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Old Mar 18, 2009, 05:53 AM
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So, about the translation of 路地裏, which was changed from "Back Street" to "Underworld." Is this a place-name in the game, which was officially named "Underworld" in the English language release?
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 10:17 AM
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not a particular place, but in NIS America's rendering, she always refers to her territory as the "Underworld." It's like "Seedy Underbelly," or to a certain extent, "Black Market."

I think Back Street is a better translation personally, and wish NISA had stuck with it.
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 12:09 PM
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I like that translation too, but I suppose we should go with what NISA has done.
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Old Apr 11, 2009, 09:40 PM
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And technically speaking, the title for the musical should be "Heart-Crafted", given that according to the liner notes, the songs are presents crafted from the heart, which are part of the main themes of this piece from Ar tonelico's story (and weave/spin, which is used to indicate when a song is created in the game, was rendered as "craft" in NISA's version) .

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Old Dec 27, 2010, 07:26 AM
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Is this album particularly connected to the first Ar tonelico game? In my understanding, this and Claire albums are connected more to another adaption/spin-off/whatever (dare I say a musical adaption?) derived from this franchise, so technically speaking, we should create another product to link these entries. Or we could avoid complexity and just link them to the Ar tonelico franchise directly, like I did for this album.
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Old Dec 27, 2010, 03:58 PM
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Is this album particularly connected to the first Ar tonelico game? In my understanding, this and Claire albums are connected more to another adaption/spin-off/whatever (dare I say a musical adaption?) derived from this franchise, so technically speaking, we should create another product to link these entries. Or we could avoid complexity and just link them to the Ar tonelico franchise directly, like I did for this album.
Working right now in translating both of these albums, I have to say that they are indeed directly connected to the first game than to any of the others, so they should be connected to it.
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Thanks, so I'll link them to the first game, then.
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