What's your excuse for not learning japanese?
Left is the "localized" (read: butchered) chrono trigger, right is a word-by-word translation
Left is far better for a western audience you stupid hipster faggot
>>323784164
It's the same fucking thing. Like you don't know what Establishment means.
>>323784164
Right side is weird, doesn't sound right. Same reason so much anime dialogue is cringy and dumb, it just doesn't translate well without interpretation.
I don't do business with any Japanese people, therefore there's no practical reason for me to learn their language.
>>323784164
>mfw I couldn't take the chair
Lying bitch
I don't have anyone to talk with and learn from, so I don't really feel like trying.
>>323784862
I complemented my english just by listening to tv series, videogames and music (for 15+ years) and the first time I was in a environment with people only speaking in english I was talking almost fluently only after two weeks
>>323784164
it's just simpler, was it a character limit thing?
>>323784272
>admitting western kids are literally too stupid for polite language
wew lad
If I cared to learn Japanese I'd do it to read Soseki or Kawabata, not playing fucking Chrono Trigger.
But please keep telling me about how cultured weeaboos are.
>>323784164
because apparently i'm stupid
>>323785563
The left is polite without sounding wooden. Get over it, Pussy-san.
>>323785925
we get it, actual polite language is too complicated for you, burgerbrain. that doesn't make it "wooden".
>>323784164
How do I even learn it?
>>323786115
The left is actually polite though. Your hardon for Japshit doesn't concern me.
>>323786243
>You can take the things you find here!
fisher price must be the most polite business in the world to you
>>323784164
Because I'm not an autistic weeb.
Left is perfectly fine, conveys the same ideas without being stilted like some fucking weeaboo robot.
>>323784164
Nips are incapable of good writing. I'd rather read a mediocre translation.
>>323786198
I'm following this myself. I'm a few months in and it's going fairly well. I added some modifications and additional resources. Memrise is a pretty good phone app for learning and rehearsing new words, just be sure to choose a Japanese course that uses kana/kanji and none of that romaji stuff.
I had tried learning Japanese when I was younger, however the greatest mistake I've made was clinging to romaji. If you want to learn just focus on learning 100% of hira and katakana (don't skip on katakana since it's as useful as, if not more than, hiragana). After you can recognize effortlessly and flawlessly all kanas then you can move to grammar, vocabulary and kanji.
This is what I'm doing at least, to each their own.
がんばって、あのんくん~
Left is ok
Right is cringy
>>323786741
>あのん
>not アノン
>>323786741
日本語はくそ語だ。
>>323784164
Right text doesn't sound like natural English speech. You obviously have no idea how translation works, like most weebs.
>>323784164
I'm learning French instead.
the translations aren't particuarly great but they're usually much more faithful to the japanese.
And the good ones are better than both english and jap.
>>323785029
How did you get your listeneng comprehension to a usuable state?
>>323787181
すみません、アノンくんバカ
>>323787504
バカはお前だろうこの馬鹿です先輩。
>>323787419
series that I didn't liked too much, I would watch them without subtitles only understanding like 50% at first. Cartoons are much better because dubbers speak much more clearly than live actors. That was after a few years of normal education of course.
>>323787534
ええええ?このわはずかしです!
>>323787678
You just watched and watched and watched until you started getting better?
>>323787747
It’s 恥ずかしい baka.
>>323787419
Not that anon, but I also learned English from videogames (A lot of them) and tv shows. Listening was tricky with some English accents, but all in all I just watched shows without subs. It's weird because the first 5-10 minutes of the show you don't understand anything at all but then gradually your mind adapts and you start to understand everything without much of a problem. Obviously you need to be familiar with the language itself already, which can only happen through practice, good lessons, proper vocabulary, etc etc.
As a teenager I found out that a local bookstore had books in their native language (mostly English) and they were actually much cheaper than the translated books so I started buying those. I would read a whole book (around 400 pages) every week in English, at first it was very hard since most of my English was just highschool-tier and what you would get from videogames, but then I realized that my vocabulary grew significantly and I was much better than before.
Now I'm practically fluent in English and I even know it better than my native language (although I can't help having a bit of an accent when speaking, which is normal obviously).
>>323787843
すみません、先輩。
I'm still working on my Kanji and grammar, desu~
>>323784164
I'm not learning another language if my only application for it is going to be playing old japanese SNES games, Ken-sama.
>>323786741
>"I base my entire study routine of a foreign language entirely around what some anonymous 4chan poster suggested"
Are you mentally ill?
>>323788032
Why not play new Japanese games before they get ported over to the west. Especially considering most of them don't even get localized in the first place.
>>323788010
I have a language knob which is fucking annoying. Any language I watch for extended periods of time I learn automatically. Happened with English, French, German and now it's happening with Japanese.
>>323787813
yeah, while you study the language in a classroom (or something like duolingo) you'll probably listen to a bit of pronunciation to kickstart your brain, and after a while you'll be able to understand a bit of speach. Just grab one of those series you like but don't care about missing plot points sometimes and watch it without subtitles.
Hell the way I put it make it seems so simple I think I'm gonna dive in japanese. I think duolingo have english-jap learning, I'll probably start doing that.
>>323788041
It's a solid plan, it's working well, I'm learning new things and I have adapted it to my own study routine. What would be the problem?
Weeb circle jerk up in here
>>323784164
Im learning it
200 kanji in atm since the first week of january
Learning vocabulary on the side
By the end of the year I should be able to read shit
Wordiness is a negative
>>323784164
Everyone is crying that the right is "cringe" but what exactly does that even mean?
Besides localizations made like the left side are pure cancer
Wanna know what "interpretation" leads to?
Remember back to the future when Marty gets called Calvin Klein because his underwear has CK written on it? Well in the italian version they say Levi Strauss, because apparently CK was too niche in Italy back then so they changed that
Which doesn't make any fucking sense!
Seriously fuck interpretation
>>323785490
Character limit and the fact that the right side is not grammatically even english.
>>323786741
I'll try it again. Maybe I can get a job translating or something.
>>323788132
I'm the same, I grew up in a rural part of my country which has like 4 different dialects. Growing up as a little kid with elders all around you speaking 4 entirely different languages plus your own country's language does that to your brain. I picked up English with so little effort, I remember my English teacher asking my parents if I had anybody in the family being a native English speaker because my level was way above that of my peers. In reality I just played a lot of games and picked up an impressive vocabulary for a 10 year old non-native kid.
Then I moved to another country to study and I've picked the language over there without much effort as well. The problem I have with Japanese is the different writing system which has always fascinated me so it's a greater challenge than a lot of other languages. This is why I like it. By watching a lot of anime and listening to Japanese podcasts I've already picked up a lot of words and grammar without actually studying any of that actively. It feels nice.
>>323788041
I didn't read that yet but you underestimate the power of forum culture greatly
>>323784164
Currently I'm taking Arabic classes (offered by the company), maybe sometime later I will consider learning Japanese.
>>323788090
>learning an ENTIRE language
>for the SOLE PURPOSE of playing VIDEO GAMES
I don't think I can weeb that hard, anon.
>>323788149
Yeah I can almost kind of read newspapers in the language I'm learning but I get maybe 10% of what I hear.
I guess I'll figure out some TV show that interests me and marathon it.
>just finished trails in the sky 2
I'm seriously thinking about it, since the third game is apparently DOA. Fuck.
>>323788416
I do it because I like languages. Being able to communicate with different cultures all over the world without language barriers feels good. Going to Japanese websites and feeling absolutely and utterly lost because of the language is a terrible feeling. That alone makes me want to learn it.
Plus I get to watch anime without subs, picking up a lot of inside jokes that are lost in translation. Also videogames.
If you don't like learning new languages then don't do it, nobody is forcing you.
>>323788416
what about porn? a lot of hentai never gets translated ever
>>323788416
>Not learning a foreign language to pick up the girls that get rediculously frisky when confronted with exotic languages
Have you never seen "A fish called Wanda"?
>>323788041
why would knowledge/experience from other people invalid, or less valid than that of a licensed teacher just because they browse 4chan or another forum?
sure, going only with that one post is probably not the best idea, but it doesn't mean the info provided by anons can't be good.
if anything this place gives you tutos for shit you'd hardly find somewhere else, including how to be a thieving nigger.
>>323784164
Because I can't stand logographic writing systems.
And you know. If I had the patience to spend hours learning a language I wouldn't waste it on Japanese.
>>323788032
I rather learn Russian.
>>323788416
Learning languages is great and you don't really need an excuse.
>>323784164
Of they had to fit that shit in a limited number of text boxes you idiot
>>323788581
Japanese is such a chore to learn just for picking up girls. Learn French you retard.
>>323788581
>not already knowing a foreign language on account of being foreign
Granted in my country it's usual for school kids to have learned 3 languages by the time they finish high school so speaking a foreign language isn't that impressive.
Another one
>>323784164
>The mayor in this house likes adventures.
>Also, the treasure boxes that are in this house, the mayor left for the sake of adventurers. Take them with you without restraint.
That's some bad fucking dialog desu
>>323788404
having lived in an arab country for 4 years i never felt any drive to learn any of it. it honestly sounded so fucking ugly, and the "letters" are worse than fucking japanese.
are you learning it for business?
>>323788714
French is so easy you can probably learn it in a couple of weeks top.
>>323784164
>managed to read middle completely
Thanks /djt/.
>>323788831
not really.
it's 4-5 times as easy to learn as jap though.
I ain't touching kanji. Get a better system like the Koreans did and stop stealing from the Chinese.
>>323788748
OP is part of the same retard group that wanted to re-write Chrono Trigger. Which is all well and fine but they wanted to change some shit for weeaboo reasons. For example they wanted to rename Frog to Kaeru. Guess what it means in Japanese?Frog.
>>323788905
>AS EASY TO LEARN JAPANESE
>French
>You learn words and sentence structure
>Japanese
>Out of the bag you have to learn Katakana, Hiragana and 1500 Kanji to be fluent
>>323788937
>I'm too much of a casual
I bet you play nintendo games
>>323789047
No. I just don't want to reward stupidity.
>>323789041
That's what I'm saying.
French is 5 times easier than jap, in terms of time needed.
>>323789041
Japanese grammar and pronunciation is easy as fuck though compared to French (and almost any other language out there).
Japanese is just hard because of the Kanji, hell both kanas are really easy once you spend a bit of effort in memorizing them. The real obstacle stopping Japanese from being the easiest language in the world is the fucking kanji.
>>323789103
Who exactly isn't getting rewarded, anon?
>tfw really enjoy speaking German
>can't get past that disgusting grammar
>>323788825
Yes. Almost everyone can speak basic Arabic here (UAE), but very few foreigners can read/write. Being able to read Arabic documents is considered a plus, but you can get by without knowing any at all.
>>323789203
The stupid Japanese forefathers who decided to adopt the Chinese writing system instead of inventing their own non-retarded writing system for their isolationist language.
>>323784164
>jap version explicitly tells you there are treasure boxes with shit to take
>western just hints at it
japs confirmed for casual shits
>>323789306
>BAWWWW KANJI
Never gets old.
They're among the easiest aspects of the language, and they exist solely to make your life easier. If you understood anything about the language, you'd know that ripping off the chink writing system was the best thing they ever did.
>>323784164
>learning a dying language
>>323789436
it's probably the only good thing they ever did
>>323789539
why bother learning english when it will be replaced by spanish and mandarin?
Personally, I fucking hate how Asian language sound.
>>323789140
French grammar is literally english grammar through a broken mirror.
Here's a paragraph from a random french newspaper article with all non-grammar words translated:
The attack suicide perpetrated according to the Terkey par « a millitant de Daech [acronym arab de the IS] », tuesday 12 january à Sultanahmet, a neighborhood qui symbolizes the power past de the Empire ottoman ainsi que the opening du country au tourism foreign, marks a turning, a new strategy de the organization jihadist, entered en war open against the state turk.
Now do the same to a japanese article and you'll get complete giberish.
>>323788960
I bet that you are of those faggots who call Gojira Godzilla.
>>323789284
yeah, part of which i never had any drive to learn at all.
i mean, in the wealthiest parts (which are the interesting ones) you have english, but i get how knowing how to read arab documents is a plus, besides their english isn't the best, especially not with the indians and filipinos they bring over to work.
>>323789645
French grammar includes a shitton of verbs, the majority of which are irregular, which need to be conjugated in a different form depending on the tense, complex forms (like "en train de", etc etc, I forget how they are called in English) and the subject/object of the sentence.
In Japanese you get like what, 4-5 different rules for verbs that apply to 99% of them?
While the structure is similar to English (which is not a simple language), it doesn't mean much when you need to memorize a shitton of exceptions and irregularities in the first place.
I still have nightmare remembering the verb conjugation tests we used to have in school when I was learning French. Every week we'd be graded on how well we could conjugate two whole papers full of irregular verbs. Fucking Monday morning was the worst day of the week for three years straight. There's so much shit that is literal memorization without any obvious rule.
>>323784164
Because I'm not fucking weebtrash and I don't play many chink games, and even if I did I'm not autistic enough to care about the translation.
>>323789640
What "Asian language sound"? Pretty much all of them belong to different families. Or are you saying Eastern Iranian sounds the same as Japanese?
>>323789436
>They're among the easiest aspects of the language, and they exist solely to make your life easier
That's absolute bullshit and you know it. Yeah, they have a lot of homonyms. Yeah, we've been conditioned to find script with only kana ugly and childish. That doesn't detract from the fact that kanji are the only thing you simply can't learn naturally by interacting with the language. Any language that uses a phonetic alphabet can be picked up by listening, watching subbed shit and reading. With Japanese you can easily pick up on all of the spoken language and still be entirely unable to read until you've memorized thousands of symbols.
It's literally the only part of learning a language that actually requires effort. The rest is all fun. I don't think it's surprising at all that people would complain about it. The Japanese spend much, much more time at school learning kanji than I ever did learning both my native language and English. And what do they gain? They could technically read texts written in other dialects, something that's only useful in a country as large as China where the dialects are more than changing ありがとう to おおきに.
Now, I actually love kanji for the extra depth in literary expression they allow, but saying that they make anybody's life easier is bullshit. Please give me some concrete examples as to how someone's life is made easier thanks to kanji. Excluding artificial character limits like twitter, please.
>>323789626
>Why bother learning the lingua franca?
>Why not learn the language of a hyper xenophobic isolated island country because you really like lame video games and cartoons for children
>>323789645
Want to learn some easy grammar? Pick up a Scandinavian language. You can translate most things word for word.
>>323789640
Japanese sounds nothing like most Asian language. It's actually closer to Latin in pronounce than them.
>>323784164
Is this bait, or just retarded weeaboo faggotry?
I legit cannot imagine why anyone would think right is better, this is the same shit that kept coming up for the FFXIV localization which was legitimately better than the actual source material, but retarded weebs kept whining that it wasn't translated word for word.
>>323790024
I like kanji and I still agree with what this guy said. Kanji are poetic and fascinating, but they are a massive pain in the ass if I just want to fucking learn the language for something useful.
>>323784164
because Japanese language is useless and I don't give a fuck about Japanese games.
You are a faggot.
>>323789861
90% of verbs fall into 3 perfectly regular groups.
90% of the remainder follow a 5 stem system perfectly, and most fall into more obscure grops.
fuck, EVERY verb follows the 5 stem thing outside of the present tense.
pronouns just go before the noun, wtf. they don't conjugate for object either.
>>323784272
Left is stilted, unclear, awkward, and is no way how that particular character from that game world would talk. Nor is it how that character was intented to talk.
A little bit of rearranging of few words fixes the right but the left is a hopless, ambiguous mess. It sounds just like all translated games of the time did where large and informative text strings were dropped for short, robot-sounding, context insensitive ambiguous shit like the left.
You can keep the things you find here? Where? Why? Why are you suddenly talking like a retard with half-thoughts that sounds in no way how a person in that character's position would speak to someone like you.
>>323784164
The right one sounds like the common, deliberately inhuman speech everyone uses for AIs and stuff.
Nah.
>>323790081
also knowing one scandi language p much means you know all of them
>>323787326
Bonne chance.
>>323784164
That bottom right paragraph sounds absolutely retarded in English.
>>323790356
What bothers me the most in the left text is the exclamation mark, honestly. Everything else is passable. Last sentence could be reworked a bit.
I think they really overdid the exclamation mark thing in Chrono Trigger. I've always wondered why half the characters in that game felt like ADHD-riddled NPCs when I was a kid. Now I know, it was the localization.
Feel free to help yourself
http://learnjapanesepod.com/kana-invaders/
>>323790356
How can a single human being be this illiterate yet so vocal?
>You can keep the things you find here
You're a literal retard if you struggle to comprehend the meaning here, you're so far down dumb alley you forgot what the road looked like.
>>323784164
Because I'm not a fucking queer that needs to learn another language for the sole reason of playing videogames. Get a life.
>>323790427
>used to have a Norwegian co-worker
>most of the time I forgot she was speaking another language and it felt more like just just had a strong dialect
>>323790589
No anon, it was you being autistic. Not even joking here, getting this bothered by punctuation even as a child means there is something wrong with you, and it's called autism.
>>323785563
The Japanese text is not polite at all, it's casual. Left sounds better.
>>323790654
You don't need an excuse to learn a language.
Every should learn at least one.
Video games are a bonus that makes jap the obvious choice for most of /v/
>>323790697
Who said anything about being bothered. I just found it extremely weird. Especially because English wasn't my native language so it led me to believe that everybody in English countries spoke in an overly-excited manner.
You know punctuation is supposed to have a meaning when reading sentences and I wasn't oblivious to that as a kid.
>>323788404
After learning weeb, I'm going to learn terrorist or vodka. Learning others characters is fun imho
>>323790783
It feels pretty good to find yourself able to read text that looks like moonrunes to others.
>>323790783
>learning languages that you won't use almost every day
What is the point? You are just gonna forget them a year later. You never stop learning a language. Pretty much as soon as you stop using it you unlearn something.
>>323787326
Vidya text translations, as a French native speaker, yes these are better.
But NEVER play ANY game with French dub as those are TERRIBLE.
>>323790782
>Who said anything about being bothered
>I just found it extremely weird
Yes anon, that second sentence is essentially you being "bothered" you fucking nob.
>I jumped to ridiculous conclusions because I'm a retard
Seriously how the fuck can you say the things you do and still not realize you're an idiot?
>Hurrr durrr punctuation is supposed to have a meaning!
Yes thanks captain obvious, any more nuggets of wisdom you'd care to share while acting like a deranged nut?
>>323790783
I've always wanted to learn vodka. It's high up on my list of languages to learn. The feeling of being able to communicate with your Russian teammates in CSGO can really lead you to victory instead of a painful shouting game.
>>323784164
been think very heavy on learning, the amount of doujins, mangas and games I'd be able to play would expand considerably, plus its a bônus to the portfolio
anyone here know how hard is it? already hav e some /int/ guides
>>323784164
at least post a proper example like Ace Attorney, this is a proper localization since lo! Japs express themselves in a completely ass backwards way
>>323790963
>vodka
CS:GO and russian trackers
>terrorist
I'm from yurop, so I'm probably going to have to learn it sometimes.
>>323790705
Having said this, I will also say that ALL translations are worse than the originals, it's not just Jap-Eng, it's something deeper than that.
A writer chooses words not just for their meaning but for their nuances as well, and that's almost always lost in translation.
Just deal with it it's not thatb ad.
>>323790972
I really wish you would print that post you just made and put it next to your computer screen so you wake up tomorrow morning, waddle to your battlestation and re-read it so you can realize how retarded you sound.
I'm not even going to bother, you sound extremely triggered by harmless conversation. Take a break, man.
How do you guys discipline yourselves to actually practice every day? I started (for the 3rd time) learning Japanese a few weeks ago, studied and learned Hiragana in 3 days but then I just lost my impetus.
I kept thinking "why would I waste like one hour practicing and studying if I can just play/read/watch x?". Fucking lack of discipline.
>>323791112
It doesn't take a lot for you to want to learn a language does it.
>shop at Lidl
>better learn German
>>323791118
Uhuh, what an appropriately childish comeback, nothing but vapid claims and ridiculous fantasies.
You're a joke, anon, and nobody is laughing. Children at least have the potential of maturing, and learning that acting in the manner that you do is entirely absurd. You however? You've become entirely hopeless, what a god damn mess.
>>323791174
watch anime/manga/doujins and shit
also watch interviews on jewtube
I want to, but have my schedule full with other things I'd rather study first.
>>323791197
Countries where Lidl is established already have German in the default curriculum anon, it's actually really common in West-Europe.
What's with beginners and losing their shit every time they see a translation that isn't a literal word for word one?
>>323791265
I do all of that already, it's why I want to learn the language. I actually know basic spoken japanese, but I can't be arsed to keep practicing and memorizing all the different characters.
I WANT to, thou.
i did it guys.
i moved to japan, learned the language, got a japanese girlfriend who screeches like a banshee during sex, and work at a shit tier japanese job (not english teacher)
it's all worth it for the games.
>>323784164
To be fair they've just trimmed down the words diahrrea from the original and kept the original's meaning, I wish all translations were at least like this.
>>323784164
Going thrugh the 2k/6k optimised setwith anki right now, 55 days in, 20 new cards per day.
I'll have been through all in 8 months. I'm already starting pick up words when watch indonesian moving pictures, i remember being at that stage with english ~one and a half year before not needing subtitles anymore. I'M SUPER HYPED
>>323791316
I know. I learnt it in school for 4 years.
As soon as I graduated I pretty much forgot everything because there was no reason for me to regularly use it.
>>323784164
Japanese writing is shit anyway, why would I bother
>>323791334
>destroying the original phrase and meaning
>translation
not even jap and my blood boils everytime I see shit like in OP
>>323791334
They gotta invent reasons to feel like spending all that time is actually worth it I suppose.
You know, since most people learn a language because they have to. Not because they want to.
>>323791341
If you can't somehow justify an hour a fucking day for a useful skill, then you might just be braindead. I spend more time jerking off than I do learning.
>>323791174
>>323791341
Make x in japanese.
No english subtitles.
As long as you understand SOMETHING it counts as studying. Go look up the input hypothesis.
if you're not at the point where you're getting anything you'll just have to study.
>>323791413
There's a difference between learning a language and taking classes, taking classes prepares you for taking tests, not for using an actual language.
The failure of highschool education in that regard should not be taken as the median in how learning languages works.
>>323791401
and then you realize you'll need english subs forever because fags like to whisper in movies and shows
>>323791174
Take it slow.
A common mistake is to want to learn everything all at once and then get burnt out.
When I started with kana I would just learn 5 every day. I know I could have probably learned much more than that, but I just limited myself with 5. I would do my lesson, practice writing them 50 times each on my notebook (good for memorizing) and then re-reading/reviewing the old ones to see if I was missing something or not. It would take me at most ~20 minutes everyday and it would always leave me with "man I wish I could do a bit more today, but I'll save it for tomorrow". This meant that every day I would want to learn just a little bit more. Baby steps.
When you get comfortable with kana and you want to learn more, go with memrise and a good starting vocabulary course that doesn't rely on romaji. Memrise is a nice phone app similar to Duolingo (which unfortunately doesn't have Eng -> Jap), you can set daily practice at a specific time every day and the app will remind you to take your lesson. You can spend 5 minutes or 30 minutes or whatever, depends how much you want to do, learning new words and reviewing old ones. I wouldn't recommend doing more than 30 minutes every day though, as I said you can burn out easily.
Even just by lurking around here you can find a lot of weeb posters with weeb images that have the occasional kanas and kanji, I always stop and try to translate those as my daily "unexpected" practice. Maybe go visit a few beginner Japanese news websites and practice here and there. It helps to have some friends who are also learning to motivate each other too.
>>323791474
Yes anon, that affliction is called; "Being a retarded weeb"
The main curative options are suicide or lobotomy.
>>323791474
It's literally the same shit you illiterate dumbo.
>>323791559
>not just using jap subs
>there are people who would rather spend all that time learning Japanese instead of something like JavaScript or C++
>>323791115
I don't agree. They're all different from the originals, and I think it's worth prioritizing the original over translations, but it's technically possible that a translator is simply a better writer than the original writer. They can even misinterpret things and somehow end up with a better work. It's unlikely, but there's no reason it couldn't happen.
>>323791559
Two more months is all i needed for that particular issue.
There's no secret, you just need to listen and listen and lsiten until all those different accept and mumbled messes and stuff start to make sense.
Ganbatte, motherfucker.
>>323791674
>implying I don't already know those
>>323786998
It's not cringy when you read it in the native language. It sounds cringy because it's translated
Anyone tried wani kani?
>>323791559
>tfw I use subs all the time if I can, even for English and my native language
ここ誰はVNを読められる?おれはぎりぎりできる
>>323791674
found /vg/ go back to your jerk off group
>>323791708
Then learn all the other money making languages.
>>323784164
I'm a professional Japanese to English translator and to be honest, both sides of this image have their strengths and weaknesses.
Of course the left side seems like someone took the basic idea of the Japanese script and entirely rewrote it, something endemic to this era of Super Nintendo games. This is both a bad thing and a good thing, in that it can add a lot of "charm" (certain manner of speaking for certain characters, accents, etc.) that wouldn't be present in a direct translation of the original, but at the same time isn't really "true" to the original vision of the game.
The right side, while accurate in a direct translation sense, contains some very unwieldy phrases like "Take them with you without restraint" and "the mayor of this house" that serve little more than to pull you out of the game and make you realize you are reading a translation.
>>323791793
What is /vg/ about programming languages?
Do you mean /g/?
>>323791174
1 hour mandatory every day. I disciplined myself to studying or working on a project for at least 1 or 2 hours every day. Now, I fall uncomfortable when I don't.
>>323791174
>How do you guys discipline yourselves to actually practice every day?
I don't. I only learn kanji on the train to uni.
That said, I run into a lot of Japanese just browsing the internet, so there's a lot of incidental practice. I also listen to seiyuu radio shows as listening practice, though to be fair listening was already my strong point.
>>323791474
The translation on the right is absolutely awful. Clearly done by a total amateur.
The one on the left attempts to localise and shorten the dialogue, because Japanese is about twice as fast as English. It's not great work, but it's miles better than the right.
>>323791810
fuck that, im not learning hebrew
>>323791701
*differents accents
>>323791723
Heh, the left is the one sounding cringy to me.
I mean, it's obviously supposed to be the mayor's assistant, so why would she talk like an overexcited retard ? Maybe she got the job by sucking his cock ? I don't take her seriously.
The right one is business-like, and information-heavy. This is a good assistant for the mayor, wasting neither her's or the visitor's time..
>>323791763
えーと…えへへへ…
がんばってね
>>323791334
They love the fuck faced minutiae of stilted and inorganic raw translations over pig disgusting english because they're fucking weebs.
Authentic japanese wording only desu!
>>323791115
>be a teenager
>reading fantasy books because fantasy books were the shit
>end up accidentally downloading a book I've already read except it's in English and not translated
>start reading the intro
>the main character picks up an injured chipmunk from the ground
>"mm.. weird... I don't remember this scene"
>fish up translated book from my bookcase
>it's a bird in the translated book
This triggered me so hard I started reading everything in the original language if I knew it. I really got so pissed at that one translator, it's not even an important detail in the story but who knows what else was mistranslated or completely fucked over. Incidentally it's what led me to be more interested in languages in general.
>>323791367
>shit tier japanese job (not english teacher)
Why not just become an English teacher? At least you'd have time to spare.
>>323791696
>t it's technically possible that a translator is simply a better writer than the original writer
Virtually impossible. If he were a better writer he wouldn't be a translator working for peanuts.
If you have an example to prove what you're talking about then please post it, it would be very interesting to see it.
>>323791513
I'm just a fucking procrastinating retard. I'll try to apply myself again.
>>323784164
The right doesn't flow like a natural, English sentence. The left is (mostly) clear and concise. Long winded sentences don't equate to better writing.
dumping my atomic bomb folder
fuck off weebs
>>323792017
Who says a translator can't also be a writer? Translation job is what brings the majority of the money to the table before you "make it big" (if you do). It's a totally viable and stable job compared to being a writer which is more independent and risky.
>>323791401
Do you have a link for that? Thanks
>>323791948
>>The right one is business-like, and information-heavy.
No, it's incredibly poorly translated.
The original text is miles away from business-like, and the same information is conveyed in both translations.
>>323791674
Takes longer to learn a new language than a new programming language.
I wish we hadn't stopped at two bombs.
>>323792119
>Who says a translator can't also be a writer?
I know translators personally and they are keyboard monkeys, not writers.
I don't know of a single book, movie, game, comic, anything at all, where the translation is better.
>>323784164
right is pretty wordy. Left is better270
>>323791948
>The right one is business-like, and information-heavy
No, it's rather casual speech, since, you know, she is talking to kids. It's just that Japs use very long phrases just because they can
>>323789640
Asia is big.
>Take them with you without restraint.
No one talks like this.
>>323792017
Some people like translating. Maybe some writer even ran into something he thought more people needed to read or something.
I've seen some Dutch and German translations of the Aeneid that, in my opinion, actually rival the original. I wouldn't quite dare say they're better but it's pretty damn impressive. It seems perfectly possible for something to just be more well-written. There are tons of shit writers, though obviously Vergilius isn't one of them.
>>323792070
>>323792184
>>323792250
>retard american who thinks that atomic bombs were better at killing people than incendiary ones
>>323789640
Strange, since Japanese is unrelated to any other Asian language
Chrono Trigger has a shit plot and dialog regardless senpai.
>>323792286
They use long phrases because the language is information poor.
>>323792350
Don't give him attention, report and hide the posts instead.
>>323784164
Neptunia is the worst offender when it comes to shitty localizations.
>>323792149
http://ankisrs.net
Program.
https://mega.nz/#!QIQywAAZ!g6wRM6KvDVmLxq7X5xLrvaw7HZGyYULUkT_YDtQdgfU
Deck.
Don't change the 20 per day ratio, two months in i'm at ~180 cards per days.
I mean, you could raise it, but doing it 3 hours a day is probably going to demotivate you, rendering the whole endeavor pointless as you'll stop.
Slow and steady wins the imouto.
>>323791367
You did it, anon!
You're finally living the dream! よくやった!
>>323792350
yes, yes. we've all seen grave of the fireflies.
>>323792350
>meanwhile the Japanese were massacring their way across China killing hundreds of thousands of civilians
>b-but muh a-bomb
>>323792015
been there, done that. hearing pig-ugly japanese business men saying "i'm....えーと...i'm sureepy" in response to how their day has been starts to take a toll after the thousandth time.
pay was the best of any of the jobs ive done here tho (not that that's saying much)
mfw some annoying weeaboo tries to talk about anime near me
>>323791474
>destroying
Stop being autistic sperg. How about you try your hands on translation then?
>>323792328
Maybe you're right after all, but you'd have to find an actual writer willing to translate the work. I would be impressed if any of today's profit-centered companies put in the effort to hire a good writer for the translations.
>>323792374
No, that's just how agglutinative languages work, you just stick morphemes together to say even the simplest stuff
>>323792516
Chinks are not human anyway baka
>>323792516
>2015 + 1
>thinking any weeb or slant-eye is going to admit Nanking happened
good luck
>>323792516
>civilians
They weren't killing humans, they were killing chinese subhumans.
What next, thais are people ?
>>323792578
Neither are the Japs.
>>323792647
>>323792643
>>323792516
Stop giving him attention, that's what he wants
>>323792568
Part of the reason the language is information poor is because it's agglutinative.
>>323792647
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_whites#Japanese
The chinese "people" had to whine because the based south african apartheid regime didn't automatically assume they were human. Kekking Every Kek
>>323792695
It's not like this thread was the shining beacon of video game discussion. I don't see why some genocide talk makes things more video gamey.
So this was the worst thing you could find to convince people the translation is bad? That's weak as fuck man, it's the same thing.
>>323792702
>information poor languages
I'm a student in Linguistics and I can tell you that's bullshit, no language is "information poor"
>>323792695
>he thinks it's just one person
kek. weebs are so stupid.
>>323792797
Maybe one day someone else than african will do genocides.
Maybe an Europe turned fascist thanks to the "refugees" ?
It would be nice to kill all the subhumans in muslim countries so that their land could be used by humans.
>>323792876
He probably wanted to brag about his shit tier literal translation
>>323792634
>nanking
>40 000 dead
>a-bombs
200 000 dead
Don't start this anon
>>323792934
forgot pic
Did I mention that weeaboos and nips should be destroyed?
>>323792876
Original versions are always better, with some very scarce exceptions.
Only a monolingual faggot that didn't experience it himself would claim otherwise.
>>323792941
>>323792634
My one Japanese buddy was talking about this one chick he was trying to sleep with. She seemed down, and he said "Im gonna fuck her harder then great-grandpa fucked Nanking."
Whole new realm of savagery.
>>323792893
>I'm a student in Linguistics
I wouldn't really expect you to understand anything, then. Talk about a waste of time.
>>323793009
That's why I play all Ubisoft games in french
>>323793016
Oh, wishing for the slaughter of subhumans is edgy now ?
Maybe your one of their apologists that'll need to share their fate too.
Thankfully, this is the social media era, which is archived. Don't even try to delete your treacherous posts on the facebook and twitter and whatnot, it won't change your fate, my friend.
>>323789041
Who the shit are you quoting? He said the exact opposite and made the same point as you.
>>323792978
You're leaving out all of the rape. You know, the reason they fucking call it the rape of nanking?
>>323792978
You know they did more than just hang around at Nanking.
An estimated 17,000,000–22,000,000 Chinese civilians died as a direct cause of the Second Sino-Japanese War due to famine and other causes.
>>323793181
You're just as bad as a weeb. Shut the fuck up, edgelord. I think reddit would be a better place for you.
The only true subhumans are the Japanese.
>>323793134
A lot of ubisoft games are made in english first, you can easily see it by watching the lip synching ( obvious the character are talking english ).
>>323793212
>>323793282
>americans are still mad that the only thing they gained from winning WW2 is their country becoming a non-white shithole
>>323793282
>The only true subhumans are the Japanese.
Are you a nigger yourself ?
Maybe a mongrel ?
It is shameful that you are allowed to live.
>>323793027
Why are the Japs so cruel? It's like they have the combined savagery of Africa and Islam combined.
>Mow down everyone universally, without discriminating between young and old, men and women, clergy and the laity—high ranking soldiers on the battlefield, that goes without saying, but also the hill folk, down to the poorest and meanest—and send the heads to Japan.
So they're the same thing?
>>323793427
Ethnocentrism is the only viable longterm strategy.
Killing all and then settling is the best way to gain new lands permanentely.
http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/16/3/7.html
The death of tolerance is not a question of if, but when.
>>323793396
nah, I just hate weebs
>>323793583
That's scary please don't tell me about things like that
>>323793583
It is. But it's also the most inhumane way. And I'm not some edgy teenage fedora kid. So I like to think genocide is generally a bad thing.
I wouldn't want anyone to go out and beat an old lady to death to get her pocket change. And I wouldn't want anyone to perform genocide for some shitty farm land.
Allied forces won WW2 so I don't have to learn Moon speak :P
>>323784164
>chrono trigger
The SNES wouldn't be able to store all that text if every NPC spoke an entire essay.
>>323793779
>genocide is generally a bad thing
holy shit, get a load of this tumblrina. no amount of hatposting is going to make you any less of a pussy faggot little bitch mother fucker
>>323793779
So you would rather let subhumans take your lands?
>>323791072
/a/djt
read the guide
it's hard
>>323793779
What you want is irrelevant to what is successful.
The liberal application of force is successful.
Why do you think the western world dominate, for inventing the human rights, you filthy nigger ?
>>323793713
I am sorry to scare you, but you need to accept reality for what she is, not what you want her to be.
Well, you can ignore reality, for a relatively long time too, but one day you will pay, with interest.
>>323791674
>JavaScript
>>323784164
I'm not a weeb
>>323793936
No. I'm all for restricted immigration. I just think people should you know, stop being so fucking greedy and build up a nice thing on their own plot of land before raping their way across another, leaving us instead with two shitty plot of lands.
>>323794001
I'm saying, what is the point of the success if you have to be a psychopath to enjoy it?
>>323791674
Learning programming languages is easy as shit. If I could learn Japanese as fast as I could learn haskell I'd already be reading chaos;child
>>323794354
>2016
>not being a psychopath
>weighing yourself down with silly emotions
What? No, I'm not just autistic. I'm a twisted psychopath, and I'll cut your throat out baka.
>>323794068
Yes? You know, JavaScript, one of the most bankable programming languages in the world?
>>323784164
Reminder this exact thread is on reddit
>>323788253
Buddy, you're a fuck and a half.
>>323784164
tfw had to learn a language in college, choose Japanese because grammar was easier than spanish.
tfw told japanese would be useless unless I worked in japan
tfw I actually use japanese for my job in the U.S
>>323784272
I came to conclusion that right is better before reading OP's post and learning that LEFT was the localization
>>323793238
Fuck the Chinese.
So OP argues that I should learn Japanese so I can get more redundancy? Nice try faggot.
Because the left side is totally fine, both information and dialogue wise.
Pic related, it's what OP desperately wants to be.
>>323794354
>psychopath
Securing the future of your people by gaining more lands and making sure no competitors are in it is the most moral thing you could do.
Anything else is accepting your kin slowly die.
I am sorry to tell you that if you are ok with oblivion being the fate of your kin, then you are a failure. Having the moral high-ground will not change your fate, only accepting reality and doing what needs to be done.
>>323794654
The Japanese already did. Because they have no humanity.
>>323794720
Neither do the Chinese. Modern Chinese too.
Can someone edit the op image to show a penis on the left and a black bar on the right?
Thanks
