Thread:Angelsbouquet/@comment-28201753-20181113153459

Hello! Thank you so much for your translations and your help on the wiki so far. I just wanted to raise a concern over your edit of the Fine Starfes ch15 translation uploaded to the wiki (apologies in advance for the length).

I know that whether or not to make characters swear in translations of Japanese is more of a translation choice which you can't really call objectively correct or incorrect (with most language, anyway). So I find it a bit weird that you decided to destroy the original translator's creative choice by removing Eichi's 'are you fucking kidding me’ on the grounds of it being a mistranslation, even though the meaning was completely valid.

It was new for Eichi translations so far and I'm sure the original translator also put thought in before deciding to add this to their TL. As an EichiP you know from the Main Story and other stories exactly how much Eichi values Trickstar; faced with the incredibly unexpected prospect of them giving up, it's certainly not incorrect, or even strange, for him to lose his composure and swear at this point. I know other people who agree that it fit the dramatic nature of the scene well (including people who have actually read it in Japanese, unlike me...). In the end it comes down to different people's interpretations of the line rather than what is objectively correct.

While neither the original nor your revised version of the line are actually wrong, editing someone else's TL on the wiki without a solid justification nor permission has another consequence, which is that the wiki's status as a reliable archive of different people's translations becomes more dubious. If we can't trust the wiki to host TLs faithfully, then honestly it loses its main purpose, and nobody wants that.

Maybe this is going too far, but I remember you had a large amount of Fine Starfes translated yourself - if you don't like the existing translation then publishing your own version (even of just that chapter) might be a better idea. If it were someone else who had an issue with one of your translations, I'm sure you'd rather they did the same.

Sorry for sending this long ass message over a tiny line lol I just love this story and Eichi a lot, and I care about how the wiki is run. I know you do too so no hard feelings. Thank you for your time. 