This doc has been designed for people who have no clue what they are doing. It is targeted at those who have little or no programming experiance. I am here to teach the basics of romhacking, but mostly translating. As you continue on in this guide, I will show you some of the useful programs you would want to use.
Sprites are things such as fonts and character pictures that appear in the game.
This requires Vesa2. Ok now that I have introduced the tools, it is up to your personal preference of which you want to use. I use Hex Workshop, Searchr, and Naga but you can use others and hex editors and sprite editors. The rom I will choose for this demonstration is called Fire Emblem 3, prolly because I have the most experiance with it, and its fairly easy to understand. This is a japanese rom, but if you read this it will make you understand how to romhack in general, not just translating.