Final Fantasy XVI English Retranslation Mod 0.2.0

Work In Progress​

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Roysu said:

This is a mod I've been working on for more than a year, mostly a solo job. Although LLMs and machine translators were used, thoroughly human revisions have been made. Be aware that typos, bad formatting and some literal translations may be present.

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This mod seeks to be a more faithful translation of the Japanese script.

How to install​

There are two methods to use, only one of these is needed:

1. Set up Reloaded-II.
   • Important: Watch the video tutorial on how to set it up.
   • Direct urls:
     • Reloaded-II GitHub repository, download Release.zip OR Setup.exe (listed at the bottom of the page.)
     • ff16.utility.modloader, download ff16.utility.modloader<version>.7z.
       

       NOTE
       ff16.utility.modloader loads other mods on the game, necessary for this mod to work.

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2. Download ffxvi_retranslation_reloaded-II_mod_v0.2.0.zip
3. Extract the folder ffxvi.text.ENRetranslation in your Reloaded-II mod folder.
4. Done.

1. Download ffxvi_retranslation_manual_mod_v0.2.0.zip
2. Extract the file 0007.diff.en.pac on your game installation folder, usually in C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XVI\data, or where your steam library is located.
3. In said folder, duplicate the file 0007.pac
4. Change its name to 0007.diff.pac
   

   NOTE
   In case of mod update, is not necessary to repeat step 3 and 4.

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5. Done.

Troubleshooting​

If you don't see the subtitles applied, change your system time to English.
For Windows 10:

1. Go to Date & time settings.
2. On "Related settings" click on Date, time & regional formatting.
3. On "Regional format" change your current format to English.
4. Now the subtitles mod should work.

Notable changes​

• Spoiler: Restored heavy topics in the main story (discrimination, abuse, etc.)

  Restored topics like misogyny, rape, suicide, etc.
• Restored references to old Final Fantasy games.
  
  Spoiler: Reference 1

  At Drake's Breath, Joshua casts spells to attack Ultima, these had been removed on the localization.
  

  Japanese	Translation	Official localization
  Joshua: ファイア！ Joshua: ファイラ！ Joshua: ファイガ！ Joshua: ファイジャ	Fire! Fira! Firaga! Firaja!	You! Will leave! My brother! Alone!

  Spoiler: Reference 2

  At the end of the game, when Ultima summons the power of Eikons, for some reason the localization made him say some weird non-sensical phrase, instead of the references to Final Fantasy III and V (the spell names to summon "Eikons" (召喚獣)).
  

  Japanese	Translation	Official localization
  Ultimalius: 《ギガメス》！ Clive: ガルーダ！ Ultimalius: 《スパルク》！ Clive: ラムウ！ Ultimalius: 《ハイパ》！ Clive: タイタン！ Ultimalius: 《バハムル》！ Clive: バハムート！ Ultimalius: 《アイスン》！ Clive: シヴァ！ Ultimalius: 《カタスト》！ Clive: オーディン！ Ultimalius: 《タイクン》！ Clive: フェニックス！	Gigametz! Garuda! Spark! Ramuh! Hyper! Titan! Bahamur! Bahamut! Icen! Shiva! Catastro! Odin! Tycoon! Phoenix!	Gales unrelenting... Garuda! Levin untamed... Ramuh! Earth unyielding... Titan! Light undying... Bahamut! Ice unfeeling... Shiva! Darkness unending... Odin! Flames unforgiving! With me, Phoenix!

• "Sanbreque" is now "Saintbreque". Since in some residual texts found on the Japanese databases used this term.
• Spoiler: Fixed certain character way of speaking.

  Ultima speaks in singular through the main story, since he uses plural only at the very end of the game.

Current progress​

To follow the progress, visit this Trello board.

About the mod​

When I noticed that the english text diverted too much from what was said on the Japanese audio, although I only knew a little of Japanese, it was enough to feel frustrated. So, I decided to try to make a translation mod, for which I used these tools: Claude, DeepL, Google Translate, Lara Translate, Jisho.org.
Since I'm more familiar with US English, this is the variety that I prioritized. Though some British words/expressions may have slipped in (I'm a B2 level, sorry~.)

Something to consider, subtitle texts that are »this color« are the translated ones, subtitles that are simply white colored, are the official ones. This was made to differentiate when a subtitle is translated or not. On the same note, side quests that are marked with a square root (√) are fully translated (includes the side quest name too), some lines here and there may be translated on the untranslated side quests though.

Also, some extra dialogues that appear on the left side of the screen are translated, I tried to translated the most important ones (like some that appear on main quests) and a few that sounded interesting, these lines may be hard to notice since the color for the localized ones is very similar to the color I used for my translations. Same with optional dialogues from NPCs (not the ones you select from an option list), just a few are translated (dialogues from Cid, Jill, Joshua and Tarja are some of them). They are noticeable for the added color I've mentioned earlier.

If you spot subtitles with yellow text, those are marked "to be checked", since I wasn't sure when or in what context they were said.

Future plans​

I will continue to work on the following things (in order):

• Main story of DLCs.
• Finish all side quests from the base game.
• Optional NPC subtitles.
• Side quests from DLC.
• Make a version with Japanese honorifics (-sama, -san, -kun, etc.)

Special thanks​

• My lovely boyfriend, for alpha testing and script reviewing (and if not for him, this translation wouldn't exist.)
• Dollmaster, for the encouragement.
• C2Mixups, for script reviewing.
• OmegaGamesWiki™, for the full gameplay in Japanese.

Want to contribute?​

Send me an email to contact@roysu.cl or find me on the "Final Fantasy XVI Modding" discord server (same username as here.)