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Janet Hsu

Janet Hsu.

Janet Hsu is a Capcom employee working as part of the company's localization team in Osaka, Japan, and was in charge of the English localizations of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. They[1] also provide the voice of prosecutor Franziska von Karma in the English and French versions of the Ace Attorney games.

Career[]

Janet Hsu was born in Taiwan, but moved to New Jersey shortly thereafter. They studied Japanese for two and a half years at college before traveling to Japan in 2004 to teach English, where they were constantly using the language. They applied to Capcom while there and were hired in 2005. Hsu also speaks Mandarin, but claims that their Japanese is more proficient.

Since starting at Capcom in 2005, Hsu has worked on all six main-series Ace Attorney games, as well as a number of other games, including Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Monster Hunter Tri, Mega Man Legends 3, Lost Planet, Mega Man: Powered UP, and Mega Man Battle Network 6. For Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, they also acted as product manager.[2]

Their method for translating the Ace Attorney games (until Dual Destinies[3]) was to play through the game first and then begin translating it. The translation process takes between 6-8 months for each game. Hsu's favorite part of game translation is the localization aspect. They have said that the challenge is "[h]ow do I recreate the feeling and experience Japanese gamers had in a way that is understandable to a Western audience?"[4]. They have cited their fellow localization team member Brandon Gay as being especially helpful in making sure the story in English made sense to first-time players. Additionally, they have mentioned that it was thanks to Jean Pierre ("JP") Kellams that Moe's jokes came out the way they did. Specific challenges that they faced during the Ace Attorney series were translating Morgan Fey's speech style as well as some of Hotti's comments about Pearl Fey.

Their favorite aspects of the Ace Attorney series are the humor and mystery of their stories. Hsu's favorite characters as of 2007 were Adrian Andrews, Franziska von Karma, and Pearl Fey, remarking that the first two had a lot of hidden depth. They also enjoyed writing the scene in Justice For All where Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright discuss what it means to be a lawyer.[5]

In their spare time during 2007, Hsu enjoyed watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. – 2nd GIG.

References[]

  1. Lunning, Just. "Ace Attorney Dev Talks Apollo Justice, Japanifornia, And The Series' Future". Kotaku. Retrieved on 2024-02-06.
  2. Destructoid interview: Ghost Trick's Shu Takumi. July 21, 2010. Ben Perlee on Destructoid.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2014.
  3. "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies Localization: Secrets of Character Design Revealed". September 26, 2013. Janet Hsu's Capcom News Blog. Retrieved on May 16, 2014.
  4. Interview - Janet Hsu of Capcom Japan, Localization Team. March 8, 2007. Ex-Lost Planet team member, "Scarlett"'s Capcom-Unity Blog. Retrieved on May 16, 2014.
  5. On Lawyers and Localization, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All interview. January 18, 2007. Spencer on Siliconera.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2014.

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