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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2005-04-21 10:27 am

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*snerk* I love posting to a community and seeing everyone talking to each other as it arrives in my inbox. Here's a snarky reply I just saw to a complaint about Viz's translations:


> They've dropped all the honorifics in the dialogue, and changed all the
> Japanese sound effect markings to American ones.

Oh I see so they translated it in to english :p



You know, FMA, HP, or LotR, this would spark wank galore. But this is DN, so I think this is about as wanky as it's going to get.
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[identity profile] coffeeandink.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
See, this is why I didn't post the notice there.

Well, that and that I unsubbed a while ago.

Your points in-thread about the utility of writing to companies are on-spot and embarass me deeply. I will have to overcome my innate reluctance and write to them about X. Although if they *did* start releasing it unflipped, I would just have to buy the entire damn series all over again. Oh, my head hurts. Although not as much as my bank account.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Note that despite me bitching all over the post about writing to the company; I haven't actually got the slightest intention of writing myself. OTOH, I don't usually complain about translations, either. :)

Over 300 responses and no serious wankery. I am still astounded.

[identity profile] kerbox.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Did we even make fandom_wank? I mean... we're not doing a very good job at The Liscencing Wank, here. XD

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope. I reported the last wank, and I'm sitting here ready and willing to slap it up on f_w the moment any serious wank erupts, but people will just INSIST on behaving sensibly!

[identity profile] kittikattie.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
How dare they deny the wank!

This is why I'm glad to be in the pony coms at times. Wank ahoy!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I was reading [livejournal.com profile] chuunin for a while there, but the wank just got too much, among other things. It's sort of annying to be in a fandom where the average age is 12.

[identity profile] artist-luver.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
hehehehe! that's hilarous!
they translated it into english.
hehehe
otherwise, they stare at the characters gong..
o__0
and then ask
'what's "san" mean??'
hehehe
the ignorant. **sigh**

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
XD

Occasionally the honorifics add a lot to it, as they do with the shifting relationships in Death Note, but ti's not like there's any serious sound effects in DN to translate. :/

[identity profile] mistressrenet.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love the snark!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-21 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, [livejournal.com profile] ryan227 r0xx0rs my s0xx0rs with that.

[identity profile] pzb.livejournal.com 2005-04-22 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my....that amuses me. (About the only thing, aside from them being FREAKING SLOW with their translations is the drop of a lot of the language...I know Inuyasha is a lot more foul than they translate... :D)