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[Anonymous No.]

So for the fuckin lulz of it, I fed japanese title of touhou game EoSD into a Kanji to romaji converter. 東方紅魔郷 -> TouHou Beni Ma Sato, meaning Touhou (Eastern Land) Beni (Crimson) Ma (Demon) Sato (hometown). I can buy 'Scarlet' in place 'Crimson' but how the hell 郷 (Sato) got mapped to the word 'Embodiment' in the official english title?

[Anonymous No.]

Heh for the fuckin lulz...epic win...

[Anonymous No.]

ZUN picked out the English versions himself. In general they aren't the same.

[Anonymous No.]

You idiot

[Anonymous No.]

not quite sure if you're trolling or just a fucking idiot
I'll go with the latter

[Anonymous No.]

OP Here : I am more of the opinion that ZUN tries to 'impless' japs with bigger and difficult words, again for the fuckken lulz.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2434532

Some of those are probably Kanji compounds. Most online translators fuck up big time with that shit.

[Anonymous No.]

The english part of the title is part of the title and is NOT a translation. The full name, in Japanese or English, is "東方紅魔郷　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil". It is simply called the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil or EoSD by the English players because that is easier to remember, especially for people who don't know japanese.

[Anonymous No.]

The English title is only related to the Japanese one, it's not a complete translation.

[Anonymous of Austria No.]

>>2434532
now try that with
東方幻想郷　～ Lotus Land Story

[Anonymous No.]

>So for the fuckin lulz of it
oh okay

[Anonymous No.]

Why nitpick? It's only a title after all.

[Suigin !YUsuiginy. No.]

EPIC F*CKING LULZ