"The Flavour Tends To Get Lost" - Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii On English Translations
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and PARANORMASIGHT director Takanari Ishiyama discussed the challenges of localizing games into English. Horii noted that the nuances and 'flavor' of the original Japanese text often get lost in translation, resulting in a more simplistic feel in English due to fundamental language differences.
- Entities
- Game: The Mermaid's Curse
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
- Game: Dragon Quest
- Person: Yuji Horii
- Person: Takanari Ishiyama
- Company: Square Enix
- Topic: Game Writing
- Topic: Localization
- Game: PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
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