Big Shout Out to Kate of the Localization Team

[Ryaz]

As they announced today, Koji has been working on FFXVI for a while now and Kate, who translated the second half of tonight's Live Letter, has been leading the localization team for FFXIV since ShB (which was a pretty big bombshell). Given how well written both ShB and EW have been, she's been doing an incredible job with the English versions, both in story translations and with keeping the funny bits (like item descriptions, fate names, etc) flowing.

So, thank you, Kate, for all the hard work making the English version so good. "The rains have ceased and we have been graced with another beautiful day, but you are not here to see it."

[Atelier-Bagur]

So much this, she's been an absolute gem of a translator!

[aveyond-dreams]

Agreed. Excellent job!

[Shougun]

Good work Kate!

(And of course the team in general, just because someone doesn't get a face in the camera doesn't mean they're not important- but yes here in this situation Kate did well on camera and apparently also in the game itself ).

[Emet-Wigglingway]

Yes, she did a great job.

[Tsukino]

As they announced today, Koji has been working on FFXVI for a while now[...]

Thanks for the heads-up to get the Japanese version of XVI.

[Sicno]

So that's why we've seen less obnoxiously obscure words lately. Other than the "cogitate" spam.

Also why mechanics now have clear names pointing to "left" and "right" instead of trying to be fancy. I welcome the change.

[Shurrikhan]

Don't get me wrong, I love Koji -- especially as a figure over XIV's history/recovery -- but I've no critiques to be made of Kate's work in this case. Great stuff, and I'm glad she seemed to be enjoying it.

[Iscah]

Also why mechanics now have clear names pointing to "left" and "right" instead of trying to be fancy. I welcome the change.

Not necessarily a result of the change in translator. Koji talked about that at a prior presentation, having been caught between keeping the meaning of the Japanese attack names (which is what we ultimately got) and the clear left/right instructions contained within the Japanese words but not the English equivalents. He said after that uproar they'd be working more closely over the attack names to make sure the issue didn't come up again.

[Sicno]

Not necessarily a result of the change in translator. Koji talked about that at a prior presentation, having been caught between keeping the meaning of the Japanese attack names (which is what we ultimately got) and the clear left/right instructions contained within the Japanese words but not the English equivalents. He said after that uproar they'd be working more closely over the attack names to make sure the issue didn't come up again.

(I know, just let me enjoy my witch bbq. I've been waiting many years for this.)

Ahem. Regardless, the new names have been clear enough, so good job on that