Yes, spread the word. That is good. But do it in an informed manner and not as a loudmouth. No one will take you seriously if you're militant. As you see, when someone went out of their way to do the comparisons for the Yen Press light novels where there was lots of text cut, it eventually reached the company and the discourse reached the public eye at the same time.
Ok. I can't dig up an excuse for that. That is truly condescending shit. How appalling.
They are aware. They have had them pointed out.
Okay, that is fair. Not buying stuff is a way of protest too - but it is a weak form a protest as the anime company simply doesn't care about a few sales less when it is a multibillion dollar industry. In this regard and for my particular topic of VNs, however, less sales actually hurt badly in niches like that. the VN/Eroge industry is ridden by piracy in degrees that cannot be neglected so boycotting there actually causes damage in the long run.
I'm sorry but that's the most hilarious thing I've read all day. And that's the sort of damage we are trying to cause so they are forced to change or quit.
again this is back to the point of being a professional, no one is asking localizers to be some kind of dave chapelle, we're asking for a translation
i always consider a person mostly by what they are in the present, if they do shitty things (which they are doing) in the present then im not gonna tolerate it
This became really philosophic, but you sure are right. Social Media is the bane of communication.
so you can see what we are talking about here a bit.
There are many factors that go into renaming characters - not entirely always the fault of the localizers themselves. Sometimes companies have weird weird expectations how they want their character names to be rendered - the last example I remember is probably Rewrite where a character called Shizuru was rendered as "Sizuru" because that is the Japanese kunreishiki 訓令式 way of spelling that name. I personally hate renaming characters because the Japanese love using name kanji and readings as particular wordplay that sometimes even has an impact on the story itself - really tough stuff when you have to face that. Different translation schools also have different opinions about this so it is an individual decision whether names are changed or not. Sometimes it is done to give characters something "iconic" because they think a common English name might be more memorable (and easier to pronounce) than for example "Hiromi". This is simply because Americans/English speakers tend to want to have their text read as familiar as possible. There is even the idea that keeping Japanese names (and their accompagning honorifics) is an expression of orientalism because people find JP names so cool and fancy!
I can feel your anger and respect you want to be respectful, but I repeat again that I just talk here as an individual and not on behalf of specific brand of localizers who probably would have recurring nightmares if I were to represent them. In a way I kinda hope that me showing up here encourages other localizers (and aspiring ones) to do so too so a discourse can be woven.
well yeah those things have always existed not only in things such as anime but also on videgames where people mod stuff to restore it to their uncensored form.
well yes the public does make them responsible, but everytime that public also gets disregarded and get called hateful by the individual who is being critizised or their colleagues, example how localizers talk about us on twitter.
i hope so, i still don't feel completely trusty but guess we gotta try it at least (even if it's fuckin killing me)wow one of these people showed up on the form, and is willing to have a respectful Dialogue with people on the forum.
wow I guess miracles do happen.
In a way I kind of believe that I'm not even taken seriously by the bulk of localizers because of A) my past behaviour and B) translating between easy languages such as English and German. If I want to be taken serious by them I have to learn Japanese well enough to be able to translate in a reasonable timeframe. That is smth I will definitely work on this year - among other things.
That's because he's on the lower end of things. Most likely, those other translators don't see him on the same level they are. (I was right, just saw his new post)wow one of these people showed up on the form, and is willing to have a respectful Dialogue with people on the forum.
wow I guess miracles do happen.
actions speak Louder Than Words, however this is a good start.