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   Travers Naran to Rastus   
   Re: Toren Smith comments   
   08 Dec 05 02:27:10   
   
   From: tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca   
      
   Rastus wrote:   
   > "Travers Naran"  wrote   
   >   
   >>His complaints about fans loving semi-translated is missing a huge point   
   >>that he doesn't seem to grasp: people dislike many of the adaptations put   
   >>out.  The fans feel (even if they've never read the original) that it got   
   >>over-localized to the point it's a different, and poorer written, story.   
   >>The near literal translations are a market reaction against bad   
   >>adaptations.   
   >   
   >   
   > My own view is a simple one: the location identity of the story shouldn't be   
   > changed.   
      
   My view is pretty close: "It's ok to protect me from the language, just   
   don't protect me from the culture."   
      
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