Has a game ever had translation that totally ignores the original dialog and is actually better off for it? Not talking Zero Wing style so bad its good, or Woolsey style fluid translations but something the translator intentionally did knowing it was nothing like the original dialog.
Nearest I can think of is the first Tales of Phantasia translation, which inserted a bunch of crazy shit in places they didn't understand the original dialog. Some of these are better than the two PS1 translations or official iPhone translation (seriously, Tales of Phantasia has five separate translations), though most weren't.