Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died

Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by xarope on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:29AM (#18351937)

I think nowadays kung fu/shaolin have gained more widespread social awareness, as well as (lord help me) Dragonball Z, so saying "The 18 palms Dragon form", or "18 fists of the Golden Dragon" won't get the same kind of cringe factor compared to maybe 20-30 years ago.

Now ninjas, on the other hand... how can japanese audiences watch anything to do with ninjas in hollywood, and not throw up straightaway?

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by hdt91 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @05:06AM (#18352255)

Just my opinion, but I think the elements of culture and language play no small roles in such kind of translation. My country (Vietnam) is heavily influenced by Chinese, and even that if you use normal vocabularies for literal translation like "18 palms of the Golden Dragon", it still sounds super corny, yet switching to Sino-Vietnamese style automatically makes it 10 times more awesome and elegant. And this expands to other subjective points such as characters, thematic plots, etc...; thus I feel it probably is way harder for Western audience to agree with the comparison with Tolkien.

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by PurpleRamen on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:42AM (#18351986)

Are hollywood-ninjas worst than anime-ninjas?

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