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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."              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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