Legends of Localization is making the jump to book form! This first book takes a detailed look at the localization of the original Legend of Zelda and the differences between the Japanese and English versions, including graphics, audio, and even secret tricks which were removed from the English version. The author, Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin, is a professional translator most known for his work on Attack on Titan, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Summer Wars, and Detective Conan/Case Closed. His notable hobby translations include MOTHER 3, Star Ocean, and Bahamut Lagoon.

Legends of Localization, Book 1: The Legend of Zelda

Clyde Mandelin

Fangamer

What do you get if you cross a revolutionary Japanese RPG from the early 1990s with a revolutionary computerized translator using the latest neural network technology? Grammatically pristine, very funny nonsense. In "press start to translate", Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin explains why the characters in this machine-translated version of Final Fantasy IV are obsessed with eagles, potatoes, dishware, and and some guy named Larry; why they're so eager to offer Japanese travel itineraries, and why the enema is saying that you should not wear a basketball. Along the way you'll learn about translation from a human and machine perspective. But you won't learn where Google Translate got that basketball from. Some machine translation secrets can never be revealed.

press start to translate: This is what happens when you let a computer translate a video game?

With a script by a famous Japanese writer and a game overflowing with Western pop-culture influences, EarthBound stands out as one of Nintendo's most fascinating localization projects ever. Get ready for hundreds of pages filled with surprising revelations, inside information, obscure trivia, and universal cosmic destruction. This legend of localization doesn't stink! 432 full-color pages, hardcover, and a free scratch-n-sniff card inside. Foreword by Marcus Lindblom, EarthBound's localization director. The author, Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin, is a professional translator most known for his work on Attack on Titan, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Summer Wars, and Detective Conan/Case Closed. His notable hobby translations include MOTHER 3, Star Ocean, and Bahamut Lagoon.

Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound

Take a linguistic journey through video game history with the Legends of Localization team in This Is a Book of Bad Video Game Translations! Japan's love of "decorative English", a long list of misleading loan words, and the tight deadlines and shoestring staffs of early game development created a new video game dialect that is beloved - and still spoken - to this day.

This be book bad translation, video games!

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Books by Clyde Mandelin

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Legends of Localization, Book 1: The Legend of Zelda

press start to translate: This is what happens when you let a computer translate a video game?

Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound

This be book bad translation, video games!