English Translation Differences

This is a sub-page of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.

Any names after the "/" are UK names. Lines in which its only differences is having British terms will be mainly omitted. Such examples include:

• Not adding a serial comma before "and" or "or".
• Not adding a dot after an abbreviation (For example, writing "Mr." as "Mr").
• Adding a comma or a period outside of quotation marks rather than inside quotation marks.
• Instances of the word "figure out" being changed to "work out".
• Instances of the word "tap" being changed to "touch".

Sub-Pages#

Unsolved Mysteries Solved Mysteries Picture Book Examining Things Event Recap Objectives

Journal/Layton's Journal#

Pages 1 and 2 Pages 3 and 4 Pages 5 and 6 Pages 7 and 8 Pages 9 and 10 Pages 11 and 12 Pages 13 and 14

Miscellaneous Text#

Inside the trunk#

• For the text "Total Score" the US version has the "Total" text in orange and the "Score" in white, while the European version has "Total Score" in white.
• Under "Time Played", the US version writes the hours and minutes in "hr." and "min." while the European version writes it in "hr" and "min". In Curious Village, both versions wrote "HR." and "MIN." under "TIME PLAYED".
• The US version is missing the text "The Professor's Trunk" and "Memo".

While in the transport pod#

• "Tap the place you would like to go to."(US)/"Touch the place you would like to go."(Europe)
• "Here!"(US)/"You are here!"(Europe)
• "Tower Base"(US)/"Pod Entrance"(Europe)

Locations#

Name Changes#

Character Names#

Many names were changed between the Japanese and international versions. The returning characters had their names retained in the Japanese and international versions.

The US English and European English revisions have several name differences.