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2	Alexander O. Smith is a professional Japanese-to-English translator and founder of translation company Kajiya Productions along with Joseph Reeder. Their official website is [[http://www.aokajiya.com/ here]]. He frequently collaborates with Square-Enix and met Creator/YasumiMatsuno through there.
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4	Outside localisations of video games, he's been involved in translating Japanese novels and various academic work.
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7	!!He has been involved in the translation of the following:
8	* ''Winter Heat''
9	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''
10	* ''[[VideoGame/ChocobosDungeon Chocobo's Dungeon 2]]''
11	* ''VideoGame/FrontMission3''
12	* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory''
13	* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2''
14	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''
15	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
16	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''
17	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''
18	* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime''
19	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
20	* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''
21	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''
22	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''
23	* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''
24	* ''VideoGame/MadWorld''
25	* ''VideoGame/{{Gyromancer}}''
26	* ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}''
27	* ''VideoGame/TacticsOgre PSP''
28	* ''Literature/BraveStory'' (both the novel and the New Traveler PSP game)
29	* ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}'', the novel
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31	!!His translations tend to insert the following:
32	* GratuitousIambicPentameter: He is a student of older literature after all.
33	* {{Magick}}: A big proponent of this trope.
34	* PurpleProse: Goes with being a student of old literature and seeking to emulate their style.
35	* TomeOfEldritchLore: They're not just spellbooks anymore, they're now grimoires.

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