An English translation by MAO
WHITE
ALBUM 2
A complete English script for WHITE ALBUM 2 Extended Edition—translated from the Japanese for accuracy, character voice, and natural literary English.
715.6 MB · Release notes · Version 2.1.0 · Windows + Wine/CrossOver · Japanese Extended Edition required
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Browse the complete script
Every main-game and Special Contents line is browsable beside its Japanese source. Search the current scene or the complete corpus, then jump directly to any reference.
Installation
How to install the patch
Requires a legally obtained Japanese WHITE ALBUM 2 Extended Edition installation. One archive contains the native Windows and Wine/CrossOver main-game builds, the translated Special Contents application, all eleven audio dramas, and two translated digital novels as PDFs. A small local patcher creates English-subtitled versions of all fifteen main-game movies from the legally installed Japanese originals.
- 01
Back up the originals
Back up the original main game and Special Contents, or at minimum
WA2.exe. The movie patcher also preserves the Japanese movie files it replaces. - 02
Choose your main-game build
Open
Main Game, choose eitherWindowsorWine-CrossOver, and copy everything insidegame filesinto the game directory. Preserve thetodokanaiandnovelssubfolders. On Windows or standard Wine, launch the replacementWA2.exe. Under CrossOver on macOS, openLaunch WHITE ALBUM 2.command. - 03
Generate the translated movies
Copy the entire
Main Game/Movie Patcherfolder into the main-game directory besideWA2.exe. Run its Windows, Wine, or CrossOver launcher. On first use it downloads and verifies a pinned 106 MB FFmpeg build, then generates all thirty high- and low-resolution movie assets locally. Allow roughly 1.4 GB of free space. - 04
Run Special Contents
Copy the three files in
WHITE ALBUM 2 Special Contents/patchinto the Japanese Special Contents folder, then launchWA2_Special_en.exe. Under Wine or CrossOver, run it inside the prefix or bottle containing the Japanese Special Contents installation. - 05
Play the audio dramas
Open any MKV in
Audio Drama. MAO English is the default embedded subtitle track, and matching SRT files are included for players that need them. - 06
Read the digital novels
The
novelsfolder contains translated PDFs of The Snow Melts, and Until the Snow Falls and The Idol Who Forgot How to Sing.
Credits
MAO Translations
- Project Lead
- MAO
- Translator
- GPT-6 Astra
- Special Thanks
- gambs
