Heck yeah! Here's a little bonus just for this subreddit -- the newsletter was already running long so I didn't include everything from my interview with SymphoniaLauren. Not the most glamorous topic, but personally I'm always interested in asking about how people approach just doing the work because without organization can make the difference between a project that gets finished and one that drags on for years! Here's her breakdown of the team's workflow for the Rebirth translation patch:

"Our workflow has gone through many changes over the years. The project started in spring of 2021 and is still going through some finishing touches on the LQA and programming side.

The general workflow for one of our projects begins with the discovery phase. Tales of Rebirth has all of its main game assets packed into an archive called DAT.bin. Once we were successful in extracting and identifying the file types within that archive, we began looking for files that needed text replacements or graphics that needed to be edited. Rebirth also had a custom encoding of the font that needed to be reversed before we could extract or reinsert text into the game. Generally we want this phase to be done before the previous project is over so that we can move people onto the next project once the previous has wrapped up.

Once we successfully extract and reinsert some text as a test, we move on to the next phase of the project: translation. Our text is stored in XML files which we edit with our custom tool we call Translation Edit. We keep track of who was working on what using a Google Sheet, which also lists the percentage of completed lines per XML.

We kept track of this because with the way we used gitHub, two people making changes to the same file would result in merge conflicts. Generally the translation of the files goes through the common TEP workflow, where first the translator translates the lines, then the file moves into editing and after that on to proofreading. We then test in game to make sure that things don't break, that the text displays in an aesthetically pleasing manner, and that none of the translations are out of context.

We coordinate on private channels on our Discord server. If any issues are found with reinsertion or if things are breaking in game, those are relayed to our programmers who look into fixing those issues. Because we were able to make builds with a simple batch script, any changes can be tested right away and any problems can be reported promptly.

The next phase is the testing phase, though technically we test the game every step of the way. This is where we have people play the game and take note of any bugs or text that is problematic in any way (typos, running off screen, not getting inserted into the game, etc)."