[KaioShin]

To make it absolutely clear: This subforum is NOT to request translation hacks that YOU do not plan to contribute to.
This has already been indirectly stated in the first rule below, but has been pretty regularly violated.
Here or here are the places for those.

There are now special rules in place for this subboard. Please read and follow them, we'll delete or lock topics which break these rules.

This board covers everything related to languages and scripts. You can post here if you're looking for translation help, if you're looking for help with identifying Kanji and generally for language questions of any sort.

Please keep in mind the following rules:

1.) This is a romhacking board. The things you post should have some relevance to romhacking. It's OK to post a thread about translating song titles or some such once in a while, but make sure you clearly state what kind of content you post. Don't just post huge amounts of game scripts when you don't intent to actually use the translation in a romhack.

2.) Don't paste huge script portions directly into the board. Upload the script in text form to a webhoster or a text paste service and link to that instead. Huge walls of Japanese text only clutter up the server. Posting 3 or 4 lines of Japanese directly on the board is OK of course.

3.) Use script files to translate from. Don't upload a huge load of pictures showing the text to the board. A screenshot or two for spot translations are allowed of course.

[kern]

I hope you don't mind me adding something here because it's a common problem on translation request boards; feel free to delete it if you don't want it cluttering up your rules post.

If you're asking for help on a translation, the #1 most important thing when asking for help is to include the context.  The context includes things like what game this is from, who is speaking the line, who the line is being spoken to, and what scene the line is in.  You may not know all these things but the more you can include, the better chance we have of getting the correct interpretation and translation.  Even if your question is just about one word or one phrase, include as much of the surrounding text as you can (within a reasonable limit, say a few lines before and after).  Sometimes it's impossible to give a translation without seeing those.

[MysticLord]

I apologize if this is the wrong place to request this, but could you make a thread for useful translation tools and links?

A guy in my discord uses this to communicate with Japanese speedrunners and romhackers:
https://www.deepl.com/translator

It's a translation engine developed through machine learning. I don't know how effective it is, but user Red Soul seems to think so:
https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31858.msg405811#msg405811

It doesn't have web page translation service available yet, but it may be useful for hackers that lack translators as a "good enough" solution until they find one.