Visual Novel translation status >Aiyoku No Eustia - 20.58%

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
>Nenokami - Part 2 Released
>SakuSaku - Delayed
Ley-Line: The Borderline of Dusk - In QA, fixing Engine issues Summer release
Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - 75% translated
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - Picked up, Kickstarter finished, Winter 2018 release
Riajuu Plus - Release "within a couple months"
Grisaia no Rakuen - Roughly 1/3rd of the new work on the R18 version is finished
Hoshizora no Memoria - 100% translated, Kickstarter finished, Fall 2017 release
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - Kickstarter finished
KaraKara 2 - 100% translated, late 2017 release
Miko no Kanata - 2017 release
Nanairo Reincarnation - Early 2018 release
Baldr Sky - Combined release of Dive 1 + Dive 2 in mid 2018
The Bell Chimes For Gold - 62% translated
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
2236 A.D. - 100% translated, Engine/QA work ongoing
Maitetsu - In QA, Denpa version announced
Kokonoe Kokoro - 100% translated, engine work
Creature to Koi Shiyo - 100% translated, engine work
Tenshin Ranman - 99.01% translated, Denpa version announced
Koikuma - 74.19% translated, 2017 release
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released, Q4 release
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Fatal Twelve - voiced demo released
Her and Her and My 7 Days - 70% translated
Girls in Glasses - Picked up
CyberRebeat - Picked up
G-senjou no Maou - Denpa version announced
Re;Lord ~Herford no Majo to Nuigurumi~ - 100% translated
Nekopara Vol 4 - Announced
Rewrite+ - Picked up
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Dracu-Riot - Picked up
Senren * Banka - Picked up
Ninja Girl - Announced
Island Diary - Announced


Frontwing
>Subahibi - Released
Sharin no Kuni - December release
Island - 100% translated, 40-50% edited, 2018 release
Momoiro Closet - 2018 release
2 upcoming secret announcements


Visual Arts
>Little Busters - Fall release
Angel Beats - 50% translated


Degica
Muv Luv Alternative - Beta out for backers, September 18th release, R18 patch to follow
Muv-Luv Photonflowers - Translation started
Muv-Luv Photonmelodies - To follow Photonflowers
Schwarzesmarken - Through Greenlight
Kiminozo - Picked up


Aksys
Bad Apple Wars - 9/29 release
Code: Realize fandisc - 2018 release
7'scarlet - 2018 release
Kokuchou no Psychedelica - 2018 release
Haitaka no Psychedelica - 2018 release


Fruitbat
SeaBed - December 26th release
Seven Days - Late 2017 release
Chuusotsu! 1st graduation - Kickstarter finished, demo released, late 2017 release


Other
Tayutama 2 - Summer release
Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro - Sept 5th release
Danganronpa V3 - 9/26 release
Chaos;Child - September release
Dies irae - Released, uncut patch late September
Magical Charming - Fall release planned
Song of Memories - Fall release planned
Hemoimo - Roughly 50% translated, late 2017 release
428: Shibuya Scramble - 2018 release
Sakura Sakura - Kickstarter started
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - On Steam Greenlight
Harumade, Kururu - Seems to have an English release planned
Moenovel is working on another new title related to astronomy
Monmusu - Announced
Taisho Alice - Volume 1 released
Lucky Dog - Possible iOS released based on the ongoing text only fanTL
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

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any idea if Akeiro Kaikitan will ever be translated? I need it

sayooshi never

>>17574882
around 2060

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Subahibi spoilers.

With that out of the way, was this in the original version or has herkz meme'd us?

Explain why you write SubaHibi with lower-case H. It is a combination of two capitalized words, Subarashiki Hibi, just like any other shortened title such as SukiSuki or SakuSaku.

>>17574882
By Sekai Project 2030.

>>17575188
Japanese doesn't have capital letters or spaces in the first place, so there's nothing really wrong with typing SubaHibi as subahibi. It's just less confusing for English speakers that use the shortening.

>>17575567
I see no Japanese in this thread. You do?

>>17575188
Who gives a shit. Contain your autism.

Suba Hibi has Yuuki and Yuki as two recurrent characters. Imagine if arunaru translated it instead.

arunaru did nothing wrong

>>17574863
Imopara 2 has entered beta testing and Sorcery Jokers has entered scripting.

>>17575627
I doubt he'd translate them both the same, since it would confuse who the characters are. It's just when there's only one Yuki it doesn't really matter.

>>17575658
No, he simply hates double u with burning passion.

>>17575684
Constantly complaining about a missing u is just as weird. Seriously, it's pretty creepy how much you care about this.

>>17575706
You wouldn't want to be called Anonymos instead of Anonymous, would you?

Is the White Album 2 translation shitty or full mtled?

>>17575717
This is some next level autism. Just give it up, you won't convince any VN localizer to change their localization choices ever. And it's not like everyone doesn't have their personal preferences either. So, it's best to just let it go, unless you want to seem crazy.

>>17575725
You would be complaining too if they renamed the character from Yuuki to Jane. You just don't realize that this is exactly the same.

>>17575743
It doesn't matter about Yuuki or Yuki in English, because without the Japanese characters in the writing the names have no meaning anyway. Romanization can also be handled different ways, there are no rules set in stone as much as you wish there was.

>>17575725
It is better for all of us because it establishes precendent that proves that people do care about name choices. It might force them to think more about localizing names in the future wich is a good thing even if you and i care little in this particular case.

>>17575767
>It might force them to think more about localizing names in the future
It won't. The translators have their own opinions and they won't bend to nitpicking, because they'd set a precedent for just bending to any complaint someone could come up with. That kind of thinking is restrictive.

>even if you and i care little in this particular case.
Which just shows most people don't really care that much. It wouldn't surprise me if they already wrote Yuki-anon off as some random nut or troll. Acting up like he has doesn't make his argument any more compelling. Why would they want to encourage such behavior of whining and twitter stalking translators just to nag them?

>>17575779
>It wouldn't surprise me if they already wrote Yuki-anon off as some random nut or troll.
Pretty sure they already do. Kouryuu himself gave his thoughts on the matter and his response is basically "But Yuki means snow!".

>>17575779
You trying to stick nametags on everything wich is not the best way to handle discussion. ''Bend to nitpicking'' can be sold of as listening to your core audience. Wich from PR perspective is not a bad thing. In the end of the day constant conplaying on twitter, forum, 4chin or w/e else is bad. The less people complaying about your merchandise the better it is for you. Even one ''nut or troll'' can have enough negative infuence on your image if he never shut up and persistent enough.

>>17575826
No, the response is Yuuki and Yuki are two different names. Kouryuu (Koryu as written by arunaru) didn't even react to any of the arguments. He just came and said that translators = gods and their preferences must be respected. That's understandable in a fan TL group, but is complete bullshit in corporate setting.

>>17575841
The thing is that both of those names are translated as Yuki in the professional field, much like how Yuuri was translated as Yuri for Yuri on Ice. It's one of the three valid ways of romanization.

In the end what looks more cute: u or uu

Thanks to Doddler I'll never read Rei and Kira.

>>17573342
Could anyone please answer this?

>>17575848
>professional field
Romanization as used by the Japanese themselves, and people who religiously go by what bullshit they think of, is not what I would call "professional field". The Japanese don't understand romanization.
I don't watch fujoshit shows, but isn't Yuri a slav (russian)? In that case, Yuri would be correct romanization, even if it's written as ユーリ and has long pronunciation in Japanese, because the slav name is supposed to be pronounced with a short u.

>>17575888
Both of the main characters are named Yuri. One of them is Russian (ユーリ) and the other is Japanese (勇利)

>>17575830
> In the end of the day constant conplaining on twitter, forum, 4chin or w/e else is bad.
Not when it's obviously one very obsessed person doing it. Which it very obviously is in the case of Yuki-anon.

>>17575830
>Even one ''nut or troll'' can have enough negative infuence on your image if he never shut up and persistent enough.
I hope no one is delusional enough to believe this. Everyone just starts mocking or ignoring the person, because they get sick of hearing about it. It's just like when that one guy kept complaining about the new Satoko sprite in Higurashi. They're just a pest.

>>17575986
Hi arunaru.

>>17576003
>>17575986
You know you can reply in one post, right?

>>17575888
>The Japanese don't understand romanization.
Acting like you know Japanese better than the Japanese makes you sound like a complete narcissist.

>>17575863
Around 20 hours with voice skipping.

>>17576008
Does your nitpicking ever stop? If you care so much and actually know know Japanese, then just become a translator.

>>17576036
Not an argument.

>>17576036
>>17576023
Romanization has nothing to do with Japanese.

>>17576046
Adding this: If you think for even one moment that Japanese are capable of using latin alphabet (Japanese alphabet->latin alphabet is romanization, if you don't understand), then look through this thread.
https://boards.fireden.net/a/thread/151859826
It's not natural for them. It is something foreign to them. They have their own alphabet, just like we have ours.

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As always, this tracker is powered by anonymous like you, so post order numbers if you've got em'.

I totally agree with the Yuuki guy.

BTW I also have a love of the japanese martial arts of Juudou and Kendou, and I love to visit Doujous where they are practiced.

Also I think the most beautiful city in the world is Toukyou(Followed by Kyouto, of course), especially its beautiful Shintou shrines.

>>17576241
I can't tell if you're trolling or not.

>>17576034
Thank you. I thought it was longer.

>>17576250
It could be closer to 30 depending on your reading speed.

How would a word like yuuutsu be romanized if you cut long vowels? Would it be yuutsu or just yutsu?

>>17576387
The former, because it's yuu-u-tsu.

>>17575862
Or Baldr Sky.

How do we destroy Sekai Project and Doddler to bring Aroduc back?

>>17576695
That would require a time machine.

>>17576695
Aroduc is basically herkz who knows Japanese. I don't know why you would want him back.

>>17576747
Aroduc was the only chance to get more Eushully titles and other gameplay VNs.

So has anyone gotten far into Subahibi's English TL? I've seen some complaints about some slight errors near the beginning, but is there anything major that might impact understanding the plot?

>>17576927
I'm nearing the end of the third chapter, and I haven't found anything major yet. That said, I don't have Takuji's voice on, so I can't really check his lines.

>>17576950
Oh yeah, that's another thing. Is it worth leaving the voices on? I feel like they're the reason the prologue chapter feels so slow.

>>17576967
Obviously, cute girls' voices are an important part of every eroge.

>>17577061
Is it possible to talk fast and cute at the same time?

>>17575779
It isn't any complaint though. It is when they translate wrong. But if we are fine with incorrect translations, then we can just move on.

Moogy translated his parts in subahibi perfectly.

>>17576747
Aroduc fired Herkz for being an asshole and unproductive.

>>17577270
What parts would those be?

>>17577453
I'm not sure if it was ever redone, but he did one random script in jabberwocky 2. It was pretty great.

What's the verdict, is Subahibi kamige or another overrated-by-JOPs-over-the-years VN?

>>17576950
His voice is literally the best part of the VN.

>>17577743
I kept it throughout Rabbit Hole 1&2, but turned it off midway next chapter because a)
faggot scene b) I didn't want to shit myself.
I'm already scared from the spooky scenes without his insane yelling.

Adding in the Backerkit total to date, the crowdfunding for Subahibi is up to $117.7k, so it shouldn't have problems reaching the $120k stretch goal before Backerkit closes at the end of the month. Seperately, Subahibi today reached a peak of 134 concurrent users on Steam, although once again much of that is going to be Kickstarter backers so it is hard compare that number to other titles. Review wise, there are 21 English reviews on Steam to date, 10 that appear to be by Kickstarter backers and the remainder being from new purchases on Steam so it has made some new sales to English community. In addition, there are 76 non-English reviews (nearly all Chinese), so it has been finding some traction with a Chinese audience. Of the 97 overall reviews, just one of those is negative so I would think people actually playing through the title are generally finding the patch, nevertheless I'd be curious what proportion of buyers have downloaded the patch as Steam achievements from other VNs have generally suggested plenty of individuals who purchase longer VNs don't end up actually playing through much of the VN.

Sakura Sakura is up to $12.5k, so it has reached the half way point of its $24k goal with 15 days remaining. It has been averaging a few hundred a day recently, so it will need to get a decent boost relative to its progress thus far during its final stretch in order to reach its goal. That said, it seems likely that they'll manage to get over the finish line, even if it isn't by all that much. They seem to be looking to increase their PR reach, as they put on Twitter they'll be doing some sort of interview with some game site. Although even if they reach their goal, they'll probably have a hard time making much of a profit considering the wide array of physical goods that would be created in small numbers, and the title doesn't seem destined to be a big hit on Steam down the road.

Looking back at W Happiness a month in, its running Steamspy numbers suggest between 1-2k on Steam (more likely closer to 1k than 2k). They will of course be complimented by strong looking sales through the MG store, and the title was likely a success for MG, although it will likely be a considerable dropoff from the original (but that is something that always would have been expected).

is subahibi worth the wait, or is it another pile of trash like dies irae?

i wont be fooled twice!

>>17577691
>>17577971
its pretty gud

>>17575040
That joke is in the Japanese version, yeah.

It's my invention is really testing my fap marathoning skills.

>Wonderful Everyday Ending
>No Yuki h-scene

Huh.. That let me down a bit. Also, how different are the other endings?

>>17575221
>By Sekai Project
You have no idea how sad I am that Sekai Project of everyone managed to cut a deal with Silky's.
Fuck. When will Sekai Project finally go bankrupt?

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In what universe is 30万 30 thousand and 100万 100 thousand, frontwing?

>>17582192
Probably because 300k yen/month for allowance would be ridiculous for some school girl, that's nearly 4mil a year. Isn't that like around a half of a normal low-wage salary there? If she got that much on allowance surely she would be in the rich girls' school?

>>17582300
A few lines before they say her parents are super rich. Just because they're rich doesn't mean they give a fuck about their daughter, though. That's clear. They just give her a shitton of money.

>>17582300
You might even say that is a ton of money.

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>>17582192
>subahibis TL is shit
Herkz was right all along.
>DI fucked, Himawari fucked, Subahini fucked
No kamige for us poor EOPs

>>17582321
They are just localized. Americans are afraid of money so they lowered the amount.

If you care about the future of eroge don't buy Little Miss lonesome when it comes out.

>>17575718
You can check here, apparently, under the "scripts" paragraph. Try reading some of the introductory chapter bits which are "fully translated, edited and proofread".

https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=White_Album_2

It doesn't look machine translated and they clearly state they do not accept machine translations in the translation guidelines.

I don't speak Japanese though, so I can't tell if it is accurate or not.

>>17582955

Care to explain?

>>17583102
MG is currently trying to shift the demographics of eroge so they can eliminate nukige all together. They will deny this by saying they still license nukige but this is a cover; they are thinking long term and stopping all at once would lead to outrage and bankruptcy before their new preferred customers are ready. It is up to us to stop their villainy.

>>17583192
Mangagamer is revealing their true colors? I knew it!

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>>17583192
>90% of mangagamer's lineup has porn in it
>tell people not to buy their latest game because they're trying to kill porn
>that game also has porn in it

>>17583192

Around 5 18+ otome games come out every year. Even if mangagamer translated all of them, I don't think that's enough to sustain their entire business.

>>17583192
Their last title was a nukige too. The otome market isn't going to be strong enough to supplant the nukige market.

>>17583192
Nah, no way MG could do that even if they wanted to. I don't expect anything but 18+ yaoi or otoge to sell well for MG. Aksys has been licensing a lot of all ages otoge. Ozmafia got enough to get a hard copy, but that's only because it got a footing on Steam, something MG can't really rely on. Even then, it's probably still not comparable to Rance VI, which doesn't have the benefit of Steam and is sex heavy enough to be considered a nukige by the market.

No word of fucking Sumaga, what the fuck is Jast doing?

>>17584332
Waiting until 2020 to release it.

>>17582336
Most Americans can't convert to Yen. Should have changed it to "Jelly Donuts".

>>17584307
Anyone who considers Rance VI a nukige in anyway is retarded.

>>17584585
Nah mate, that's SakuSaku

>>17581126
She has H scenes in Down the Rabbit Hole.

Okay, where the fuck is SakuSaku now

>>17585897
They're waiting for me to finish SubaHibi.

>>17585897
It is apparently crashing because they added in new assets and it disagrees with the engine. So we are stuck waiting for them to fix that.

>>17585935
Sure glad they figured this out before announcing the release date, twice.

>>17585897
Though I doubt anyone cares about it, where is the steam release of Ne no Kami 2? They released on denpa already (including selling the steam 18+ patch), so it's not technical issues, but the steam page still isn't even available.

>>17586034
They probably forgot to hit the launch button.

>>17585935
>add in new assets last minute
??????????????

>>17586437
All-ages assets for Steam release to replace 18+ content since there is no all-ages Japan version of SakuSaku

>>17586510
Should've done it, maybe, say, a week or two ago before they announced the release date? Sekai is so retarded.

>>17586510
But why would you do this after you announced the release date? That's retarded. What if something goes wrong, like what just happened?

>>17586708
Considering what we know about Sekai's project management then it is not so surprising.
Without going far into the past or looking at physical reward problems from Kickstarters, two fairly recent releases both had problems and delays
Wagmama - delayed just before release because they found a memory leak
Chrono Clock - rushed out the door at 84% edited and also late

>>17586898
The uncensored art situation for Chrono Clock is also incredibly embarrassing for Sekai. Sekai didn't even try to get the uncensored art for the game, which was proven when they were straight up called out on it by Mangagamer, who showed off the uncensored CG for Hapymaher immediately after Sekai confirmed their release would retain mosaics. It took Sekai nearly half a year after release to patch in the unfinished editing and to put in the uncensored art.

>>17586898
Good thing they have their best team on Baldr Sky.

Oh, hold on...

Eat shit, Doddler.

>>17587189
at least they are proud of their TL nested with memes

>>17587189
Speaking of which, has anyone posted the decensored cgs anywhere? I'm curious on how they look

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>うん、あんた相手にするのに警防とか催涙スプレーじゃ全然だめだって分かったから
This is the opposite of what she said.

>>17587314
that would mean that the translator is incompetent as well as editor and tl checker? Does sekai even have the editing and tlc phase?

>>17587361
This is subahibi.

>>17587370
>subahibi
shit was confirmed by based Herkz for being Dies Irae-tier of MTL.

SukiSuki fucking when?

>>17587314
I hate how I have to choose between reading this in Japanese in a lousy 800x600 resolution, or reading the HD English version that has this level of quality.

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What did they mean by this?

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>>17587501
Why we cannot have good TLs for kamiges?
SubaHibe supposed to be edited by vns god Moogy!

>>17587541
They also got the figure wrong. Before, he said the other guy was 200kg.

>>17587541
Run it through google translate twice. I think that is how you read VNs these days.

>>17587501
just hack the japanese back into the english release
fan TLs used to do this all the time

>>17587541
Pretty sure there's an old copypasta that goes something like that

>subahibi tl is shit
Damn it! First Himawari than Dies and now SubaHini! What went wrong?

>>17587804
Thinking the cartel can actually translate.

Sol Press did an interview.

http://operationrainfall.com/2017/09/05/sakura-sakura/

>>17588927
>We originated in February of 2017 after being dissatisfied with the current quality and speed of translations. One of the things we disliked the most is when a title is announced but no time frames are given. There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing “Coming Soon” for six months or even longer.

This sounds kind of retarded. Unless you don't announce a project until it's basically done you can't realistically give a timeframe.

>>17588927
>We want to provide quick, high-quality translations with no delays
Quick and high quality for translations usually means picking one or the other, otherwise the work is rushed and sloppy. And how do they plan to know exactly when something is read to release by the time they announce it? They don't sound like they know what they're doing. It sounds more like fanboys who always complain about translations suddenly decided they knew how to run a business.

>>17587804
>Himawari
Lies

>>17587804
I wasn't really paying attention when DI came out, I've been waiting for the patch. What was wrong with that TL?

>>17589275
Hundreds upon hundreds of typos, grammatical issues, and translation errors have been reported. Hopefully it's all fixed by the time the 18+ patch comes out.

I can't believe my Utawarerumono game came with a free body pillowcase cover. Thanks, Atlus!

>>17589281
Ah ok, thanks. Would it be possible for someone to make a fan patch that fixes the typos found in Subahibi's TL?

>>17589383
Would it be possible? Yes. Is someone going to bother with that? No.
Besides, there aren't any typos. There's like one mistranslation per chapter.

The greatest bundle ever

https://www.humblebundle.com/hunie-sakura-bundle

>>17589620
sakusaku finally released

>>17589281
I know it has typos but I haven't heard of there being tons of translation errors.

>>17589383
Someone should just email the mistakes to Front Wing. But from what I've seen it's inconsequential shit.

>>17589425
>Besides, there aren't any typos.
There are; well, I don't know if you could call them typos. There are some small things here and there.

>>17587804
What is supposedly wrong with Himawari?

>>17574863
>Fata morgana is soon
YES
>Rewrite+ so forgotten that it's not even woth mentioning

any news on Eden of Grisaia +18?

>>17589731
>Rewrite+
It was announced in July that it will be published by Sekai Project and apparently retranslated from scratch. So there has been some news on it.

>>17589731
I doubt we'll be getting bacon-chan's wild adventures soon, lad. Probably early/mid 2018.

>>17589620
Worthless even for free.

>>17588941
Sounds like a dig at MG or JAST since Sekai is more likely to give a date early (mostly due to Kickstarter) and then miss it, while MG and JAST wait for it to be done and about a month or two before release they open it up for preorders along with a release date.

is there no translation of Akatsuki no Goei?

>>17589897
There most certainly is, Chinese, Vietnamese and Hungarian.

>>17587314
No it isn't, faggot. You can't even comprehend this masterpiece on a surface level.

>>17589962
So Translation Check-kun doesn't know Japanese that well? The plot thickens.

>>17590027
>>17589962
What? She clearly says that a police baton or pepper spray won't be enough to take him on, as she has already experienced it. She had already attacked him with a baton, and it had no effect. Meaning she has something else right now (chemicals).

>>17587541
It was like that in Japanese

>>17589774
>>>Rewrite+
>It was announced in July that it will be published by Sekai Project and apparently retranslated from scratch. So there has been some news on it.

Having even sekai knock back your work for not being good enough must feel all kinds of awful

>>17590721
Sekai don't stand to gain anything by openly using Ixrec's translation, but I have no doubt their translation will just be a rewrite of his.

>>17590743
Of course. Translation is just editors editing whatever English they can get their hands on. Either Ixrec or machine.

>>17574863
>Higurashi Hou - chapter 5 released. chapters 6-8 through TLC+Editing
>Umineko - Released chapters 1-4
Still no updates. Fuck me.

>>17591040
>Fuck Doodler
fix

>>17591353
Get a life

Siliconera once again promoting machine translated VNs, because they're too lazy to do research. The comments are funny though.

http://www.siliconera.com/2017/08/31/otome-game-les-fleursword-offers-many-bachelors-age-swords-magic/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

For anyone thinking of starting a localization business this article might be of use.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3029634/the-difficulties-of-running-a-sex-inspired-startup

>>17591480
Get to work, lazy faggot.

>>17591550
Doddler's not lazy nor is he at fault. MG is just dumb for not prioritizing Higurashi and Umineko because they started them over a year ago

>>17591586
>MG is just dumb for not prioritizing Higurashi
Because programmer working on higurashi is a lazy subhuman. Stop sucking his dick.

>>17587685
is this possible? i would be very interested

>>17591585

I blame sekai since they started the whole shitty OELVN flood that fucked the market in the first place.

>>17591641

Bitching about doddler isn't going to make aroduc love you anonymous.

>>17588927
>We originated in February of 2017 after being dissatisfied with the current quality and speed of translations. One of the things we disliked the most is when a title is announced but no time frames are given. There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing “Coming Soon” for six months or even longer.

I'm sure this is taking issue with others, be it the long times that MG/Sekai see or the time frames with Sekai not holding up, but this seems like an impossible ideal to uphold more than a month or two out. Programming time tends to be quite unpredictable thanks to custom engines that are often barely held together even for the Japanese release, not to mention the difficulties that often come in getting an engine to work outside of a Japanese locale, even if the translation and editing finish on time.

>To us, having paid patches is the equivalent of day-one DLC. Basically, content that was originally in the game was removed in order to be sold, and that’s just not cool. Why should you pay extra for a part of the original game? You’d get the content free and clear if you purchased the untranslated version, so our mentality is “don’t charge extra for the complete product.”

This is an obvious dig at Sekai (and to a lesser degree Frontwing). Few are fans of such patches, but they do seem to be profitable considering that when given the choice between off Steam release or paid patch people seem to prefer paid patches, and paid patches have been quite successful at increasing the average pledge of Kickstarters while maintaining a cheaper Steam price. Nevertheless, the industry has been somewhat moving away from paid patches thanks to Steam policies treating free patches as mods, so they aren't going to be alone there.

>>17591849

For example, this guy.

>>17591849
People have been posting like that for years and only now are autists caring.

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;_;

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Is there really no alternative name for May they could have used here when she said 皐月 instead of 五月? It makes no sense like this.

>>17590743
>>17590942
They said that they aren't referencing the fan translation and that VisualArts didn't offer it to them.

>>17592324
You're grasping at straws at this point.

>>17593419
How exactly is it grasping at straws? At no point did I say that it's a bad translation. I like the translation and I like the localization. But that doesn't mean there are no errors. That's why I've been posting what I've found.
You can see in the picture that he reacts to the fact that she used satsuki for May. Having "if you use the old calendar" when you use the new calendar in the TL is ridiculous.
A = new way to say something
B = old way to say something
Person 1 says B.
Person 2 points out that saying B is unusual.
They changed the first part, but kept the second part as is.

>>17593503
How do you think they should have translated it? It seems to me this is a cultural reference that doesn't translate, since we only have one word for May. In a book this would probably have a footnote explaining it. Regardless, the gist of what they're saying is still there. It's certainly not an error.

How's the Subahibi translation overall?

>>17593704
It's fine

>>17593704
It's mediocre, but naysayers will argue because it's an official release.

>>17593704
There are a a few minor issues here or there but overall it is good.

Is there any chance Cross Channel will ever get an official release? I want to see it with a better translation than what we got right now.

>>17591495
Wow, I didn't know Siliconera had that policy. No wonder MG VNs never gets mentioned.

So what is the statement on the LB delay?

>>17593632
They could have used French or Latin and changed the second sentence accordingly.

>>17594408
From VisualArts' Facebook (can't post the link because 4chan think it's spam)
>In order to refine the new "LUCA" game system and the English translation, we decided to postpone the release to "Autumn 2017".
>We want to apologize to all our fans who expected a summer release.

>It's officially been one week since no SakuSaku

>>17594858
9 months and 1 week if you go by their first timeframe for it

>>17594509
>French or Latin
>in English translation
fuck off, retard.

>>17592099
By the end of the day these threads are still , even with shitposting and off topic posts, mainly about upcoming/new releases and news and events related to them.

The VN threads of /vg/? A complete and utter mess. Even relative to /jp/.
Those threads are as if you were to compress just about all of /jp/, then sprinkle some Reddit in there, into one never ending chain of threads. An entire board's worth in one chain of threads.

I've really never understood the point of those threads very well. There's a dedicated board for VNs, /jp/. And yet people would rather all cram together in one single chain of threads all huddled up together. Than to make use of an entire board about VNs. Because apparently /jp/ is just that "yucky" and yet they make use of all the /jp/ memes and jokes. Even outright remaking old /jp/ infographs and whatnot while erasing any mention of /jp/. Basically bringing /jp/ with them into /vg/ while still claiming that /jp/ is too messed up for them or whatever other nonsense they say. There's a special kind of irony to that.

But it also feels really inefficient. Trying to discuss a lesser popular title when a much more popular title is taking all the spotlight is nigh pointless. And since everything is always in one thread frequent spoilers from titles you may not have gotten to yet are always posted, though I've gotten the impression that the typical frequenter of those threads don't seem to mind spoilers much. But it's really hard for me to see any advantages whatsoever to forcing all discussion into a singular chain of threads as opposed to utilizing a dedicated board capable of housing however many threads needed just about.
I mean just about the only reason VNs were even moved to /vg/ in the first place was because Katawa Shoujo threads pretty much outnumbered every all the other threads of /jp/ combined at any given time because for some reason they just needed that many simultaneous threads. And dealing with that may very well have been a good idea, but I still have never really understood the point of having all VN discussions there. Even on /vg/ Katawa Shoujo isn't in the same chain of threads as the other VNs. Though if the people frequenting the VN threads really despise /jp/ that much for whatever the reason I guess that they're simply better off not being here. That said, I do feel like /jp/ lost a lot of its life blood with the creation of /vg/. And not even simply in regards with the VN related topics. It's like /jp/ fell in relevance a bit and had a drop of varying degrees in most of the topics on the entire board.

>>17595045
>There's a dedicated board for VNs, /jp/. And yet people would rather all cram together in one single chain of threads all huddled up together.
It used to be the case that people would post threads in /jp/, but people would call them EOPs, shitpost in their threads, and tell them to go to /vg/. Which they did.

>>17595100
People are still called EOPs even in /vg/ though and there's rampant shitposting.
Besides anything new and or popular will get shitposted. Shitposting still calms down with time however.

So I really am baffled by how that little was enough to make all of them scram.

>>17595045
>I've really never understood the point of those threads very well. There's a dedicated board for VNs, /jp/. And yet people would rather all cram together in one single chain of threads all huddled up together. Than to make use of an entire board about VNs. Because apparently /jp/ is just that "yucky" and yet they make use of all the /jp/ memes and jokes. Even outright remaking old /jp/ infographs and whatnot while erasing any mention of /jp/. Basically bringing /jp/ with them into /vg/ while still claiming that /jp/ is too messed up for them or whatever other nonsense they say. There's a special kind of irony to that.
It is the mix of lack of population while still wanting active threads. The /vn/ thread has maybe 100 unique IPs posting per thread which is not really enough to sustain spreading across a whole board if you also want some activity in your thread. Even /vn/ itself has times where it is hanging around page 9 or 10 during more quiet times.
In the end /vn/ ends up being one of the most active places on the net that talks about VNs (though that does not mean it has good quality discussion) and that is why people use the thread. Some people just like to have their post replied to within a reasonable time frame or be able to discuss something years after a release and still get a bit of discussion out of it without waiting a day for someone else who cares about it, though I don't personally mind myself.

>>17595006
You are the retard if you would rather have the meaning completely lost, as it is right now. It would fit Yuki’s character, too.

>>17595440
Meaning would be lost either way for english-speaking people, you moron.

>>17595462
French for May = Mai. Also, the next sentence would follow up on this.
Even cutting out him mentioning it out the sentence altogether makes more sense than this.
Seinarukana all over again.

>>17594509
>>17595440
>>17595506
The meaning is already communicated in the current translation. The second sentence which refers to the old calendar shows the poetic intent behind the first sentence. I honestly don't see what the problem is. Knowing that she used a different word for the month isn't necessary and it isn't worth jumping through these kinds of hoops to communicate it.

>>17595556
The second sentence tells of the poetic intent that the first sentence was supposed to convey, but doesn't. It reads more B saying that May can be poetic if you use the old calendar (which doesn't make sense in English) rather than saying that A was saying something poetically.

If I were to give it a go, I would have A giving May a very poetic or fancy description like "month of emeralds" or "Maia's month" with B replying that even if you make May sound sorta poetic, it doesn't change the fact that it's dreary.

>>17596445
>I would have A giving May a very poetic or fancy description
Just use damn TL-notes for shit like this. Like Dangopedia in CLANNAD.

>>17596473
What would the TL note say?

>>17596473
I'm not adverse to TL-notes if necessary, but this seems silly.

"Oh, really... I actually like the May[1] sky, though."

[1]: In the original text, the word used for May was 皐月(satsuki), which is the word used for May before 五月(gogatsu), which is used currently. It's very poetic.

>>17596504
Can't take these folks very seriously when they keep suggesting to add TL notes for silly things like this

>>17596498
>>17596504
>She used the name for the fifth lunar month instead of the calendar month
Bam. Easy.

>>17596539
at least they care and you just accept whatever frontwing/sekai throw at you

>>17596648
>and you just accept whatever frontwing/sekai throw at you
It's not like any of us bought this

I got to Which Dreamed It, and I found 3 obvious typos in 100~ lines at the start of the chapter. A significant dip in quality.

Is the Chinese translation of White Album 2 good?

umineko when?

You're not allowed to reply to this post, doddler hating autist

>>17598569
Doddler just tweeted that he's taking a look at the Sorcery Joker beta, so probably not anytime soon.

I would like to take this opportunity to express how assmad I am about the fact that Ne no Kami is a yuri game.

>>17598663
Why?

>>17598641
Doddler doesn't even work on umineko, so it probably won't affect it.

>>17598663
Just enjoy the purest form of love.

>>17598737
Because I like the artist, but I can't fap unless there's PONOS in VAGOO and it doesn't seem that interesting otherwise.

>>17598761
The purest form of love is only any good if it's made as impure as possible.

With the release of Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome, MG put Space Live up for preorder for September 29th. It's a $9.95 voiceless title, so I wouldn't exactly expect a ton from it, just another in the long line of titles trying to take off on Steam, and it is probably 18 months too late to have much of a shot at that. .

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>>17599102
>MG put Space Live up for preorder for September 29th
God-dammit

>>17599117
>>17599102
It's also OELVN, so shush about it.

>>17599430
It is also in the OP.
>Space Live - Through testing, applying fixes

>>17599613
That's just an advertisement.

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The English pc patch compared to the DS for Tsukihime has an age difference. Is this a mere visual glitch as all original japanese versions seem to be 18+ and it was a freeware patch so it's not like it's censorship from within the company. I've checked the patch page and it doesn't really explain it either.

>>17598663
Stay mad, I'll enjoy my box of rocks in the shape of a tiny lesbian.

>>17599637
It's made by the creators of Da Capo and Dal Segno.

>>17600104
Its still English only.

>>17600104
Oh, so it's absolutely guaranteed to be terrible then.

>>17600128
Could be like LoveKami where they release in Japan later on with H-scenes.

Considering it's Circus, the fandisc-making monsters, it's a real possibility.

>>17600320
I imagine some version of the script is probably being done in Japanese unless they have some native English writers at the company. So it would make sense that they release a Jap version at some point.

>>17599664
I've played the PC version with the mirror moon patch and all of the H-scenes were still there, so I would guess the 16+ is just a typo.

>>17599102
>Space Live
Jesus, there's nothing on who's writing this anywhere. This is going to a piece of shit.

>>17602314
It's a shitty steam cashgrab from the same garbage company that made turds like Da Capo and Dal Segno, of course it's going to be shit.

If not for Dovac and Doddler, we could've already had Baldr Sky, Prism Ark, and Bunny Black 3.

Think about that.

I think we should all send Moogy-dono-sama 10 bucks for bringing us subahibi.

every one please do your best.
by japanese erogame salesperson

>>17603881
I'd like to send him a bomb filled with 10 dollars in pennies.

https://twitter.com/puffketeer/status/906299454961176577
I'm shocked to see that he actually thinks his editing improved chrono clock, and for him to go unsolicited into other people's mentions to brag about it.

ヘタクソな人は英訳しないでください。英訳依頼者からのお願いです。

>>17604125
He's dumb enough to edit like that in the first place so it doesn't surprise me that he's dumb enough to think that what he did was good.

http://erogedownload.com/downloads/wonderful-everyday/

>Pitbull DLC
Oh boy.

I just wanted to read Higurashi Rei and Higurashi Kira.

>>17606461
>Kira
I assume you mean Hou, Kira is one of the anime OVAs. Either way, Hou was translated a couple of years ago so you can read it right now if you want. Saikoroshi (the main arc in Rei) is also translated

>>17603241
Bunny Black is shit, who cares.

>>17606653
Only BB2 is shit.

>>17603241
Doddler has stated he'd work with aroduc on any game project, even after this, the only reason why prism ark or bunny black 3 aren't happening is because aroduc isn't translating them.

>>17606461
To bad, backstabbing lazy bitch in charge of porting it. Maybe in 2026 after Bald Sky he would start working on Higurashi.

>>17606404
The bestiality version has been up on nyaa for days, but I guess being able to download only the patch without having to torrent the whole game is neat.

>>17606588
For Hou, that's a machineTL. Rei TL is fine though.

>>17606690
Doddler didn't work with Aroduc on projects.

That's why he was fired.

>>17606690
>the only reason why prism ark or bunny black 3 aren't happening is because aroduc isn't translating them.
Last time I checked Prism ark wasn't happening because Aroduc needed Doddler to fix up the tools more (not even sure if they are fully complete with all the extra work Doddler recently has done on them and aroduc might be too proud to use his work now after the Baldr mess) and Bunny Black 3 wasn't happening because the extracted scripts read like ass making them tedious to work on and Aroduc didn't like the game as much as the first two. I remember him asking for others to help in some blog post out but no one came forward.
Oh, and obviously him doing Bladr Sky isn't happening because Sekai. Though he could still secretly do Force I suppose to undercut Sky if he wanted, just I think he said he gave up on that before because of blue screen problems due to the engine being ass with modern Windows.
I expect his translating days are over for now, unless he is rusing everyone and doing a super secret project on his own now he doesn't trust anyone.

><TakaJun> I want to kill myself for putting my real name in the games when I first started playing eroge

I miss TakaJun. I wonder what he's doing nowadays.

>>17607380
But I still do that, should I just kill myself?

>>17607466
I don't see how you could be doing that. There are very few translated eroge where you can put your name as the protagonist - https://vndb.org/v/all?q=a&fil=tag_inc-203.tagspoil-0.lang-en.olang-ja&rfil=type-complete.minage-18&s=rel&o=d
Unless you mean putting your actual name as part of the translation team in credits.

>>17607362
Giga themselves is releasing Modern OS-compatible versions of the old Baldr games, so he might go back to that.

>>17607549
Was talking about To Heart 2 in this case but I remember doing it on Toushin Toushi 2 too.

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How would you translate these messages? Not sure where in the game they show up.

355("p \"ここ1\"")
355("p \"ここ1-1\"")
355("p \"ここ2\"")
355("p \"ここ2-1\"")
355("p \"ここ3\"")
355("p \"ここ3-1\"")
355("p \"ここend\"")

>>17607362
>Aroduc didn't like the game as much as the first two
He doesn't like half the shit he works on. Didn't like Kamidori, didn't like Baldr Sky.

>>17607697
The pleasure of being cummed inside.

>>17607738
So maybe something like
CumLove 1-1
CumLove 2
CumLove 2-1
CumLove End
?

>>17607362
Doddler's work can't be used as long as he's agreed to and abiding by Sekai Project's contract terms.

>>17607790
Only thing that would affect is baldr force, and that's been mostly hacked for years.

>>17607729
I think there's a difference between being critical of and not liking it. He mostly speaks fondly of Kamidori in his review of Amayui and of Kamidori itself. I can understand that working on it might have been a nightmare, so maybe that's more of it.

>>17607790
Could always "leak" it.