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Re:The Story of Metal Gear Solid’s English Translation by kace91 on Monday July 22, 2019 @04:15AM (#20496151)
The baffling Spanish translation of FFVII was quite (in)famous for that. So much so, that one of the most famous pieces of comedy gold from the internet of that time was a "let's play" series made using captioned screencaps, in which the author would sarcastically take any mistranslation literally.

This "alternate story" included:

- introducing a new character called "Pointsave" (the translation for some reason refered to saving spots as people by using proper names)

- a deep drama surrounding Tifa and Barret's experiences as transgender people (since the translation arbitrarily referred to them with male and female adjectives, switching mid-sentence)

- characters continuously getting drunk in fiestas (since the common references to "your party" were translated to mean "your party events" rather than "your group of people").

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Re:The Story of Metal Gear Solid’s English Translation by JaumeGreen on Monday July 22, 2019 @04:54AM (#20496314)
> characters continuously getting drunk in fiestas (since the common references to "your party" were translated to mean "your party events" rather than "your group of people").

I "fondly" remember getting to the first village outside, and being told "Tu fiesta te espera arriba" (Your fiesta/party is waiting for you upstairs). And there were the characters, all moody and sad, and I was thinking that it was a really shitty party. Until I mentally translated it back to English and understood.

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