Well, I'm back and I've cracked open The Fire Crystal again, and still don't know much Japanese. I've transcribed the game's script into a Google Drive file if anyone here would like to help translate it.
Uneditable Original:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPEWFLTYiGmCPNTfD5YEG9Fd4AcwFtpPBBGG-MsIuQ8/edit?usp=sharingEditable Collaboration:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U1nTGM9OqCKVvp7qnLxlmCD9RoqWZvCQxlNqH1cVgAU/edit?usp=sharingEDIT: Oh, and here's an updated version of my Black Onyx translation. Doctor Slea no longer uses ^s as apostrophes!
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4fNzNdw8KZMWXpSYVZEREFiMkk/edit?usp=sharingNo I still haven't beaten it.
EDIT2: Proof of Concept