#there are legitimate complaints to be made dgmw - god dont i know it ask anyone i complain all the time - but its honestly 60:40 | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

flaynbestgirl · 1 year ago

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ive seen a few times in previous years that a lot of fans of translated japanese media would like more direct translations with fewer edits made and "no localisation" and to an extent this could be seen as professional translators being out of touch with what it is their audience wants from their translations

but in my experience its actually more likely to be fans who dont speak japanese and/or have no idea about translation theory or practice and who are just talking out of their asses without understanding the full implications of what theyre asking for

#i am talking about f*re -mblem #but this can apply to others #now. i am never going to argue that official translations are inherently superior to others OR that theyre always perfect #but ive seen so many people fucking nitpick and complain about translations not being word for word and thus no being accurate #bitch if the whole game was word for word you would get so fucking tired of trying to parse it SO FAST #and blaming changes obviously made by editors or others further along in the process on the translators #even tho theyre errors or changes that no competent translator would make unless it was like 3am and theyd been working 10 hrs straight #there are legitimate complaints to be made dgmw - god dont i know it ask anyone i complain all the time - but its honestly 60:40 #or maybe even 70:30 bitching to legitimate concerns raised in my experience #idk what it is about fans of japanese media that makes them think their opinion about a translation is worth anything when they #1. do not know the source language and/or 2. do not know anything about translation theory #this shit is hard bruv and be grateful to your translators cus lord knows you wouldnt be able to read/watch/play whatever it is without them #kath shouts into the void #why tf isnt this tag ever saving??? like i know i dont make posts as much as i used to but wtf

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