#problems with translating

[that1kidstalkingyou]

I'm translating ULTRA C when I came to a line that made me give up.

Guess which line.

WHAT THE HELL IS "Raise the bro"?????!!!!

Kohanre, I love you sweetheart, but WUHDUHFUHHH

[hinamie]

mentor

[niamhthefae]

just gonna leave this here for anybody who wants it

free copies of:

the bonnie and clyde proshot

hadestown

the great gatsby(jeremy jordan)

dear evan hansen

jekyll and hyde

ride the cyclone

enjoy!

[cryingprincess13]

[fishcalcart]

Stobotnik Week Day 7 - Domestic

[anthropoetics]

someone pushed my mom on the bus and she chipped her tooth on the bus handle. she went to the er and they basically sent her away with pain medication, telling her she had to see the dentist (that's a two month wait). she says she's in no pain, but her lips and mouth are contantly bleeding and everything she eats tastes like blood, so if you can help me, please. i've sent her everything i have saved (which is basically nothing given the fact that i just got a job), she's going to the dentist in two hours, but we still don't have enough to pay him (which he kindly agreed to do what's necessary even if we don't have the money now). if you can help us with anything, please.

my p*aypal is ianalsvn@gmail.com

[wasyago]

the kind of chemistry these two have is very entertaining

[zuzu-draws]

Is it possible to love a character more than you already do? SOBBING because so many intricate details important for Sukuna's characterization gets lost in translation and lightning is an amazing person for bringing this to our attention (go follow them on their platforms ;_; They deserve it so much)

Sukuna's use of words are honestly so poetic and romantic, there is a certain grace and elegance with the way he presents himself, no doubt like a king. It may seem like he's a hot-headed maniac, but he's clever, cunning and intelligent. He knows when to let loose and when to reign himself in.

"You cleared my skies" I would literally melt at the spot, :') aaahhh I'm glad both of them ended up acknowledging one another, this really hits you right in the feels.

[freckleslikestars]

FARSCAPE | 1.06 Thank God It's Friday, Again.

[iamfuckingsorry]

So I've recently realized that murderbot's been translated into my native language and it's apparently a he in the translation (which admittedly makes sense, because it's a heavily gendered language and 1. gender-neutral language doesn't really exist in general and 2. "bot" and all the related words - I believe they use "droid" for mb in the translation - are grammatically masculine).

It made me curious how it's been handled in other translations though!

*e.g. being referred to by multiple gendered nouns/pronouns depending on the context, like both "bot" (masculine) and "machine" (feminine).

[mxtxfanatic]

I've been wondering this for a while but why don't you like suika? I'm honestly curious, cause suika was one of the first danmei translators I found online when I first started reading them,

Because I don’t like people who use fandom’s ignorance and their own expertise to spread lies about the work they translate, IN THE TRANSLATIONS THEY ARE BEING PAID TO PRODUCE, in order to pander to popular fanon. That’s a level of unprofessionalism that shoulda got her banned from every future official translation project, and it’s incredibly disrespectful to the authors, themselves, who have their works tampered with because some villain stan decided that they needed to change some things in the story to make their useless fav more sympathetic to a foreign audience. But since she shops herself around the danmei version of shein, I guess I just have to pray that the novels I love don’t fall into her unfortunate hands.

She also has a classism problem that she likes to proudly display in how she has characters talk, and not only does it fucking suck and go against how those characters actually speak in the novel but it’s also goddamn offensive to read someone using MY dialect as a standin for what she considers the “low class”/“ignorant masses”.

[patron-saint-of-lesbeans]

I am thinking about the couple that married before the miracle of the Wedding Feast in Cana. Wine was important to the culture then - so much so that having bad or too little wine at a wedding feast might be a bad omen. That the marriage will be cut short, or spoil. I imagine the groom knew there was limited wine. Someone had to. Maybe he found out the day of, maybe he came from a less-than-wealthy family and knew his wedding feast would inevitably fall short of expectations. Either way, there must have been shame, embarrassment and superstition about the wine shortage.

I then think about how Mary of Nazareth and her Son were invited. Maybe they were relatives of the bride’s family. Maybe the groom’s family knew Joseph, and invited his widow and child out of respect for him. I wonder if Joseph would have asked the Christ to answer the small, human, frivolous prayer for more wine. Either way, Jesus and His Mother are there without Joseph, a widow and her Son.

I think about Mary asking Jesus for more wine. She knows it’s not His time, that maybe she shouldn’t ask this small, human, frivolous miracle of her Godking, her Son. (Mary knows He will die before her, that the start of His ministry means the beginning of His end.) But she asks anyway. And even when He reproaches her for asking, knowing it isn’t time yet, she pulls aside the servers and tells them to do whatever He tells them. She has complete trust in her Son to grant her this miracle, even though He reprimanded her request.

I think about Jesus’ reprove to Mary. He addresses her, ‘woman,’ not mother or by name. There’s indignation unbecoming of a son, but fitting of a King. And yet, He does as His mother asks. He doesn’t have to. It isn’t His time yet. But as Mary trusts Him completely, He loves her completely, and submits to obedience to her will, not the plan put in place before time itself. It isn’t His time yet, but then in an instant it is His time, at the very moment He changes the water.

I think about the headserver complimenting the groom, about how he saved the best wine til last. The groom who knew the wine would run out, had run out. He must have been so confused, so frightened - where had the wine come from? Who was being so gracious to him, who couldn’t even provide wine for his own wedding feast? What would they want? But no one is claiming the wine, the miracle, and the groom has been worried and ashamed about the wine shortage throughout the feast, so maybe he just accepts the praise, accepts the miracle. Maybe later, he hears whispers between the servants, talking about that carpenter’s boy from Nazareth. About his mother who asked that young man for more wine. A guest the groom didn’t even greet by name, bestowing a miracle on his wedding and leaving without acknowledging it.

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

NETFLIX! Why do you suck so much?

He did not say that! He said, "No. I'm fine." I listened multiple times and that is definitely what he said. You stupid, stupid inaccurate subtitles I hate you

[littlecrittereli]

Okay I gotta say your art + story have gotten my fanfic engines a churning and now I'm picturing AU with the bros starting out in the wildlife game but with Martin as an 18-19 year old and Chris as this 14 year old and it's more "panicked older brother trying to keep his baby bro safe" while they encounter poachers/dangers.

OKOK HEAR ME OUT....

Martin has legal guardianship over Chris (uhh parents gotta die for this i am so sorry mom and dad kratt but it's for the fanfiction so please forgive me) Which is why a 14 year old is able to join their research team. Martin is technically "homeschooling" him, (i mean technically he's learning on creature adventures so...)

Martin was offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the Tortuga research program and Chris didn't want to be the reason that Martin held back on his dreams. So, Chris was basically like take me with you, I'll be good and stay out of trouble I promise. So basically Martin is trying to do his job while simultaneously juggling the responsibility of raising Chris. And the rest of the team helps out as well so they all become a little family and go on these adventures.

The rest of the team would step into older sibling roles as well: Aviva would teach Chris about programming and engineering, Koki would show him how the Tortuga runs and how to make small tune-ups, and Jimmy would teach him how to bake and play video games with him. JUST IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

I don't think Aviva would make a CPS for him, Martin would lose his mind if she did. Chris was already a handful, he does NOT need to be running around as a gecko. Maybe she could make a less extreme version of the suit for him? Like a partial creature power suit, where it can give him traits of animals. Instead of turning into the whole leopard, it just gives him leopard claw gloves and a tail for balance. So a little kiddy version of the CPS. IDk it's just an idea.

[tinesleftnipple]

JITD Episode 25 (non-final) Script Synopsis

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

"The Emerging Composition"

LWZ and Pei su in their office. LWZ opens the sealed, top secret file of the Zhu feng case.

Flashback: a crouched figure writing at a desk. Close up to show keywords - killer, history of mental illness, exempt from criminal punishment, victim, rights and interests... Pan yunheng bursts in the door and addresses the figure as "teacher". Pan tells the man that the killer was killed by another patient at the facility, in the same way Zhu feng's husband was killed. The man turns around, looks at Pan yunheng, and asks if he believes that justice is clear and retribution will come.

LWZ texts XHY for him to investigate Zhu feng's husband, Yu bin.

Tao ze and Kong weichen are at Yin ping's house. According to Yin ping, the last time Yin chao contacted them was 8/9 years ago. He stopped sending them money 5/6 years ago when their mother died. At that time, Yin ping followed the address from the money transfer and found Yin chao, but Yin chao refused to return with the excuse of too many enemies in XInzhou.

Tao ze asks Yin ping why he wears gloves at home. Yin ping shows them his burn scars from an accident in the boiler room. Tao ze then asks Yin ping's wife Hou shufen some questions but Yin ping yells at her.

They leave Yin ping's house. Tao ze crosses out the chance that the person they met was Laomeizha; it's unlikely his wife would go unaware for 30 years.

Xiao wu comes back with some old files he found, of Laomeizha's testimony about the fire. When Laomeizha was escaping, he had grabbed onto a metal railing and burned his hands to the extent that his fingerprints were gone. Tao ze orders them to return to find Yin ping immediately, but his wife answers the door. Yin ping left on his motorbike just moments ago.

Tao ze calls LWZ to tell him it wasn't Yin chao (Laomeizha) who testified but Yin ping. The only thing that would have distinguished the twins from each other was their fingerprints, and Yin ping's fingerprints have been burned off. Tao ze asks help tracking down a red motorbike.

Yin ping speeds down the frozen road with police sirens behind him. Flashback: Yin ping peeking through a crack in the window. Yin chao is talking to someone inside. The other person threatens him with either taking the job or having his family killed. Once that person leaves, Yin ping confronts Yin chao. Yin chao tells him he's working with the police, and will find a way to keep them safe.

Tao ze and Xiao wu chase Yin ping through the alleyways. A truck suddenly appears speeding towards Yin ping, but Tao ze's police car slams in between them and takes the full impact. Yin ping is thrown out of his bike.

Flashback: Yin chao telling Yin ping not to worry. He will protect them even if he dies. Yin ping takes an ashtray and smashes it into Yin chao's temple. This image transitions to Yin ping lying on the ground in almost the exact same position as Yin chao years before.

KWC comes to first, crawls out and drags an unconscious Xiao wu out from the backseat. The gas tank is leaking and there is an exposed wire from the truck emitting sparks. KWC wakes Xiao wu while trying to rescue Tao ze and Xiao wu goes to grab Yin ping. KWC finally manages to free Tao ze out from the car but it's too late. He only has time to cover Tao ze with his own body before everything explodes.

LWZ receives a call from Xiao wu. Xiao wu tells him the truck driver that hit them died on the spot. LWZ and Pei su rush to the hospital. KWC is dead. Yin ping survived with a broken leg. Tao ze is in emergency surgery. Pei su pats LWZ's shoulder to calm him down, and reassures him that Tao ze will be fine, but Pei su's hand is trembling too.

LWZ and Pei su sit together in the hallway. Pei su wonders why the organization is in such a rush to get rid of Laomeizha. Everything Laomeizha can testify on, Du guosheng has already told them. They reduce the possibilities of intelligence leak down to 2 people and 1 car. XHY calls and LWZ tells him to investigate XIao wu, KWC, and the car they used today.

LWZ and Pei su sit in silence for a moment. Tao ze is still being operated on. Pei su, to LWZ: if you are sad and need to vent, it's okay, I'm the only one here.

Tang ning arrives and cries. LWZ tells her stories about Tao ze. Tao ze is not a romantic person, but he is attentive in places you might not even notice. A nurse comes out from the room; Tao ze is no longer in critical condition. Xiao wu arrives and tells them Yin ping is awake.

LWZ is about to ask Yin ping about Yin chao when Yin ping suddenly starts convulsing. It's a cerebral hemorrhage and Yin ping needs surgery right away.

In the interrogation room, Lan qiao asks HSF (Yin ping's wife) about Yin ping. For a period of time, Yin ping would have nightmares where he would yell for Yin chao to stop bothering him. They used to have 2 big sophora japonica trees in their backyard that Yin ping was adamant on cutting down. That was the house he was trying to go to today. Yin chao used to live there.

Lan qiao and 2 other police go digging in Yin chao's yard. They find Yin chao's body.

LWZ receives a text from his father: there is something fishy about Huo xiao's case. The investigation team are on it.

Pei su sits down beside LWZ and tells him Yin ping's surgery didn't go very well. They don't know when he will wake up, and the best case scenario is he won't be able to speak clearly. At worst he won't recover normal brain functioning. LWZ is livid. Pei su calms him down by saying they can look for other evidence. LWZ says he's become a lone commander, and Pei su reminds LWZ that he is still here.

XHY and Lan qiao arrive to meet LWZ and Pei su at the hospital. XHY goes into detail about KWC's history: KWC used to work under Du ju. What's more, when they were on their way back to Yin ping's house, KWC received a call from Du ju. Xiao wu confirmed that KWC was on the phone, and at the time KWC had told them he was reporting to higher ups about the situation. Lan qiao is upset at the notion that the mole in their team is Du ju.

Pei su speaks up. There is no direct cause and effect relationship between KWC and Du ju's call, and whether it was the call that caused the info leak in their mission. XHY reports that they are still analyzing the police car that they used that day. However, almost the entire team used it recently. If it's something in the car, the whole team is suspicious.

XHY goes to visit Tao ze. LWZ tells Lan qiao to keep watch on Yin ping, and tells her to register to bring a gun with her. LWZ sighs, and Pei su pats his shoulder. They sit together in silence. After a while, LWZ brings up Du ju. Pei su asks him what kind of person Du ju is. LWZ tells him the scar on Du ju's face is from a convict he caught. Pei su comforts him by saying they can often see the behavior but not motive of people. He's known Du ju for years and knows what kind of person he is. Why should he be fazed by an action that they don't know the motive of?

Pei su tells LWZ he's the type to trust others easily, because he grew up in the light, and finds it hard to accept people around him betraying him. Unlike Pei su himself, who is used to it...

Pei su pats LWZ's hand and LWZ asks why his hand is so cold. Pei su changes the subject and says it feels like the evidence they found on KWC and Du ju seem planned. LWZ continues the thought: planned, to make the team question each other, followed by key witnesses dying, then evidence laid out for the police to find, just like Huo xiao's case. Pei su replies they should start with the evidence they currently have. Everything that happens will leave a trace - as LWZ once told him. LWZ smacks him and wonders why Pei su is still holding that grudge. Pei su smiles at him.

Pei su suggests starting from the beginning - from He zongyi's case. The publicity of that case appeared strange.

Pei su and LWZ in LWZ's study. LWZ begins recounting events of He zongyi's case. LWZ throws out the question: why was Chen zhen at Hong fu da guan, and why did they have to kill him when LWZ arrived? They deduce it was the Reciters who killed Chen zhen. There's also the front desk who LWZ a room with a window he could escape from, and the mysterious person who texted He zongyi the "Golden triangle" location - the text that led to ZHC killing He zongyi.

The second case: who told Su ruowan and guided her to reenact her mother's signature pencil case phone call?

Third is the Zhou family case. ZKF used ZHJ's name to contact Dong xian, killing ZJH, which makes sense. But Dong xiaoqing receiving the killing contract and in turn attempting to kill ZHJ, then getting murdered doesn't seem like ZKF's doing. Pei su adds that from a motive standpoint, ZKF is suspicious of wanting ZHJ dead, but the method is not his style. The mysterious delivery man who sent XHY a text from Dong xiao qing's phone, the person who set fire to her apartment, and even the people who hired and then killed Wang li (Dong xiaoqing's murderer) must all belong to the Reciters. LWZ adds these may or may not be one person.

Onto Feng bin's case, there is A13, who planned the entire case. WWX confessed he didn't want to kill Feng bin, only to beat him up. But A13 told Du guosheng to kill Feng bin, and left XXN and Du guosheng as evidence for the police. There is also the fake security guard at Longyuncheng, who edited the security cam footage twice to lead police to find Du guosheng there. Then, there is Zhu feng. Pei su points out a common point between these people: waiter, security guard, janitor, delivery man... a group of people you would let your guard down for.

Pei su points out the initial Zero Degree project is probably their closest lead to the truth. All the people involved may be chess pieces somehow related to the project. Pei su tells LWZ he has another thread that might have an update soon. LWZ grabs onto his nape to force Pei su to look into his eyes, and asks what else Pei su is keeping a secret from him. Pei su replies he's not keeping it a secret, he just hasn't found the time to tell him. LWZ: it's not like you're a girl confessing to her crush, what's the difference between telling me today and telling me tomorrow? Why do you always do this...

Pei su begins coughing and LWZ is worried and berates him for not wearing long underwear. Pei su coughs uncontrollably. LWZ realizes something and feels his forehead - Pei su is burning up.

[brechtian]

Bertolt Brecht - trans. John Willett