Re: Compromise of Standards
niki-chan (niki-chan@SANCTUM.COM)
Mon, 6 Sep 1999 22:36:19 -0400
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Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 22:36:19 -0400
From: niki-chan <niki-chan@SANCTUM.COM>
Subject: Re: Compromise of Standards
Geez, everyone is just at one another's throats on this list...please, stop
insulting each other, fanboys, otaku, casual fans, etc. It's just not
worth it. As much as we all love Sakura Taisen, it's a G-A-M-E and not
worth getting all our panties in a bunch about, correct?
Personally, I would cry if they dubbed it, but I wouldn't start sending WD
hate mail or anything...I just wouldn't buy. Look, if you don't want it
dubbed, then don't buy the dub. That's what I do about Lunar and games of
the same. Besides, it'd be kinda dumb to release it in the middle of the
series...people new to the series wouldn't have a clue of what it going on
and would not understand any of the references to the past two games.
Niki-chan
----- Original Message -----
From: Jose Barragán
To:
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: Compromise of Standards
> >> So, basically you're saying "I'm lazy, I don't want to take all
> >> that time to learn Japanese, so all these translation companies
> >> better bend to my will and give me the translations *I* want!!!!"
> >>
> >
> >Nope. I'm saying, it's sad to make somebody learn an entirely new
> >language just to get some artistic integrity.
>
>
> 'Artistic integrity'? Uh, these _are_ video games we're talking about,
not
> Foucault's Pendulum or Cervantes' Quixote.
>
> >
> >If walk into a Japanese resturaunt in American and order in English,
> >I'd like some food that is reasonably Japanese, and you shouldn't
> >tell me that I'm foolish to be disappointed because I live in
> >America.
>
>
> That's even worse than Terrence's Sailor Moon Super S analogy...
>
>
> >
> >>
> >> >
> >> >There is nothing wrong.
> >> >
> >> >I wish I had enough money to start my own translation company...
> >>
> >>
> >> You can get a government loan if you really want to start a company
badly
> >> enough. It *is* possible.
> >>
> >
> >I think, as with all loans, you need something to put up as collateral.
>
>
> Then get a job, earn a money, buy a home, and then put it up as
collateral.
> :P
>
> >
> >> >
> >> >> I don't even know why you _care_, Terrence, since you're so
> >> >> anti-translation, you only own imports, blah blah blah.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Terrance never said he was anti-translation.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes, he has. Not on the ML, but on IRC.
> >>
> >
> >Terrance never revealed that to me. He struck me as somebody who is
> >just a purist and would enjoy accurate English translations. As with me.
>
>
> Terrence (you're mispelling his name, BTW) was the guy who said if it was
up
> to him, he'd port games to US consoles in the original Japanese. :P
>
> >
> >> >
> >> >I hear this a lot from pro-WD people. "If you don't like WD, you're
> >> >anti-translation." What a load of C-R-A-P.
> >>
> >>
> >> AGAIN with your anti-WD schpiel. :P
> >>
> >
> >Nice retort. I hear WD fans utter it. It's BS, just like a number of
> >other strawman arguments they have.
>
>
> So it's about as solid as all your arguments? ;)