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Hello,
Today I want to show you how machine translators have evolved in recent months.
Here is a Video of Shuuen no Virche ~ErroR:Salvation~ Prologue, entirely done by machine translation (and 10% of human edits):
This English version is created using these Machine Translators:
1. Sugoi Japanese Translation (Offline Model v2.0): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xFzVbmo7k (Link in description)
2. DeepL: http://deepl.comThe translation is entirely done by the above machine translators. I only edit here and there (maybe about 10%) per 100 lines. English is not my first language and I don't know any Japanese, but I can understand 90% of the game using machine translation.
Shuuen no Virche ~ErroR:Salvation~ is an otome game developed and published by Otomate/Idea Factory for the Nintendo Switch.
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Read more:
- Guide: Using Agent text hooker + Sugoi Japanese Translator + DeepL to properly play any Japanese Visual Novel ON ALL PLATFORMS (Any game that can run on a PC/Emulator): http://otogelib.com/?p=14809
Demo:
- Here's How I use machine translators to make an English patch for Visual Novel:
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On 7/10/2021 at 2:19 AM, Clephas said:
If it works on games where the drm is the major obstacle to text-hooking, it might be worth the trouble. However, at present its methodology is too clunky.
Edit: To be specific, the need to utilize Cheat Engine is annoying to the extreme, if only because I have to fight off my antivirus while it is working.
Edit2: The main reason I was curious was to see if the Steam version of the Silverio series could be hooked using it. However, I tested it with another game first, and it annoyed the hell out of me as I did. While all text hookers are somewhat obtrusive, this one requires way too much work to set up, unless you intend to just leave your pc on until you've finished the game, which is impractical sometimes. In the future, the maker should think about integrating the search function instead of outsourcing it to Cheat Engine and its fellows, which are almost all labeled as malware by standard antivirus programs (thus necessitating even more workarounds and making exceptions).
Edit3: The answer is no, it doesn't work. Apparently the heavy DRM issue from Steam and DMM is universal for prevent
The main feature of the program is using javascript to hook the text of the game you want, the cheat engine method is only for ppl w/ zero programming experience.
For me, I'm grateful for this bc it can hook text from emulators as well.
It does work, idk abt drm games but it works on pretty much all games. Please don't say that it doesn't work.
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Here's a demo video of a new text hooker/visual novel translator named Agent, developed by [DC] (Otogelib's main programmer and romhacker). With this tool, you can pretty much read every Japanese visual novel/otome game on any platform using machine translation. It works with emulators like PPSSPP/Yuzu and of course normal PC Games etc...
You can code your own script for it to support the game you want.
Tool download: https://github.com/0xDC00/agent
Worked on Cupid Parasite played with Yuzu newest version:
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Hakuouki SSL English Patch Release!
It’s finally here – on this White Day, the Hakuo Gakuen team is proud to present: an English patch of Hakuouki SSL!
We wouldn’t have thought that, over half a year ago, we would be able to bring the entirety of the game’s story into English and have it be playable on a PS Vita. But as we steadily made progress on translating the vast number of scripts in the game, eventually getting working versions of the patch on our own Vitas for testing, it became clearer and clearer to us that we were going to bring something exciting to the table for otome game fans everywhere.
There are countless many people we’re thankful for – translators, proofreaders, and beta testers alike – all without whom none of this would have been made possible. And, above all, for the fans who have always wondered what goes on in this happy-go-lucky world of Hakuouki SSL, and newcomers who are curious as to what is even going on here – this one’s for you!
GitHub page for patch
The patch, installation instructions, FAQ, and further information are all available on our GitHub page: https://github.com/HakuoGakuen/HakuoukiSSL
The download for the mod itself can be found under “releases”!
Survey on the SSL Video Walkthrough Schedule & the Otogelib Group
For people interested in us posting video Let’s Play walkthroughs of the SSL patch, we want to start work on arranging a schedule for it. To that end, we have a survey that would really benefit from your input here: https://forms.gle/f9W3R5o5N95otkfE7
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for future translation projects. please let us know in this survey as well!
For those of you who won’t be playing the SSL patch for yourselves for any reason, let us know your thoughts so we can get you the game on video ASAP!
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On 10/27/2020 at 10:56 PM, TheMuffinsAvenger said:
All right, so I was definitely working with the right files, I just hadn't figured out how to decrypt them. I have the Ghidra tool already and I will scour the Pucelle page again to see if I can get any tips on figuring that out. Unfortunately, I can't test it or work with the font unless the files are decrypted (I just popped open the ones on the site and they still look like gibberish. Might be the wrong encoding, I haven't checked yet). For now, I will just continue dumping and translating the files and collect them into a master document. Then, I can worry about the rest later. I will help out with some of the other projects in the meantime. Thank you so much!
Glad that was helpful!
By the way, we've asked the translator originally translated approximately 3 routes of Kamigami (here: https://sweetremiks-blog.tumblr.com/kamiaso), and they gave us permission. We can use their translation for a fan translation patch if you want, as long as we properly credit them!
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14 hours ago, TheMuffinsAvenger said:
That's exactly what I was afraid of. I was able to locate the dat files and I wasn't originally able to find the scripts (or I did and just glossed over them because they were encrypted). My biggest concern when I was going through the debugger was that I saw some data that suggested fixed width, but I couldn't find the script files to confirm it. I guess I can try and play around with it a bit. Out of curiosity, which .dat files were they in?
Edit: If possible, could you elaborate further on what you mean by "used the PSP debugger and Ghidra?" I plan to continue working on this, but I can't do that without the decrypted files.
I would love to tell you more but unfortunately, I'm not the hacker so I don't quite understand what he did, I only tell you what he told me several months ago.
Here is NSA's ghidra tool: https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
The dat files are here: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/452432163514875904/667652962327199745/Kamigami_no_asobi_PSP_dat.zip
By the way I came across these tools for another game but it does use nispack, the font is also fixed width: https://gbatemp.net/threads/psp-la-pucelle-ragnarok-translation.320662/
Maybe you can try these tools and see if it works?
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Our hacker looked at the game's script, they're in .dat files and you can use this tool to extract the script file (,NISPACK): https://github.com/tonypolik/nispack
But the scripts are encrypted, and our hacker needed to use PPPSSPP debugger to be able to decrypt the texts, as far as I know, they're encrypted with MIPS and he had to use PPSSPP's debugger and NSA's ghidra to decrypt the texts.Texts after decrypted:
But the real problem is the font. It doesn't support variable width, it's a fixed width font, so you need to convert all the latin character to their full-width counterparts for the game to display them correctly. But still, it will be displayed l i k e t h i s i n t h e g a m e.
Unless someone's going to rewrite the font for it to support variable width or half-width, I don't think it's possible to translate this game.
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20 hours ago, TheMuffinsAvenger said:
I would love to help with these. The sheets are just available to work on?
Yes, they're available publicly! Feel free to send us an application (we accept all proofreaders); as for translator, you might need to translate a small paragraph, this is to avoid people wanted to fill the sheet with machine translation.
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3 hours ago, onorub said:
About Black Wolves Saga: those 50% are just for Bloody Nightmare or for both parts together?
Only Bloody Nightmare was 98% translated, sadly.
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Up coming patches from Translation Groups within the community:
- Hakuoki SSL: 98% translated. You can read the text translation & know more about the team here: https://hakuogakuen.tumblr.com/
- Amnesia Later x Crowd: 78% translated
Here are some screenshots of the Hakuoki SSL patch:
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Otogelib is an otome game translations text library for all.
Visit: https://otogelib.tumblr.com/
This project is made possible by [DC] @viethoagame.com (Hacking and Programming.)
How it works:
- It's a library of Japanese otome games texts in google sheet format, for you and/or your group to easily edit and translate.
- All projects currently don't have any project leader. You can form a team to take the project or just contribute by translating things here and there as a hobby.
Sample of a google spreadsheet: Link
What makes it special:
- All game texts from this library provided in google sheets format, so you can translate on the go with your mobile device. You can also view who are translating what in real-time, no longer to assign a script/scene to somebody, or translating things while afraid there are people working on it already.
- You can save revisions and revert changes someone made if it's harmful.
- There is a name table that syncs across all sheets, you only need to translate names of the characters once, and it will automatically sync across the whole file.
You can:
- Translate various Japanese otome games from the fully extracted game scripts provided in Google sheets format. Translate anywhere, anytime with a mobile device.
- Freely post your part of the translations onto your blogs/websites.
- Step up to take the project leader position for these projects. If you ever completed a project (either by yourself or by a group of people that you lead), you can request me to make a fan translation patch.
Join the community and get edit access to the google spreadsheets:
Apply as a translator: GoogleFrom
Apply as a proofreader: GoogleForm
Discord: https://discord.gg/GtGK9ZG
Available google spreadsheets: STILL UPDATING, if you want any games to have spreadsheets (idea factory/otomate games only), you can request it
And be sure to participate when the sheet you requested become available.
1. Norn9 Last Era
2. Amnesia Later x Crowd (78% translated)
3. Reine des fleurs
4. Variable Barricade
5. Nil Admirari no Tenbin + FD
6. Hakuoki SSL (98% Translated)
7. Black Wolves Saga (50% translated)
8. Clock Zero (12% translated)
8. Binary Star
9. KLAP! Kind love and Punish
10. Amnesia World
11. Hana Oboro
A demonstration of how machine translators have evolved in recent months [Sugoi Japanese translator + DeepL]
in Fan Translation Discussion
Posted · Edited by Otogelib
Haha. That would mean the English that machine translators generated is not hard to understand at all.
English is not my first language doesn't mean that I don't understand English. It's true that I don't know Japanese, but based on what I've known about the game and how logical the machine translation sounds, I think that it's pretty good.
Well, you can test them for yourself. It's just my opinion and my experiences using these machine translators.
For people that used to rely on Google Translate and a Text hooker to play their favorite game, these machine translators are a much better choice. I'd rather use decent machine translators to play a Japanese game than wait for the day when it will be localized (which I know it won't happen any time soon.) I just want to help people that are the same as me.