The Curse of Sarushima FAQ

The Curse of Sarushima
a script mod by jeffXvX

Q: How did you make this hack?
A: All the game's dialogue and item names are in a text file. I used a website called Hypertranslate that lets you run text through the Google API translate multiple times.

Q: How many/what languages were used?
A: Most of the script was translated through 20 languages. A few parts were translated over 100 times. I didn't record which languages were used.

Q: Did you read the entire translation?
A: Yes, all 10,000+ lines of it. I wanted to make sure there was nothing too inappropriate.

Q: Was this all machine translated or did you edit parts of it?
A: The content is all machine translated except for an Easter egg I added.
The only manual editing was for capitalization and punctuation.

Q: Is this hack available somewhere?
A: I haven't posted it online, but you can DM me for the file.

Q: Why is the game called Curse of Sarushima Island? Isn't the whole point that everything is in English?
A: In Japanese, "monkey" is "saru" and "island" is "shima" so the amalgamation of those words is "Sarushima."
But Sarushima is an actual island in Japan and since it is a proper noun, Google did not translate it back.

Q: Where did you get the idea to do this?
A: Someone made a similar hack of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Q: Why are there inconsistencies in how certain words are translated throughout the script?
A: Google translate considers context. Also, some parts of the script were run through different languages because the initial results were not satisfactory.

Q: How was insult sword fighting handled?
A: I ran every insult/response for insult swordfighting separately through a different set of languages. I kept translating each insult/response until I got one I liked.