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Don't pretend you didn't see it coming.

MangaGamer, so good.

But I thought the ones who fan translated Higurashi were also hired by Mangagamer.

T-Too polite!!!

What am I supposed to be seeing here. Translation comparisons?

I don't get it. Both make perfect sense.

It's a subtle difference and neither version is perfect.

>>3869231
The MG translation leaves a lot out and has a completely different writing style.
Also, it has " within ", most likely because MG employees aren't very familiar with the English language.
And of course it's in their ugly, DRM-prone engine, as expected.

Why?

The smaller one flows better, but they're saying the exact same thing.

I think it's that one gets rid of a lot of text and the other uses more.

They're both pretty alright.

I don't see the problem. The longer one doesn't read any harder than Moby Dick, and I enjoyed that.

Verbosity is good, I say.

>>3869271
Nay, brevity is better, says I.

>>3869241
But their bgi is far better than nscripter, why the fuck would you complain about that?

It's basically the same exact shit.

whats with the shitty art

Bitchers and trolls, everywhere.

Holy shit, so the larger one is MG's?

Fuck, that is just terrible.

the MG translation removes a lot of subtext that creates a more vivid scene

>>3869333
Wait until someone makes a PS2 graphics patch like they did with the demo.

>>3869365
The smaller one is, dummy head.
Notice the copyright and "*This Game is still under production," as well as the UI.

No, the smaller one is MangaGamer.

I prefer MG's. The only problem is that I think maybe they should have kept it being Rika's proposal. I mean it's not so bad here since they're both on the screen, but in a game without voice acting or text boxes it may be hard to figure out who's saying what at some times so I think those indications should be kept in whenever possible.

>>3869365
no the smaller one is, note that that one is in their BGI engine of DRM

>>3869365
It looks like the smaller one is.

Comparing 2 translations is pointless without having the original Japanese text to reference.

>>3869392
We need the French translation as well.

>>3869392
This guy nailed it.

goddamn you, Mangagamer.

>>3869392
It's obvious an entire sentence was skipped, unless you are saying the fan translators added an extra sentence for no reason.

>>3869422
>3 sentences in both

>>3869392

The "trolling" in this thread is pretty amusing. Keep up the hard work, guys.

>>3869392
「…何もなし、!d300て書くのは禁じ手にしましょうです。」
梨花ちゃんのさりげない提案に魅音がぎくっ！と手を止める。
あぁあぁあ！！魅音さん卑怯ですわぁ！！「何もなし」って書いて角を折っ
てあるですの〜！」

This is the problem line:
> 梨花ちゃんのさりげない提案に魅音がぎくっ！と手を止める。

> At Rika-chan's nonchalant proposal, Mion went 'eep!' and stopped writing.
Pretty much a literal translation.

> Mion stops writing.
The fragment "梨花ちゃんのさりげない提案に" is omitted entirely, as is the "ぎく".

Personally, I would have wrote something like:
"On hearing Rika's casual proposal, Mion suddenly stops writing."

Isn't evospace the proofreader? He won't fail that much, would he?

I'd try changing it a bit to get the meaning across:
"…writing 'nothing' is cheating, you know."
At Rika's calm remark, Mion sat bolt upright, dropping her pencil guiltily.
"Aah! That's not fair! Mion's trying to wriggle out of it by writing 'nothing'!"

Smaller one is Mangagamer's right?

I don't see a problem with it, if you do a direct translation with walls of text like this you will get word pasta.

>line about writing nothing
"Eep!"
Mion suddenly stops writing.
"Hey!! Mion-san is cheating!"

MG's translation strips a bit of personality from the characters making them so formal. Now the million dollars question: did they remove Rika's nipah?

Mion's eep should stay

>>3869750
The formal one is Sonozaki's

>>3869776
wut? the small screen is MG's, unless Ah-ah-aaaa! is more formal than Hey! to you

>>3869750
Things like "nipah" or "mii" aren't proper english words.

Why would they be in an english translation?

Its not as bad with unvoiced/text wall vns. but if its voiced and 3/4 lines double characters(24 per line), its a bitch to fit it all in, without taking two pages and killing flow.

I can understand killing off useless text, slightly. but they have optimum conditions.

>>3869820
Because it's kawaii~

>>3869820
honorifics aren't proper english words either

>>3869820
but they're interjections that flesh out the characters, removing them is bad

News flash: mii and Nipah~ aren't even fucking japanese words. RYU07 just likes female characters that make weird/cute sounds, and removing them would be like not translating Homer Simpson's "D'oh" or Bart's "aye carumba".

>>3869875
Why in the world would anyone ever say "nipah"? At least "doh" makes sense.

>>3869883
only in your english perspective

>>3869883
Clearly because Rika has been trapped in the time loop for so long that she has gone insane.

>>3869883
Dude, we're all a bunch of weeaboos. We get a hard on from hearing little girls blurt cute nonsensical japanese interjections. Don't fight it, you love it too.

>>3869903
Yeah, because I'm German. Dumbfuck.

Nipaa is the japanese onomatopoeia for smiling, the more you know.

>>3869912
>durr hur xD

>>3869919
lol internet XD

>>3869918
it's a virus, every time she says nipah the virus emanates from her mouth

>>3870400
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW

>>3869912
>implying it isn't hurr durr

>>3869919
Silly german. Why don't you bend over and nibble on my cock while doing the Nazi salute. I'll pour hot English tea on your little stache

>>3869919
i thought it was nico

>>3869918
niko niko is smiling

I'd be inclined to go with the fan translation over the MG translation any day.

The fans actually care about it.

Mangagamer's thought process is along the lines of "hurr durr durr Higurashi popular, make lots of monies"

>>3870502
[ ] Wait 10 years for Sonozaki Futagotachi to finish

[X] Read MG's translation next week

>>3870517

[X] Wait 10 years for Sonozaki Futagotachi to finish

[X] Pirate MG's translation next week

More accurate.

They both say pretty much the same thing, I don't think this is something to get so worked up about.

MG's just happens to be a bit less wordy.

>>3870596
You're right. A dumbed down version of a VN with less words is just as good.

>>3870631
At least it'll be out before 2100.

>>3870644
That's ok. I'm already sitting in my tower shrouded in elitism reading this in Japanese, glancing down at all the simpletons fretting over TL quality and release dates.

>>3870673
Fascinating.

>>3870683
Man, I got my dick out ready to go, could I get the uncensored version please?

dat hands