Editing Talk:Dantalian no Shoka (section)

== English Setting ==
If the setting is in England, it seems odd that Dalian would be known as the Black Yomihime. I suppose this is more of a localization v translation thing [[User:Unkani|Unkani]] 19:58, 10 August 2011 (UCT)
:I see where you are coming from, but is there any well-sounding translation? What do the subbers use? [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] 20:54, 10 August 2011 (UCT)

"Black Reading-Princess"??? or "Black Princess of Reading" (but the last one is not a direct translation, mind you). Then again Yomihime also sounds cool and mysterious, in line with the dark setting, doesn't it? [[User:Zero2001|Zero2001]] - [[User_talk:Zero2001|Talk]] -  22:27, 10 August 2011 (UCT)

Uh... Black Erudite Princess? Or maybe something like the Scholar Princess? Though I'm afraid the connotation changes a bit with either case. In any case, Black Yomihime and Black Reading Princess (Reading Princess just doesn't sound, well, noble enough) were both used in chapter 1. Unsure of what to do, I didn't touch either of them. [[User:Unkani|Unkani]] 04:31, 11 August 2011 (UCT)

Personally, I think Yomihime is fine (referral = nickname or title, ie: shouldn't change). Just give a reference besides it. But then again that's just my opinion. The stance that this is an english setting so everything should be englishified is also valid. How is it written in the japanese version? That might shed some more light. '''Erudite''' means "learned" or "scholarly". Does it match up? [[User:Zero2001|Zero2001]] - [[User_talk:Zero2001|Talk]] -  11:08, 11 August 2011 (UCT)

Or we could wait for the english dub. LOL. [[User:Zero2001|Zero2001]] - [[User_talk:Zero2001|Talk]] -  11:10, 11 August 2011 (UCT)

読姫. At least in Chinese, it means something more like "Reading Beauty"; don't take my word for it because Chinese is only my second language. The subbers seem to use "Black Biblioprincess." It's a shame there's so few appropriate English words for someone who likes to read... and waiting for a dub would take too long, haha [[User:Unkani|Unkani]] 19:28, 11 August 2011 (UCT)

:Biblioprincess doesn't sound so bad, actually. Also, I think it's perfectly fine to be liberal with the choice of the translation. It just has to sound nice and catch the nuance (though as far as I know, "reading princess" should be quite accurate as a literal translation. But then again, Japanese is but my third language). [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] 20:13, 11 August 2011 (UCT)
::Okay, I looked through all the subs I could find, and it really looks like "Biblioprincess" is the most common translation. So yeah, my vote goes to Biblioprincess. [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] 22:10, 11 August 2011 (UCT)

It's good with me too. [[User:Zero2001|Zero2001]] - [[User_talk:Zero2001|Talk]] -  22:36, 11 August 2011 (UCT)

Hah~ well your third language is one heck of a lot better than my second. No issues here [[User:Unkani|Unkani]] 00:01, 12 August 2011 (UCT)

Hm, why not bibliophilic princess? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 17:46, 12 August 2011 (UCT)

:It should be one word and more-or-less catchy at that, and by "bibliophilic princess" I picture a ''real'' princess who's troubling her father by neglecting her official duties for the sake of reading some teen novels day in day out, which does not quite fit Dalian et al., since they are not princesses in the original sense. It's more of a title. Anyway, I don't think we have to reinvent the wheel, so I changed all "Yomihimes" into "Biblioprincess" this morning. - [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] 18:54, 12 August 2011 (UCT)

Um, are we using British or American English here? Since chapter 1, I've kinda assumed it was British English, as I saw a lot of "rumours" and "colours" but when I peeked at Vol 1. Chapter 5 (or it it 7? The link says 7) I saw no traces of British English. [[User:Unkani|Unkani]] 00:48, 14 August 2011 (UCT)

:I would prefer British English, but since I'm used to using AE and no one seemed to care, I kind of gave up and went for AE. So feel free to change it to BE if you like. (Btw. the strange chapter numbering is a result from me strictly naming every page "Chapter #" instead of "Special Chapter #" for the short ones. Not doing this anymore, though.) [[User:EusthEnoptEron|EusthEnoptEron]] 08:11, 14 August 2011 (UCT)