Alexander O. Smith

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 here. He frequently collaborates with Square-Enix and met Yasumi Matsuno through there.

He has been involved in the translation of the following:
 * Winter Heat
 * Final Fantasy VIII
 * Chocobo's Dungeon 2
 * Front Mission 3
 * Vagrant Story
 * Parasite Eve 2
 * Final Fantasy IX
 * Final Fantasy X
 * Fire Emblem Elibe
 * Final Fantasy X-2
 * Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
 * Phoenix Wright series
 * Final Fantasy XII
 * Final Fantasy Tactics A2
 * Valkyria Chronicles
 * MadWorld
 * Gyromancer
 * Vanquish
 * Tactics Ogre PSP
 * Brave Story (both the novel and the New Traveler PSP game)
 * Ico the novel

His translations tend to insert the following:
 * Getting "Nightsoil" Past the Radar
 * Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: He is a student of older literature after all.
 * Magick: A big proponent of this trope.
 * Purple Prose: Goes with being a student of old literature and seeking to emulate their style.
 * Tome of Eldritch Lore: They're not just spellbooks anymore, they're now grimoires.