Current Events ‘Warrior God’ is a Fake Translation - Viz Official Translation is ‘Godhead’
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Stephen Paul likes to add his own flair to his translations. If you read the Viz, you’d notice that the way the characters talk feels really weird at some points. He tends to make the characters speak like they’re from the 18th century, even though I’m sure he knows that the characters aren’t actually speaking like that.
The anime is the most official translation, so we may have to wait for the anime to clarify what their exact titles are
The anime is the most official translation, so we may have to wait for the anime to clarify what their exact titles are
He does that because it's not supposed to be a 1:1 translation, not everything can be translated literally that's not how languages and translations work. Context and intent doesn't carry over seamlessly like that across cultures. It's his job to best translate things to the English audience keeping the same tone as the original, without compromising or altering the meaning drastically.
Regarding the topic of this thread, the initial translations sounded absolutely ridiculous, the viz sounds a lot more natural in English.
Regarding the topic of this thread, the initial translations sounded absolutely ridiculous, the viz sounds a lot more natural in English.
I dont see it tbh. WG wont have 9-10 Aokiji/Akainu level fighters on their side. How will strawhats ever win against them
@SkySanji is in his feels today because he is smart enough to know that "warrior god of agriculture/finance" doesnt make sense 😂😂 Go easy on him
smh, where do you guys get such info?
@SkySanji is in his feels today because he is smart enough to know that "warrior god of agriculture/finance" doesnt make sense 😂😂 Go easy on him
smh, where do you guys get such info?
Translation is not an exact science, no matter how much of an expert someone is.
We're simply discussing 1 word/term, not entire chapters/books. And the Japanese speakers (plus anyone who can read basic Kanji) has made it pretty clear that the VIZ translation removes the "war"/fighting connotation from the Gorosei titles.
Like ffs, it's literally the same Kanji used in Shichibukai...
We're simply discussing 1 word/term, not entire chapters/books. And the Japanese speakers (plus anyone who can read basic Kanji) has made it pretty clear that the VIZ translation removes the "war"/fighting connotation from the Gorosei titles.
Like ffs, it's literally the same Kanji used in Shichibukai...
I don't disagree with that, I don't speak japanese nor read it, so I can't speak on how it sounds or what the reference or purpose is. In english however the viz sounds a lot more natural, I can critique that. Was the right call imo because the initial translation was a word vomit.
I admit that Stephen is doing his job in translating from Japanese so it makes sense in english yea.
Again...languages don't work the way you think they do. Just having "warrior" in japanese doesn't mean that's the best way to translate it to english.
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I admit that Stephen is doing his job in translating from Japanese so it makes sense in english yea.
Again...languages don't work the way you think they do. Just having "warrior" in japanese doesn't mean that's the best way to translate it to english.
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Stephen is doing his job at translating things so that they're very clearly understandable for a western audience, even if that results in slight alterations to the original meaning in the Japanese, yes, that's been my point this entire thread.
You're telling this to someone who speaks multiple languages and has a decent grasp on Japanese even, get off your high horse and stop assuming you know more than everyone else because you simply fucking don't.
You're telling this to someone who speaks multiple languages and has a decent grasp on Japanese even, get off your high horse and stop assuming you know more than everyone else because you simply fucking don't.
