It's been awhile since I played it, but I don't remember the translation being that awful. I remember there being some grammar issues and awkward word phrasing, but nothing so bad that you didn't understand what was being said. It was nothing like some of those Japanese translations people like to joke about.

Personally I didn't like the game that much though (though I thought parts were very creative). But that's another matter entirely.

Same here, no real problem as I remember with the language translation I bought it when it first came out, way back when.   I tried to load it on my recent computer but it has a copy protection and Vista won't accept it.  Actually I'm was kinda glad.  Like most games, it's fun for awhile but then gets repetitive. 

While reading through the mini-game or mission text, you will definitly realize it wasn't writen by native English speakers. That said, there was never an instance where I found it terribly distracting or where it interfered with the game itself. It's a solid throwback to older space-trader or Innerspace-like games, and I reccomend it for the price.

Some of those text-based minigames are mind boggling. And those RTS-styled tactical games can be a nice diversion once in a while. They pay out very nicely compared to the average missions you get, but the mechanics behind them is a bit unpolished, and many of them are brutilly difficult.

I found it more fun, though, if you kind of ignore any sort of missioning and just fly around taking out the baddies and stealing their stuff.