NieR Replicant ver 1.22474487139... Prologue Japanese version to English translation

In celebration of Nier Replicant ver 1.22474487139...'s 1 year anniversary I've decided to replay through and translate the story from the Japanese dialogue into English. This is my first time trying something like this but I hope this will be a first to many videos to follow. I'd like to be able to share the experience and my love for this game, and if this helps anyone in any way at all then I'll be happy.
To preface, I'll be directly translating from Japanese to English as much as I can although with a few liberties. There are limitations as every word has its own weight despite some having similar meaning, and there isn't always a direct 1-to-1 translation between languages. That being said, I have made some tweaks in order to for the English dialogue to sound more natural (mostly to sentence structure) compared to actual transliteration, but with the attempt to still capture the timing of information within the Japanese dialogue. Additionally I may add a few words to try and capture the emotion of the voiced lines. I have read somewhere that although there may be a text translation, not everyone can still understand the pitch nuances of other languages they don't understand.
I respect the original English version and do not wish to disservice the localization and translation team as they've done an amazing job so I'm also using the original English dialogue as reference when possible.
I am simply a fan and thus believe these translations should be taken as such. I'm playing with the Japanese language setting and will be leaving the subtitles in so that if anyone else has a better suggestion then there's text readily available. Plus, this way as fans we can all work together! My Japanese is not perfect and I only have level N2 certification so any pointers will also be greatly appreciated. I'll put updates/fixes in CC when I figure that stuff out.
I've placed all subtitles in by hand so following videos will take some time and I sincerely apologize for it.
Anyways, enjoy.
And Happy Nier Day.

Nier Replicant Playthrough
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