This post is a (fairly) exhaustive list of the locations in Chrono Trigger and some notes on their names and translations. I tried to catch as much as I could and give some insight into where the names came from, since some of them are different from the English version!
Head below the jump to see the list!
The Different Time Periods:
Ａ．Ｄ．１０００年 ＝ 1000 A.D.
Ａ．Ｄ．６００年 ＝ 600 A.D.
Ａ．Ｄ．２３００年 ＝ 2300 A.D.
Ｂ．Ｃ．６５００萬年 ＝ 65,000,000 B.C.
Ｂ．Ｃ．１２０００年 ＝ 12,000 B.C.
Note the way the ages are structured: the naming starts with the larger “era” (A.D., B.C.) and then goes into the year. Also note for 65,000,000 B.C. the Chinese is ６５００萬年. If you read this post on Chinese counting, you know that the base unit is four: so, here, you have the number 6500 preceding the 萬. Since 萬 = 10,000, we just add four zeros at the end of the original number, 6500, and end up with the full year: 6500,0000 or 65,000,000 A.D.!
Truce and Porre Locations (1,000 A.D./600 A.D.)
克羅諾家（kèluónuò jiā）Crono’s House
露卡家（Lùkǎ jiā）Lucca’s House
和平鎮的旅館（hépíngzhèn de lǚguǎn）Truce Inn
加爾迪亞森林（jiāěrdíyà sēnlín）Guardia Forest
加爾迪亞城（jiāěrdíyà chéng）Guardia Castle
麗內廣場（Línèi guǎngchǎng）Leene Square
百貨小店（bǎihuò xiǎodiàn）Market
渡輪事務所（dùlún shìwùsuǒ）Ferry Office
鎮長宅邸（zhènzhǎng zhái dǐ） Mayor’s Manor
民居（mínjū）Residence
澤南之橋（zénán zhī qiáo）Zenan Bridge
海螺亭（hǎiluó tíng）Snail Stop
巴雷波利鎮的旅館（bāléibōlìzhèn de lǚguǎn）Porre Inn (note: Porre is actually “Parepoli” from the Japanese パレポリ, which is reflected in the Chinese translation as well.)
An interesting change to note here is the transition from 村 to 鎮 from 600 A.D. to 1,000 A.D.: In 600 A.D. Truce and Porre Inn are named 和平村的旅館（hépíngcūn de lǚguǎn）and 巴雷波利村的旅館（bāléibōlìcūn de lǚguǎn）respectively, but in 1,000 A.D. they are 和平鎮的旅館（hépíngzhèn de lǚguǎn）and 巴雷波利鎮的旅館（bāléibōlìzhèn de lǚguǎn）Porre Inn. In Chinese there’s more of an obvious change, that of growing cities, which isn’t reflected in the English version. It’s a subtle but nice detail to note!
Unique Locations to 1,000 A.D.
海角漩渦（hǎijiǎo xuánwō）Coastal Vortex
菲奧娜神殿（fēiàonà shéndiàn）Fiona’s Shrine
Unique Locations to 600 A.D.
Zenan Continent
和平村的後山（hépíngcūn de hòushān）Truce Canyon
瑪諾利亞修道院（mǎnuòlìyà xiūdàoyuàn）Manolia Cathedral
妖蛙森林（yāowā sēnlín）Cursed Woods
聖多利諾村的旅館（shèngduōlìnuòcūn de lǚguǎn）Dorino Inn (San Dorino Inn)
迪納德羅山（dínàdéluó shān）Denadoro Mountains
塔塔家（tǎtǎ jiā）Tata’s House
菲奧娜的小屋（fēiàonà de xiǎowū）Fiona’s Villa
地底沙漠（dìdǐ shāmò）Sunken Desert
魔岩窟（móyánkū）Magic Cave
Other
魔王城（mówáng chéng）Fiendlord’s Keep
比內加之館（bìnèiiā zhī guǎn）Vinegar (Ozzie)’s Fort
西方海角（xīfāng hǎijiǎo）West Cape
巨人之爪（jùrén zhī zhuǎ）Giant’s Claw
廢棄的暴龍城（fèiqì de bàolóng chéng）Tyranno Lair Ruins
Medina (1,000 A.D.)
美迪娜村廣場（měidínàcūn guǎngchǎng）Medina Square
美迪娜村的旅館（měidínàcūn de lǚguǎn）Medina Inn
波休的小屋（bōxiū de xiǎowū）Bosch (Melchior)’s Cabin
北方森林遺跡（běifāng sēnlín yíjì）Nothern Forest Ruins
赫凱蘭洞窟（hèkǎilán dòngkū）Heckran Cave
2,300 A.D.
班果巨蛋（bānguǒ jùdàn）Bangor Dome
托蘭巨蛋（tuōlán jùdàn）Trann Dome
１６號廢墟（shíliù hào fèixū）Site 16 (#16 Ruins)
阿麗絲巨蛋（ālìsī jùdàn）Arris Dome
３２號廢墟（sānshí’èr hào fèixū）Site 32
普羅米修士巨蛋（pǔluómǐxiūshì jùdàn）Prometheus (Proto) Dome
廢棄工廠（fèiqì gōngchǎng）Derelict Factory
廢棄地下水道（fèiqì dìxià shuǐdào）Abandoned Sewers
監視者巨蛋（jiānshìzhě jùdàn）Keeper’s Dome
死之山（sǐ zhī shān）Death Peak
傑諾塞巨蛋（jiénuòsāi jùdàn）Geno Dome
太陽神殿（tàiyáng shéndiàn）Sun Temple
65,000,000 B.C.
奇妙山（qímiào shān）Mystic Mountains
伊奧卡村的帳篷（yīàokǎcūn de zhàngpeng）Ioka Hut (tent)
酋長的帳篷（qiúzhǎng de zhàngpeng）Chief’s Hut
村子廣場（cūnzi guǎngchǎng）Meeting Grounds
迷途之森（mítú zhī sēn）Forest Maze
恐龍人司令部（kǒnglóngrén sīlìngbù）Reptite Lair (Reptite HQ)
狩獵之森（shòuliè zhī sēn）Hunting Range
無齒翼龍的巢穴（Wúchǐyìlóng de cháoxué）Dactyl Nest (Pteranodon)
暴龍城（bàolóng chéng）Tyranno Lair
燒毀的拉爾巴村（shāohuǐ de lāěrbācūn）Laruba Ruins
12,000 B.C.
小洞窟（xiǎo dòngkū）Small Cave
埃恩哈撒（āiēnhāsā）Enhasa
卡加爾（kǎjiāěr）Kajar
黑鳥號（hēiniǎohào）Blackbird
北方封印宮（běifāng fēngyìn gōng）North Sealed Castle
地之民的洞窟（dì zhī mín de dòngkū）Terra Cave
基爾宮殿（Jī’ěr gōngdiàn）Zeal Palace
海底神殿（hǎidǐ shéndiàn）Ocean Palace
廢村（fèi cūn）Surviving Village
北方海角（běifāng hǎijiǎo）North Cape
拉沃斯的外殼（lā）Lavos Carapace
登天之道（dēng tiān zhī dào）Skyway
入地之道（rù dì zhī dào）Land Bridge
廢村廣場（fèicūn guǎngchǎng）Village Commons (here like spared village)
Various Locations Over Multiple Times
光之祠（guāng zhī cí）Sun Shrine
勇者之墓（yǒngzhě zhī mù）Hero’s Grave
酒吧（jiǔbā）Tavern
黑之夢（hēi zhī mèng）Black Dream (Omen)
村長家（cūnzhǎng jiā）Elder’s House
北方廢墟（běifāng fèixū）Northern Ruins
喬拉斯鎮的旅館（qiáolāsīzhèn de lǚguǎn）Choras Inn
喬拉斯村的旅館（qiáolāsīcūn de lǚguǎn）Choras Inn
Locations Unique to the DS/iOS Version:
龍之聖域（lóng zhī shèng yù）Lost Sanctum
次元扭曲點（cìyuán niǔqū diǎn）Dimensional Vortex
次元–>loan word from Japanese
If you’re curious about any of these locations, you can learn more here. If I missed any please let me know in the comments below, or if you have any other questions!
All the beautiful maps above can be found here.
Hi,
Your Project Chrono is so cool! Maybe because it matches my schedule everyday… learning Chinese and playing this amazing old school RPG! I might agree this game is the best of all time (like you said) although we’ve got so many other good RPGs on Snes (Secret of Mana, Zelda… etc). I’m torn 🙂
What is your plan? Are you playing the game again thanks to the iOS version in Chinese or are you translating the game? I mean, it could be fun to learn Chinese by translating classic old school RPGs in Chinese (the ROM version). Like some Japanese RPG were only translated in English on the ROM version…
BTW, I’ve actually reached the son of the sun motherfucking BOSS, I just found the trick with the light. But after reading this article, i’m just like: I want to do it again in Chinese! Hahaha. Anyway, I’m doing a project called Ninchanese,com, and it could be very interesting to add some vocabulary about video games! 😀 What do you think of the idea? Maybe we can share on that matter. If you’re interested, I did an article here about Chinese gaming vocabulary : http://ninchanese.com/do-you-speak-video-gaming-in-chinese/ Have Fun with the game 🙂
Hi there,
Thank you so much for comment! It is really tough because as you said there ARE so many great games for SNES. I would love to play Zelda in Chinese–or even EarthBound if I could find it. Now I’ll have to see if I can find those in Chinese!
As for my plan, I’m mostly playing the game again because of the iOS version having Chinese, which is great. As I go along I’ll post fun dialog and useful terms. I haven’t decided on the translating part yet. I’m debating between translating it to the original that we all know, or showing what differences there really are in the dialog.. or both! Any thoughts on that?
Son of the Sun was .. yeah well we know :p But I almost think that awful awful thing on Mountain of Woe (Giga Gaia maybe?) was one of my least favorite boss battles. I never felt prepared for it!
I actually am familiar with Ninchinese, I’ve been following it for a while and I even signed up for the beta. I’m super excited to see it because from what I’ve seen so far it looks like it’ll be really amazing! So we can definitely talk more about adding vocabulary about video games.
Also that article is pretty awesome–and I would totally love a giant sized GameBoy like that. That makes me super happy. Thank you for sharing!!