themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Anime@ani.socialEnglish · edit-22 hours agoWhy are official subs so awful, they can't even be bothered to translate character names, the rectangular text box? (Chainsmoker Cat))lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down13 cross-posted to: anime@lemmy.ml
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageWhy are official subs so awful, they can't even be bothered to translate character names, the rectangular text box? (Chainsmoker Cat))lemmy.dbzer0.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Anime@ani.socialEnglish · edit-22 hours agomessage-square24linkfedilink cross-posted to: anime@lemmy.ml
minus-squarewizblizz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·13 hours agoChainsmoker cat is not a great phrase, it’s clumsy and hard to say. Yani Neko is actually her name, why is this a big deal?
minus-squarethemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·13 hours agoI am talking about the untranslated text bubble, not the name. I have noticed that sometimes it is translated, and sometimes it isn’t.
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoYeah, whether or not on-screen text is translated seems like a total crapshoot. Some translators go the extra mile and format the translated text to look like the original, but far too many just ignore it entirely.
Chainsmoker cat is not a great phrase, it’s clumsy and hard to say. Yani Neko is actually her name, why is this a big deal?
I am talking about the untranslated text bubble, not the name. I have noticed that sometimes it is translated, and sometimes it isn’t.
Yeah, whether or not on-screen text is translated seems like a total crapshoot. Some translators go the extra mile and format the translated text to look like the original, but far too many just ignore it entirely.