FE7 Blazing Blade Localization: Karel’s “Sword” – Physical Blade or a Technique? [JPN vs ENG]

This post is part of a series on reader requested (and personal curiosity) comparisons between Fire Emblem games’ Japanese and English scripts.

Today’s post concerns a reader from reddit’s curiosity regarding Karel. To quote:

Could you possibly take a look at Karel and Karla’s supports to see if they are strictly referring to the art of the sword or if there actually is a physical sword passed down in their family? I argued once that their English supports establish there is a physical sword (which is not named in game and in particular is not the Wo Dao).

They mention the quote (in the screen shot above) which is the line in question. One would likely assume it is indeed a physical blade as opposed to any sort of “way of the sword” as a result. It may be worth noting that Karel holds a bloodied sword in his official artwork too that some assume may be said sword.

Upon researching it, it’s an interesting case that leans toward mistranslation, and that the sword is actually meant to be a style and not a physical blade. But let’s take a thorough look at the matter.

Now let’s get to it!

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FE7 Blazing Blade: Did Guy become THE Sword Saint? Or LIKE the Sword Saint? [JPN/ENG]

Minor spoilers pertaining to two character endings in Fire Emblem 7 ahead!

Today’s post looks at a minor translation error that caused some confusion in the seventh Fire Emblem game, known to fans as Blazing Blade (or just Fire Emblem) in the west.

Minor translation errors (that cause big changes) are nothing new to Blazing Sword, as I cover regarding a small translation error that causes a bigger change at the end of the game here.

A young swordsman known as Guy has an epilogue that is a little confusing in the official localization of the game. Namely, for fans who played FE6 (Binding Blade, chronologically a sequel to this game), who know that the swordmaster Karel goes on to be known as the “Sword Saint.”

So did Guy become the Sword Saint? Or did Karel? Or did they both?

Let’s see!

Fire Emblem 6/7: Artbook Translations (All)

UPDATE: Now you can download them all as one RAR file here.

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UPDATE:

Please note, as one of my older translations, this book is very literally translated. Someday I hope to give it a more professional run through.

I am considering acquiring another copy of this book to unbind and scan in high quality as well as iron out the translations. If interested in funding this project, please donate above and add a note!

Original Post:

This is every single profile from Fire Emblem 6 (Sword of Seals) and Fire Emblem 7 (Blazing Sword) translated on this website and put in one place!

I used the names that were on the pages, even if they had official localized names in FE7 for FE6, with a few exceptions. However, from FE7 onward I used the officially localized names.

56 K Warning for a lot of images ahead! All of the scans for FE6 are from serenesforest.net. Some of the FE7 ones are too, but I scanned the ones they were missing. All were edited/translated by me. Their original Japanese transcripts are found on their original pages.

These are in order. Enjoy this milestone!

Fire Emblem 7: Artbook Translations (All)

Yet another milestone! This is every single profile from Fire Emblem 7 (Blazing Sword) translated on this website. I did some out of order before, so their format is slightly different. But this is every single character in the FE7 Character Book. It is only actually the second half of book, the previous half was done on this site earlier.

I used the localized names best I could.

56 K Warning for a lot of images ahead! Some of these scans were provided by serenesforest.net, but I scanned most of them myself.  Their original transcripts are found on their original pages.

These are in order. Enjoy this milestone!

Fire Emblem 7: Karel Artbook Translation

Today I translated and edited Karel (Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword)’s art book page (117). Japanese and English transcripts can be found below the picture! As well as the original image.

Keep reading for the transcripts!

Fire Emblem 6: Artbook Translations (All)

What a milestone! This is every single profile from Fire Emblem 6 (Sword of Seals) translated on this website. I did some out of order before, so their format is slightly different. But this is every single character in the FE6 Character Book. It is only actually half the book, as the next half is Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Sword (first one in the US).

I used the names that were on the pages, even if they had official localized names in FE7, with a few exceptions. However, from now on (into FE7), I will try my best to use their localized names.

56 K Warning for a lot of images ahead! All of these scans are from serenesforest.net, and have been edited/translated by me. Their original transcripts are found on their original pages.

These are in order. Enjoy this milestone!

Fire Emblem 6: Karel Artbook Translation

Today I translated and edited Karel (Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals)’s art book page (066). Japanese and English transcripts can be found below the picture! As well as the original image. This scan was from serenesforest.net.

Keep reading for the transcripts!

Fire Emblem 6: Bartre Artbook Translation

Today I translated and edited Bartre (Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals)’s art book page (050). Japanese and English transcripts can be found below the picture! As well as the original image. This scan was from serenesforest.net.

Keep reading for the transcripts!

Fire Emblem 6: Fir Artbook Translation

Today I translated and edited Fir (Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals)’s art book page (039). Japanese and English transcripts can be found below the picture! As well as the original image. This scan was from serenesforest.net.

Keep reading for the transcripts!

Fire Emblem 7: Karla Artbook Translation

Today I translated Karla (Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword)’s art book page (126). Japanese and English transcripts can be found below the picture! As well as the original image. Courtesy of serenesforest.net for the original scan.

Keep reading for the transcripts!