From: LostRune+NGs@UofR.SlamSpam.net   
      
   Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:11pm+1000, Rastus :   
      
   > "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.   
   >   
   > If the story is set in Tokyo, Japan, then they should not be talking in   
   > distinct American slang and even sillier things like using dollars as money.   
   >   
      
   What if the charas originally had distinct Japanese slang?   
   Translate in "proper" English?  ^_^   
      
   Laters. =)   
      
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