Quote Originally Posted by Aeyis View Post
Speaking from someone that has Japanese voice enabled with English text:
It is not a case of translation skill. A lot of the dialogue is altered (localized). Because of that, a good portion of the original intent actually is lost.
Many characters sound very different between japanese and english dialogue. (I cannot speak for french or german, as ive not read/heard those)
Except that, as we keep having to point out to people, there is no true "original" in FFXIV, because each team has input that then gets worked into the other languages.