User talk:Vexed
Editing/TL Questions
replied to your letter...
The tower
Just as you'd expect from a genius inventor girl(?), her brushing was just as smooth as Yozora's.
why is there a question mark there? because kodaka is unsure if it should be expected from her or not? --Idiffer 10:50, 21 February 2012 (CST)
Yes, (?) represents somebody questioning what came before it. --Vexed 23:42, 21 February 2012 (CST)
tomodachi vol. 4 chapter "afterparty"
"Hmm... I really wish one of my junior upperclassmen would have had to read that while suffering an agonizing amount of embarrassment, but oh well."
what is "junior upperclassmen"? upperclassmen who are in their junior year? if that's so, i would drop the "junior"... --Idiffer 03:59, 26 February 2012 (CST)
Yeah I agree, sounds weird now that I re-read it too. I didn't want to throw the specification out entirely though, so I changed it to "three upperclassmen" --Vexed 13:55, 26 February 2012 (CST)
oh, and is it "senpai" in the jap version? (i don't know of any other word...) mmm... just a small commentary: you sometimes use senpai as is, when it's singular. is it okay in terms of consistency? imho, ideally it should be either always "senpai" or always "upperclassmen". this is, of course up to you. i'm just pointing it out in case you haven't noticed... --Idiffer 14:06, 26 February 2012 (CST)
I leave Senpai as is when it's being used as a personal pronoun (typically by Rika in reference to Kodaka), otherwise I translate it. --Vexed 19:01, 26 February 2012 (CST)
Kobato often uses expressions, like "noble of the exalted night". when translated into russian, it sounds like shit. could i ask you to give me a literal translation? plus noble and exalted have almost the same meaning... --Idiffer 13:29, 4 March 2012 (CST)
Noble and exalted have similar meanings as adjectives, however (in case you're unaware), in this case, "noble" is being used as a noun synonymous with aristocrat. As for a literal translation, that is a literal translation. You'll have to ask someone who speaks Russian and Japanese if you want more help with that. --Vexed 15:18, 4 March 2012 (CST)
