I'm playing FF8 just now and I can't help but notice how the translation is so much better. Not only from Japanese to English, but also from English to other languages. (Note: Spoilers ahead) For example, you have to get, among other items, 6 Steel Pipes to summon Doomtrain. In the Occult Fan I, it says someone from Timber was building a fence with steel pipes (of course referring to the item). In French, the item is named Samadhi (where the hell did that come from?) and, in the Occult Fan I, it says the person was in Samadhi, a yoga posture.
That was the main thing that made me realize how careful the translators were for FF8.