Translations (JP to English)

[Reinheart]

Hey Subliking, do you think you can translate this if there's anything important / interesting, please?

http://www.finalfantasy.jp/ff25th/2012/09/11/25_23.html

Source: http://www.finalfantasy.jp/ff25th/2012/09/11/25_23.html

正直言いますと自分なんかがFFを語ってしまっていいのか少々困惑しておりますが、せっかくなので書き殴ってみます。
Honestly I’m a bit uncomfortable for person like me talking about FF but since I have the opportunity let me write it up.

気がついたら10年以上この会社にいるんですが、実はFINAL FANTASYシリーズにドップリと関わったのってXIVが初めてなんです。
When I noticed I was already been in this company over 10 years but really the one Final Fantasy series I got really involved with was XIV.

いつもその巨大な存在感を身近に感じながらも、まあなんといいますか本能的に天邪鬼根性で、どうせスクウェアにいるならスクウェアらしくないゲームサウンドを作ってやるZE ！と、常にいつも会社に対してレジスタンスモード炸裂でたくさんのゲームサウンドを世に送り出してきました。
I always delivered many game sounds to the world with a feeling of resistance mode towards the company although I felt the large existance near me I had this evil spirit instinct that if I’m in Square, I will make sounds that doesn’t feel like Square!

いつも思ってたことは「FF にできないことやってやらぁ！」でした。
Always thought “I’ll do something you can’t in FF!”

FF 開発してる連中から
「なんかソケンの担当開発はいつも忙しそうだけど好き放題暴れられて、超大変そうだけど、楽しそうでいいなぁ・・・」
と言われるのが気持よくて仕方なかったのです。
って・・・！
なんかこう書くとちょーやなやつ！！ オレ！！
It feels good when guys developing FF say "The group Soken is leading is always busy but they can go crazy freely. They look really busy but it looks really fun..."
Writing stuff like this make me look like a bad guy!!

スクウェアに入社して一番最初にやった作業を思い出すと、民放アナウンサーの方と実況の収録を半年間ずーーっとやってたり、会社としてタイアップという事をやること自体が初めてという状況なのに、「スポーツゲームなんだから、ゲーム立ち上げたらテンションMAXの音楽がドーンだろ！！」と、全身タトゥー入りのPUNKバンドとのタイアップを無理矢理提案し、バンドメンバーをいきなり会社にお連れして皆を驚かせたりと、ほんとーーに全然FINAL FANTASYというイメージと真逆を突き進んでやってきました。
When I look back at the first work I did when I started in Square recording reality with commercial broadcast announcers for about half year straight and also being in a situation where I had to tie up for the first time in the company. “Since it’s a sports game so once the game starts up putting in music with max tension!” with that suggested I tied it up with a PUNK band with people who had full on tattoos. It really surprised everyone in the company when I brought one of the band member. I have been really moving in the opposite direction from Final Fantasy's image.

お陰様で効果音制作からスタートし、効果音、作曲、編曲、ダイアログ、レコーディング、エンジニアリングと、サウンドスタッフがやらなくてはならない作業の全てを網羅するという、分業を得意とするスタッフが集結している弊社サウンド室としてはかなりなレア・クリエーターに進化しました。
Thanks to that I started out with creating sound effects and ended up evolving into becoming a rare creator within our companies sound room where staff can do everything from sound effects, composing, arranging, dialogs, recording and engineering.

そんな感じで一匹狼状態で10年近く好き放題やってたら・・・・
ついにぶち込まれた！！
暴風雨の吹き荒れるFINAL FANTASY XIVへ・・・！！
And with that I was being a lone wolf for about 10 years doing whatever I like and that's when I was finally thrown in!! I was thrown into FINAL FANTASY XIV which was going through heavy storm!!

ガクブルしながらFINAL FANTASYという巨大戦艦にバカのふりして突撃してみると、そこはもう最高の技術と最高の芸術がひしめき合う最高の鉄火場でした！！！
まじかよ！！ これ、オレの手におえるのか・・・？？
最初の印象は正直これでした。
When I charged into the large battleship named FINAL FANTASY acting stupid, the ground was very hot where highest technology and highest art skills were all combined!
I was like Are you for real!! Can I really handle this...??
That was my honest first impression.

まあ、現在まさにFINAL FANTASY という巨大開発戦艦のサウンド砲撃台の指揮を預かっているわけですが、この印象は未だにたいして変わってないです・・・ダハハ。
Well, currently I am leading this large battleship FINAL FANTASY’s sound cannon but that impression hasn’t change yet... haha.

最高の芸術が最高の技術の上で花開く、全部入りの最高に面白いゲーム、
それがFINAL FANTASY なんですかね。
The best and most interesting game which has the highest art skills bloomed with highest technology, that's what FINAL FANTASY is I think.

各々のスタッフが掲げている目標が非常に高いので、
きっといつまでもその見えないゴールのテープを追い続けながら、
FINAL FANTASYという開発は続いていくんだと思います！！
Each individual staffs target goal is really high so I think the development of FINAL FANTASY will continue forever trying to reach that goal which you can't see an end to.

ていうか、ようはあれだ！
FINAL FANTASYは、
気合と知力と根性が結集した、
ザ！ スーパーウルトラグレートマキシム・ベリーベストストロングエンターテイメントなんだ！ きっと！！！
Well it’s basically this!
FINAL FANTASY is something that gathers fighting spirit, wisdom, and will power!
It’s THE SUPER ULTRA GREAT MAXIMUM VERY BEST STRONG ENTERTAINMENT! THAT’S IT!!!

開発部（サウンドグループ）　サウンドエディター　祖堅 正慶
Development Division (Sound Group) Sound Editor Soken Masayoshi

Reading stuff like this makes me really want to work for them even more... hopefully they got another position open soon for translation or something.... ><

Man I bet I didn't get in because of that one damn english word they used on test which I never seen before and JP reference was all confusing also orz orz orz orz shouldn't of used that JP word I never used before orz


response - tag to make this post show up on Sublimen Tracker

EDIT: Reread my own post, as usual some parts might be hard to understand... really need to proof read my own stuff but pressed post already... editing it on the forums is kind of painful lol specially when using Chrome lol... guess I can open it up in FireFox and fix it up there w

EDIT2: Fixed it up a bit... still don't feel right but should be little bit better...

[Jynx]

Reading stuff like this makes me really want to work for them even more... hopefully they got another position open soon for translation or something.... ><

They still have the add sitting on the front page, maybe they are just taking their sweet ass time.

[Reinheart]

They still have the add sitting on the front page, maybe they are just taking their sweet ass time.

Nah that's for the LOC TEAM, I applied for QA Translator. LOC TEAM one seems really interesting and I would really want to go for it but first off I lack on English vocabulary so that's one big problem already lol + having a family I don't have much option to move/live to Japan and doing all that fun stuff. While QA translator the office is here in Los Angeles and I can commute and at same time if they need me to go to Japan or other countries time to time for business trips I could do that, I just can't be in a position to live in another country when I want my kids to grow up here in the US.

Pretty sure them growing up in Japan also isn't bad but my wife doesn't want to live in Japan so that's one and I also don't want my kids to go through the same life style I went through in Japan, although most likely 2012's community is more open to foreigners (gaijin) than when I grew up in the 80's at same time I don't want to be a dad who's not there for his kids for month's by living in Japan on my own while rest of family living in US.