Ted Woolsey

Ted Woolsey
Occupation	Translator, video game producer
Years active	1991–present
Notable work	Final Fantasy VI, Secret of Mana, Super Mario RPG

Ted Woolsey is an American video game translator and producer. He had the primary role in the North American production and localization of Square's role-playing video games released for the Super NES between 1991 and 1996.

Although born in America, Woolsey spent five years living and studying in Japan as a young adult. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature at University of California, Santa Barbara and spent time as a graduate student at the University of Washington where he completed a master's degree in Japanese literature. He joined Square's American office in Redmond, Washington shortly thereafter in 1991. At the time, Final Fantasy IV had just been released in the United States (under the title Final Fantasy II) and did not sell according to their expectations. Woolsey's first project with Square was the translation of Final Fantasy Legend III and the company asked him to review and avoid the mistakes found in Final Fantasy II's translation. Other titles he worked on included Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Secret of Mana, Capcom's Breath of Fire, Final Fantasy VI (retitled Final Fantasy III in the United States), and Chrono Trigger.