Translation Team: Please stop doing this...

[AlexiaArchos]

Stop kidding yourself. The Localization Team members aren't listed in the Final Fantasy XIV End Credits as "Writer / Planner / Story Designer". Because they are NOT.

Probably, but lets not forget that Koji-Fox is listed as one of the 2 World Lore Creators, in the opening movie, so his imput might have more weight.

[Krr]

If the English script is an interpretation rather than a translation then all that really says is that I feel Koji Fox is a shitty writer who overuses memes and unnecessary faux-olde speak. My evidence for this is the script he wrote full of mood-killing memes and faux-olde speak that makes every character seem generic.

[Intaki]

faux-olde speak.

You realize the Japanese dialogue does the exact same thing, yes?

[Krr]

You realize the Japanese dialogue does the exact same thing, yes?

Not in any literal translation of it I've seen. Only a handful of characters have linguistic quirks; which are always noted specifically; not the entire cast.

[Intaki]

Not in any literal translation of it I've seen. Only a handful of characters have linguistic quirks; which are always noted specifically; not the entire cast.

How many professional literal translations have you seen (ignoring the fact that a literal translation of a Japanese text will leave you missing about half an entire conversation's worth of contextual information).

[AskaRay]

Not in any literal translation of it I've seen. Only a handful of characters have linguistic quirks; which are always noted specifically; not the entire cast.

literal translation

If a true localisation team member (of any game, anime, whatever) translates literal Japanese into literal English and said, "this is good" they would be fired.

[Niwashi]

Not in any literal translation of it I've seen.

Well, of course not, because then it wouldn't be a translation. If they left in all the Japanese grammar and word choices, then it would still be in Japanese. Translations inherently remove all that.

[Gilthas]

If the English script is an interpretation rather than a translation then all that really says is that I feel Koji Fox is a shitty writer who overuses memes and unnecessary faux-olde speak. My evidence for this is the script he wrote full of mood-killing memes and faux-olde speak that makes every character seem generic.

First: It's a localization, not a translation.

Second: I disagree with your opinion. I love all the real-world references and I also like the faux-olde speech. The only thing I dislike is the "pirate speech" being too thick.