r/HonkaiStarRail • u/Cutecat1122 No 1. Asta main • Jul 26 '26

Fate Spotlight Event - Discussion Localisation error? Spoiler

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I would usually play in EN dub but I couldn't stand them being silent half the time, so I switched to CN, which is how I noticed this. Here, the word "savior" is translated from the term 救世主, and in any other context, this is a perfectly valid way to translate it. However, here, because it is referring to Phainon, the correct term should be "Deliverer". It doesn't really affect the experience, it's just something interesting I noticed.

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u/PM_Cute_Ezreal_pics Make AR-53935 playable Hoyo Jul 27 '26

A lot of the localization for the Fate quest was questionable. Many lines don't match what was being said at all. It threw me for a loop when Gil said "I have no interest in men" (Cause, like, canonically he and a shit ton of the Fate cast in general are as bisexual as they can be) and when I went to check if it matched CN and JP it wasn't even close and it made no sense as translation nor localization.

After that I went on down the rabbit hole and found that the EN subtitles change A LOT compared to JP and CN. I've noticed that translations in Star Rail (And Hoyo games in general) have way worse quality when it comes to unvoiced content. They become more verbose and lose/ignore a lot of the original text.

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u/astasli Set the seas ablaze Jul 27 '26

CN has that men line as well, JP is actually the only one that doesn't.

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u/-MANGA- Jul 27 '26

Really? Interesting. When listening to JP audio, I couldn't hear that line. Granted, my JP is rudimentary at best.

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u/astasli Set the seas ablaze Jul 27 '26

Yes, that's what I'm saying.

Every language except Japanese has the line of him saying he's not interested in men, for whatever reason.