diff --git a/resources/gm9/languages/es.trf b/resources/gm9/languages/es.trf
index 87ed10e5..7329ba41 100644
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diff --git a/resources/gm9/languages/ja-KANA.trf b/resources/gm9/languages/ja-KANA.trf
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diff --git a/resources/gm9/languages/ry.trf b/resources/gm9/languages/ry.trf
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diff --git a/resources/languages/de.json b/resources/languages/de.json
index 1f55d4fd..b29f2452 100644
--- a/resources/languages/de.json
+++ b/resources/languages/de.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Deutsch",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX.%3$02lX.%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ".",
diff --git a/resources/languages/en.json b/resources/languages/en.json
index 61369e89..e5f51c51 100644
--- a/resources/languages/en.json
+++ b/resources/languages/en.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "English"
+	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "English",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1
 }
diff --git a/resources/languages/es.json b/resources/languages/es.json
index 1e1a63b2..a9d87cf6 100644
--- a/resources/languages/es.json
+++ b/resources/languages/es.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Español",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX/%3$02lX/%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ".",
diff --git a/resources/languages/fr.json b/resources/languages/fr.json
index 86fd5c54..402204d0 100644
--- a/resources/languages/fr.json
+++ b/resources/languages/fr.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Français",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX/%3$02lX/%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": " ",
diff --git a/resources/languages/id.json b/resources/languages/id.json
index 92519603..84a1d99c 100644
--- a/resources/languages/id.json
+++ b/resources/languages/id.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Bahasa Indonesia",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "(Thn-Bln-Hari) %1$s%2$02lX-%3$02lX-%4$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ".",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ",",
diff --git a/resources/languages/it.json b/resources/languages/it.json
index 7b8f5eab..aad410dc 100644
--- a/resources/languages/it.json
+++ b/resources/languages/it.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Italiano",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX/%3$02lX/%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ".",
diff --git a/resources/languages/ja-KANA.json b/resources/languages/ja-KANA.json
index 86490f77..113ca3d5 100644
--- a/resources/languages/ja-KANA.json
+++ b/resources/languages/ja-KANA.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "にほんご",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%1$s%2$02lXねん%3$02lXがつ%4$02lXにち %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ".",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ",",
diff --git a/resources/languages/ja.json b/resources/languages/ja.json
index b4c7de0d..e1ea1a8b 100644
--- a/resources/languages/ja.json
+++ b/resources/languages/ja.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "日本語",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%1$s%2$02lX年%3$02lX月%4$02lX日 %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ".",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ",",
diff --git a/resources/languages/nl.json b/resources/languages/nl.json
index 8e646795..9788c58b 100644
--- a/resources/languages/nl.json
+++ b/resources/languages/nl.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Nederlands",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX-%3$02lX-%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ".",
diff --git a/resources/languages/pl.json b/resources/languages/pl.json
index a22a03e2..8124c34f 100644
--- a/resources/languages/pl.json
+++ b/resources/languages/pl.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Polski",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX.%3$02lX.%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": " ",
diff --git a/resources/languages/ru.json b/resources/languages/ru.json
index b499adea..9ebc91ed 100644
--- a/resources/languages/ru.json
+++ b/resources/languages/ru.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "Русский",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%4$02lX.%3$02lX.%1$s%2$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ",",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": " ",
diff --git a/resources/languages/ry.json b/resources/languages/ry.json
index 498415a1..15201a78 100644
--- a/resources/languages/ry.json
+++ b/resources/languages/ry.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "琉球諸語（うちなーぐちー）",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%1$s%2$02lXとぅし%3$02lXちち%4$02lX日 %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ".",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ",",
diff --git a/resources/languages/source.json b/resources/languages/source.json
index 79be425f..1c6a1fd7 100644
--- a/resources/languages/source.json
+++ b/resources/languages/source.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"GM9_LANGUAGE": "[LANGUAGE NAME]",
+	"GM9_TRANS_VER": 1,
 	"DATE_TIME_FORMAT": "%1$s%2$02lX-%3$02lX-%4$02lX %5$02lX:%6$02lX",
 	"DECIMAL_SEPARATOR": ".",
 	"THOUSAND_SEPARATOR": ",",
diff --git a/utils/transcp.py b/utils/transcp.py
index 001a3994..3b4cb255 100755
--- a/utils/transcp.py
+++ b/utils/transcp.py
@@ -3,24 +3,23 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType
 import json
 
-# This is to be incremented every time the order changes
-# New strings added to the end will not cause issues
-TRANSLATION_VER = 1
-
-# This is the language name key in the JSON, which is to be deleted
+# Special keys
 LANGUAGE_NAME = "GM9_LANGUAGE"
+VERSION = "GM9_TRANS_VER"
 
 parser = ArgumentParser(description="Creates the language.inl file from source.json")
 parser.add_argument("source", type=FileType("r"), help="source.json")
 parser.add_argument("inl", type=FileType("w"), help="language.inl")
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-# Load the JSON and remove the language name
+# Load the JSON and handle the meta values
 source = json.load(args.source)
+version = source[VERSION]
+del source[VERSION]
 del source[LANGUAGE_NAME]
 
 # Create the header file
-args.inl.write("#define TRANSLATION_VER %d\n\n" % TRANSLATION_VER)
+args.inl.write("#define TRANSLATION_VER %d\n\n" % version)
 for key in source:
     # Escape \r, \n, and quotes
     val = source[key].replace("\r", "\\r").replace("\n", "\\n").replace('"', '\\"')
diff --git a/utils/transriff.py b/utils/transriff.py
index c7079281..5bde3176 100755
--- a/utils/transriff.py
+++ b/utils/transriff.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 import sys
 
 
+# Special keys
 LANGUAGE_NAME = "GM9_LANGUAGE"
+VERSION = "GM9_TRANS_VER"
 
 
 def ceil_to_multiple(num: int, base: int) -> int:
@@ -43,7 +45,25 @@ def get_language(data: dict) -> bytes:
     try:
         return data[LANGUAGE_NAME].encode("utf-8")
     except KeyError as exception:
-        raise ValueError("invalid language data") from exception
+        raise ValueError("missing language name") from exception
+
+def get_version(data: dict) -> int:
+    """
+    Get translation version from JSON data.
+
+    Args:
+        data: JSON translation data.
+
+    Returns:
+        The translation's version.
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If no version exists.
+    """
+    try:
+        return data[VERSION]
+    except KeyError as exception:
+        raise ValueError("missing verison number") from exception
 
 
 def load_translations(data: dict) -> dict[str, bytearray]:
@@ -59,7 +79,7 @@ def load_translations(data: dict) -> dict[str, bytearray]:
     return {
             key: bytearray(value, "utf-8") + b"\0"
             for key, value in data.items()
-            if key != LANGUAGE_NAME
+            if key not in (LANGUAGE_NAME, VERSION)
     }
 
 
@@ -119,19 +139,19 @@ def strings_to_trf(mapping: dict[str, bytearray], version: int, language: str) -
     return trfdata
 
 
-def main(source: pathlib.Path, dest: pathlib.Path, version: int) -> None:
+def main(source: pathlib.Path, dest: pathlib.Path) -> None:
     """
     Entrypoint of transriff.
 
     Args:
         source: JSON to convert from.
         dest: TRF file to write.
-        version: Translation version.
     """
     data = json.loads(source.read_text())
 
     try:
         language = get_language(data)
+        version = get_version(data)
     except ValueError as exception:
         sys.exit(f"Fatal: {exception}.")
     mapping = load_translations(data)
@@ -157,12 +177,7 @@ def main(source: pathlib.Path, dest: pathlib.Path, version: int) -> None:
             type=pathlib.Path,
             help="TRF file to write"
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-            "version",
-            type=int,
-            help="translation version, from language.yml"
-    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    main(args.source, args.dest, args.version)
+    main(args.source, args.dest)