Editing User talk:Wolfpup (section)

== DxD ==

Why did you revert my edits? [[User:Stellarroze|Stellarroze]] 08:46, 28 February 2013 (CST)

I did so because the edits you did were not meeting the guide lines set for the project as it has two sets one the the general Baka-Tsuki translation guideline then on top of that is the more restrictive HighSchool DxD project guide lines that set a specific version of English to use please read this http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=High_School_DxD#Format_Standards . I have recently add a English(United Kingdom) dictionary to the browser I use for doing any edits that I will be doing from now on in this project so that I can use the proper spelling of words at least. [[User:Wolfpup|Wolfpup]] ([[User talk:Wolfpup#top|talk]]) 09:20, 28 February 2013 (CST)

Ah, I see. If it's the British English part that is the problem, please excuse me. :) Since I'm British myself, I guess my knowledge of the language is lacking. As for the tenses, Code-Zero hasn't decided on past or present so I just kept whatever tense he used in a particular sentence for the time being. Since japaneses novels use both tenses, maybe he's using both for now. Thanks for the quick reply :D [[User:Stellarroze|Stellarroze]] 09:27, 28 February 2013 (CST)

I don't see where the 'descriptive' part comes in. The only difference there is is "a crimson red hair" and "crimson red hair". If you don't see anything wrong with "a crimson red hair" you probably shouldn't be reverting edits. Or editing, actually. If you want to 'denote shade', you might want to consider "Red—red hair, a shade of crimson far more brilliant than strawberry-blonde", or something along those lines. [[User:Florza|Florza]] ([[User talk:Florza|talk]]) 10:48, 28 February 2013 (CST)

The thing in there is a contextual meaning that is lost by removing the 'a'. by having the 'a' there you are implying the words 'shade of' so if those words are not in the original Japanese text they are at least being implied and adding those words would end up 'Westernising' the text even more and stray from the original author's meaning. Of which Code-Zero is trying to get back by completely redoing the chapters so the main thing the editors need to really look for is spelling errors and maybe some minor changes to the wording as long as we do not lose the original meanings that the author had when it was written.   [[User:Wolfpup|Wolfpup]] ([[User talk:Wolfpup#top|talk]]) 12:20, 28 February 2013 (CST)

Yes dear, I totally understand you. Allow me to double-check with the Japanese RAWs to see if any 'contextual meaning is lost' by me correcting a minor grammar error. Or, perhaps you have done so already? [[User:Stellarroze|Stellarroze]] 12:31, 28 February 2013 (CST)

Even in the original Japanese text there isn't any 'a crimson red hair'. This is not about 'Westernising', this is about whether this even makes sense in English. 'A crimson red hair' means a strand of crimson red hair, and if you actually meant that (the original doesn't, for sure), you'd go with 'a strand of crimson red hair'. Even if Stellarroze was legitimately wrong (lol@BritishnotknowingBritishEnglish) there's no need for you to revert the rest of her edits as well. Just manually edit it back in. [[User:Florza|Florza]] ([[User talk:Florza|talk]]) 18:54, 28 February 2013 (CST)

Hi there Wolfpup! Thanks for your early work on editing High School. There's something that I'd like to discuss with you via email. Please contact me on: admin[at]zxzxzx.info [[User:Zxzxzx|zxzxzx]] ([[User talk:Zxzxzx|talk]]) 13:47, 4 April 2019 (CEST)