Ted woolsey was the translator for various square games, such as final fantasy vi and chrono trigger. Depending on whom you ask, youll get wildly varying opinions on his work. It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be. Most of these alterations are attributed to translator ted woolsey, who was asked to localize chrono trigger. He is known for his creative translations and being. He is a polarizing figure in the video game community, even today. Although born in america, woolsey spent five years living and studying in japan as a young adult. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading chrono trigger boss fight books book 2. The original ted woolsey should be included in all chrono trigger releases, and even be set as the default translation. Here is the complete transcript of our interview with ted woolsey from episode 16. Hironobu sakaguchi asked translator ted woolsey to localize chrono trigger for english audiences and gave him. Ted woolsey was the primary translator for most of squaresofts note super nintendo entertainment systemera rpgs from 199196. For axilet i was so happy to receive a chrono trigger request, and one about my favorite character no less.
Btw, magus39, does your mod restore all character, item, and location names to their original snes ones. Ive referenced the snes ted woolsey translation instead of. The retranslation loses a lot of its charm and heart, imo. The original ted woolsey should be included in all chrono trigger.
While recognizably based off of ted woolsey s original 1995 translation, this hack features an extended and polished script, new techs, new items. First are two text files, including the basic north american version translated by ted woolsey, and a version containing it, the japanese script, and the translation by kwhazit. Specifically, ted woolsey did remark in an interview that a lot of text was cut out because the strings became too long after translation. Chrono trigger retranslation patch released neogaf. The chrono trigger script is presented in several ways. At a place between time, tired travelers cause strange things in the lands of truce and porre and even to lands beyond. Chrono trigger fans have been imagining what mightve been for almost twentyfive years. Final fantasy vi, secret of mana, super mario rpg, chrono trigger. Contrary to common assumption, he did not translate final fantasy iv, which can be seen in the endgame credits of final fantasy ii us.
He had the primary role in the north american production and localization of squares roleplaying games during the super nintendo entertainment system era between 1991 and 1996. Chrono trigger is a 1995 roleplaying video game developed and published by square for the. He had the primary role in the north american production and localization of square s roleplaying video games released for the super nes between 1991 and 1996. Chrono trigger boss fight books book 2 kindle edition by williams, michael p. In most circles, ted woolsey is considered something of a pioneer in. Chrono trigger boss fight books book 2 kindle edition. Todays playing catchup, a regular column which talks to notable figures in the video game business about their notorious past and intriguing present, talks to ted woolsey. Ted woolsey is an american video game translator and producer. History and features of the chrono trigger snes release scalar. Tanaka credited the rom cartridge platform for enabling seamless transition to battles on the field map.
Thats when they were able to dump that in the rom and i was. Final fantasy iii, breath of fire, chrono trigger, and super mario rpg. Stuff like final fantasy iii, chrono trigger, secret of mana, super. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In it, ted woolsey squaresofts famous japanesetoenglish translator discusses his. It is not the opinion of this project that ted woolseys official translation was bad. Kwhazit retranslated chrono trigger with the compendiums presentation to. History and features of the chrono trigger snes release. Now, for the first time, an extensive rom hack explores that question in chrono trigger. Story changes for this download go to the first meeting with ayla in mystic. These old scripts for chrono trigger have been retired thanks to the retranslation project.
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