Question on Sasaki
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Question on Sasaki
I know it's like a tad too late to say this now. But in the english version, right at the "start" of the memory recall for Kyon, in the english version you used the words "her" to nominate her gender, which definiately defines her gender as female. But as for the chinese version, it seems it refrains from using the "she" character in the whole recall until the very end when Koizumi announces grandly that "She is a girl that 8 out of 10 boys will fall in love for!" Wasn't it better if you "somehow" managed to refrain from mentioning her gender in the whole memory recall until Koizumi announced it, so it would be more grand? I think the mention of her gender was deliberately eliminted during kyon recall to build up the tension. (Atleast it felt like it)
Any comments?
Any comments?
- Dan
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I think everyone is aware of that, but it would be really odd to keep using her name, and I'm not sure anyone knows of a good way to refer to her without using a gender indictive pronoun. The translator tried using "he" and "him" as a reference, but the sudden change from one gender to another would be painfully confusing.
On the other hand, if you have any ideas, share them. Or edit you can edit it yourself to something you might think is better. It would be best to discuss it here first though.
On the other hand, if you have any ideas, share them. Or edit you can edit it yourself to something you might think is better. It would be best to discuss it here first though.
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- Dan
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Now that I've given it a little thought, how about we make a list of names that don't let the reader realize Sasaki is a girl?
1. my middle school classmate
2. my old buddy (this one seems good, it definetly has a 'guy-ish' connation to it)
3. Sasaki (just use the name given)
That's all I can think of for now.
1. my middle school classmate
2. my old buddy (this one seems good, it definetly has a 'guy-ish' connation to it)
3. Sasaki (just use the name given)
That's all I can think of for now.
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Or we can change it like this...
Sasaki held onto the handles of her bicycle while standing beside me, her face giving a gentle smile that is totally irrelevant to the contents of our conversation.
But it sound like she's holding onto kyon's bikeSasaki held onto handles of the bicycle while standing beside me, with a gentle smile that is totally irrelevant to the contents of our conversation.
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