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Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:16 pm
by Misogi
Here is why I've been fed up with readers' complaints about translation pace. After having withnessed Hunk's scanlation team being victim of that for a while, I saw this twit.
PUTAIN, BAKA-TSUKI ET 13TH HOUR, VOUS ALLEZ BOUGER VOTRE CUL DE SORTIR DES NOUVEAUX CHAPITRES DE KING'S GAME.
English TL: F***, BAKA-TSUKI AND 13TH HOUR, WILL YOU GET OFF YOUR ASSES TO RELEASE NEW CHAPTERS OF KING'S GAME.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:30 pm
by Niflheim
That attitude been around since I jumped into fansubbing and scanlations back in 2002. I doubt we will ever see it go away, there is just no limit to what some feel they are entitled too. God forbid they would pitch in...
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:29 am
by TheCatWalk
"Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny." --> applies to websites too, damn that bearded dude was smart.......
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:29 am
by cautr
Oh, I love people nagging TLs to translate new chapters, when they could take the effort and learn Japanese for themselves. As if anyone's obliged to do the stuff they do here for free.
Regarding TL quality: I'd wish they'd leave a comment on what's wrong at the discussion page... everyone would profit if there's a wrong meaning behind the words translated.
Regarding format: Well, true. That's pretty sad when the format and style differs from volume to volume or even chapter to chapter. So I'd really preferred if every project had someone who pinpoints format guidelines specific for that project. Like how to format thoughts, which symbols to use to separate certain words from the rest of the text and whatnot.
If they just nag and do not comment it on here officially, they don't get the purpose of a wiki. Almost all stuff is free to anons even.
Complaining about an alternative language TL not being up to the original TL is plain dumb, I don't push myself TL'ing Oda Nobuna German further, either, when there's no encouragement to do so. I'd rather prioritize the stuff more people care about. I don't mind either German TL or English editing, both is fun to me.
My two cent.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:37 am
by Misogi
Something that shouldn't be shown to rpapo (unless he finds it).
Someone on Twitter wrote:i tried reading the novel on baka tsuki and well... id rather just watch the anime lol
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:39 am
by cautr
Misogi wrote:Something that shouldn't be shown to rpapo (unless he finds it).
Someone on Twitter wrote:i tried reading the novel on baka tsuki and well... id rather just watch the anime lol
Could also mean: I'm too lazy to read, so I rather watch TV.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:32 pm
by Rohan123
cautr wrote:
Could also mean: I'm too lazy to read, so I rather watch TV.
I hope that's what that damn leech meant.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:56 am
by pudding321
Q. Is there a translation for the novels?
A. Yes, Baka-Tsuki is doing one. I much prefer Nano Ripe’s version, so while it is lagging behind significantly, I think it is a great starting point.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:16 am
by Misogi
same, and I absolutely refuse to read anything off BakaTsuki anymore, those translations are horrid. So I wait
I feel like setting up a tool that runs everything on Baka-Tsuki through grammar and spell check. Such QUALITY wow #failtrans
I've missed other comments (especially targeted towards Index), but I'll post them if I see them.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:56 am
by pudding321
This is what baka-tsuki translates this to: a pro must not be human. I guess pro is the abbreviation for profashional.
Am I the only one who feels that sometimes the translations of these light novels don't flow properly?
I'm all for reading the source material rather than going for adaptations but sometimes I just can't get into them. I remember trying to read a light novel a ways back and the grammar felt so awkward that I couldn't bother the read the first few pages. And a lot of the time the translations come from BT.
"a ways back", "bother the read", and "a lot of the time" uh...
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:59 pm
by Misogi
Same person that wrote the first quote in my last post.
f*ck Baka-Tsuki, all their translations are poking terrible
Oh well, ready to bark, but not helping when needed. Can't ask for more.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:33 pm
by Lery
Quoting myself :
Damn BT tests, I've got no time for such things
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:12 pm
by Misogi
Which reminds me that the correction is waiting for your last test, Lery.
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:28 am
by TheCatWalk
Re: Bad Stuff About Baka Tsuki
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:23 pm
by dalek
The slow poking around for new stuff.