone an idiot means the person has no life and spends all day “trolling” on the internet.
April 13, 2011 at 3:40 pm | Permalink
Nerds just love to say that to look mature and boast how interesting their lives are compared to trolls’.
We’re all here cuz we have nothing better to do in RL. We all lack “life”, including Kaji, hence why he got enough time to translate an whole RPG and troll his blog readers.
U idiot.
April 13, 2011 at 9:50 pm | Permalink
I’M CRAZY KILL ME NOW
April 14, 2011 at 11:40 am | Permalink
What are we gonna do on the bed?
POMF
=3
April 14, 2011 at 3:28 pm | Permalink
Make sweet sweet lovin’
April 14, 2011 at 4:50 pm | Permalink
You pedophile.
April 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm | Permalink
why do i have the feeling these stupid comments were all posted by the same fag?
April 15, 2011 at 12:47 am | Permalink
Good eye. Buttassassin aka Cheese aka Alurane, please refrain from posting nonsensical comments that do not promote meaningful discussion. Three of your comments have been terminated in the past. I amicably advise you to avoid posting any further comments that might warrant termination. Thank you for your cooperation!
April 16, 2011 at 8:40 pm | Permalink
This is gonna sound very very veeeery odd… I actually wouldn’t mind translator notes on the bottom screen. (Yes I know the post was a joke)
April 18, 2011 at 1:14 am | Permalink
Hey now that’s not fair! I have not been on this site in god knows how long. I WILL admit last time it was me, but only because I felt that people wouldn’t let up about he fact that I have word troubles, but that wasn’t the way to go about things . I mean come on I apologized for last time… but anyway good apf joke…
Honestly, I’m one of the nicest people you could meet.
April 18, 2011 at 2:25 am | Permalink
Hey Eizan i hate to ask this cause im sure you get this every 20 seconds, but how far of the game is translated so far? Also what are you looking for to help speed the process up?
April 18, 2011 at 4:03 am | Permalink
Really nice work; but…we all know you have the right skill to do such a great patch…but…what we REALLY are thinking while we type our reply here is ….can you give us some proof that your patch still go forward?
You know…all the people here are asking for some kind of real “update” but you still prefer to give us your “jokes”;yes yes… we love your jokes,but trust me you’re already scraping the bottom of the barrel … and from quite a while now… please … we want to continue to follow you, but give us proof you are not joking; you already work together a great traslation group,I know because I finish Tales of Innocence, where you were working as a karaoke director; so,try to show your progress as they do with ToI,it’s so difficult or strange for you?You shold do as Crimson Nocturnal,you shold treat us all as they do,but you continue joking….
We all are trying to be nice when we find a trick rather joke updates rather than a REAL update,can you do the same with us?
I’m sure you are not going to answer this mine,I know, and you know already that we will continue to hope….and so we go on further…
Have a nice day Kaji,try to think about it,should you?
April 18, 2011 at 10:19 am | Permalink
>Tsurai asa o sukue
>(follow your heart every morning)
>ancient Japanese proverb
I’mokaywithmorningrescuebeinganancientproverb
April 18, 2011 at 5:46 pm | Permalink
@ Freeman: if you’re going to ask something, it might be best to attempt to make your request somewhat grammatically correct and intelligible…
Also, stop saying “we” when speaking for yourself. You’re not the collective here.
April 19, 2011 at 8:23 am | Permalink
@ Freeman: Oh dear.
April 20, 2011 at 7:43 am | Permalink
Intelligible….uhmm
You are not the collective here…sure.
But have you try to understand what I just wrote?
No one here nor elsewere is the “collective” as you say,but WE can share the same feeling; sure,if you continue to accept and understand only word perfectly typed….
At least I write what I feel and what I think,can you say the same about you?
You look only the aesthetic of what you read,and never try to understand their meaning;I could have a very bad grammatic knowledge,but WE are not perfect;and more than this,better be grammatically incorrect than superficial,don’t you agree?
Now go search other errors
April 20, 2011 at 12:58 pm | Permalink
@Freeman
Sorry, but I have no idea what you just said. Also, you should probably try using the spacebar more.
April 20, 2011 at 1:03 pm | Permalink
@Freeman Dude this is engliss class apparently don’t let these guys get to you. If they need to bash ya to make themselves feel good let them, it just shows who’s the better person they make mistakes too there’s probably using google’s spell check anyway
When it stops being about gamers and the game what’s the point
yeah I have grammar issues as well..but guess what I CAN read japanese. I was excited about this tho but all we get is jokes and when people ask about progress others just bash you just because.
Even Kajitani bashed me for not using commas, but if he has time to do that he has time to make an update.
Then I wrote some offensive stuff and yes that was wrong but it’s seems that this bash of people wanting REAL info isn’t gonna stop. I don’t even want this translation now, I already have a 3ds and I beat TOH.
April 20, 2011 at 1:14 pm | Permalink
They’re.
April 20, 2011 at 2:18 pm | Permalink
@freeman. You see this anon? This is excatly what i’m talking about. He has to correct me becasuse he isn’t good at anything else.
They want to get you angry because they are (correct that!!!) socially inept, or because of the internet, (Like the call of duty racists)
@anon. Come see me in person and correct me.
[Facebook link terminated]
[Address terminated]
April 20, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Permalink
Grammar.
Serious Business.
April 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
Wow, you sure have no sense of security, eh?
April 20, 2011 at 3:16 pm | Permalink
A word to the wise: being Lawful Good and chivalrous is nice and all, but in this day and age it might get you killed.
April 20, 2011 at 3:26 pm | Permalink
P.S. Kaji. For safety precautions, please remove his FB and address so no harm comes to the self-righteous idiot.
April 20, 2011 at 4:16 pm | Permalink
Everyone dies i’m not afraid of that.
and if being self-rightous make me an idiot as you so say well then i’ll just be a fool.
“I fear no man and i’m unarmed”-311
and it’s my address not my social sec.
you are only proving my my point that you are hiding behind the internet.
LIKE I said come see me
April 20, 2011 at 4:35 pm | Permalink
And no these are not comments that are irrelevant, yes kaji I know that your working hard on the patch. Good job your work is excellent, but it is really unforunate that most of of your followers are pricks who are quick to shut people down because we are simply asking for progress updates, but i’ve said this before you seem to be on their side. I’ll say this if there were less joke comments this problem would not exist. This is the only website
i’ve been on where I have seen such a high level of disrepect.
No one can ask for release info because we fall at the hands of anon who are rude who have to correct us
fun fact: most people type how they talk.
Not everyone is perfect but again I said this when the not needed “touch yourself” comment poped up that was uncalled for but I guess it doen’t matter….
April 20, 2011 at 4:46 pm | Permalink
LOL
April 20, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Permalink
@ Alurane
“fun fact: most people type how they talk.”
I’ve also noticed that many people talk as if they were retarded…
On another note – if you’ve played ToH and understood it because you can read Japanese… why exactly are you here again? Trying to start a bitchfest directed at the person doing all the work isn’t exactly a great way to assist anyone here, y’know.
…And yes, self-righteousness is a form of bigotry, so congrats on being idiotic and proud of it.
And @ freeman
“You look only the aesthetic of what you read,and never try to understand their meaning;I could have a very bad grammatic knowledge,but WE are not perfect;and more than this,better be grammatically incorrect than superficial,don’t you agree?”
Hm… I understood that your comment boiled down to bitching about Kaji’s never giving “real” progress updates, as you’re not willing to place any faith in his ability to complete the patch. And once again, you’re identifying yourself as “WE,” which is honestly giving me this vibe that you’re probably dealing with multiple personality disorder or something. Sorry, mate.
Point is, you’re only one person. Identifying yourself as “WE” is generally very egotistical when summarizing your personal opinion.
[And no, it’s better to be “superficial (i.e. pointing out the egotistical nature of your identifying yourself as the collective/WE),” easily intelligible, and have valid points than to have such difficulty with English in general that you are unable to exhibit any of these traits.]
(Yeah, I realize typing all of this was a waste of time, as it’ll only incite counter-bitching anyway… Will try to use my time better next time and direct it towards learning more kanji/studying)
April 20, 2011 at 8:42 pm | Permalink
Oops, that “trying to start a bitchfest” remark was far more directed at freeman. Sorry, my bad.
April 21, 2011 at 12:00 am | Permalink
@Freeman: Progress is being made. And I certainly think you have every right to inquire as to whether that is the case or not.
However, it would really help to communicate more clearly. When I see your posts, my eyes glaze over because I can’t instantly grasp what you’re trying to communicate like I can with the sort of well-formed English that most commenters here seem to be capable of writing. It’s the written equivalent of speaking English with your mouth held firmly closed, while drunk. I might be able to understand you if I try hard enough, but it doesn’t make you look good and it doesn’t make me want to try to understand what you’re saying.
Look at Sieg. He might not be the brightest guy, but he sure is good at communicating. I hope you take him as a shining example, like a glittering Meteorit in the night sky.
April 21, 2011 at 12:46 am | Permalink
@LOLprogressbar
I’d like to play it in english because it would give me a reason to play again. I know the languge but to have in english make it easier for me i don’t think in japanese. I know weird
Ignorance:lack of knowledge. One is not stupid for not knowing something he simply does not know, so you mean i’m stupid.
Stupid lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull
this is what you mean.
Also i said as you claimed if somone thinks i’m self rightous o well,
i’ll claim it call me whatever make you feel better, you don’t know me and I could care less what anon thinks I was just proving a point that people hide behind the web
I detest violence
You bitching at me is no better “the pot calling the kettle black.”
O yes just because i make mistakes DOES not make you smarter
I lied the way my brain works i type way slow than I think, and if I think that someone is being rude to me I can speak(type) what’s on my mind I live in a country where I can do so.
I just think it’s wrong that most of you go out of your way to belittle some based on their typing skills i find it unnecessary.
Trust me I know full and well that Kaji doing hard work and taking time out of his life to do this for free i think that is awesome
BUT LIKE I KEEP SAYING YOU GUYS HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OTHERS(even if that isn’t your intention.) People do have feelings.
note: I’m not dissing you btw i just want you to understand
@freeman youu do need to type better though, proofread so this doen’t happen.
And yes the jokes are fine but it does get kind of old..
April 21, 2011 at 4:05 am | Permalink
> @freeman youu do need to type better though, proofread so this doen’t happen.
pot, kettle, etc.
April 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm | Permalink
Kaji, your updates and posts brighten my day. Good luck with the patch, I bet it will be nothing short of amazing!
April 21, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Permalink
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April 21, 2011 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
“Ignorance:lack of knowledge. One is not stupid for not knowing something he simply does not know, so you mean i’m stupid.
Stupid lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull
this is what you mean.”
ctrl+f.. “ignorance”.. 1 result – your randomly bringing up ignorance and going on to say that someone has called you stupid. Who is this “you” that you’re mentioning?
“…I was just proving a point that people hide behind the web
I detest violence”
But… you’re slaughtering so many monsters just by playing Tales of Hearts… If you truly detested violence, you’d stay far away from video games, especially the Tales Series, as they quite clearly encourage violent behavior. At least, that’s what I [randomly] guessed Sieg was [randomly] telling Hisui – er, Lucio – in a [random] skit after Lucio not-so-[randomly] joins your battle party.
On another note, I detest shinguards that don’t conveniently turn into an axeblade when I want them to. Not having them makes penalty shootouts that much more stressful… and they’re handy for saving Starbucks from those turban-Soma-that-turns-into-box-cutter-wielding terrorists, too.
…^This may not be the best example, but hopefully you can see how annoying and lame pointless randomness generally is. It’s even less helpful when you’re trying to make a point.. which probably means I’ve undermined my point here as well.
Eh, at any rate, hopefully this’ll iron out all of the random, off-topic conversations.
April 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm | Permalink
No it won’t, and you know it. You lovers just want to have the last word in this pointless lovers quarrel. I see now it’s that time of taking a mature leave, make up and live happily ever after. This is almost as cute as Anna’s ass.
April 21, 2011 at 6:30 pm | Permalink
@Doon
Eh, got it. I actually deleted everything I’d typed after the post failed to go through, but apparently it posted anyway… Gjob, me.
Anyway, you’re right, obviously. Was all entirely irrelevant and I let myself contribute to it anyway. …But now I’m wondering – exactly how cute is this “Anna’s ass?”
(last time I typed this comment, it failed to go through as well… wonder if something’s up with the site.)
April 22, 2011 at 12:53 am | Permalink
What hapenned here? I saw a surge of new comments and thought something interesting was going on but it is just GameFAQs visiting the site.
April 22, 2011 at 1:20 am | Permalink
Keep doing what your doin’ Eizan, I hope you get it done soon man! Because i’ve been waiting since that other friggin’ team started doin’ it.
Got a question though dude, do you actually update your progress bar? I swear it’s been like that for a year or so now, either you don’t update it or you work at the speed of a snail, hopefully it isn’t the latter.
April 22, 2011 at 1:27 am | Permalink
Oh wow, look at all that arguin’ goin’ on, really guys? I feel sorry for you Eizan, you deal with alot of this shit don’t cha? It seems a lot of it isn’t even about how he makes stupid updates, it’s sort of just…whine.
Oh well, haters be hatin’, lovers be lovin’.