A Bump in the Road

Right, so, I'd gotten into the habit of translating on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at which times I have most of the day open (I have only one class those days), but last Tuesday, my laptop cord finally broke and I haven't gotten a replacement yet. I've ordered one that should come in next week, but until then (since I do all of the translating on my laptop), translation will be on hold.

In other news, I'm almost out of Pewter. I'd be at Mt Moon by now, but there have been several tricky phrases that I've struggled with.

Dankon

A Change of Venue

While this doesn't relate so much to the actual translation of Pokemon Red, I'd thought I'd keep you up to date on how the process is going.

Previously, I had been using a .txt file in a Dropbox to type in my translations. The other day, when I went to work on it, I opened the file to see that all of the diacritic characters (ŝĝŭĵĥĉ) had been replaced with questions marks! (?)

Apparently, I (or ShootingStarMax) opened and edited the document and saved it in a form that didn't support diacritics. I loaded up an older version of the file and picked up from there, only losing a couple of dialogues. Because of this, I have now switched to using Google Docs, though I may revert later if I end up not liking it.

On something a bit more relevant:
Esperanto, being a Construct Language, has some peculiar features/lack of features that you don't find elsewhere. For example: I encountered a BUG CATCHER who says "darn" when defeated. "Darn," being a minced oath, has no perfect translation. It's just a corruption of the word "damn." I know how to swear in Esperanto, but it didn't seem quite the path to take when translating this, so I was forced to come up with a minced oath in Esperanto. I settled on using "feg," at least for now.

By the way, if anyone could help me find a Japanese Script for Pokemon Red, I'd be very appreciative. It would help a lot with things like this.

Gis!

Not Dead

I promise, I've just been busy with classes starting up again. I'm out of Viridan Forest and am taking a short break to brush up on my vocabulary and phrasing. After some more study I will continue.

Decembro kaj Preter!

Longa Senvidas!
My November of writing is over and now exams have begun. Those finish in the next few days, then I'm free once again to tirelessly pour myself into this silly little project. Expect updates in the coming weeks and more of my senseless ramblings and sentences that I start, then forget what I was saying. Simila tiu.  

Ĝis Pli Posto,
Vespero.

Breaking for November

Not sure if I mentioned this before, but I'm taking a break from translating for this month. I'm participating in a writing event called NaNoWriMo, which will be using most/all of my time. Ĝis Decembro, Vespero.

Lost in the Forest

School's been hitting me pretty hard lately, so I haven't progressed much in translating. I'm still in Viridian Forest, and things are going slowly because BUG CATCHERs like slang. Slang is hard to translate. They have several different ways of saying "hello," which has forced me to fabricate some greetings, such as "Hej" and Jo. Similarly, I am currently working on the phrase "jam out" (to vigorously enjoy lively music, often by ones self. Just in case you aren't familiar with 90's English slang). Things are going slowly. In other news, my copy of La Hobito that I ordered from La UEA arrived. I am enjoying it immensely.

Al Marverdarbaro!

In translation, we are now entering the Viridian Forest. This is going to be when we first start meeting other Pokemon Trainers and translating what they say, rather than what someone is saying to tell us how to play. It's exciting! I had to use my first Ju des pli construction, which was a bit harrowing, but I think I got the sentence into a working order. Otherwise, things are progressing smoothly. But, I think we are still looking for people who know things about Gameboy Pointers/ROM Hacking.