ばか！バカ！　馬鹿ー月！

zzhk wrote:Judging from the cover of the author's newest series, Leviathan of the Covenant:
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It looks like the preferred spelling of the author's name is Takeduki Joe.
Thoughts?

No more Jou-chan? This Kadi is sad.

Haven't read the new work yet, but luckily, I've got holidays! ... I feel like I'm forgetting something... *whistle* no, this Kadi did not promise to edit a whooping 7 volumes of Campione, no, not this Ka... okayokay.



Edit: Oh, this is the Terminology thread. ... ... ... I hate Du for づ, but this is just that, personal preference.　However, who's gonna stop us from doing what we want? Takedzuki Joe, anyone? No more Jou-chan, but I guess it can't be helped. I'll have to write it in kana then... ジョウちゃん！

won't there be any commas in between the names of elements?
v3c3p1 -
Due to the [Myths] humans have passed along from ancient times, they were born. The essence of the earth, sky and stars, natural elements like earth air water fire[1] or metal wood water fire earth[2], these are what comprises the supernatural core of [Myths], thus lending form to these existence, the [Gods].

The lack of commas is but one of many grammatical errors in that text you've just quoted. I doubt it was a conscious decision.

does the narration (not conversation) of the story always happen in past tense?

They don't have as many tenses as we do, and/or aren't as strict about it (although there are still more than in Chinese, which zzhk translates from). However, we decided to keep the narrative in past tense in English. As with many other things *coughMikocough*, translating tenses 1:1 doesn't work.

So Jou vs Joe aside, do we fix Taketsuki (which is clearly wrong due to the づ), to Takedzuki (which will be in line with Kuhoudzuka) or Takeduki (as he spells it on the cover of his other series)?

Should be a relatively simple decision for Kadi, but it needs to be made.

Personally, I favor Takedzuki. Just the d is just... mehhh. Don't make me think about this any longer!

If it helps, I agree with "dzu."

On a separate note, is there any need to change Volume 3's title to something like "The Opening Tale"(or first, beginning, etc) to mirror Volume 11's "The Second Tale" since the Japanese title of はじまりの物語 mirrors ふたつめの物語 in format?

Could someone please check this passage in Vol 13, chap 4, part 3:

In possession of a fifteen-meter wingspan, the giant divine eagle spread its wings with great intensity of vigor.


I understand what the thrust of the sentence is.

This part in particular:
"...spread its wings with great intensity of vigor"
Is the one that makes no sense to me.
Had it simply said: "...spreads its wings with great intensity. "
That would be fine.

Thanks.

You're saying you've never heard of the phrase "intensity of vigor"?

zzhk wrote:You're saying you've never heard of the phrase "intensity of vigor"?

Correct. Never seen it used that way. Neither, by the way, has any dictionary online.

zzhk wrote:You're saying you've never heard of the phrase "intensity of vigor"?

Normally you'd use something like "...with intense concentration", but intense vigor doesn't sound quite right. Someone can be said to have "great vigor" and or you could do something "...with great vigor", but "intensity" tends to feel that you're concentrating something into a point, but if you're vigorous it's much more of a "focused outwards" feeling.

ID not in use wrote:

zzhk wrote:You're saying you've never heard of the phrase "intensity of vigor"?

Correct. Never seen it used that way. Neither, by the way, has any dictionary online.

There are expressions like "force of mind", "lightness of spirit" everywhere, and you wouldn't find those in a dictionary either.

"I've never seen it before, so it must be wrong" isn't a very good argument.

florza wrote:
There are expressions like "force of mind", "lightness of spirit" everywhere, and you wouldn't find those in a dictionary either.

"I've never seen it before, so it must be wrong" isn't a very good argument.

You're right, it's not, but I think I can point to what is troubling me.

In most dictionaries, Intensity is a synonym for vigor. In some intensity is used as a definition of vigor. So to give you an example according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Intensity of Vigor, by using the definition of vigor would be: Intensity of intensity of action. Because intensity of action is a given definition for vigor.

You can switch the form, and to me, it makes a bit more sense. Such as vigorously intense, or Intensely vigorous.