![]() One thing that I find very interesting about this article is how it discusses the English language. Well, though that's true, are pronouns used in other languages? I only know English and some Spanish, but it would be interesting to know how things such as verbs, pronouns and prepositions work around the world. On another note, the article states that pronouns are an important part of English. Based on this, I'm assuming that pronouns are used differently than they are in the English language.įebruary 11, - You make some excellent points. ![]() Often, if a direct translation is attempted, it results in broken confusing English, and stilted nonsensical sentences. I should also note that there are many words and sentences that can't be translated from Japanese to English. There are many different standards they have that we'd be shocked by. As an example, people in Japan don't have "swear words", and when they are used, they're more of a compliment than anything. Not just in relation to dialect, but also culturally. ![]() Though I'm not quite familiar with Japanese, I know that it's a completely different language than English. It's very interesting to learn about languages, as there's much more than just learning to pronounce the words.įebruary 12, - Unfortunately, I don't know much about other languages, to an extent, however. The American version has a lot of corny English puns and jokes, which are suitable to the audience, in the same way it's suitable to the Japanese audience. It's either that, or they fit the Japanese dialogue and situations for the audience.įor example, in a video game known as Kid Icarus Uprising, there are a lot of Japanese puns that wouldn't make a lick of sense in English. In other words, the game translators take the situations present in the game, and build the English dialogue around that. Having played a lot of Japanese video games, I can tell you that when the games are worked on in English, they aren't exactly translated, but they're "localized". February 12, - That's definitely true about direct translations of Japanese to English.
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