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{{Article| type=column | picture=Steak Have A Pillory.png | caption=Bad translation is bad. | weekday=Wednesday | day=28 | month=1 | year=2015 | time=14:12:31 | discusstype=bmgf | discusslink=172592 | sourcetype=exclusive | sourcename= | sourcelink= | user=ShinyLinoone | userlink=User:ShinyLinoone | tagline=The history and spread of Pokémon memes | blurb=What happens when a Pokémon game is translated two times by a Chinese bootlegging team and sold on the black market? Find out in the newest edition of Gotta Meme 'em All! }} {{CategorizeIn|Columns|1|15}} {{PA}} __NOTOC__ ''Pocket Monsters: Crystal Version'' is a bootlegged cartridge of the Japanese version of ''{{bp|Pokémon Crystal Version}}'' for the {{bp|Game Boy Color}}. The publishers of this counterfeit title as well as its exact release date are both unknown, but it most likely went into circulation around 2001 as the Japanese release of the official game was December 14, 2000. Since its rise to popularity on the internet, it has become better known as ''Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal'' due to the circulation of the cartridges in Vietnam. What makes this game so popular compared to other {{bp|ROM hacks|Pokémon bootlegs}} is its translation. As mentioned before, this game is a pirate of the Japanese ''Pocket Monsters: Crystal Version'', but it was not marketed towards Japanese audiences; it was translated to English—and rather poorly, one might add. What likely happened with this game was that it was translated from its original Japanese script ({{bp|NPC}} texts; {{bp|Pokédex}} entries; Pokémon, item, and move names; any text in the game that is not part of the graphics) to Chinese by one of the bootleggers, who were most likely natives of {{wp|China}}, {{wp|Taiwan}}, or another Chinese-speaking region, and then translated from Chinese to English by another member of the bootlegging team, as there were likely very few people available where they lived who knew Japanese, Chinese and English. Because of being translated twice, and by translators with far less technical ability than {{bp|The Pokémon Company}}'s official translation staff, the script in many cases is far less coherent than the official translations. Romanizations of Chinese transliterations of Japanese names can be found among the translated text, certain words are misspelled (such as ''Lmaonade'') and all alphabetic characters are upper-case. Additionally, the translation created numerous bugs in the game, such as being near impossible to enter the {{bp|Bug-Catching Contest}} without the game crashing or {{bp|soft resetting}}. The use of certain moves will also crash the game. {{quote|GO TO THE ELF’S WORLD/WELCOME! EVERYONE CALL ME ELF MONSTER/ELFS, HERE ARE CALLED MONSTER/THEY EXISTED EVERYWHERE/……../THEY PLAY FRIENDLY/HELP EACH OTHER/LIVE WITH PEOPLE/BUT WE DON’T UNDERSTAND THEM ENTIRELY/THERE ARE MANY SECRETS INSIDE TO KNOW THESE RIDDLES/I DO A INVESTIGATION FOR EVERYDAY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS YOUR NAME >Player inputs name< >name<! DO YOU GET READY? YOUR STORY WILL START FROM NOW AT ONCE/FOR THE FUTURE YOU WILL MEET MANY TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS, BITTER AND SWEET/TO EXPLORE THE DREAMS/LET’S GO TO THE MONSTER’S WORLD/START/SEE YOU LATER|Professor Oak|Oujiduo's speech|cat=no}} {{TCGGallery| image1=Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal.png| caption1=A Vietnamese Crystal Cartridge| size1=200px| image2=Vietnamese Crystal Title Screen.png| caption2=What could possibly go wrong?| size2=200px| image3=GO TO THE ELF'S WORLD.png| caption3=Everything| size3=200px| image4=Vietnamese Crystal Item.png| caption4=Yes, quite| size4=200px| }} [[File:Vietnamese Crystal Error Message.png|thumb|Attempting to enter the Bug-Catching Contest may make the game reset and think it is being played on the original {{bp|Game Boy}}, resulting in this message.]]

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