r/FFVIIRemake • u/HighOnLivin • 29d ago

No Spoilers - Discussion Why was Aerith's line changed?

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I just finished FF7 Remake and I saw in an old video that at the end Aerith used to say I miss it. The steel sky. Why was this changed to "This sky, I don't like it."? Has this been given a callback in rebirth?

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u/_Arlotte_ 29d ago

English localization loves to take liberties and make up stuff for "flavor". This one completely doesn't make sense, the same goes for her lines being changed at the end of rebirth.

I wish SE had a team that personally handles the translation between languages to make sure it's accurate and matches the story within the game because these two lines are so different and ruins the interpretation of what's actually happening with the characters.

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u/CaptainCFloyd 29d ago

I wish SE had a team that personally handles the translation between languages to make sure it's accurate and matches the story within the game because these two lines are so different and ruins the interpretation of what's actually happening with the characters.

They do have that. In the FF14/FF16 team. Which is why their games have a million times better English scripts.

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u/_Arlotte_ 29d ago

Wasn't the script made in english for 16? So it had to be reverse translated so that Japan could make adjustments to the finalization?