Two words in two languages are never exact translations of each other, said José Ortega y Gasset, a Spanish philosopher. More than that, though, no two people mean the same thing by the same word (with the possible exception of some scientific terms). Translation, therefore, is a “utopian” endeavour, an impossible act of perfect mind-reading. That does not mean it should not be attempted—but those who try should be “good utopians” who know they can never succeed.

https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/06/19/translators-are-the-unacknowledged-facilitators-of-the-world

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Capcom’s quest to translate The Great Ace Attorney for Western audiences

Janet Hsu has been on the localization team of the Ace Attorney series since Justice For All, and since then has gone on to passionately work on each sequential game. She’s also delivered her voice to the prosecutor Franziska von Karma in the English and French versions of the games. She talked to Polygon about her experience with translating the Japanese gaming experience over to Western audiences.

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