Phantasy Star: Fringes of Algo

by **Tanith** » Wed May 26, '10, 1:40 am

If you had an opportunity to use a professional translation service to translate something PS related, what would be your first choice?

I think my first choice would either be the PS stories in the Sega Players Enjoy Club or the PSII futabasha.

by **Thoul** » Wed May 26, '10, 3:12 am

Hm, that's difficult. I'd probably for the SPEC stories. They could add a lot of interesting material to the universe and would be pretty hard to get done on a fan basis.

by **Snorb** » Wed May 26, '10, 3:16 am

PSGen2, without a doubt. I was really disappointed when this and PSGen1 had their US releases cancelled.

by **Xander** » Wed May 26, '10, 1:51 pm

I was disappointed to hear they were never going to make it out to Europe. :/ I'd also vote for PS Gen 2.

by **Tanith** » Sat May 29, '10, 10:28 am

Just had to bump this thread to let you all know that I sent SPEC #7 (just the Phantasy Star portions) to a translation service for a quote. Since it's a holiday weekend, I probably won't get an estimate until Tuesday. If it's not too expensive I might just take the dive and get it translated. I will, of course, share it with everyone if I go ahead with this. Stay tuned!

by **Thoul** » Sat May 29, '10, 4:49 pm

Wow, I really look forward to hearing more on this! Even the quote is too high, at least we'll have an idea of what it might cost.

by **Tanith** » Tue Jun 1, '10, 2:32 pm

Got a call back from the translation service. It was hard for them to make a really accurate estimate, but they said it would probably be near $1,000. That's more than I was willing to spend. Maybe if I get it translated in smaller chunks I can get it done over time. Literature is usually more complicated to translate than technical stuff, so maybe that factors into the price.

*sigh* And I really want the PSII Futabasha translated, but I can only imagine that would cost a few thousand dollars.

by **Thoul** » Tue Jun 1, '10, 4:34 pm

Ouch! That's way more than I would have expected. This is why fan translations should always be appreciated.

by **Tanith** » Tue Jun 1, '10, 8:58 pm

Thoul wrote:Ouch! That's way more than I would have expected. This is why fan translations should always be appreciated.

Most definitely. Major respect for fan translations!

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