Re: Need help choosing a novel to read

From: Paul Blay (ranma_at_saotome.demon.co.uk)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:43:42 -0000

"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote ...
> Paul Blay wrote:
>
>> Hmm, what about the original author / publisher ? Do they get picky
>> about how 'accurate' the translation is or are they usually hands off?
>
> On some level I think
> Japanese expect translations of books and TV shows to be a little bit "hen."

Probably.

> Just as we don't expect young Chinese characters in an English translation
> of a novel to go around saying things like, "'sup beoch?"

Ah, but it gets trickier when they are young (for example) American characters
in an English translation of a Japanese novel. Characters and settings are often
foreign or unspecific.

As for translations of things Japanese specific into English ... one particular
anime translation scarred me for life. Lets just say that お握り and hamburgers
were involved.

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