Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead
by astrange on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:41PM
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> Isn't "unlocalized" the base state? Just translate it, and don't replace the references with others? At least that's how I understand it.
That's not what they're complaining about, because that 4Kids style of release doesn't happen anymore. Except for Ace Attorney/Nintendo games/FFXIV, which are still quite different in English (and often better).
They've just started calling it "localization" whenever the few things they recognize look slightly different ignoring all the things they can't recognize because they don't speak Japanese.
Another reason professional translations might have changes is just for legal reasons, like copyright avoidance, or just because Japanese authors tend to be into possibly illegal sex stuff.
> Localized vs unlocalized is a different debate from amateur vs professional translation I think.
The original post said "fansubs". Which is weird because nobody does those anymore.
That's not what they're complaining about, because that 4Kids style of release doesn't happen anymore. Except for Ace Attorney/Nintendo games/FFXIV, which are still quite different in English (and often better).
They've just started calling it "localization" whenever the few things they recognize look slightly different ignoring all the things they can't recognize because they don't speak Japanese.
Another reason professional translations might have changes is just for legal reasons, like copyright avoidance, or just because Japanese authors tend to be into possibly illegal sex stuff.
> Localized vs unlocalized is a different debate from amateur vs professional translation I think.
The original post said "fansubs". Which is weird because nobody does those anymore.