Two Paragraphs of Lore explaining the introduction of Artifact Armours.
Only replicas? Are they genuine imitation? Side note: I have to say I really enjoy all the little runs of alliteration in these snippets. Thumbs up to the Localisation team.Quote:
Of particular popularity are such curios as realistic replicas of relics along with ancient artifacts dating back to the Allagan Empire
[...]certain techniques and traditions would fall out of favor. I speak of those age-old arts that demand drastic degrees of dedication, and whose acquisition requires that the practitioner prevail over perils in plenitude. Of late, rumors are rampant regarding the resurgence of such arts
Did anyone else shout out to their friends "LODESTONE UPDATE" only for them to get dissapointed at it not being a letter?
Oh and today I learnt:
Axes (/ˈæksiːz/), the plural of axis, is pronounced differently from axes (/ˈæksɨz/), the plural of ax(e).
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03-01-2012, 04:12 PMMagnesium02Grand Companies of Eorzea Page Updated! (03/01/2012)
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03-01-2012, 04:16 PMSirOleas
Saw it.
Read it.
Flipped a table so hard it entered orbit around the sun.
Told LS mates.
They flipped tables in a similar fashion.
SE: You're breaking my heart. -
03-01-2012, 04:18 PMMug
I wouldn't flip tables just yet. SE very rarely post updates this early in the day. Mayhaps they have something more in store for us in a few hours when they normally post updates.
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03-01-2012, 04:18 PMAvraym
Yes. Given that Yoshida told us that the letter was finished and should of reached the translators yesterday morning, it seems dissapointing its taken 1.5 days to translate a letter which is now overdue.
But hey, more lore right? -
03-01-2012, 04:19 PMradstar88
Yeah where is the letter? I am going to explode with anticipation!!! Yoshi finished it a couple of days ago now! Maybe He should never have told us it was done and awaiting localization.
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03-01-2012, 04:21 PMAvraymCareful, you don't one want to awaken the white ones in armor. They are lurking.Quote:
Originally Posted by radstar88
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03-01-2012, 04:22 PMSkinwalker
Well If everthing goes so "fast" that would explain the one month patch delay :P
But yeah, letters etc usually be posted later, like around ~3hrs from now ^^ -
03-01-2012, 04:23 PMPulseczar
Ok, they're just fucking with us at this point.
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03-01-2012, 04:23 PMChardrizard
Letter is a myth.
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03-01-2012, 04:24 PMVolsung
This update is twofold:
The first paragraph is about artifact armor, possibly needing new allagan stuff for those awesome old "artifact" armors
The second is about the jobs themselves (mostly pointing to mnk) mentioning the resurgance of these old/new skills. -
03-01-2012, 04:24 PMElexiaTranslate the previous large letters from English to Japanese, including any videos, lets see how long it takes you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avraym
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03-01-2012, 04:32 PMAvraymSure. Just give me months worth of notice and a whole team at my disposal. Oh, and don't forget to pay me, but when you do, don't expect a timely translation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elexia
Also, what video had to be posted in english translation other than a live letter? (Which they have days after to work on)
I was wondering when one of you white knights would spring to defense. 2nd page though, later than expected. -
03-01-2012, 04:34 PMElexiaI'm genuinely curious as to how fast you can translate, since you seem to know how long something "should take", meaning you do it yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avraym
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03-01-2012, 04:37 PMAnswa
This same fight happened back when the second live letter was taking forever to get translated. The only logical thing to get from this is that their jobs not only include translating pretty letters, but also a whole fucking patchful of text. Even possibly other games. But yeah, the fucking patchful of text is enough for me to go *whoa*. Also: They haven't had 48 hours to translate anything. They've had (presumably) around 16 hours to translate. Remember. Work =/= life. Especially when it's for whiny assholes like you all.
Addendum: They also have to verify from the source whenever something seems vague to avoid the confusion that so encapsulates many people's minds. -
03-01-2012, 04:37 PMAvraymIf its something i'm trained and specialised to do, it certainly won't take more than a whole day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elexia
And if it does, i'm smart enough to work collaboratively to get the job done in time.
And if i'm not smart enough to utilize my time, i'll notify people of the delay.
You have seen the size of the staff right? To assume theres just one person capable of speaking english and japanese would be sheer ignorance.
This is a blatant case of poor time management coupled with weak communication.
But it's hardly a shock for any of us who have been playing for more than a month. -
03-01-2012, 04:40 PMAvraymI genuinely believe that when the customers can translate well and trully faster for a service they are paying for, you have a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Answa
They should really hire Reinheart. Sure, translations may not be 100%, but they are pretty close and are done so almost immediately. And anything that is translated without certainty, is noted.
I'd take a 99% translated text service over one that is delayed by days. -
03-01-2012, 04:45 PMAnswaWell. It's not Japanese > English, done. It'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Avraym
......Japanese
........?/ | \?
French English German
..........?/ \?
.....French German
And then combinations and stuff and confusion and my head hurts. But yeah. It's a lot of corroboration. We can afford to make mistakes amongst ourselves because we'd be doing it for free for the community. We're paying these people to do a good job. If they fuck up, a shitstorm happens. Over Goobbues... I mean. Yeah. -
03-01-2012, 04:49 PMAvraymYou seem to be forgetting that this patch was schedulded for a early Feb release. Oh hello march.Quote:
Originally Posted by Answa
It really baffles me that people are in any kind of mind-set that production is all done last minute.
To genuinely believe that all content is literally prepared within the same month is just idiocy. Believe it or not, theres a good chance they are already working on 1.23.
Hey, probabally not much, but if you think every department is stuck in the same patch timeline, you'd have to be riddled with down syndrome.
If even yoshida can recognise poor time management skills to the point of issuing an apology, why can't you. -
03-01-2012, 04:54 PMAnswaThey don't work just on the patch that'll be released next week. There's 1.22 coming. And 1.23. And 2.0. Regardless, the letter's out. Meh. Not impressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avraym
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03-01-2012, 04:55 PMAvraymThats what im saying. If you have a 1.21 letter that is late, you devote some of the resources to lend a hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Answa
I.E. Why the hell would someone who had the ability to work on a patch translation that should only take a few hours, spend their time on something months down the road.
This letter took 1.5 days to translate? Really? It's only a couple of paragraphs long. Even the majority of images are recycled. -
03-01-2012, 05:05 PMBabydoll
Avraym your posts are all +1. (being for real) its about time we have someone around to use logic to shush the white knights :D Is nice to have someone intelligent around here <3
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03-01-2012, 05:30 PMAnswaYeah. It took me all of 30 minutes to translate it to Spanish for my friends. It must've been in a queue or something because there wasn't even anything controversial about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avraym
Did you just call yourself stupid?Quote:
Originally Posted by Babydoll
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03-01-2012, 05:36 PMBabydoll
I don't see anywhere I said "I am stupid!" so nope! ^_^
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03-01-2012, 05:38 PMVackashkenAh, thats what went by my telescope. Was wondering about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by SirOleas
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03-01-2012, 05:45 PMAnswahttp://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb...q97po1_500.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Vackashken
It's so good to laugh again.