#“protoruns” barkbakrbarkbakrkbakrbark im not gonna get over that one | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

kirbyddd · 1 year ago

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Daina Chiba i love u but your obsession with anglicizing terminology is bordering insanity, like youre surpassing 4-kids levels of obsession

there are plenty of times when it makes perfect sense to just use a straightforward translation over the japanese lingo that's esoteric even in its own language

but there reaches a point when making up a bs english term is no more meaningful or easy to remember than the traditional term. "protoruns?" what the hell are you talking about? at least with taatsu some people will know what you mean

when it comes to abstract concepts that can't be summed up by an everyday word and have to be referred to with an original term, there's no longer any reason to translate them or even grounds to base a translation on... youre just replacing one made-up term with another

youre just sanitizing at this point, not translating barkbarkbarkbark

#i may not look it but im a translator too yknow and a game rules translator at that too!#i know the struggles of translating ruleset terminology #the struggle of having to distinguish the purpose and carried meaning of terms and how to represent them in another language #so i really mean it when i say..... got dam son #you not only lost sight of the translator's creed but the game designer's and teacher's creeds as well #youre lost in the decision of “must. make. english. terms.” to the point of forgetting why english terms even mattered in the first place #when theyre not even improving clarity or readability anymore.... what are you even doing? just butchering someone else's ideas #anyways.... i guess even if it's riichi mahjong this is still game design ranting #and translation ranting #love u Chiba-san much thanks and respect for your contribution to global Riichi education but got dam u straight got lost in the sauce #“protoruns” barkbakrbarkbakrkbakrbark im not gonna get over that one #what's next... are you gonna call han and fu Payout and Bonus... is yakuman gonna be Jackpot?#please dont do that please dont actually do that #are u gonna turn nine gates into nine drive-thrus hvtjsksgfhbd

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