#why don’t translators do this

[secretmellowblog]

I put “Patron Minette” into google translate and

I know “patron minette” is actually somehow an elaborate pun about cats/the dawn, and refers to the hours of the morning the way “Entre chien et loup” refers to twilight but. French speakers, if you understand please explain…

[lesbianslovenamari]

I was reading DunMeshi and was so confused by this phrase that I decided to look it up

(Do correct me if you think this isn’t accurate cuz I just used google)

But I find it frankly hilarious that Chilchuck is using slang from various parts of the British Isles out of nowhere in the last volume??

(I’ve now had someone explain to me that apparently it’s not uncommon for certain uncommon types of informal Japanese to be translated as slang from specific areas, typically around Britain, in English)

First of all I’d alr seen people jokingly headcanoning him as Irish on here (which was an idea I absolutely love)

ALSO I come from a part of the UK where I’m very familiar with the term ‘git’ but had never heard of a version with an e and I also had no idea it meant the same as ‘bastard’

(I have considered that this could just be the regular meaning of the word ‘get’ but I thought it wouldn’t grammatically make sense here so I assumed it was slang esp cuz he would totally call someone a git)

Anyways I’ve checked other translations and it’s not the same so I find it so funny that this one (which I’m pretty sure is the official English translation) included it

(^ another version I found online)

Anyways this is the translation I have and used as an example for this post, which I’m pretty sure is the official English translation:

Edit: Btw also check tags I kinda wrote this when I was drunk on sleep deprivation

[skitskatstudios]

In my language, “PK” is a curse word. So to me, Saiki and his friends all go to ‘Fuck You Academy’.

[ladyylavenderrr]

Forever thinking about how in A Stitch In Time, when describing his relationship with Palandine to Tain, Garak says “it’s not lust” in the og English version. But in the German version he inexplicably says “it’s not just lust”, making German Garak canonically more of a slut

[milolunde]

We all know Timmy is Wanda’s mama’s boy but we need to keep in mind he’s still Cosmo’s kid too and that Cosmo would love him just as vehemently as Wanda

[yeyayeya]

Ok while he is not my OTP for Yin Yu (QuanYin will always have my heart), I actually think He Xuan x Yin Yu is such an interesting pairing and I like to think of scenarios for them. Like that ship is just something, and I am here for it

But I recently found out that their ship name is Black Moon and hello??? That is such a pretty name?? That ship name alone makes me ship them more tbh. I always called them YinXuan/XuanYin in my head

[greyshuhh]

“I know it’s for the better”

[fisherrprince]

oh so alisaie’s exaggerated bully behavior is 80% fanon. saying this she casually picks up a large rock

[transmasccofee]

Ngl I’m tempted to animate something from that one canon au where Kusuo dies with this cover

[goodobservationshirley]

moi à la caissière en train de s’acharner sur la caisse automatique qui refuse de prendre mon paiement : « je crois qu’elle est en train de rendre l’âme »

la caissière, en soupirant : « elle est pas la seule… »

[saturnswitch]

𝒪𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓁𝑒 𝓅𝓊𝓁𝓁. 🥀🔮

I don’t know why I’m posting this but maybe also my non-witchy friends on here could use to hear even just the words “let go” for whatever you’re holding on onto that does not serve you your highest good, for all the things/situations and people you can’t control. It’s not your fault, don’t go and carry more burdens than you already have, don’t put more unrestrainable amount of stress on your shoulders and try to ease the heaviness of your heart, soul and mind. Be softer, gentler with yourselves. Don’t go overwhelm yourself for all those things you cannot truly control. Rest, restore and recharge.

[mollysails]

and if i went crazy and started translating and adapting the entirety of the beetlejuice musical to spanish, with changes to the jokes that would make sense within the pop culture…

what then

[genderlesssnake]

You’re drawing ‘The Fowl Twins’ era now? Do you have NANNI and Crime Boss Minerva?

I didn’t really think about either of them very much but now that I’ve drawn them I like them a bit more

I’m not a huge fan of either of these drawings, but the tattoos were fun

[purrfectlycontent]

they’re localizing the novel

[kirsctein]

I’ve seen a lot of those reels/tiktoks where bookish “influencers” show their shelves and turn around the books they haven’t read yet, and the read to unread ratio made me so angry and frustrated (the goddamn consumerism just for the sake of buying things and trying to stay relevant!!) that I wanted to do that with my own shelf too

And well……

……maybe I should judge too hard actually (accidentally didn’t turn two of these! So two more unread actually :^)

[bytebun]

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with enjoying particular types of art more than others, but the knee jerk disdain people have towards modern art is disappointing…

I think u have to be ok with not connecting to everything that u see. That’s just fine. Art is like food and there’s going to be some stuff that just doesn’t work for u regardless of if it’s objectively well done or not. There’s a flavour of anti-intellectualism and inferiority complex that seems to accompany ppls hatred of modern art, this discomfort that they “don’t get it” when that’s like. Actually fine. Some stuff u will appreciate once u learn context and others, regardless… u just won’t! I still hate beans & legumes

That being said I also have friends who would rather order the same mac & cheese at a restaurant every single time than risk getting something they won’t enjoy — or won’t enjoy as much. But art costs u very little to try in comparison, so why not try it?