Speculation: English Localization Issues?

[NateDog]

Thanks for posting this. I remember reading an article on MGS1's translator and Kojima's falling out with them after release as he was unhappy with the "changes" he made. I can understand Kojima's position on it, but as someone that has done a small bit of translation work over the years too I have to side with the translator really on that aspect, you can't just translate phrases word for word from one language to another or else it feels too stilted and you lose some of the effect. I feel like that explained some MGS games after MGS1 having very stiff and overly wordy dialogue in places as he ensured as much was a direct translation as possible. Will have to give this a good read when I get a chance.