EW Launch Trailer Language Comparison

Since all lines from the EW Launch Trailer are presumably taken from in-game cutscenes and anyone who has ever looked at other languages in game knows how different English can be from the rest, I would like to compare some lines in the just-released trailer.
Note that the translations are intentionally very literal which means they might not sound that great, but the purpose is to compare details.

1:23 Lady of the Light

• English: That (?bloom?) will be your guide, test and proof of your conviction.
• German: It/she shall be your guide and grant you insight into the hearts of others. (Sie soll dein Wegweiser sein und dir Einblick in die Herzen anderer gewähren.)
• French: May it/she be at the same time the judge that will submit you to the trials and the guide that will permit you to overcome them. (Puisse t'elle être à la fois le juge qui te soumettra aux épreuves et le guide qui te permettra de les surmonter.)
• Japanese: It will be a guide, but also test you and people. (それは道しるべであり、あなたを、人を試すもの.)

1:50 Cirina Mol or new character with same VA (thanks DaemonInazuma)

• English: Come, let me relieve you of your burden. You've suffered enough.
• German: Let's end the suffering, what else is left to hope for? (Machen wir dem Leid ein Ende, was sonst bleibt denn zu hoffen?)
• French: Abandon this suffering, forget it. In the face of it, what else could you hope for but deliverance anyway. (Abandonne cette souffrance, oublie la - face à elle que peux tu espérer d'autre que la délivrance de toute façon.)
• Japanese: Let's put an end to it, this suffering. Other than that, what more could you wish for? (終わりにしましょう　苦しみを。 それ以外に　何を望むというの)

3:20 Fandaniel (sounding very tempered)

• English: There must be a way to restore things to the way they were! To reclaim the perfect paradise we once had. Different voice, Fourchenault? It will be ours again! A world free of sorrow!
• German: O Zodiark! God created by our hand, please answer our prayers! Lead us back to better days! (Oh Zodiark! Gott geschaffen von unserer Hand, bitte erhöre unsere Gebete! Führe uns zurück zu besseren Tagen!)
• French: O Great Zodiark! You who incarnate our ultimate chance of salvation, may you fulfill our prayers! Devour and weave lives again and again, until finally being able to take us back to that time. (Oh Grand Zodiark! Toi qui incarne notre ultime chance de salut, puisse tu exaucer nos priéres! Dévore et tisse des vies encore et encore, jusqu'à enfin pouvoir nous reconduire en ce temps là.)
• Japanese: Oh... Zodiark... god of our creation! Please answer our prayers! And then, please bring us back! (ああ…ゾディアーク… 我らのつくりし神。どうか祈りを聞き届け給え。そして私たちをかえしておくれ…)

3:45 Emet-Selch in English, probably a new character in the other languages

• English: Let the curtains fall upon this, the final chapter in the tale of this star.
• German: Do you really want to destroy such a beautiful world? (Willst du eine solch schöne Welt wirklich vernichten?)
• French: What do you intend to do? Destroy our beautiful world? (Que compte tu faire? Détruire notre beau monde? )
• Japanese: So you want to destroy it, this beautiful world? (壊そうというのか この美しい世界を)

Could middle new voice be Ryne?

For that last part that is Emet: In German, it's Fandaniel who is speaking. Since he adresses Zodiark before, it creates a conflict with the English Trailer. In German, Fandaniel is just a contradiction, both begging Zodiark to bring back better days while questioning the destruction of the current(?) world. I'm only 80% certain though.

Yeah in French it sounds like Fandaniel as well. He says "our beautiful world", so I think he's talking about the ancient world (possibly brought back by Zodiark at that point), not Hydaelyn.
Talking about a "beautiful world" really sounds like a complete 180 for his character, though.

An interesting thing to note about "New Voice" that I saw on Twitter. At least in English, she sounds very similar to Ryne's voice actress. I don't know about the other languages, however.

Good point, I didn't expect her to show up, but that voice does sound like Ryne in all 4 languages.

I was wondering if maybe the voice at 1:50 is Zodiark. In FFXII, Zodiark was kept as a child because of his immense strength, and so maybe Zodiark in XIV has been reduced to an almost childlike state because of the Sundering, giving him a more childlike voice? Zodiark is also Salvation, and it seems fitting that the Primal made to save the star would try to relieve us of our burdens and save us. Although the voice also sounding similar to Ryne in all four languages kinda chucks a wrench in that idea.

Not to mention Zodiark's actual core and summoner is a literal child (Elidibus, the real one), so... you may be onto something! :D

I don't think the voice sounds like Ryne at all - to me it sounds more like Tataru if anything, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's an entirely new character.

Yeah I'm not hearing Ryne there either. To be fair though, it's been a long while since I heard her.

If that voice after (maybe) Fandaniel really is Fourchenault, though... Sharlayan - Amaurot link confirmed?

Same voice actor could be voicing Ryne and another (like Ardbert and Arenvald)

That French translation of Fandaniel makes me wonder if his endgame is to destroy everything then have Zodiark completely remake existence after consuming the wayward souls and aether that are left in the aftermath.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

That French translation of Fandaniel makes me wonder if his endgame is to destroy everything then have Zodiark completely remake existence after consuming the wayward souls and aether that are left in the aftermath.

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Yeah that's kind of the angle I'm leaning towards. Since Zodiarks raison d'être is to save the world and provide salvation. If Fandaniel blows up said world and across Hydaelyn people begin praying for someone to save them I would assume all these hopes and prayers would fuel the big man himself just like it did back in Amaurot.

The "Ryne" voice doesn't sound like her. It's of a different tone and way of speaking. I also just don't see her saying something like that to the WoL.

That voice that people say sounds like Ryne sounds more like Tataru for me. Not that in game that's her speaking but rather her VA is voicing another character.

Pretty sure the young girl voice is going to be one of the three Magus Sisters. They don't have an exact line correlation in any of the FFIV translations, but they did taunt Cecil and Co. with some words before and after their defeat.

We're talking about the voice at the 2 minute mark? Because that doesn't even sound like the same voice actress, let alone the same character. It's probably just someone new.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Not to mention Zodiark's actual core and summoner is a literal child (Elidibus, the real one), so... you may be onto something! :D

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I'm sorry to derail but I keep seeing this... Elidibus was not a child, he was a young man, probably around G'raha Tia's (physical) age. The JP word used is 青年 (seinen), which is the term for "young man", as in, young adult man. If he had really been a child during his tenure as Emissary, the correct term would instead be 少年 (shounen).

Is the final sentence before the title drop actually Fandaniel for the FR version? It's slightly different.
In the JP version, you can clearly say those are different voices and since FR version is more than often closer to the JP version...

It sounds closer to the guy standing in front of the garlemald flag in judge armor (around 2:20)

Yeah it's probably not Fandaniel, but it's also not Emet, so who is it? :confused:

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Originally Posted by LemonJuice

I'm sorry to derail but I keep seeing this... Elidibus was not a child, he was a young man, probably around G'raha Tia's (physical) age. The JP word used is 青年 (seinen), which is the term for "young man", as in, young adult man. If he had really been a child during his tenure as Emissary, the correct term would instead be 少年 (shounen).

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I would assume he's closer to Alphinaud's age honestly, partially because if he's G'raha's age it feels less noteworthy and partially because it feels like there's a lot of parallels between him and Alphinaud with them both being very staunch idealists who look up to their coworkers, especially the one who goes out and helps other people at their own behest.

Adding to derail: German version goes with the term for young man as well, hinting at him being anywhere from 18 to 27. He was younger than most of the Convocation, but that was about it. We see in Amaurot that Amaurotines act way different when addressing actual children.
Him being that small after Seat of Sacrifice is most likely clever symbolism of how much of 'him' was lost over the years as Zodiark's heart.

I'm going to add the final point to that derail and point out Elidibus is also called a young man in the French version, implying late teens at least.

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Is the final sentence before the title drop actually Fandaniel for the FR version? It's slightly different.
In the JP version, you can clearly say those are different voices and since FR version is more than often closer to the JP version...

It sounds closer to the guy standing in front of the garlemald flag in judge armor (around 2:20)

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Very much agree with this, if you play the two lines back to back in Japanese it's clearly the same voice speaking, and it certainly isn't Emet or Asahi-Fandaniel.

Speaking of, I can't say I identified Fandaniel's voice at any point in the trailer (playing with Japanese VA), but there is indeed the possibility that he could at some point stop being (and sounding like) Asahi.

The part about Zodiark, before the mysterious last line, is very much Elidibus in Japanese, unless I am having severe hallucinations.

I guess we can all agree that it's hard to clearly determine voices by just a single line, unless they are really distinctive. German Elidibus is one such distinctive voice and I definitely don't hear it in the trailer.

It's especially difficult when the casting is based on similar characteristics, e.g. that voice that is clearly supposed to be a young girl and sounds similar to Ryne.

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Originally Posted by GoldStarz

I would assume he's closer to Alphinaud's age honestly, partially because if he's G'raha's age it feels less noteworthy and partially because it feels like there's a lot of parallels between him and Alphinaud with them both being very staunch idealists who look up to their coworkers, especially the one who goes out and helps other people at their own behest.

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We don't know his exact "age". The implication based on the wording and visuals is that Elidibus was significantly younger/inexperienced compared to the rest of the Convocation. While his job was significant, the rest of the members viewed him as a protégé of sorts.

To add to this, there are actually two versions of "young man" in English. One version is literal, referring to a man who is young, in the context of defining a human male as an "adult", 18+ usually. The other term does refer to a child. This is probably why the term is confusing in English, as they aren't two distinct terms like in other languages. The same is true for the term young lady. Though it's easier to distinguish since most people say young woman when referring to an actual adult. The main distinction between the terms is being literal or being figurative.

On a different note, the little girls voice we hear sounds like it could be Anima, since it plays during that scene in the trailer. It doesn't really sound like Ryne. We've heard her voice get "high" at times and it wasn't the same. Not saying it couldn't be the same VA though, I mean just look at Y'shtola and Titania, lol

I wouldn't assume it's Anima from the trailer, since those are known to throw some red herrings and also use very different speakers from very different scenes over trailer footage. Unless this time is different to throw us off...

After looking at the trailer a few times, that voice from 1:50 is a deeper voice Tataru, she is playing a bigger part in EW and I think she is not a primal or Zodiark (Time for my tin hat)

My theory about Tataru

I think she is part of the Forum as a spy for them to keep them inform about the movements of the Scions and other business that affect them. She is very talented in many different ways and she has qualities of a spy. She could be feeding them with information about WOL. I just guess, I might be totally wrong about it but this is one possibility.

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Originally Posted by NekiUno

After looking at the trailer a few times, that voice from 1:50 is a deeper voice Tataru, she is playing a bigger part in EW and I think she is not a primal or Zodiark (Time for my tin hat)

My theory about Tataru

I think she is part of the Forum as a spy for them to keep them inform about the movements of the Scions and other business that affect them. She is very talented in many different ways and she has qualities of a spy. She could be feeding them with information about WOL. I just guess, I might be totally wrong about it but this is one possibility.

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But she wasn't apart of the Circle of Knowing part of the Scions, she was from the Path of the Twelve part. It would be weird if the forum just sent a spy to scope out some random religious group and then somehow got mixed up with a bunch of Sharlayan scholars who do activities that the Forum probably doesn't approve of.

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Originally Posted by GoldStarz

But she wasn't apart of the Circle of Knowing part of the Scions, she was from the Path of the Twelve part. It would be weird if the forum just sent a spy to scope out some random religious group and then somehow got mixed up with a bunch of Sharlayan scholars who do activities that the Forum probably doesn't approve of.

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I don't agree with the theory, but playing devil's advocate, that actually kinda makes sense if you assume Sharlayan has some connection to Venat/Hydaelyn (who would be aware of Minfilia's significance, whatever it ends up being). Unless we're just thinking Minfilia has no larger relevance to the plot besides "Got taken by Hydaelyn once and then went to the first". If Minfilia was important to Hydaelyn and Hydaelyn had a connection to Sharlayan then you might see Sharlayan send a spy to Minfilia's side. It's a silly theory though and obviously there's zero evidence for it.

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Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

I don't agree with the theory, but playing devil's advocate, that actually kinda makes sense if you assume Sharlayan has some connection to Venat/Hydaelyn (who would be aware of Minfilia's significance, whatever it ends up being). Unless we're just thinking Minfilia has no larger relevance to the plot besides "Got taken by Hydaelyn once and then went to the first". If Minfilia was important to Hydaelyn and Hydaelyn had a connection to Sharlayan then you might see Sharlayan send a spy to Minfilia's side. It's a silly theory though and obviously there's zero evidence for it.

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I know that the theory is very silly (that why i said tin-foil hat) but the one thing about this game is that everything is on the table

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Originally Posted by RicaRuin

Could middle new voice be Ryne?

For that last part that is Emet: In German, it's Fandaniel who is speaking. Since he adresses Zodiark before, it creates a conflict with the English Trailer. In German, Fandaniel is just a contradiction, both begging Zodiark to bring back better days while questioning the destruction of the current(?) world. I'm only 80% certain though.

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The voice at the 1:50 mark is more than likely Cirina Mol. She's in the trailer at the 1:18 mark alongside Lucia, Maxima, and I believe Sadu in the back right along with some Alliance NPCs in Garlemald. Here's the voice clip in the Launch Trailer:

Clipped Voice in Launch Trailer

Here's a youtube video of our introduction to Cirina in Stormblood (credit to Aurora Gamer for the video):

Cirina in Stormblood

Her English VA is Jaimi Barbakoff. She also voices Beq Lugg in Shadowbringers.

The line between Fandaniel and Emet is maybe Fourchenault, but since he's yelling the line and not speaking plainly, it's kind of hard to tell:

Clip of yelling voice

Fourchenalt speaking

Fourchenault English VA is Anthony Howell for reference.

If that voice is Cirina, the line about ending the suffering is probably less significant than I first thought. I guess they are trying to convince the last few 'loyal' Garleans to give up and join them against Zenos.
Of course, it could also be a new character voiced by the same VA, in theory at least.

They really love putting no context lines that can be extremely misleading when shown in conjunction with unrelated scenes, so I tend to put more stock in what's happening over what's being said.

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If that voice is Cirina, the line about ending the suffering is probably less significant than I first thought. I guess they are trying to convince the last few 'loyal' Garleans to give up and join them against Zenos.
Of course, it could also be a new character voiced by the same VA, in theory at least.

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The only voice I couldn't place was this one at 2:19 though I'm almost certain that is a Garlean accent:

Garlean speaking

My thought is it is Titus yae Galvus who is Varis's brother and Zenos's uncle. If that is the case, then it would definitely make the blue-haired Garlean Nerva yae Galvus, Titus's son. Nerva is the one who sought the throne in 5.1-5.2 and also accepted funds from House Brutus (Asahi aka Fandaniel) to fund the civil war.

As we saw with Cirina's line, it is placed in the trailer for effect and not when the line is actually spoken so the blonde haired Garlean in judge armor could be Nero or it could be Titus.

Also to make another note about Nero, we really know very little of his past save the small side story "A Display of Ingenuity." I'm hoping they expand on it in Endwalker since we are definitely going to see the Academy in Garlemald.

Unrelated Side Note: As a guy who taught English in ESL for many years, I've always been fascinated with accents. It's really fun to see how the Dev team and Koji decided what each people group should sound like depending on what part of the world and nation they hail from. For instance, Most Limsans and residents of Vylbrand have some form of an Irish accent. Most working class Eorzean's have a Cockney accent while the ruling class has either a Queen's English or Conservative RP. Of course, we can't forget the Ala Mhigan's who have a multitude of the Yorkshire accent.

At this point, I'm excited for when we get to go to the New World or Merycidia and see what the Dev team decides their accent should be like. I'm going to laugh if we get there and all of the sudden someone named Sean or Frank shows up and asks if we're a "Cawp." :)

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Originally Posted by DaemonInazuma

The voice at the 1:50 mark is more than likely Cirina Mol. She's in the trailer at the 1:18 mark alongside Lucia, Maxima, and I believe Sadu in the back right along with some Alliance NPCs in Garlemald. Here's the voice clip in the Launch Trailer:

Clipped Voice in Launch Trailer

Here's a youtube video of our introduction to Cirina in Stormblood (credit to Aurora Gamer for the video):

Cirina in Stormblood

Her English VA is Jaimi Barbakoff. She also voices Beq Lugg in Shadowbringers.

The line between Fandaniel and Emet is maybe Fourchenault, but since he's yelling the line and not speaking plainly, it's kind of hard to tell:

Clip of yelling voice

Fourchenalt speaking

Fourchenault English VA is Anthony Howell for reference.

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Cirina is definitely way closer to that voice, but the tone of speaking feels really ominous even divorced from the visual context, so I still have to wonder if it's not the VA doubling up.

Fourchenault and the other voice I don't think are the same though. That said, it's hard to say that it's definitely an Ascian because both Garleans and Sharlayans could probably have that view of their society before the Final Days.

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Originally Posted by DaemonInazuma

The only voice I couldn't place was this one at 2:19 though I'm almost certain that is a Garlean accent:

Garlean speaking

My thought is it is Titus yae Galvus who is Varis's brother and Zenos's uncle. If that is the case, then it would definitely make the blue-haired Garlean Nerva yae Galvus, Titus's son. Nerva is the one who sought the throne in 5.1-5.2 and also accepted funds from House Brutus (Asahi aka Fandaniel) to fund the civil war.

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Got your generations mixed up, Titus is Varis' uncle (and also probably dead since he and Varis were the ones battle for the throne). The Garlean we see from behind is more likely Nerva than the blue-haired one as Nerva is more than likely around Varis' age.

Added (probably bad) Japanese translations, as expected very close to French and German. Unfortunately no full clarity as to what the lady in light is referring to (she's probably saying 'bloom' in English but it sounds more like 'dwoom').

Wanted to be on sooner with JP translations, but the forums seem to think logging in to decorate isn't a real login or something.


Your translations are basically correct, though I would transcribe the first one as それは道しるべであり、あなたを、人を試すもの. Grammatically, it's more like, "It will be your guide, but it will also be a test for you, and for man." The suggestion being that the WoL is serving as a proxy for the worthiness of humanity itself.

The line at 1:50 sounds like Alisaie. She even shows up on-screen a little after, speaking in the same tone. Rie Murakawa has a really distinctive voice, and Alisaie's speech patterns are also very different from other characters. Transcription is correct, but going by spoken intent, "Let's put an end to [this] sufffering. Could anything be a more important wish than that?" Sounds more like her usual grumpy heroism than the other languages. Are they actually using the same line?

Voice at 3:45 is 100% not Emet-Selch. My money is on Zodiark.

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Originally Posted by Fenral

Wanted to be on sooner with JP translations, but the forums seem to think logging in to decorate isn't a real login or something.

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If you haven't logged in for 2+ weeks it's pretty picky on what constitutes a "login." You have to play a substantial amount of time and do zone changes and stuff; just logging in to log in doesn't work.

I haven't quite managed to discern what exactly works, but it's something like 2+ hours with a Duty. Either that or it runs a scan every X hours. Reminds me I need to hop on for a bit 'fore I get booted off the forums; already got my Inferno Jacket and I'm too busy replaying Tales of Symphonia to bother with anything else right now.

Highly doubt thats Cirina, probably same VA yeah, but thats not the kind of tone she would speak.
probably a new character

Anyone know who says the line "We've come too far to back down now"?

I feel like it could be Thancred but I'm not 100% sure on this - the delivery just seems a little unusual for him.

Voice at 3:45 is the exact same one used for 2:24, I somehow doubt it's Zodiark and think it's whoever is with still with Nevra in Garlemald (or does anyone remember what Nero sounds like again in JP, I honestly forgot).

But yeah I was really surprised at how different JP is from english. 3:25 sounds a lot like Ishida Akira aka Elidibus. However in the english version it's Fandaniel talking and then what I assume Urianger "It will be ours again, our world free of sorrow"?
(I'm very unsure now, or maybe Junichi Yanagita is just really good at having his voice sound like it's breakin down similary to Ishida)
I agree that 1:46 sounds a lot like Alisae, while in the english version it's totally different. The lines are practically the same, but again english doesn't sound like Alisae at all.