Kana with a ﾞ(dakuten) also convert with vowel sound preserved, with a, u and o sets jumbled and i and e sets swapped. These are jumbled rather than swapped, EG JP ま(ma) = AB や(ya), not AB は(ha). The regular, unmarked monographs – the stand-alone vowels, and characters like か(ka) and し(shi) – convert with the vowel sound preserved, so, EG, JP い(i) = AB み(mi), JP は(ha) = AB ま(ma). Heeey! I did an FFX thing on another article’s comments so I thought I’d answer this one as well.Īl Bhed behaves under the same concept in both the Japanese and English versions – while in the English version they jumble up the letters of the alphabet (with the rule of consonants to consonants and vowels to vowels, Y considered a vowel, to make it as pronounceable as possible), in the Japanese version they change the various kana. While on the subject, this 8-4 podcast discussion with him is amazingly interesting too!Īlso, just for fun and further reference I’ve put both the English and the Japanese clips of this Final Fantasy X scene into a handy video: The whole discussion is fascinating and entertaining (he even discusses fan translations and possibly me), so I definitely recommend checking out the full interview here. Of course, I laughed and agreed to it at the time, so long as the “Aye!” was done in a way that it wouldn’t seem really strange to people who didn’t know the song (or years later, when everyone has forgotten the old one-hit wonders). I’m always a sucker for silly humor, and I’m a pop culture junkie. The Final Fantasy Compendium actually interviewed one of Final Fantasy X’s localizers, Richard Honeywood, about this Macarena reference many years ago:Īctually, I can still remember when Alex was writing that line. So in Japanese, it looks like Tidus (“Tiida” in Japanese, which apparently comes from an Okinawan word for “sun”) just mixes up “Malacania” for “Macalania” – an understandable mistake. Tidus: They say Seymour went to Macarena Temple.

Tiida: They say Seymour went to Malacania Temple. So anyway, what did this Final Fantasy X line say in Japanese? I did some digging around and got some screenshots for comparison:Īnd here’s how the text looks side-by-side: Japanese Version (basic translation)

Ffx al bhed translator