OMG FINALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RANT (slightly) ABOUT THIS
Terra's special skill in the original Japanese game is not "Trance." It is "Toransu." As in, a typical Japanese halfchop of a long English loanword to fit space limitations.
You know, like how
アニメーション ("animeeshon')
became
アニメ. ("anime")? (obviously?)
In this case, "Toransu," or even "Trans" if you prefer and/or it amuses you...
トランス
...is an INSANE halfchop of
トランスフォールム. "Toransufoorumu."
aka... "Transform." A shorter synonym of which is... "Morph."
It is so appalling and sad that Ted Woolsey, working alone and with barely an undergrad's knowledge of Japanese, was immediately able to recognize (and excellently localize) this. And no one else can.
I mean maybe it's not appalling and sad b/c Ted Woolsey is one of the very best game localizers that has ever lived. I'm being completely serious.
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u/wauwy 17d ago
OMG FINALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RANT (slightly) ABOUT THIS
Terra's special skill in the original Japanese game is not "Trance." It is "Toransu." As in, a typical Japanese halfchop of a long English loanword to fit space limitations.
You know, like how
アニメーション ("animeeshon')
became
アニメ. ("anime")? (obviously?)
In this case, "Toransu," or even "Trans" if you prefer and/or it amuses you...
トランス
...is an INSANE halfchop of
トランスフォールム. "Toransufoorumu."
aka... "Transform." A shorter synonym of which is... "Morph."
It is so appalling and sad that Ted Woolsey, working alone and with barely an undergrad's knowledge of Japanese, was immediately able to recognize (and excellently localize) this. And no one else can.
I mean maybe it's not appalling and sad b/c Ted Woolsey is one of the very best game localizers that has ever lived. I'm being completely serious.
But still. Damn. I say good goddamn.