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Why Aren’t There MORE Visual Novel Translations? - A Meta Analysis
You ever wondered why we still have a lot of visual novels without translations? Based on talks with people in the industry, watching the community, and analysis, here are 7 reasons why we don't have MORE VN translations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zLrANkAlaQ
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Notable Links Discussed:
* jpdb VN Lengths - https://jpdb.io/visual-novel-difficulty-list
* Saya no Uta - https://store.steampowered.com/app/702050/The_Song_of_Saya/
* Planetarian - https://store.steampowered.com/app/623080/planetarian_HD/
* Making Lovers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1200720/MakingLovers/
* DxS (editor) - https://twitter.com/Deoto?t=NGYnjG8OGQM23xBYBXTytg&s=09
* PyroCyan (Translation Checker) - https://twitter.com/PyroCyan?t=IjWUae2AmMM-fMc1zaaFrQ&s=09
* Doddler (Programmer) - https://twitter.com/The_Doddler?t=30c0Z08kOt_uB-NJ2gZ-rg&s=09
* Kitty-tama (QC/Tester) - https://twitter.com/kittytamasings?t=lKkKZVqdL3jI9KA_7CD89w&s=09
* Doki Doki Literature Club - https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/
* Daybreak Translations - https://daybreaktl.wordpress.com
* Steiner (Translator) - https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla?t=O9VCku2q1A5bEa3cxmuLAA&s=09
* Arunaru Lack of Pay - https://nihonsei.home.blog/2019/10/23/alicesoft-translator-arunaru-cuts-ties-with-mangagamer/
* Amairo Islenauts Cancelled - https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/5263-amairo-islenauts-translation-project/
* Illusion Soft Info - https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/gskqvc/official_translation_of_vns_from_tone_works/fsdr31q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
* MoeNovel - https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/MoeNovel
* Your Diary - https://store.steampowered.com/app/761700/Your_Diary/
* Baldr Sky - https://store.steampowered.com/app/741140/Baldr_Sky/
* Sekai Project - https://sekaiproject.com
* Majikoi - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1460490/Majikoi_Love_Me_Seriously/
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Lots of Text
1:47 More than Just Translating
3:32 Lack of Return Investment
5:23 Huge Backlog to Translate
6:07 Original Developers
7:40 Machine Translators
9:34 VNs do NOT Sell
11:07 Outro
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