Jun 21, 2009 4:06 PM
Subtitle Snobbery
Just because I know a little japanese means I can shit all over subbers' hard work? What the hell am I thinking? But yes, I am here to admit I, for the first time, disparaged a subbing group on MAL through a comment.
NANA, a fine anime... but the subbing missed the mark one too many times by episode 15 I just had to voice my displeasure... how spoiled I am.
The problem with subbing errors is that if it's not an english mistake, viewers won't easily realize they've just been given incorrect information without some understanding of the spoken language in question.
In this particular case, not only were there numerous minor confusions (used the less-appropriate translation for a word) that managed to lose the humor in certain sentences, but also a good number of outright errors.
To be annoyed on behalf of people who can't understand japanese is snobbery, isn't it? I'm not a customer by any means, so I shouldn't complain.
NANA, a fine anime... but the subbing missed the mark one too many times by episode 15 I just had to voice my displeasure... how spoiled I am.
The problem with subbing errors is that if it's not an english mistake, viewers won't easily realize they've just been given incorrect information without some understanding of the spoken language in question.
In this particular case, not only were there numerous minor confusions (used the less-appropriate translation for a word) that managed to lose the humor in certain sentences, but also a good number of outright errors.
To be annoyed on behalf of people who can't understand japanese is snobbery, isn't it? I'm not a customer by any means, so I shouldn't complain.
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kuh111578
| Jun 21, 2009 4:06 PM |
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