the-au-lait

[the-au-lait]

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd make a quick post to let you know that...

The complete, definite, will-not-be-edited-again-in-the-future, FINAL translation of London Holiday, is finally here for your enjoyment!

AND it comes this time with an in-character fan-translation that DOESN'T read like Google Translate!

For those who didn't know, Professor Layton and the London Holiday is an official prologue to Diabolical Box; it's a short slice-of-life story in which Luke and Layton are just having some good time solving puzzles, and at the end, they receive the letter from Schrader which starts the events of DB. This game is not really lost content per se, but it's still part of the more obscure Layton media, since we non-Japanese fans have no legal way of playing it ourselves unless we buy the Japanese version of DB.

This isn't really some breaking news or anything, but I still thought it was worth warning you that this is it -- if you wanted a fancy in-character translation, you finally have it!

I will make a small shoutout to @call-me-rucy who helped every now and then with the more accurate translation when I had doubts on how a few idioms here and there were meant to be interpreted. Thanks again for your help, and sorry for using you like this xD I do wish I could send you DMs for reasons other than just asking for your Japanese knowledge hahaha

---

When I say that this won't be edited again, I mean that the only way this web page will ever be further edited in the future is if someone else shows up at some point and asks me to change something. Perhaps I took too many liberties in the fancy fan-translation compared to the original text in one or two specific occurrences, or perhaps someone will want to translate this transcript into another language that isn't English, in which case I would absolutely accept to add it! (and you would be credited for that additional translation, obviously)

---

I heavily suggest you take a look at it if you haven't already, because it provides quite a bit of lore and funny/wholesome moments! We notably get the full story of how Schrader heard about, and then tried to acquire the Elysian box (...story which contradicts the fact that he would already own it in Eternal Diva, by the way), but it's not the only fun lore crumbs this prologue to DB gives us :)

Also, for the fans of the puzzle theory -- I suggest you take a look in particular at what Luke says when he solved puzzle 09. It sure is intriguing that he would mention walking from island to island on foot as if he were... Physically doing it?? Or at least had the impression that he could experience it somehow???

Heh, puzzles and hint coins have mind powers anyway, for all we know perhaps some of them can trap you inside your own mind for a bit while you're solving them. Deliciously horrifying, so much potential for fanfics/comics and lore analysis. So shameful that nobody would have thought of taking advantage of this by throwing puzzles at someone with the specific intent of slowing them down by trapping them in a trance for a bit. smh, Level 5. smh.

[the-au-lait]

Leayton: Do you think I could be intimidating my students? Perhaps being to strict?

Emmy: With all due respect professor the only people who get a chance at being intimidated by you are those tho threaten the safety of your loved ones or the people who witness what happens to the ones mentioned above. To the rest of the world you're just about the least threatening creature on Earth. And besides that, trust me when I say no student should show up to a professor's office to drop you a puzzle you didn't assign unless you were their absolute favoure. Why ask anyway?

Layton: I overheard it a few times now, when talking about me they often emphasize that they're "looking respectfully", and now I wonder if that's sarcastic, or if they feel intimidated

Emmy: oh.

[the-au-lait]

Barbecue dad sword fight when?

Based on a joke au with @xolboragainandagain

Azran legacy spoilers under the cut

[the-au-lait]

dress up time!!!

[the-au-lait]

So remember that haha silly joke poison AU where Hershel slowly loses himself and Des tries to help him find a cure

[the-au-lait]

i think this bird was one of my favourite moments from plvaa hehe

[the-au-lait]

shes so beautiful… miss her

[the-au-lait]

Thought a piece like this could be cute. Happy Flora Friday!

[the-au-lait]

[Trailer] Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright [ENG Subs] (via LeetNeetNews) English subtitled version of the 3-minute Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright trailer coming to you from LeetNEET~

[the-au-lait]

forgive me

[the-au-lait]

i really hope stachenscarfen is in new world of steam. don't explain why either. he's just there. he's always there.

[the-au-lait]

[the-au-lait]

I drew this Evil Layton according to Capcom Evil Layton design muehehe♡

[the-au-lait]

omg the japanese version has doodles on it?? why did they change that ...

[puzzle 011, pandoras box]

[the-au-lait]

the differences between the localisation and original solved image for the puzzle Lukes big dinner.... theres also more but im too lazy to post

[the-au-lait]

So guess who did a redraw :3

[the-au-lait]

The narrative has beef with a 13 year old can you imagine

Lyrics