Wood Tellsey

Theodore Tellsey, better known as "Wood" Tellsey, was a well-known Australian game translator and localizer known for his quirky scripts and strange proclivity for owls. He translated more than thirty games, mostly for the original NES but including Link's Awakening.

Tellsey was the originator of many cringeworthy mistakes in game scripts, including "this game is happy end", "a winner is you", and "this guy are sick". He justified these mistakes on the grounds that he found them funny and assumed others would as well. His worst work, however, was undoubtedly on Link's Awakening, where he turned in a nearly incomprehensible script that ignored most of the original Japanese text and even completely misinterpreted the roles of key characters such as the Annoying Owl.

Tellsey was given his nickname by the head of development for Link's Awakening, Auk Oia, who said that his head was "tough like a block of wood". Tellsey apparently saw this as a compliment.