Better English Subtitles (Japanese to English)

"BETTER ENGLISH SUBTITLES" (Japanese to English) is a fully rewritten "what you hear is what you read" translation of the Japanese script and audio into English subtitles and dialogue.

In being a full "from scratch" rewrite, this translation corrects (via replacement) some unusual grammar that you would sometimes see, various inconsistencies in the narrative flow, provides better interpretations of certain phrases and idioms that generally don't have translations in English, and adds context to lines that previously seemed to come out of left-field.

HOW TO INSTALL

1. Unzip the file

2. Drag and drop the "English (JP to EN)" folder into MiSide\Data\Languages

3. Launch the game

4. In the MAIN MENU, click on LANGUAGE

5. Select "English (JP to EN)"

6. Play the game

Nothing is replaced, so you can always switch back to the original "English" translation if you decide you don't like this translated version at any time.

Also, please make sure you're using the Japanese voice audio, otherwise there isn't much point in using this translation.

WHY DOES THIS EXIST?

I've lived in Japan for over a decade, and Japanese is my second language, so I often found myself reading the subtitles and thinking:

"Wait, that's not what she just said..."

That's not to say that the English subtitles are bad (in fact, they're quite good! No shade here!), but there are various instances where it seems that the subtitles might have been translated from a different language into English (but share the same context as what's being said), have been interpreted in such a way that's not presented or determined by the voice acting, or just lack the same cultural understanding that someone who lives in the country where the language is spoken has.

For example, in the Japanese script, one line of dialogue is: "Ichi kara hyaku made kyōmi nai!"

In the English translation, this appears as "Not the first, not the hundredth!", which isn't something people really say in English, and doesn't really go with what was said before this, or the context of the conversation in general.

The direct translation of this line would be "I'm not interested in (tea