Professor Layton and the Unwound Future/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

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

US	Europe
[City Square/Midland Bus Stop]	[Exhibition Terrace/Midland Rd Bus Stop]
[Patient Room/Back of Hospital]	[Patient's Room/Back of the Hospital]
[Casino Storage/Old Bus Stop]	[Casino Storeroom/Derelict Bus Stop]
[Auckland Lane/N. Flatstone St.]	[Auckland Lane Station/Flatstone St North]
Flatstone [St. 1/St. 2/Street]	Flatstone [St South/St/St Station]
Midland [Road/Rd. (Fork)]	Midland [Rd/Rd Fork]
[Anita's Place/Noodle Shop]	[Anita's Café/Noodle Bar]
[Alley/Behind the Casino]	[Park Gate/Passageway]
[Police Archive/Warehouse Area]	[Archives/Warehouse District]
Gressenheller [U/U]	Gressenheller [Bus Stop/Univ.]
Pagoda [Foyer/Staircase]	[Grand Foyer/Lower Staircase]
[Dragon Walkway/Room of Mirrors]	[Crimson Bridge/Hall of Mirrors]
[Staircase Landing/Dragon Bridge]	[Upper Staircase/Dragon Walkway]
[Black Market/Thames Arms]	[Black Market Bazaar/Thames Arms Front]
[Thames Arms/Neighborhood Wall]	[The Thames Arms/Neighbourhood Wall]
[Elevator Door/Elevator]	[Pod Entrance/Transport Pod]

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.

Japanese	Translation	English		Japanese	Translation	English		Japanese	Translation	English
サマリー	Summary	Spring		ジャック	Jack	Cogg		タイラー	Tyler	Art
ブッチ	Butch	Shipley		バッカス	Bakkasu	Paillard		ウッズ	Uzzu	Dupree
シャロン	Sharon	Natalia		ドルガー	Doruga	Alfie		クラウス	Klaus	Clive
デビット	Debit	Vito		マーティン	Martin	Layman		ギョラック	Gyolak	Hardy
クレイグ	Craig	Cuthbert		ニコウ	Nikou	Niklaus		デロイ	Delroy	Ward

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

US	Europe		US	Europe		US	Europe		US	Europe
Hazel	Edgar		Family Goon	Family Thug		Shmelmey	Chelton		Shmarton	Barmey
Segal	Grafton		Dylan	Duncan		Checker	Chequer		Barkeep	Bartender

(Source: A special thanks to Layton.wikia and Professor Layton Blogspot for the majority of English text differences found.)