Thread: Translation Corner 2.0 (or should it be 4.0?)

Hello everyone,

For those who have been here long enough to remember, way back in 2011 I made a thread in the old forums for the purpose of translating segments of the Japanese forums and/or any news or interviews related to FF 14.

In light of the recent 3rd year anniversary interview and other news that has appeared in Japanese only, I'm reviving that old thread for the purpose of helping reduce the amount of misinformation and Google (Mis)Translation going on.

So without further ado, if anyone wants something related to FF14 translated, please post a link here, or the text itself. I can't guarantee I will get back to you immediately, but I will try my hardest to keep up as much as I can.

Thanks for listening!

@Shougun

Thanks for being the first customer. Just to give an overview of your question, Yoshi P in 2014 talked about how if they were to ever implement BLU, he was thinking it would be a Solo-only job. So people aren't without reason to think that would be the case. However, recently he talked about how he thought while "collection" was extremely interesting, he didn't think a solo-only BLU would be very interesting. So he is thinking to implement it more as a "Monster Expert"... whatever he means by that. lol

Ok, on to your links. First one (happens to be what I just reference above):

青魔道士のラーニングは、コレクション的な遊びとしてはすごいおもしろい。フィールド上での遊びを最近どうにかしたいと思っていて、青魔道士のソロでモンスターと戦い、ラーニングしてアクションが増えていくみたいな遊びはおもしろいのではないかと思っている。将来的に、ソロ専用ジョブというわけではないが、“モンスター博士”みたいな立ち位置で青魔道士はアリなのかもと思ったりしている。

"The collection playstyle of Blue Mage is incredibly interesting. Recently I've been thinking I want to somehow have Blue Mages in the field, and thinking that the type of playstyle involving fighting monsters solo to learn abilities might not be that interesting. In the near future, I'm thinking it won't be a solo-only job [referencing his previous comments from 2014], but there will be a Blue Mage whose role will be more of a "Monster Expert" I think."

Number 2:

北米では「青魔導士」という予想も出ており，吉田氏は「ラーニング」は遊びとして面白いので，将来的にソロ専用などでアリかなと思っているという。さらに，「獣使い」などのペットジョブもいずれは出したいとのこと。

"In North America, there's an expectation that BLU will be released. Yoshida-san has said that "learning" gamplay is interesting, so in the future he's thinking about whether they would have something like a solo-only BLU. Furthermore, [he said] that sooner or later he'd like to release a pet job like Beastmaster."

Third one:

-将来的に青魔道士や獣使いは入れたら楽しそうだなぁとは思っている
・青魔道士はPTジョブとしてではなく、モンスター博士のような要素で入れるのはアリかもしれない

-[Yoshida-san] is thinking about if/when they add BLU and BST in the future, will they seem fun or not.
-BLU may not be a party job but instead might be a "Monster Expert" kind of job.

Alright, I'll bite and ask if you wouldn't mind clearing up a part from an interview from a while ago. I always felt like it was poorly fan translated and resulted in a spread of misinformation, so a more accurate and direct translation of it would certainly help clear things up.

It's from this Gamewatch interview, particularly this segment about Dark Knight and Samurai:

――暗黒騎士は“両手剣のタンク”というお話ですが、暗黒騎士をチョイスされた理由となぜタンクなのかという理由をお伺いできますか？

吉田氏：　タンクはみんなの盾役として常に前線に出ていく花形だと思うのです。プレイの特性上難しい面もありますが、プライドを持ってタンクをプレイしてくれている方は、本当にゲームを好きでいてくれているんだろうなと感じます。ですので追加はまずタンクから決めていこうと。その際に皆さんから「○○ジョブが欲しい！」というアイデアを沢山いただきました。その中に侍という選択肢がなかったわけではないのですが、ギリギリまで検討した上で、「蒼天のイシュガルド」のコンセプトや世界観と照らし合わせ、暗黒騎士で着地させました。

　僕の中の侍のイメージは、着流しに刀を下げ、居合の達人という感じです。どちらかと言えば、ロールはDPSのイメージの方が強いのです。また早い段階からパッチ2.4で忍者の実装が決まっていたため、和ジョブが続くのは印象的にどうかなと。「蒼天のイシュガルド」はハイファンジー寄りでダークな雰囲気でいこうと思っていますので、やはり今回はイメージに合わないということが大きいです。リクエストの多いジョブですし、期待している方もいると思うので、今回は見送りとなりましたが、今後も引き続き検討していこうと思います。

Thanks so much, it's nice to have it in a more readable format and more properly spelled out that his idea of a Samurai is of a kinagashi wearing iaijutsu master.

Originally Posted by Shippuu

Thanks so much, it's nice to have it in a more readable format and more properly spelled out that his idea of a Samurai is of a kinagashi wearing iaijutsu master.

No problem. ^_^

So yeah, if SAM is the second job (and only other job) for Stormblood, then we'll be getting two DPS most likely.