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AngelusInsomnus: Formal Set/FOmarl Set, Moon Atomizer X/Cosmo Atomizer, Ank Kilik

2010-08-05T14:16:02Z

Formal Set/FOmarl Set, Moon Atomizer X/Cosmo Atomizer, Ank Kilik

EspioKaos: /* Characters */ Some of the mission descriptions reference Bruce's last name in the JP version, notably 常駐警護部：納品所 and some event missions.

2010-07-22T05:18:43Z

‎Characters: Some of the mission descriptions reference Bruce's last name in the JP version, notably 常駐警護部：納品所 and some event missions.

AngelusInsomnus: /* Typographical Errors */ Nei Soul

2010-07-22T05:16:14Z

‎Typographical Errors: Nei Soul

AngelusInsomnus: /* Others */ wording tweak

2010-07-22T05:12:36Z

‎Others: wording tweak

AngelusInsomnus: /* Characters */ Bruce

2010-07-22T05:10:17Z

‎Characters: Bruce

AngelusInsomnus: /* Deliberate Changes */ Koltova Gun

2010-07-15T03:03:34Z

‎Deliberate Changes: Koltova Gun

AngelusInsomnus: /* Items */ expanded abbreviations

2010-06-01T23:56:55Z

‎Items: expanded abbreviations

AngelusInsomnus: /* Mistranslations */ removed italics

2010-06-01T23:52:33Z

‎Mistranslations: removed italics

AngelusInsomnus: Just a few more additions and changes

2010-06-01T23:51:20Z

Just a few more additions and changes

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AngelusInsomnus: Some cleanup, more additions

2010-06-01T20:49:19Z

Some cleanup, more additions

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 | [[Lumirus/Kaos Knight]] || ルミラス/カーズナイト || Lumirus / Cursed Knight || "Chaos" (カオス), as the English name would suggest (and misspells, presumably to fit the item's name into the provided space), doesn't really work.
 |-
 | [[Jao]] || ジャッゴ || Jaggo || rowspan="2" | The names of these room items should match the name of [[Jaggo|the enemy]], as they do in Japanese. Contrast with [[Cushion Jaggo]]. "Jaggo" itself is an intentional alteration of "Chao" (チャオ) from Sonic Adventure. Also see specific notes for [[Chao Staff]] within the [[#Inconsistent_with_Previous_Games|inconsistent translations section]].
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 | [[TCSMs]] || マドゥーグ || Madoog || Known as both TECHNIC combat support machines and TECH-Mags in English, but consistently Madoog in Japanese.
 |-
 | Grav || グラブター || Gravata || Shortened for the ground elemental bullets of [[Rifles]], [[Laser Cannons]], [[Twin Handguns]], [[Handguns]], and [[Machineguns]].
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 | [[Go Bajilla]] || ゴ・バジラ || Go Badira
 |-
-| [[Tengohg]] || テンゴウグ || Tengoug || rowspan="4" | Half of this family of monsters uses "gohg", while the other half uses "goug"!
+| [[Tengohg]] || テンゴウグ || Tengoug || rowspan="4" | Half of this family of monsters uses "gohg", while the other half uses "goug"! To further compound this, mission descriptions, story mission dialogue, and other text are often inconsistent about this as well.
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 | [[Onmagoug]] || オンマゴウグ || Onmagohg
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 ! English  !! Japanese !! Alternatives !! Details
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 | [[Tyrant Spada]] || タイラントスパーダ || Tyrant Sparda || rowspan="2" | Sparda or Spada?

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 | [[Orson Waber]] || オルソン・ウェーバー || Referred to as "Olson" in earlier story missions, most notably [[Valley of Suspicion 2]].
 |-
-| [[Bruce Boyde]] || ブルース || Hey, it's me, Bruce Boyd! Or was that Boyde? Interestingly, he doesn't appear to have a last name at all in the Japanese version.
+| [[Bruce Boyde]] || ブルース・ボイド || Hey, it's me, Bruce Boyd! Or was that Boyde?  His last name suffers from inconsistent spelling.
 |-
 | [[Reyna]] || レイナ || The receptionist at the Ohtoku City GUARDIANS Branch, her name is often seen as "Reina" instead.

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 | [[Regrant]] || レグランツ || Regrants || Consistency with technique Grants in previous games.
 |}

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 |}
-===Others===
+===Miscellany===
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 |-
 ! English  !! Japanese !! Alternatives !! Details
 |-
-| [[Tyrant Spada]] || タイラントスパーダ || Tyrant Sparda || rowspan="2" | Both alternatives have equal merit.
+| [[Tyrant Spada]] || タイラントスパーダ || Tyrant Sparda || rowspan="2" | Sparda or Spada?
 |-
 | [[Special Ops (Sparda)]] || 特務兵・スパーダ || Special Ops (Spada)
 |-
-| [[Bil De Vear]] || ビル・ヂ・ビア || - || This translation is technically accurate, but take note and compare its characters to PSO's Hildebear (ヒルヂベア).
+| [[Bil De Vear]] || ビル・ヂ・ビア || - || Technically accurate, but compare to PSO's Hildebear (ヒルヂベア).
 |}

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 | [[Orson Waber]] || オルソン・ウェーバー || Referred to as "Olson" in earlier story missions, most notably [[Valley of Suspicion 2]].
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 | [[Reyna]] || レイナ || The receptionist at the Ohtoku City GUARDIANS Branch, her name is often seen as "Reina" instead.

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 | [[Fortetecher]] || フォルテクター　|| Fortecher || An extra "te" was added to make this type syllabically consistent with Fortefighter and Fortegunner.
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 | [[RCSMs]] || シャドゥーグ || Shadoog || Known as both ranged combat support machines and R-Mags in English, but consistently Shadoog in Japanese.

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 | [[Hard / Night]] || ハルド/ナイト || Hard / Knight || Part of the "Knight" series of [[Units#Arm_units|arm units]]. This is carried over to the French and German translations as well, where "Nocturne" and "Nacht" are used instead of "Chevalier" and "Ritter" respectively.
 |-
-| [[Agtaride]] || アグタライド || Shiftaride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Shifta]], whose JP name is "Agtal", which matches in the same way [[Retier]], [[Zodial]] and [[Megistar]] match their item names. Alternately, Shifta could be changed to Agtal. See notes for Shifta in the [[#Deliberate Changes|deliberate changes section]].
+| [[Agtaride]] || アグタライド || Shiftaride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Shifta]], whose Japanese name is "Agtal", which matches in the same way [[Retier]], [[Zodial]] and [[Megistar]] match their item names. Alternately, Shifta could be changed to Agtal. See notes for Shifta in the [[#Deliberate Changes|deliberate changes section]].
 |-
-| [[Defbaride]] || デフバライド || Debanride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Deband]], whose JP name is "Defbal", which matches in the same way [[Retier]], [[Zodial]] and [[Megistar]] match their item names. Alternately, Deband could be changed to Defbal. See notes for Deband in the [[#Deliberate Changes|deliberate changes section]].
+| [[Defbaride]] || デフバライド || Debanride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Deband]], whose Japanese name is "Defbal", which matches in the same way [[Retier]], [[Zodial]] and [[Megistar]] match their item names. Alternately, Deband could be changed to Defbal. See notes for Deband in the [[#Deliberate Changes|deliberate changes section]].
 |}

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 ! English  !! Japanese !! Suggested Correction !! Details
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-| [[Rod]] || ロドウ || Rodou, Rodoh || Applies to all Yohmei [[Rods]] (i.e. Ulrodou, Rayharodou, and so on). [[GRM Rod]], added in ''Ambition of the Illuminus'', is simply Rod (ロッド) in the Japanese version.
+| [[Rod]] || ロドウ || Rodou, Rodoh || Applies to all Yohmei [[Rods]] (i.e. Ulrodou, Rayharodou, and so on). [[GRM Rod]], added in Ambition of the Illuminus, is simply Rod (ロッド) in the Japanese version.
 |-
 | [[Lumirus/Kaos Knight]] || ルミラス/カーズナイト || Lumirus / Cursed Knight || "Chaos" (カオス), as the English name would suggest (and misspells, presumably to fit the item's name into the provided space), doesn't really work.

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-The purpose of this article is to collect and list the spelling errors and/or inconsistencies in the English version of Phantasy Star Universe.
+As with any work translated from one language to another, The purpose of this article is to record these discrepancies between the Japanese and English versions of Phantasy Star Universe.
 ==Mistranslations==
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 | [[Lumirus/Kaos Knight]] || ルミラス/カーズナイト || Lumirus / Cursed Knight || "Chaos" (カオス), as the English name would suggest (and misspells, presumably to fit the item's name into the provided space), is incorrect.
 |-
-| [[Jao]] || ジャッゴ || Jaggo || rowspan="2" | The names of these room items should match the name of [[Jaggo|the enemy]], as they do in Japanese. Contrast with [[Cushion Jaggo]]. "Jaggo" itself is an intentional alteration of "Chao" (チャオ) from Sonic Adventure. Also see specific notes for [[Chao Staff]] within the inconsistent translations section.
+| [[Jao]] || ジャッゴ || Jaggo || rowspan="2" | The names of these room items should match the name of [[Jaggo|the enemy]], as they do in Japanese. Contrast with [[Cushion Jaggo]]. "Jaggo" itself is an intentional alteration of "Chao" (チャオ) from Sonic Adventure. Also see specific notes for [[Chao Staff]] within the [[#Inconsistent_with_Previous_Games|inconsistent translations]] section.
 |-
 | [[Relaxing Jao]] ||  リラックス・ジャッゴ || Relax Jaggo, Relaxing Jaggo
 |-
-| [[De Rol Le]] || ヂィ・ロレイ || De Rolei || The Japanese name is a deliberate alteration of the PSO boss' and does not match De Rol Le (デ・ロル・レ). Compare Delsaber and [[Delnadian]].
+| [[De Rol Le]] || ヂィ・ロレイ || De Rolei || The Japanese name is a deliberate alteration of the PSO boss De Rol Le (デ・ロル・レ) and does not match. Compare Delsaber and [[Delnadian]].
 |}
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 ! English  !! Japanese !! Suggested Correction !! Details
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-| [[Ank Bico]] || アンク・ピッコ || Ank Piko, Ank Pico || A reference to the "Piko Piko Hammer" weapon used by the Sonic the Hedgehog series character Amy Rose. Similar to Toy Hammer from Phantasy Star Online.
+| [[Ank Bico]] || アンク・ピッコ || Ank Piko, Ank Pico || A reference to the "Piko Piko Hammer" weapon used by the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series character Amy Rose. Similar to Toy Hammer from Phantasy Star Online.
 |-
-| [[Assasin]] || アサシン || Assassin || -
+| [[Assasin]] || アサシン || Assassin || The board for this weapon is spelled correctly.
 |-
-| [[Neddle Cannoc]] || ニードルカノック || Needle Cannoc || -
+| [[Neddle Cannoc]] || ニードルカノック || Needle Cannoc || The board and [[Needle Cannon|GRM version]] of this weapon are spelled correctly.
 |-
 | Barada || バラタ || Barata || All [[Shotgun]] bullets.
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 | [[TCSMs]] || マドゥーグ || Madoog || Known as both TECHNIC combat support machines and TECH-Mags in English, but consistently Madoog in Japanese.
 |-
-| Grav || グラブター || Gravata || Shortened for the ground elemental bullets of [[Rifles]], [[Laser Cannons]], [[Twin Handguns]], [[Handguns]], and [[Machineguns]]. (Gravata Shot, Twin Gravata, etc.)
+| Grav || グラブター || Gravata || Shortened for the ground elemental bullets of [[Rifles]], [[Laser Cannons]], [[Twin Handguns]], [[Handguns]], and [[Machineguns]].
 |-
 | Dark || ダークネス || Darkness || Shortened for the dark elemental bullets of [[Rifles]], [[Laser Cannons]], [[Twin Handguns]], [[Handguns]], and [[Machineguns]].
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 | [[Zalure]] || デフディール || Defdeel || Name changed to match a similar technique in previous games. Interestingly, in the Japanese version of Phantasy Star Portable 2, its effect is merged with [[Zoldeel]] to create a TECHNIC called Zalure.
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-| [[Reverser]] || レジェネ || Regene || Named changed to match the name of a technique in previous games; however, the effect of Reverser in previous games does not match, and its Japanese name is actually rather close to a technique present in Phantasy Star IV anyway (Raja's Regen/レジェネス).
+| [[Reverser]] || レジェネ || Regene || Named changed to match the name of a technique in previous games; however, the effect of Reverser in previous games does not match, and its Japanese name is actually rather close to a technique present in Phantasy Star IV anyway: Raja's Regen (レジェネス/Regenes).
 |}
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 ! English  !! Japanese !! Details
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-| [[Obel Dallgun]] || オーベル・ダルガン || The 44th President of the GUARDIANS, his first name is often seen as "Ohbel" instead.
+| [[Obel Dallgun]] || オーベル・ダルガン || The seventeenth President of the GUARDIANS, his first name is often seen as "Ohbel" instead.
 |-
 | [[Orson Waber]] || オルソン・ウェーバー || Referred to as "Olson" in earlier story missions, most notably [[Valley of Suspicion 2]].
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 | [[Durandal Replica]] || デュランダル・レプカ || Durandal Repca || Inconsistent with [[Agito Repca]].
 |-
-| [[Hard / Night]] || ハルド/ナイト || Hard / Knight || Part of the "Knight" unit series. This mistranslation is carried over to the French and German translations as well, where "Nocturne" and "Nacht" are used instead of "Chevalier" and "Ritter" respectively.
+| [[Hard / Night]] || ハルド/ナイト || Hard / Knight || Part of the "Knight" series of [[Units#Arm_units|arm units]]. This mistranslation is carried over to the French and German translations as well, where "Nocturne" and "Nacht" are used instead of "Chevalier" and "Ritter" respectively.
 |-
-| [[Agtaride]] || アグタライド || Shiftaride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Shifta]], whose JP name is "Agtal", which matches in the same way Retier, Zodial and Megistar match their item names. Alternately, Shifta could be corrected to Agtal. See notes for Shifta in the deliberate changes section.
+| [[Agtaride]] || アグタライド || Shiftaride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Shifta]], whose JP name is "Agtal", which matches in the same way [[Retier]], [[Zodial]] and [[Megistar]] match their item names. Alternately, Shifta could be corrected to Agtal. See notes for Shifta in the deliberate changes section.
 |-
-| [[Defbaride]] || デフバライド || Debanride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Deband]], whose JP name is "Defbal", which matches in the same way Retier, Zodial and Megistar match their item names. Alternately, Deband could be corrected to Defbal. See notes for Deband in the deliberate changes section.
+| [[Defbaride]] || デフバライド || Debanride or similar || Derived from the TECHNIC [[Deband]], whose JP name is "Defbal", which matches in the same way [[Retier]], [[Zodial]] and [[Megistar]] match their item names. Alternately, Deband could be corrected to Defbal. See notes for Deband in the deliberate changes section.
 |}
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 ! English  !! Japanese !! Suggested Correction
 |-
-| [[Jitseen]] || ジートシーン || rowspan="2" | Forgo "Jitline" and "Zeetseen" and instead change ''both'' items to "Jitoshin" and "Jitoline" respectively instead.
+| [[Jitseen]] || ジートシーン || rowspan="2" | Forgo "Jitline" or "Zeetseen" and instead change ''both'' items to "Jitoshin" and "Jitoline" respectively instead.
 |-
 | [[Zeetline]] || ジートライン
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 ! English  !! Japanese !! Alternatives !! Details
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-| [[Stag Cutralli]] || スタッグカットラリ || Stag Cutlery (PSO) || A double saber originally from Phantasy Star Online.
+| [[TECHNICs|TECHNIC]] || テクニック || Technique || Reasoning unknown; similar to other fully capitalized in-game terms such as [[RELICS]], or [[GUARDIANS]].
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 | [[Neiclaw]] || ネイクロー || Nei's Claw (PSO) || Known as "Nei's Claw" in English versions of PSO. Neiclaw is actually the most accurate.
 |-
 | [[Falclaw]] || ファルクロー || Rika's Claw (PSO), Rikaclaw || Known as "Rika's Claw" in the English versions of PSO. "Fal" is the Japanese name of Phantasy Star IV's Rika.
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 | [[Chao Staff]] || チャオの杖 || Striker of Chao (PSO) || Known as Striker of Chao in the English versions of PSO. Note that Chao, and ''not'' Jaggo, is correct here and only here.
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 | [[Shato]] || シャト || Sato (PSO), Chato (PSZ) || A Mag from Phantasy Star Online, now a TCSM. Confusingly, Phantasy Star Zero, released later, uses a third spelling.
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-| [[Yasminakov 0002|Yasminakov]] || ヤスミノコフ || Yasminkov (PSO), Yasminokov (PSZ) || Reference to the Yasminkov series of weapons from PSO. "Yasminokov" would be the most accurate translation here.
+| [[Yasminakov 0002|Yasminakov]] || ヤスミノコフ || Yasminkov (PSO), Yasminokov (PSZ) || Reference to the Yasminkov series of weapons from PSO. "Yasminokov" would be the most accurate translation.
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-| [[Jigo Booma]] || ジゴ・ブーマ || Gigobooma (PSO), Gigo Booma || A familiar enemy from the forest area of Phantasy Star Online.
+| [[Jigo Booma]] || ジゴ・ブーマ || Gigobooma (PSO,PSZ), Gigo Booma || A familiar enemy from the forest area of PSO.
 |-
-| [[Dark Falz]] || ダーク・ファルス || Darkfalz (I), Dark Force (II,III,IV), Dark Phallus (Saturn Collection) || The Japanese name has been mostly consistent throughout the series' entire history. "Dark Falz" is the most common variation now, even after bundling expanded versions in the series (e.g. Blue Burst, Ambition of the Illuminus) with their originals.
+| [[Dark Falz]] || ダーク・ファルス || Darkfalz (I), Dark Force (II,III,IV), Dark Phallus (Saturn Collection bonus material) || The Japanese name has been mostly consistent throughout the series' entire history. "Dark Falz" is the most common variation now, even after bundling expanded versions in the series (e.g. Blue Burst, Ambition of the Illuminus) with their originals.
 |}
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 | [[Vullseye]] || ヴァルズアイ || Bullseye || V and B are often confused/interchangeable in Japanese. The proper spelling for "bullseye" would be ブルズアイ instead.
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-| [[BT Lovers]] || BT・ラバーズ || VT Lovers || The "BT" is supposed to stand for "Valentine", and thus should probably have been VT. Also, conjecturally, rendering it "VD" (for "Valentine's Day") would probably have been problematic—"VD" also stands for "venereal disease," an older term for sexually transmitted diseases.
+| [[BT Lovers]] || BT・ラバーズ || VT Lovers || rowspan="2" | The "BT" is supposed to stand for "Valentine", and thus should probably have been VT. Also, conjecturally, rendering it "VD" (for "Valentine's Day") would probably have been problematic—"VD" also stands for "venereal disease," an older term for sexually transmitted diseases.
 |}
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