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+## jwizard101
+
+A Japanese translation of Wizard101.
+
+### Introduction
+
+Since the advent of a repacker for KI's WADs, we've been able to change practically anything packed in them. So why not change the font, then go crazy with the .lang files?
+
+### Info on building
+
+This repository does not include extraneous files that were in Root.wad. You will have to merge this repository with a directory with the extracted contents of Root.wad. We recommend placing the contents of Root.wad, aside from the Fonts/ and Locale/ directories, in the proot/ directory of your local copy so you can rebuild conveniently.
+
+Note that all files in proot/ are ignored by .gitignore by default; to have a file tracked, you will have to make an exception in that file.
+
+### Info on translating
+
+The language files are encoded in UTF-16LE. **Please do not change the encoding,** or Wizard101 might not be able to read the files.
+
+The files contain a header of one line (which should not need to be edited), followed by some number of triplets going in this manner:
+
+* A key name. This should not be modified either.
+* A comment. Ignored in the game itself. Put whatever you want there.
+* The actual string.
+
+Many of the files have enormous amounts of duplication, so you'll probably want to use the find-and-replace feature of your favorite editor.
+
+#### Spells
+
+Our convention is to use the symbols used by Wizard101 whenever possible, even when they were not used in the original spell description.
+
+There is enough room for only eight kana or kanji in the spell title, so you will have to keep the titles short.
+
+Complex kanji might be illegible in the spell description. In that case, consider using kana instead. (e. g. absorption was written as きゅうしゅう instead of 吸収)
+
+### Progress
+
+* UI - started
+* Spells - started
+* Area names - started
+* Player names - todo
+* NPC names - todo
+* Quests - todo
+* Voiceovers - pie in the sky