"The bizarre, true story of Metal Gear Solid’s English translation - Written by the man who did it" is quite a fun behind-the-scenes story about Japanese-to-English translation. Apparently the original creators did not appreciate creative translation that improve flow, and preferred to go with more nonsensical but "accurate" (word-by-word) translations for the sequels.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/18/20696081/metal-gear-solid-...