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Why is it translated as Soccer rather than Football in the sub and dub when mainly only USA and Canada call it that

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Aug 28, 2022 5:37 PM
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I'm not here to debate etymology, but it is strange that a word 90% of the world uses ''Football" is being translated as Soccer to appease North Americans
I know they have their own supposed football they play with that oval shaped contraption
Just Saying
U can call it what u want it's not an issue
but at least for personal preferences let the subtitles reflect the majority of the World.

See I already know Crunchyroll is an American company go figure, but they're distributing for the whole World. It's common to make adjustments for each country. Crunchyroll even has branches around the world cause the anime catalogue is different for each Continent. so I see no reason the subtitles can't change.

Everyone I've read your comments I get
I know it's not that deep and yes Japan calls it soccer apparently

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Aug 28, 2022 5:48 PM
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The dub's by Americans, so that's self explanatory.

For the sub, the Japanese also use "soccer". I am someone who regularly uses "football", but whenever I talk about Ao Ashi with someone, I find myself calling it "soccer".

So not only are the subtitles right according to Japan, they are also more intuitive to write. It's what they're saying in the show, so if I was working for Crunchyroll, I'd just type soccer to keep my speed up.

P.S. - I prefer "football" too
Aug 28, 2022 5:54 PM
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Because also translators are Americans …

They have their own football (American football) so they prefer to use soccer for this football.

If the translation team was from the UK, for example, then they would definitely use football
Aug 28, 2022 6:00 PM
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Because we call it Soccer in Canada and America, and Crunchyroll is American
Aug 28, 2022 6:11 PM
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Because it’s an American dub? Other countries have their own dubs.
Aug 28, 2022 6:32 PM
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I have seen Japanese fans call it soccer too so maybe it’s just a preference idk? 💀
Aug 28, 2022 6:41 PM
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would've preferred football but it is what it is
Aug 28, 2022 6:46 PM
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the japanese call it 'sakkaa' too, so.. it's accurate?

I personally call it football, but it's pointless to make such a big fuss over that sort of thing.
Aug 28, 2022 7:08 PM
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Because the vast majority of native English speakers call it soccer, and so the people subbing and dubbing it also call it soccer.
Why would they care what people call it in non-English countries? I'm sure a Spanish or French dub/sub would call it football.
Aug 28, 2022 7:20 PM

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I'm okay with either, but I imagine the people who translated it are Americans. That said, I fail to understand how exactly this is an issue. It's not like people all over the world have no clue what soccer refers to or means.




Aug 28, 2022 8:35 PM
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maybe becsuse its usually called sakkā (from the english soccer) in japanese
Aug 28, 2022 10:09 PM
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Why do you even care? the subs are made by Americans, obviously they call it soccer.
Aug 29, 2022 1:29 AM
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soccer should be the worldwide time in the first place

you fuckers are too direct
Aug 29, 2022 3:30 AM

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RioFS said:
I'm okay with either, but I imagine the people who translated it are Americans. That said, I fail to understand how exactly this is an issue. It's not like people all over the world have no clue what soccer refers to or means.

not an issue
just a personal preference
Aug 29, 2022 3:42 AM

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-localization is made by americans
-original show is in japanese which also uses soccer
-soccer is still a term that all english speakers understand even though it's not commonly used everywhere

I don't see anything wrong with it. I know that some soccer fans (not talking about OP) get seriously triggered by the word soccer but they should just get over it.
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Aug 29, 2022 6:05 AM
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in german i call it "Fußball"
in english "soccer" because people will get what i am referring to
otherwise it's a 50/50 if the other person will understand it
Aug 29, 2022 6:17 AM
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probably because America makes the dubs
Aug 29, 2022 6:19 AM
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as others said its because its an American made dub
Aug 29, 2022 12:11 PM
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It's literally called soccer in Japan too mate. (you can also literally hear them say so in the anime when referring to the sport)


I prefer the term football as well but in this context, I think soccer makes sense



Aug 29, 2022 1:09 PM
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As someone who grew up calling it soccer and also played Soccer and Canadian Football (yes it's slightly different then American Football) I've always just used the terms interchangeably "Soccer" and "Football" so I don't really see why it matters I mean both mean the same sport and the multiple definitions are a widely known and understood, different languages have different names, spelling or pronunciation for the sport. They just picked what made sense to the primary consumers they are marketing too and that was about as deep as that was likely thought out. if it was changed or originally football it wouldn't have made a difference in my opinion.
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Aug 29, 2022 1:54 PM

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Kamaranth said:
As someone who grew up calling it soccer and also played Soccer and Canadian Football (yes it's slightly different then American Football) I've always just used the terms interchangeably "Soccer" and "Football" so I don't really see why it matters I mean both mean the same sport and the multiple definitions are a widely known and understood, different languages have different names, spelling or pronunciation for the sport. They just picked what made sense to the primary consumers they are marketing too and that was about as deep as that was likely thought out. if it was changed or originally football it wouldn't have made a difference in my opinion.

Canadian football and American football are actually different? Wow😂, I didn't even know Canada had their own league,
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Aug 29, 2022 11:11 PM
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On behalf of Americans we couldn't care less what terminology is used. I'm surprised anyone thinks we care for much of anything tbh
Sep 2, 2022 8:29 AM
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It's football. Because of the American football (a totally different sport) many people call it soccer.

Even though I'm European, I'm using the second on purpose to be clear to everyone, at least when I'm using the internet. However, the most well-known and correct terminology is football.
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On behalf of Americans we couldn't care less what terminology is used. I'm surprised anyone thinks we care for much of anything tbh

We don't think anyone cares. I personally use "soccer" because when I say "football", people are asking which one I'm referring to haha. It's just for clarification.
Sep 2, 2022 9:07 PM

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Because they call it soccer in Japan, it takes place in Japan and is based off the J league so it makes sense to say soccer instead.

I'm English too and I get the whole "it's football not soccer" debacle, but dragging that into this context is just embarrassing.

I doubt the american dubbers have anything to do it, it would be a unnecessary change to make that would actually make it less accurate.
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The thing is the word is inconsistent in Japan, they use "soccer" when they talk, but look at the team name, it's Tokyo Esperion FC, in the logo it's clearly written "ESPERION FOOTBALL CLUB".
you could find this on the real world J.League clubs too, i found just 3 teams using word "soccer", Tochigi SC, SC Sagamihara and YSCC Yokohama. but you could find more using word "football" like FC Tokyo, Yokohama FC, FC Ryukyu, Ehime FC, FC Gifu, FC Imabari, etc. Even the association name in Japan is JFA "Japan Football Association", not JSA right?

so it's means they're not really care about the words, is it "Sakkā" or "Futtobōru", you can call it whatever you like, the game is still the same
i guess it would be great if it's translated literally, because in Japan they use both of them, so we could understand about that too.. so it will translated as "soccer" when they say or write "sakkā", and translated as "football" when they say or write "futtobōru"
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The thing is the word is inconsistent in Japan, they use "soccer" when they talk, but look at the team name, it's Tokyo Esperion FC, in the logo it's clearly written "ESPERION FOOTBALL CLUB".
you could find this on the real world J.League clubs too, i found just 3 teams using word "soccer", Tochigi SC, SC Sagamihara and YSCC Yokohama. but you could find more using word "football" like FC Tokyo, Yokohama FC, FC Ryukyu, Ehime FC, FC Gifu, FC Imabari, etc. Even the association name in Japan is JFA "Japan Football Association", not JSA right?

so it's means they're not really care about the words, is it "Sakkā" or "Futtobōru", you can call it whatever you like, the game is still the same
i guess it would be great if it's translated literally, because in Japan they use both of them, so we could understand about that too.. so it will translated as "soccer" when they say or write "sakkā", and translated as "football" when they say or write "futtobōru"

Half the teams in MLS also use FC but MLS is in soccer territory. I think it's more about following ages old soccer tradition than not caring about the words used.
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Sep 3, 2022 12:00 AM

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The whole reason why we call it "Soccer" to begin with is because of Europe. When the British brought over "Football" there was "Association Football" and "Rugby Football". Both were shortened to Soccer and Rugger respectively and introduce to America as such.

Now fast forward a century or so and we have these same Euro snobs are making fun of us for a name THEY CAME UP WITH FIRST!

I swear.

Anyway just call it soccer. It's what the Japanese call it and thus technically more "accurate"
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Sep 3, 2022 8:58 AM
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So setting this straight with facts
I didn't vote because it's not about translators or preference exclusively.
Soccer or "sakka" is becoming more mainstream with Japanese youth, and so the author chooses to identify with the target audience.
Simple research reveals this:

Sep 3, 2022 1:59 PM

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Because the Japanese characters in the show are literally saying "sakka" aka soccer

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