#Expert Translator

[starry-bi-sky]

bruce and danny being fuckign nerds together,,,, they are being the BIGGEST nerds. geeks. if you will

these losers are color-coding the most inane bullshit. they are making diagrams for things you've never even thought of. they are having the time of their lives

"what are you two doing?"

Danny, sitting criss-cross on a table, hunched over a spread of papers and a bunch of different jello cups, his back is gonna hurt SO much: color-coding jello

Bruce, sitting in a nearby chair, also criss-cross, scribbling on a graph paper: hm [agreeing]

Alfred, already exasperated and SO fond: may i ask why? and on what parameters?

Danny: we're basing it off which flavors are the most mentally stimulating and for which subjects :}

Alfred, SO fond: ah. i see.

Danny, snapping his head over to Bruce and leaning over: wh- no-- no. Buzz, I told you: lemon-flavored jello stays strictly in the 'smelling salts' category--

Bruce, still writing on the graph paper: mn. no.

Danny, nearly sprawled across his back, faux-outraged: strawberry is NOT good for math-- you fucken HEATHEN--! Give me that pen!

Bruce, did that solely to rile up Danny, now trying not to smile: hnm.

[tls123]

everything else in the story aside you know jiang cheng doesn't really want wei wuxian dead because wei wuxian tells him to calm down when he's reminding him just why he can't stand wen ning even after sixteen years and the guy still gets to walk out of that room alive, like

calm down? i'm gonna kill you

[dreamlightgallery]

Been meaning to make this post for a while now, but the fact that Prune Juice seems to be sensitive to loud sounds lives rent-free in my head.

The Cookie body can only take so many soundwaves. The situation becomes harder and harder to bear, and Prune Juice Cookie feels his will to fight waning...

Plus the bad end text:

Within seconds, Prune Juice Cookie was surrounded by an electrifying cacophony of guitar riffs. In the end... he too succumbed to the spirit of rock...

...Ah, but no, it's not just this entire scene from Grand Cookie Games.

So first, recall for a moment how (in the Triple Cone Cup story) he trips in front of the Candy Golem and is called out to in concern by Kouign-Amann. In English, he just says there's nothing to worry about, but in Korean...

별 것 아니니까 소리치지 마세요! 그냥 넘어진 것뿐....

In the bold text he specifically says not to shout (the full sentence is "It's nothing, so don't shout!"). That doesn't say much on its own, however...

Here we are, bearing witness to the might of the Spice Overlord (in YouTube video quality)...

(Let me remind you for no reason in particular, Capsaicin is an "Overlord" in the Disgaea sense; a demon lord.)

What does Prune Juice say to this in English? He asks if the shouting is necessary, yes? And why does he ask this? Well, I'm glad you asked!

아이고 귀청이야!!

He is in pain.

This exclamation is essentially "ARGH MY EARDRUMS ARE RINGING!" or "IT'S DEAFENING!" or what-have-you.

In conclusion: I think he needs noise-cancelling headphones.

[woomysans]

Decided to translate Miko's surname out of boredom.

Naka (仲): Meaning relationship or encounter

Dai (代): Meaning generation, epoch, era

With the themes of Transformers Prime, it could mean “cross-generational friendship” or “friendship that lasts a lifetime”.

[piosplayhouse]

[ndostairlyrium]

and by the way

BY THE WAY

these aren't Gondole, they are probably Barchette da traghetto (traghetti da parada transport people from one side to the other of Canal Grande when there's no bridge available), or cheaper relatives of a Peota, or a Pupparin. And I'm using these terms loosely because the one above is clearly an hybrid between something that has real life historical value and a choice from the writing/design department.

A gondola is long approx 10m and can carry a maximum of 5 people inside (art. 26 of the rulebook, the original rule is from 1946), a licensed gondoliere can maneuver it. However, a regular traghetto requires two people maneuvering it because it can carry up to 12 people. That boat has only one Forcola which means that there's only one guy with the strength of a thousand men operating the boat. I find it rather concerning, considering that at full capacity a thing like that could easily reach 900 to 1k kilos - what is it, 16 metres of wood and metal? That in the picture may weight waaaay more.

Why did they call them gondole if they have more things in common with other Venetian historical boats? I don't know, I'm not a scientist

[namusass]

hang on. chinese emperor. except not of china? Da Caihong (which is what he's introduced as the emperor of) literally means "big rainbow", which as far as i can tell has zero real life place/kingdom counterpart. does this mean there was an empire in china that survived the republican period? did PuYi not abdicate in this universe? or is this a seperate kingdom within what we consider to be china, similar to Emmaly? how did an empire survive the purging of imperial supporters during the republican era? does communism still exist in this universe? or is this an empire (not a kingdom! he's introduced as an emperor) that exists next to china that they haven't managed to suppress? i guess this show doesn't have to worry about censoring potentially anti-ccp sentiment bc the boys kissing will lead to it being censored anyway, but still. the political and historical ramifications of this are insane, i really want to hear from someone more well-versed in chinese history on their theories

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 795: The peak of their limits!!

Pag 1

2: Isn't there anything I can do?

3: Listen to him

4: You don't have to say anything back, you can just nod

5: Just listen to his nonsense

6: Like always

8: To... Toudou-san

Pag 2

1: He'll arrive soon

2: In just a few minutes he'll pass on this road right before our eyes

4: There's no need to stay back

5: Right now, he's fighting

6: He's running against his rival for “the last kilometer”....

His muscles are aflame, he's wiping away his sweat, and his body is screaming

Pag 3

1: His limbs are numb because the blood isn't flowing until his extremities

His heart rate is at its limit, his body feels like it's in danger and is trying to stop moving

2: He's fighting against his own body that's trying to stop, and against his rival who's moving forward

It's the “peak of their limits”

3: The peak of... their limits

4: That's the fight he wanted

5: Watch him closely

Call out to him with me and he'll be happy

6: Don't worry

Racers recognize even the quietest voice

And then

Pag 4

1: they can turn them into power!!

Pag 5

1: Sooreeeee

2: 700m left until the mountain line!!

They're lined up!! They're neck and neck!!

So close!

Pag 6

1: 600m left!!

2: The race passes through the intersections with Mt. Hiko's trailhead!!

Goo Hakogaku!!

Don't lose, Chiba!!

They're neck and neck!!

Pag 7

1: Neither of them is stopping!!

Pag 9

2: So much sweat is falling on the road!!

3: They're passing through the last intersection and then will face the final gate

4: They're entering a narrow road!!

Pag 10

1: 500m left!!

2: They're still pedaling!!

Pag 11

1: Since earlier my fingers in my right shoes

2: keep getting cramps

3: The blood isn't reaching their tips

4: It's not, but

6: I'll keep turning my legs!!

7: I'll tighten up my shoes to reduce the pain!!

Pag 12

1: Mountain King tightened his shoe's dial!!

Woah he's serious!!

2: What does it mean!?

Biking shoes have a dial

3: During a long race, cyclists' feet get thinner, so they turn their shoes' dial up to tighten and secure their feet in preparation for the final dash

Wire

Depending on the direction you turn the dial, it tighten or become loose

4: In the scene of European races, it's something cyclists do a lot to prepare for the race before the finish line!!

5: Is Mountain Kind going to attack here!?

But right now it looked like he was trying to avoid the pain in his leg

Pag 13

1: This is bad!!

It's not just my fingers

My arms have lost feeling too when I'm dancing

3: But it's okay, it's just right

My legs are moving

4: And you're next to me!!

We're still fighting!!

Pag 14

1: If my arms won't move then I can just swing my bike from my shoulders!!

Pag 15

1: Manami attacked again!!

Amazing!

He's going!!

2: In the hardest section!!

He's leaving Mountain King behind using his dancing!!

Pag 16

1: He's opening a gap between himself and Sohoku's Mountain King!!

3: Mountain King is in a tough spot!!

4: He instinctively dropped his head!!

Pag 17

1: Try to have fun, Onoda

4: Races are hard

5: When your opponent accelerates in an unexpected moment, when the attack is stronger than you had imagined

6: Remember

Pag 18

1: You can't win a race without going through tough times

2: Teshma-san....

3: “Just before” means that there are many options

Like, will my opponent get exhausted? Could he make a mistake? You'll be thinking like that

4: Surprisingly, victory or defeat depend on these little things

Pag 19

1: Well, that's just my advice though

I actually always end up slowing down at critical moments, and so I lose

2: That's not true at all!! At this year's Inter High it was Teshima-san who won the mountain prize!! Thank you so much for that!!

I get it, I get it

3: Well, you're an earnest person and won two times already, so it's like I'm preaching to the choir

4: But there are times when you're weak

5: I've seen that many times too

9: During a race, when it's “just before”, just remember this

10: When there is both a hard road and an easy road

Pag 20

1: Don't hesitate to take the hard road!!

2: Right now for a moment, I was thinking “why am I going now” and “when it's hard to breathe”!!

Pag 21

2: My chest hurts!!

3: My legs hurt!!

4: But still!!

6: I'll choose what to chase!!

Pag 22

1: Mountain King is accelerating and chasing!!

Aaaaaagh

4: Sangaku!!

5: I'm ready!!

[kheprriverse]

Just a stupid thing that's been on my mind. Plus Linkle (Apollo) being silly and harassing Volga. This was actually supposed to be way smaller and not take me a day to make but yk... Sometimes the brianrot comes in full force.

Hope y'all enjoy the random dragon lore :'D

[project-sekai-facts]

which characters have cursed in-game? I know akito does a lot but I was wondering if anyone else has at all or if all the swears just go to akito and sometimes ena lmao

Akito swears the most, but I'm pretty sure some of the VBS characters (side characters included) user coarser language from time to time. If memory serves that covers Kotaro, Arata, and Tatsuya. Ena is translated as saying "pain in the ass" in the niigo main story if you count that as a swear, and I'm pretty sure she tends to use ruder language sometimes like her brother (though I don't read the scripts in their original language, so I'm basing this off of how fan TLers choose to adapt them).

Ensekai rarely puts profanity in the script. Like quite a bit of Akito's dialogue on JP could be TL'd as "fuck" or "shit" (he often uses ruder language). It makes sense though since this is a game with a relatively young target audience. I don't keep up with ensekai's translations but I don't think they've used profanity (aside from "crap" which doesn't qualify imo) much at all since 2022?

The following characters have used crap on ensekai (which again isn't really profanity but it's like the rudest word that ensekai frequently uses)

Shiho

Airi

An

Akito

Tsukasa <- only says it once

Nene

Ena <- most frequent user

Mizuki

Kotaro <- only says it once

Sometimes these are just used as filler words for exclamation points. In a flashback in the Leoneed main story one of Honami's bullies says "were you talking crap about me". That's probably the most severe the use of crap has ever been on ensekai, because it is being used as substitute for the word shit. There may be other instances of this - I didn't cross check every single piece of dialogue since it's 1am as i'm writing this and they use crap quite a lot.

Also Tsukasa says "fuck" in english twice in Dappou Rock. Len says it once in Ego Rock.

[magsintherain]

I can't stop thinking about this rabbit hole I went down a few weeks ago when I was procrastinating on my Iliad paper.

So basically. In the Lattimore translation of the Iliad (the one we read in class), he has Helen call herself a slut.

"That man is Atreus’ son Agamemnon, widely powerful,  at the same time a good king and a strong spearfighter,  once my kinsman, slut that I am. Did this ever happen?” (Lattimore 3.178-180)

Naturally I'm like yikes. Then I started wondering whether this was actually what it said in the Greek, and whether other translators disagreed.

(This is not a new thing to wonder about; people talked about this quite a bit after Emily Wilson discussed it.)

To summarize: the Greek word used here is kunops, which literally translates to dog-face or dog-eyed. This word is used precisely two other times in the Iliad: once in book one when Achilles is insulting Agamemnon and once in book eighteen when Hephaestus is talking about how his mother (Hera) threw him out. Surprise surprise, the male translators usually don't use the same word in those two places.

I could have stopped here, but naturally at this point I was like, obviously the best possible use of my time would be to go down into the depths of the library and see what word is used in these three places in every single translation of the Iliad that we have.

Too much time later, I ended up with this:

I think this table kind of speaks for itself.

Just. The way that the male translators all decide that when a woman is called "dog-face," that must mean that she's a shameless bitch, but when a man is called "dog-face," he can just be a dog-face. The bias is REALLY showing through here. I can understand shameless, but where are they getting slut bitch whore?

Lattimore is supposed to be the most literal translation! But then he just has to go and call Helen a slut for no apparent reason! Why would he do this where did it come from I want to scream. why do they assume that a woman criticizing herself has to be about sexual condemnation??

Some things that are worth noting!

As I mentioned, people have talked about this a lot in regards to Emily Wilson's translation! She gave a couple great interviews about her translation of this word (here and here). What many people forget is that she wasn't actually the first woman to translate the Iliad into English, nor was she the first person to translate the word as "dog-face." That was Caroline Alexander, eight years earlier. I love Wilson as much as the next person but let's not forget Alexander.

Yes dog-face is an insult! And yes it arguably is associated with shamelessness! There's a lot to unpack about why Helen was talking about herself this way. But it's really hard to analyze that when the bias of the male translators is bleeding through so much. I appreciate the decision to translate it literally and let readers decide for ourselves what she meant.

[littletonomanners]

I’m so starved for multilingual SFTH content .. 💔 I’ve exhausted Luke’s Death for a Dollar, AJ’s French Nonsense and Oh My God Is This A Joke?! I need MOAR!!!!

[sysig]

Enecomimi Banzaiiii (Patreon)

[herearedragons]

something about Ygwulf and Cynewulf having Wolf Names and him being an archer with poisoned arrows and her being an archer with poisoned arrows and him killing her just like she killed many others and him surrendering to her just like she surrendered to the imperial guards and him having weird visions just like she does and she wants to hate him so badly but she sees too much of herself in him. so she does the thing that no one ever did for her. she lets him go

[cubedmango]

got a couple cherry magic enjoying followers recently so uhhh

drops this and scuttles away like a crab

[mxtxfanatic]

Hello there!

Just want to say thank you again for all the tgcf revision translations you've been sharing. It's been a pleasure to read and, just from an outside pov, your excitement about it seems like you're reading it for the first time again, and perhaps you are in a way! It's very contagious! 😄

Any favorite things that come to mind from where you are in the reading, whether new ones from the revision or even ones that remained from the draft that you just forgot about?

Oh, and I've heard you mention you're working on a Hua Cheng birthday project. Is it a secret? I'm so curious! 😄

Thank you! 🌸

It really does feel like I'm reading tgcf for the first time again, especially since it's been so long since I've read it and I don't revisit many parts often, so some details are so delightful (or heartwrenching). I think my favorite parts are just all the hualian content that's either been revised or edited in. The Hualian scenes are actually the ones that mxtx edited the least, but what she adds just enhances them in a way that's so joyful that it upsets me all over again that people will really argue that these two aren't crazy about each other and their relationship is built on lies or insecurities or traumas that would make them choose "someone else" were they to not have them. Just utter nonsense.

Only thing I seem to have forgotten is how terrible Feng Xin actually was as a friend. Maybe on account of Mu Qing stans being so vocal and taking up all the limelight, but with the new contenders for tgcf's most annoying stans, Feng Xin will definitely be getting more scrutiny this time around.

Yes, I have a Hua Cheng bday project! Is it a secret? Probably not a very good one since I've only ever been working on one thing, but it is a pleasant surprise.