From: tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca   
      
   S.t.A.n.L.e.E wrote:   
   > 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?  ^_^   
      
   Better than a Southern or Bronx accent grafted on to an Osaka-jin.   
      
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