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    Wasn’t the lead of the localization team also really involved in writing the game’s lore for a while? If I remember right, they were not just translating but actually part of the world-building. So I do not think the problem is with localization itself. It feels more like an issue with the writing, and the localization just ends up showing those flaws.
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    99.99% chance probably a Titanman alt

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    John Lakeside
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonoki View Post
    Wasn’t the lead of the localization team also really involved in writing the game’s lore for a while? If I remember right, they were not just translating but actually part of the world-building. So I do not think the problem is with localization itself. It feels more like an issue with the writing, and the localization just ends up showing those flaws.
    Quote Originally Posted by MikkoAkure View Post
    Supposedly it was the localization team that came up with the lore for the faeries’ language, which could mean they were probably always meant to be that way and it’s the fact that other languages lack non-gendered pronouns why they are like that outside of English.

    The English localization team as well as the others are part of the overall writing team. They’re not siloed off completely separated and doing their own thing alone without supervision. A lot of the game’s lore came from Koji and the localization teams.
    Yeah, I've heard from Reddit that the localization team is involved in the actual writing. But I haven't been able to find any interviews or press releases confirming that localizers are substantively involved in lore development.
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    Lyse is great if you play in Japanese. The English VA totally butchered her character.