Translations (JP to English)

[Colino]

Good stuff Reinheart, thanks for all the QA translations.

Wish we had a forum QA over here

[Jynx]

That's a shame we wont be able to add comments to our map markers, I liked being able to mark where certain things were and have a little comment about it on my map.

Oh well....

[Coombah]

I think they should allow us to add a small comment to each marker and i think it's awesome we can share it with someone.

[Reinheart]

Maybe the user add-on's can add such feature to add notes? Not sure how much we can do on that kind of stuff...

Not much useful in current FFXIV but when they do add contents that requires alliances would be nice if there was an whiteboard with map overlay where PT leaders can plan our the routes in game rather than outside. Put markers, draw lines with multiple colors (use for like Party A, Party B, Party C route and stuff). Sure you can use websites that has these features but gotta think about PS3 users also so would be nice in-game.

[Shougun]

Maybe the user add-on's can add such feature to add notes? Not sure how much we can do on that kind of stuff...

Not much useful in current FFXIV but when they do add contents that requires alliances would be nice if there was an whiteboard with map overlay where PT leaders can plan our the routes in game rather than outside. Put markers, draw lines with multiple colors (use for like Party A, Party B, Party C route and stuff). Sure you can use websites that has these features but gotta think about PS3 users also so would be nice in-game.

Loved the minimap whiteboard found in some other games!

Could also definitely use a fullscreen white board mode!

Should have to start the whiteboard board mode like inviting someone to trade with you, otherwise you might get penis on your minimap when in pugs.

[Reinheart]

Not really any info but JP side has Haiku contest and Foxclon posted one with a hint

アルファ版　ビデオでいろいろ　見せちゃうよ

Alpha Version
Many in video
Will show it

(JP version haiku different from EN style so translation doesn't make it correct haiku)

――モリモリ準備中です。ご期待ください
We're getting it ready so look forward to it

[Rannie]

funny I was just reading about the japanese language and how their haiku isn't for syllables but something else shit i forgot the exact word... starts with a m.... so it's 5 m something 7 m something 5 m something LOL yeah i was just reading it on wiki last night so it didn't stick to my brain completely...

[Coombah]

Not really any info but JP side has Haiku contest and Foxclon posted one with a hint

hmm this is really interesting...and Rannie the m you was thinking of is Morae /Moras .


Japanese is a language famous for its moraic qualities. Most dialects, including the standard, use moras (in Japanese, haku (拍) or mōra (モーラ)) rather than syllables as the basis of the sound system. Writing Japanese in kana (hiragana and katakana) demonstrates the moraic system of writing; for example, the word　Tomato is　written in three letters ト マ ト which correspond to to/ma/to.
For example, haiku in modern Japanese do not follow the pattern 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables, as commonly believed, but rather the pattern 5 moras/7 moras/5 moras.
As one example, the Japanese syllable-final n is moraic, as is the first part of a geminate consonant. For example, the word Nippon (one of the pronunciations of 日本, the name for "Japan" in Japanese) has either four moras (ni-p-po-n), each of the four characters used in the hiragana spelling, にっぽん or three moras (ni-ho-n) にほん.
Thus, in Japanese, the words Tōkyō (to-u-kyo-u とうきょう), Ōsaka (o-o-sa-ka おおさか), and Nagasaki (na-ga-sa-ki ながさき) all have four moras, even though they have two, three, and four syllables, respectively.

[Rannie]

yeah that's the word mora lol mind you i only read it once last night and it was really just skimming everything. thanks ^_^

[Coombah]

yeah that's the word mora lol mind you i only read it once last night and it was really just skimming everything. thanks ^_^

Still that is a good memory. I would have already forgot it. I'm curious to see what this is all about and if we will get anything posted on our side. That haiku can have so many different meanings..