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Re:What it takes to fan-translate a video game by wodenokoto on Monday November 06, 2023 @11:55PM (#38173400)
Like you said, it’s hard to complain about other peoples free effort, so let me complain about people’s praises:

No the final fantasy III/VI fan translation is not better than the official. You don’t even need to look at the original Japanese to know that “imperial witch” is correct and “imperial bitch” is not what is being said.

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Re:What it takes to fan-translate a video game by autoexec on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @01:00AM (#38173727)
Multiple fan translations I've seen went way over the top with swearing and obscene language. Maybe some of it was a genuine effort to capture the intended impact of what was being said, but honestly a lot of it read like the work of a 13 year old edgelord. You take what you can get I guess.
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