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General Discussion / picklejar's Kujatas.com is down. Alternatives for Japanese FF7 Script?
« on: 2020-06-09 07:15:23 »
I am working on a frequency-based Japanese-for-FFVII project for which picklejar's Kujatas was immensely helpful, but it seems down.
It seems Dialogue for sections 38, 40 and 43 are not even to be found on any available web archive or cache...
I had a previous version of the project complete based on transcripts, but not only did the Japanese of these contain transcription errors, they were also typically incomplete (reflecting only single paths). With my goal being to comprehensively prime Intermediate+ Japanese learners for the language of the game, both mistaken lines and missing lines are signficant issues! Redoing everything with Kujatas (or its source) seemed the best way forward.
Additionally, having searchable side-by-side translation comparison on Kujatas was great for when I encountered ideosyncratic Japanese or kana-izations that caused issues for parsers/translation tools. That way, I could confidently infer what reading etc. was likely intended.
So:
1. There are multiple reasons Kujatas could be down and it might only be temporary, but good for people to know that it is.
2. If people are interested in my project, having the missing script and Herman1134's side-by-side comparison would be a big help to me. Seems DLPB has shared the script in the past, but I don't know if thats still possible, understandably.
3. Was the Japanese script picklejar used the most correct and complete version? I am guessing Kujatas had no updates since changing host in 2018, but DLPB and luksy have been doing so much work on the translation, I wonder if they might have unearthed e.g. overlooked script snippets or even errors in the original Japanese.
Ultimately, the aim would be to either produce flashcards for learners or a tabular glossary, with a focus on vocabulary outside "ordinary" intermediate written Japanese. Happy to illustrate it if people are interested!
I was about to make a fresh start with the fuller and improved script having picked up the Japanese PS4 edition and readied a Japanese text/audio playthrough of Remake, but, this is a disheartening stumbling block right now. Really appreciate any help that the community here can offer, and any interest in my own project!
It seems Dialogue for sections 38, 40 and 43 are not even to be found on any available web archive or cache...
I had a previous version of the project complete based on transcripts, but not only did the Japanese of these contain transcription errors, they were also typically incomplete (reflecting only single paths). With my goal being to comprehensively prime Intermediate+ Japanese learners for the language of the game, both mistaken lines and missing lines are signficant issues! Redoing everything with Kujatas (or its source) seemed the best way forward.
Additionally, having searchable side-by-side translation comparison on Kujatas was great for when I encountered ideosyncratic Japanese or kana-izations that caused issues for parsers/translation tools. That way, I could confidently infer what reading etc. was likely intended.
So:
1. There are multiple reasons Kujatas could be down and it might only be temporary, but good for people to know that it is.
2. If people are interested in my project, having the missing script and Herman1134's side-by-side comparison would be a big help to me. Seems DLPB has shared the script in the past, but I don't know if thats still possible, understandably.
3. Was the Japanese script picklejar used the most correct and complete version? I am guessing Kujatas had no updates since changing host in 2018, but DLPB and luksy have been doing so much work on the translation, I wonder if they might have unearthed e.g. overlooked script snippets or even errors in the original Japanese.
Ultimately, the aim would be to either produce flashcards for learners or a tabular glossary, with a focus on vocabulary outside "ordinary" intermediate written Japanese. Happy to illustrate it if people are interested!
I was about to make a fresh start with the fuller and improved script having picked up the Japanese PS4 edition and readied a Japanese text/audio playthrough of Remake, but, this is a disheartening stumbling block right now. Really appreciate any help that the community here can offer, and any interest in my own project!