Are they stopping their project, though? Or are they going through with it?
for the record MOST of us at RHDN (romhacking.net) are totally fine with it, some people may not be super fans, but they are ok with it. I for one think it's great, also a bit of a debate almost started but the mod involved didn't even let it start and banned a few members who even began to start talking translation philosophy their, so I think it was handled pretty professionally.
Also the group of like 2 guys that are doing their retranslation at RHDN are still planning on doing their's but it's not currently in active development, it's not like it's a huge community project, and they aren't trying to up-one you guys either. They are doing their's slightly differently. they've got some top notch coders on board so they are going to delve deeper into technical things than possible with this version (nickname stuff, Variable Width Font, etc. I don't know all the details) and while their's IS a retranslation from the japanese like yours, it's not going to be as literal. It won't be americanized, but it probably will follow a different slightly different sentence structure (than literal) at places to make it easier for english speaking people to read, and also take off the japanese edge a bit to fit the world of the game, such as honorifics, they might also call Frog Kaeru just for the heck of it.
Again, I'm not speaking for them as I am not part of the team, nor is this in any way in competition with this current retranslation. I don't know everything about their project, and it'll prolly be awhile since the project leader is trying to beef up his skills on other games.
anyways, hope that clears up a few things.
also Sky Render apparently hasn't said anything about cancelling his project either, but the folks at RPGOne.net are a LONG ways from seeing anything released.
Also IIRC they are both working off of the japanese rom as a base, but I could be remembering wrong.
For these reason, and that you all are seeking different things with your releases, I think many people are very happy with your release as it is very exact and is the first one out.
Thanks again to everyone.