Socially distant

Finally added an extroversion tag because I guess it applies now. Just about everything I was going to do this weekend was cancelled, and then the backup stuff I would have done instead was all also cancelled, so I ended up texting people for one-on-one hangout time because I figured that's pretty safe and also because after one day of sitting at home I was going stir-crazy. Is this was being an extrovert is like? I don't like it.

I do like the Japanese words, though. They're basically translations of the English--extroversion is 外向性 gaikōsei and 内向性 naikōsei, "outward-facing personality" and "inward-facing personality."

lisekatevans's theatre performance is cancelled and they might try to remount it next year. LIVE this month is cancelled, and they said they'll look at next month as the situation changes. Deathscribe, which I first saw in 2018, is also delayed because the theatre where it was going to be held is closed until April. The Art Institute is closed until April. The sea shanty sing for this month is cancelled. The taiko performance I was thinking of going to go to today is cancelled. The Mishkan sing-along today is online, so I might still attend that, but otherwise everything is cancelled. It's for a good reason, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

I spent a big chunk of yesterday playing video games and wishing I was outside or a friend's place. Me!

The AMA is still open, though, as of now. Social distancing? Sure, I'll do that and also tomorrow I'll get on the L with hundreds of other people and go into my workplace, which has almost a thousand people. I'm sure it's fine for a medical organization to have everyone come in to work during a pandemic. Nothing can go wrong.

And now, back to translating the Hollow FFVIIR trailer, which I should have done last month but I was too busy extroverting everywhere.

Final Fantasy VIIR Dialogue Comparison, Part III

It's been a while because I've been so busy out living life and because this trailer is much longer than the others that were released, but I finally got to the latest Final Fantasy VII Remake trailer! Here's the Japanese version:

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There's a lot more here, but as I went through all the dialogue, I actually think this is the closest of the three trailers so far (Trailer 1, Trailer 2)

Also, I should say that unlike previous trailers, where I was able to find the dialogue transcribed by a native Japanese-speaker and fall back on that if I was confused, this time I had to transcribe the Japanese myself. So I'm not 100% confident in some of the lines I have below--I've indicated the lines where I'm unsure with question marks.

( Table within )

You can see that everything here is pretty close. There's some stylistic differences in the lines--the English is usually more flowery than the Japanese, which is pretty consistent with video game translations--but the meaning is generally the same. The places with the most differences tend to be where it doesn't matter as much, like combat barks. Though weirdly, they left the warning klaxon out of the English version, which is just odd to me.

I did like how Palmer uses lard in the Japanese and butter in the English.

Otherwise, there's some bits that only make sense because of the way language words, like how "You're so cute" is a single word in Japanese, so the exchange between Aerith and Cloud when Cloud is in the dress is based on that. About the only thing I can say for this version is that I still think the Japanese voice acting is miles better than the English voice acting.

I'll get to this game eventually, when I can!