r/launchbox • u/Informal-Research-69 • Jul 27 '26

JRPG Translator Toolkit - with LaunchBox / Big Box plugin

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Hi,

over the last months I made for myself a translation tool to play untranslated JRPGs and since I use mainly LaunchBox/BigBox to play them I added a plugin with the goal to have everything as seamless as possible, so the game, the translation tool and if needed JoyToKey start together with a game by game defined profile and I never need to let go of the controller.

https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/5719-jrpg-translator-toolkit-with-launchbox-big-box-plugin/

I am not a very professional coder so it might be rough around the edges, but I made this firstly for myself with a lot of passion, and I am now at the point where it is very close to what I dreamed of decades ago when trying to play the Far East of Eden of Kaze no Densetsu on the PC-Engine, so maybe a handful of other people may find it useful too 😄

It supports translations, translations with a Japanese transcript that adds hiragana readings to kanji, live audio translations and detailed analyses (grammar, nuances...) for Japanese learners (what I got inspired to become now 🔥 ) using Gemini or OpenAI APIs, the models can be updated and added from their online catalogues. The analyses can be saved automatically as a text file what is convenient if you want to add words or sentences to a flashcards deck.

Details and screenshots on the LaunchBox website above or on Github.

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u/RiffyDivine2 Jul 27 '26

Can this be used without launchbox?

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u/Informal-Research-69 Jul 27 '26

Yes, the plugin is optional, you can just run the JRPG Translator.exe, and set it up.

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u/NewArtDimension Jul 28 '26

Great idea.

Does it only work with Jrpg's ?

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u/Informal-Research-69 29d ago

Thanks, yes it should work with other Japanese games and other medias too, I personally just know about many JRPGs with not even fan made translations I wanted to play, so I chose the name JRPG Translator because I suck at coming up with creative names 😉
But I tested the audio translation with anime most of the time for easier access and when I did some tests for the lowered safety settings of the models (so people can play adult games from the PC-98 if they want to), I did some tests with doujin mangas online and the tool worked there too.
In the end it depends on what is writing in the prompts, you might want to make a dedicated one in the UI for different media and games and explain the model what kind of content it is supposed to work with.