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    KariTheFox's Avatar
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    Hikari Tamamo
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    Line by line comparisons don't work too well when making a comparison between translations because a translator might have decided to shuffle dialogue around or place something a little earlier or later in the scene to make it flow more naturally in the target language. You'd have to at least compare bigger chunks of dialogue to get a fuller picture of what is lost in translation.

    Also, the reason the english is an outlier in these comparisons might be pretty simple. One is a localization, the others are attempts by amatuers to make direct translations into english.
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    Last edited by KariTheFox; 07-12-2022 at 05:22 AM.

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    Player Ransu's Avatar
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    Raansu Omiyari
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    Quote Originally Posted by KariTheFox View Post
    Line by line comparisons don't work too well when making a comparison between translations because a translator might have decided to shuffle dialogue around or place something a little earlier or later in the scene to make it flow more naturally in the target language. You'd have to at least compare bigger chunks of dialogue to get a fuller picture of what is lost in translation.
    People also don't understand that sentence structures in Japanese are completely backwards from English. Add to the fact that the game uses a form of Old English and you have a style that is going to have selective verbiage in which differentiates from the JP script. But as I said, the core message/plot is literally identical. I wish people would get over the minor nuances between the JP and EN scripts.
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