Alright, here's the scoop. I'm helping work on a project for a Final Fantasy IV RPG, a big part of the job is helping the main editor get the itty-bitty and nitty-gritty details sorted out. However, the world of FF4 is vague at best, so, efforts must be taken to ensure that the questionable details and inconsistencies are sorted out.
The problem in particular? A small, little tidbit from the J2e translation of Final Fantasy 4j. FuSoYa, according to J2e, says "He(Zemus) created the tower of babil to give mankind the tool to destroy themselves." at one point in this conversation. I have my doubts, since every other translation I could find says different. So, I decided to delve into the original japanese text itself. Between my old japanese textbook, an online eng-jap dictionary, and my basic, growing knowledge of japanese, I was able to descifer the following:
Notta lotta.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to analize this not-quite-lengthly conversation, and try to decipher where J2e might've gotten this impression. Please keep in mind, that there might be no implication (which I'm hoping for) that Zemus had this particular intent when building the Tower of Babil. If anyone who knows this language well could give me a solid analysis, I'd be so grateful!
I tried my very best to make this big and readable, yet small in file size and easy to digest. The highlighted parts are FuSoYa's dialogue.
For those in the audience with short attention spans like me: I'm not looking for a full translation. Basically I just want to see if anything FuSoYa says even IMPLIES that Zemus designed the Tower of Babil for the sole purpose of giving mankind a way to trigger their own self destruction.
If you do find something, please tell me what part of the script it's in and in what context it is being used.
Thanks Lots!
~Ronin~
The problem in particular? A small, little tidbit from the J2e translation of Final Fantasy 4j. FuSoYa, according to J2e, says "He(Zemus) created the tower of babil to give mankind the tool to destroy themselves." at one point in this conversation. I have my doubts, since every other translation I could find says different. So, I decided to delve into the original japanese text itself. Between my old japanese textbook, an online eng-jap dictionary, and my basic, growing knowledge of japanese, I was able to descifer the following:
Notta lotta.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to analize this not-quite-lengthly conversation, and try to decipher where J2e might've gotten this impression. Please keep in mind, that there might be no implication (which I'm hoping for) that Zemus had this particular intent when building the Tower of Babil. If anyone who knows this language well could give me a solid analysis, I'd be so grateful!
I tried my very best to make this big and readable, yet small in file size and easy to digest. The highlighted parts are FuSoYa's dialogue.
For those in the audience with short attention spans like me: I'm not looking for a full translation. Basically I just want to see if anything FuSoYa says even IMPLIES that Zemus designed the Tower of Babil for the sole purpose of giving mankind a way to trigger their own self destruction.
If you do find something, please tell me what part of the script it's in and in what context it is being used.
Thanks Lots!
~Ronin~