Another Century's Episode 2 English translation
アナザーセンチュリーズエピソード2 · Anazā Senchurīzu Episōdo 2
An AI-assisted English patch for the Special Vocal Version of Banpresto's PS2 mecha crossover Another Century's Episode 2, with every text table found so far in English.
What's translated
The campaign script, the partners' chatter during battle, the menus, the extra missions, the tutorial, the HUD and the names are all in English. The engine had no room for Latin letters, so the font and the executable were reworked to fit them. Version 0.0.17 fixes the freezes found so far and covers a mission that the previous build had left in Japanese.
How it was made
Azzulin says the text was machine translated in batches with a glossary, then checked line by line against the Japanese with Claude, which also built the tools and audited each build. Expect some stiff lines; the builds are still labelled test releases and reports are welcome.
A bonus
The repository also has a tool that puts the original 2006 opening movie back on the Special Vocal Version, if you own both discs.
Playing it
The patch is made for the Japanese Special Vocal Version. Apply it to your own copy of the game following the instructions in the creator's GitHub repository linked here. It was tested in PCSX2.