From: tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca   
      
   Ping Kuo wrote:   
   >   
   > it is inconsistent, I think they never really settle from the beginning   
   > if they want to give the readers the impression, that the story is   
   > taking place in Japan or not, if the people speak Japanese or not, if   
      
   I had that feeling too.   
      
   > the teacher is English teacher or German, or even if the translator   
   > know the English tradition or not, (choice between chicken and turkey   
   > for the holiday?)  the endnotes after volume one, while an improvement,   
   > give you the impression that they could have done better, for one they   
   > should just shrink them down and turn them into pagenotes, all the   
   > "improvement" after book one, to me, seems to be because the   
   > translators could not hide the fact this is a story taking place in   
   > Japan anymore,   
      
   Very true, which is why I bought the Japanese version and I am very   
   happy now reading them. :-)   
      
   But do you think they really were trying to hide the fact it was taking   
   place in Japan?  That would be stupid on so many levels....  Especially   
   since it was published unflipped! >_<   
      
   I find it strange that after the 15+ years of the anime boom, fan   
   translations have gone way up in quality and skill and pro translations   
   have been descending into amateurish translations.   
      
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