/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>20234528
Oh noes, not this shittu again.

Translators are one of the most arrogant people on earth. I know, I am one. The worst of them all always think they know better than the author, and that they could ``better'' the work because they're just so damn cleverer.

A hallmark of bad translator is one that translates the sentence literally. A hallmark of a really, really bad translator is one that goes the other way out of a sense of entitlement, because deep down, they think they could have been writers (protip: they can't), and even that translating is a more difficult job than writing (protip: it isn't). So they're "naturally" more of a genius that that stupid author, and they know better than him in general.

EVERY fucking time, EVERY fucking time there is a translation, some translators will come up and say "it's a shit translation, it would have sounded better if you just changed the meaning and the structure of 95% of the sentences". EVERY fucking time. I'm so tired of it.

Well, except when the translation was already made by a shitter who already changed the meaning and structure of the work because he knows better than its author, right? When arrogance marries stupidity, your name is translator.

WH's translations are honestly among the best amateur translations I have ever seen of a Japanese work. Retooled (as in, the PS3 patch), they're even better, but retooling them further would only be the hubris. And of course there a shitter who's advocating for it. There's alway one.

>>16062026

Shannon looks so nice. Did you say before you had no interest in doing any of the stakes?

>>14991422

Rite?

>>14488600
>No it wouldn't. It's still be stupid and an annoying character trait. That shit just isn't appealing.
True.
>Pride is nothing without the oomph to back it up.
Fuck you. Lucifer is moe as based entirely around pride.

>Lucifer is the oldest sister and therefore the leader of the Seven Stakes. Because of this, she claims to be the strongest of the sisters, but she's secretly aware that she's actually the least talented. However, she has always acted arrogantly in an attempt to hide this fact from the others. Her great fear is that her sisters would sneer at her if they ever found out. She's very haughty and arrogant, but she actually feels pleasure from submission.