Have there been any cases where there is no particularly easy way to translate a specific line without exceeding the limited text box space? Plenty. We have to test the lines and revise them even after we’ve passed them through proofreading, because Japanese requires less space than we do thanks…
Why does Ocean Prince talk like that in your 20th Anniversery patch? Ocean Prince talks completely in katakana in the Japanese when he’s in fish form as a (painful to read) joke. Katakana is supposed to be reserved for foreign words or as emphasis—though there are a few exceptions here…
I wanna voice appreciation for not just ditching the Dark Prince moniker for Satan. A lot know they aren't mutually exclusive and I'm glad you see you guys take that route. (DP's real name's probably still Satan anyway, everyone just seems like they go out of their way not to…
okay so im very curious, sorry if this is very obvious or if its been asked before, why does witch talk like that -Anonymous Short answer: Because English doesn’t have 3+ degrees of politeness that would help you differentiate between Raffina, Rulue, and Witch. Extremely Long Technical Answer: The three…
“So, where shall we travel to next?” When Ally, who’d finally calmed down, asked us that, I looked at Arle. “Hmm… Arle, does anyone come to mind?” “Me?” Arle’s eyes widened as she pointed at herself. “Yeah!” I nodded. “Like, someone who seems like they’d know something about love!” We…
Chapter 2, regarding Ally’s Honorifics Ally addresses everyone with ~sama (様) before Amitie gets her to stop, which is much more polite than ~san (usually translated to Mister or Miss) and very unusual outside of customer-service or addressing-royalty situations. To convey that speaking quirk, we opted to use “Noble” before…
“Amitie! Where did you go? We were so worried!” Just as I heard my name from the girl in blue armor, my legs gave way and I slid to the ground. It was like they had stopped working. “We lost track of you while fleeing from the onion pixies. What…
“Arle—! Carbuncle—! Ringo—! …Ally—?” I called their names as my shoulders slumped. I’d been in such a panic when I ran away that I didn’t even have a clue which direction I came from. I knew this forest pretty well, so it wasn’t like I was worried about never finding…