Comments on: Yotsuba & Translation Issues http://www.4thletter.net/2009/09/yotsuba-translation-issues/ we like talking about comics, and hopefully you like reading us talking about comics. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: david brothers http://www.4thletter.net/2009/09/yotsuba-translation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-31552 david brothers Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:24:25 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4355#comment-31552 @<a href="#comment-31551">bop</a>: u mad? @bop: u mad?

]]> By: bop http://www.4thletter.net/2009/09/yotsuba-translation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-31551 bop Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:22:21 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4355#comment-31551 does anything satisfy you? you pieces of shit were just glad that Yen Press is continuing with Yotsuba&!. "aww, translation differences from ADV? I know lets make an artical bashing Yen Press for their attempt to satisfy otakus" I have both versions and I thought Yen Press did a better job at it. fuck yeah, anonymity! does anything satisfy you? you pieces of shit
were just glad that Yen Press is continuing with Yotsuba&!.
“aww, translation differences from ADV? I know lets make an artical bashing Yen Press for their attempt to satisfy otakus”
I have both versions and I thought Yen Press did a better job at it.

fuck yeah, anonymity!

]]> By: Unbound: The year in manga | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment http://www.4thletter.net/2009/09/yotsuba-translation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-30222 Unbound: The year in manga | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:01:54 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4355#comment-30222 [...] out the new ones; Yen’s new translations, which are more literal than ADVs, have caused some discussion, but that just keeps people talking. They also brought out an omnibus edition of Azumanga Daioh, by [...] [...] out the new ones; Yen’s new translations, which are more literal than ADVs, have caused some discussion, but that just keeps people talking. They also brought out an omnibus edition of Azumanga Daioh, by [...]

]]> By: 4thletter! » Blog Archive » I Got My Uzi Back Linkblogging http://www.4thletter.net/2009/09/yotsuba-translation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-29606 4thletter! » Blog Archive » I Got My Uzi Back Linkblogging Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:02:11 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4355#comment-29606 [...] Thorn discusses manga translation and man, I pretty much agree with him. I’ve had my issues with overly faithful translations, and he does a pretty good job of explaining why. I think approaching a translation project as [...] [...] Thorn discusses manga translation and man, I pretty much agree with him. I’ve had my issues with overly faithful translations, and he does a pretty good job of explaining why. I think approaching a translation project as [...]

]]> By: AlLoggins http://www.4thletter.net/2009/09/yotsuba-translation-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-27624 AlLoggins Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:45:06 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=4355#comment-27624 @<a href="#comment-27598">Onion</a>: I never doubted that cost pushed the move into non-flipped pages, my objection - as a manga reader beginning in the mid-80s with Lone Wolf and continuing for the better part of two decades until the current standards turned me off - stems from the 'authenticity' claim that's been pushed as the motivating factor instead of 'cost'. Companies nurtured an incestuous mentality around the material that ultimately overtook the need to create accessible works, and the low quality of western translations and/or proofing is a symptom of that. I could deal with the flipped pages and the elitism, but when the proofing is so poor it gets in the way of reading and enjoying the story it's time to call it quits, which I did. Apologies for the dubbing derailment, too. That's a whole other bugbear. @Onion: I never doubted that cost pushed the move into non-flipped pages, my objection – as a manga reader beginning in the mid-80s with Lone Wolf and continuing for the better part of two decades until the current standards turned me off – stems from the ‘authenticity’ claim that’s been pushed as the motivating factor instead of ‘cost’. Companies nurtured an incestuous mentality around the material that ultimately overtook the need to create accessible works, and the low quality of western translations and/or proofing is a symptom of that.
I could deal with the flipped pages and the elitism, but when the proofing is so poor it gets in the way of reading and enjoying the story it’s time to call it quits, which I did.

Apologies for the dubbing derailment, too. That’s a whole other bugbear.

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