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Right before Richter fights Dracula at the start of the game, the two have a short conversation about his return and why humans summoned him back in the first place. In the original English localization of the game, Dracula says the line:
This line was not in the original Japanese script nor was it first written by translator Jeremy Blaustein for the game's English release. It originates from the 1967 essay "Antimémoires" by novelist André Malraux, who was France's Minister of Cultural Affairs at the time it was published.
"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets."
This line was not in the original Japanese script nor was it first written by translator Jeremy Blaustein for the game's English release. It originates from the 1967 essay "Antimémoires" by novelist André Malraux, who was France's Minister of Cultural Affairs at the time it was published.
Legends of Localization article:
https://legendsoflocalization.com/lets-investigate-a-miserable-pile-of-secrets/
André Malraux - Antimémoires (Pages 5 and 20 in the book):
https://monoskop.org/images/1/18/Malraux_Andre_Anti-Memoirs_1968.pdf
https://legendsoflocalization.com/lets-investigate-a-miserable-pile-of-secrets/
André Malraux - Antimémoires (Pages 5 and 20 in the book):
https://monoskop.org/images/1/18/Malraux_Andre_Anti-Memoirs_1968.pdf
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