Wandering Nib

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TheSlimeRain @Penis_Incognito @HasuNoShitsuji At least they can spell

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@ProfessorT_ “just being bubbly” lmao

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TheSlimeRain @Penis_Incognito @HasuNoShitsuji And for the record, by fine I mean free from this alleged issue of “politically motivated localization” and wholesale fabrication. Actual issues exist but they’re time crunch, being spread too thin, and generally low prose quality.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TheSlimeRain @Penis_Incognito @HasuNoShitsuji I’m sorry that K. Leonodoukas got her hands on your favorite JRPG or whatever, but the rest of the JP->En translation world is doing fine.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@Kelphumin @logiclysnd The most competent translator will still produce a worse product if forced by a time crunch.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@linkasobi Wow. Official tl is something a real person would actually say. And AI is some stilted garbage. Vindicated yet again.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@YReiffa @bozrick_grafted @Penis_Incognito @HasuNoShitsuji Never said it should be ignored. Just take it up with that game’s devs in particular. This just isn’t a problem affecting 99% of translated media

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@bozrick_grafted @Penis_Incognito @HasuNoShitsuji You know how much JP text gets tl’d into English every day? Who cares if an indy game paid for a shit translation? That means nothing to the rest of the world

[GD 🫟 @Penis_Incognito]

“I fucking hate localization. Why don’t they just account for cultural and linguistic context to convey a similar meaning and intent to the original language using imperfect analogues?”

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@ech1nops Looking up words interrupts the flow of reading. If you’re leaving words untranslated unless absolutely necessary, it’s a detriment to reader’s enjoyment and appreciation of the text itself.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@SmugCube But JP Helios speaks in unintelligible garbage

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@AndyKavna That’s my suspicion. And from what I’ve heard (could be wrong here) the choice was consistent with their previous games.

But also, the most recent global event used “Christmas” so it’s seemingly been reverse. So what are we even complaining about anymore? 🤷‍♂️

[月見ねぎとろ＠3Dモデラー/動画・シナリオ屋さん @tukimi_negitoro]

我々は英語を学ぶほど、日本のローカライズ担当者がどれほどの制約下でどれほどの短期納品を強いられたかを思い知り、心底同情する…。

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TamamoTailFluff @MejiroGold @Anti_P0litical That may be the case for those two translations—how should I know—but that certainly isn’t the reason why itadakimasu is generally translated as “Let’s eat” or “Dig in”

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TamamoTailFluff @MejiroGold @Anti_P0litical Why are you assuming I agree with those last two translations? I just told you to not assume that. Unless you actually can’t read.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TamamoTailFluff @MejiroGold @Anti_P0litical Incredible how the only answer you have for laying out good translation practices and outputs is to talk about unrelated bad translations that no one likes anyway. You just assume I’m a reactive, principle-less troll like yourself who unthinkingly hates the “enemy”

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@TamamoTailFluff @MejiroGold @Anti_P0litical If you think “Let’s eat” or “Dig in” are beyond the pale in most cases I can’t help you.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@MaxedLuck @Anti_P0litical It’s not though. In almost all cases “Let’s eat” or “Dig in” overlaps far more with how it is used in JP as all the replies are pointing out.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@MaxedLuck @Anti_P0litical and how best to convey them. There’s no one all-purpose equivalent to any phrase or term.

[Wandering Nib @ColLaurus]

@MaxedLuck @Anti_P0litical Translation, which is simply the same as what you call localization, is not about finding THE cultural equivalent that would produce “the only correct translation” is my point. It’s about identifying what aspects in the source text are most important to be conveyed