Dragon Quest X translation and controller support question

So I have decided to try out DQX, I have went through all the steps provided with on Adventurers Abbey with a few wee hiccups here and there (mostly with the account and info creation on JP Amazon & Square Enix) but everything seems to be working well. My questions are:

1. I got everything seemingly set up properly with the translation, menu's and cutscenes etc are all in English (so far) but the start area when your selecting what race you wish to play was in Japanese. I pushed through that thinking maybe it hasn't been translated because it is just race selection. I selected Ogre, watched the cutscene, all in English but then in the starting village the NPC's are not translated. Shops are in English but the regular NPC's are all in Japanese, is this something that just hasn't gotten round to be translated because NPC text isn't integral to progression/story or is there something I have likely done wrong in setup?

2. I wish to play with controller (but I do have zero issue going M&K if need be) but movement and camera control feel a little stiff. For example I go to turn the camera to the right, starts turning fine but if I try to move it in another direction such as going from moving right to right and up, there is no seemless change, it just stops for about a second and then changes and this is the same with movement. Is there a way to change this, I couldn't see anything in the settings but I could have missed it or is it due to my controller (using PS5 controller)? I haven't tried DS4Windows to see if that helps yet.

Any help or confirmation of my assumptions would be great. I am currently posting this at work so if you want me to check any settings etc I won't be able to until I get home but will try and check and get back to you as soon as possible when I get home.