What a way to gain faith... hop around and kick your potential believers in the face. xD And it seems like all of it made Okuu that tired that she kinda started to sleep in her dream. Looking foreward to see how the goddess team gives the nuklear power to her.
And this, sir, is one more reason I look to you as an example of good translation. Have an internet. And feel free to revert my edit of the egg joke if you feel it doesn't work.
so why isnt Suwako added to the tags lol anyways, i am thinking the "problem" is that Okuu is missing a leg atm and now they are going to give her the Nuclear Powers
And this, sir, is one more reason I look to you as an example of good translation.
Good writing, certainly. Good translation? When you're to the point of changing a onomatopoeia for swishing arms into a pastiche of 50s Brooklyn slang, calling it translation gets a little dicey.
Translation is writing, in my philosophy. Someone translating a medical textbook, say, or a technical manual, would be expected to have some expertise in the book's respective field; so, someone translating a creative work should have to be creative in doing so.
Though even with that said, that note was one I threw in purely for my own amusement. The SFX is a demonstration of Suwako's frustration, so while it's not quite at the "making shit up" level, I'll admit it's within spitting distance. I didn't really expect it to be kept, and I certainly didn't expect to be praised for it (not that I don't appreciate the compliment).
glasnost said: Good writing, certainly. Good translation? When you're to the point of changing a onomatopoeia for swishing arms into a pastiche of 50s Brooklyn slang, calling it translation gets a little dicey.
You certainly have a point, but within limits, I've no problem with some interpretation worked into a translation, so long as it remains within the proper spirit of the original. Instead of incoherent, frustrated ranting, it becomes coherent, frustrated ranting. YMMV, obviously, and I don't begrudge anyone who wants to stick closer to the original style.
Added to "You're Not Helping" pool strictly because of that one line.
...the god of eggs, the great Kan-egg-ko.Punning together Kanako with tamago (egg) to make Tamako, which is a normal name by itself.WHOKPA-KINGKA-CHWINGDA-DUMMM...Well, actually......our forms rely entirely on the power of your own imagination.OOOARGHYou mean, this little thing—That's right......I'm a god.HOPPITY!!!Don't say things just to confuse the issue!!!What is this!!?Shut up!!!What am I, a Transformer!?Since we are manifesting within your dream...RibbitDozeWait, wait... no.OW!Why are you kicking me over it!?GA-SHINGLook! The bird's about to nod off!Oh, yeah, you're right......to grant your wish.Just like that!!?And here we have...I'll moidalize ya!In fact, just don't say ANYTHING for a while!!!swishblinkNot terribly dignified, for divinities...Uh... sorry about that.Now, where was I...Anyway, we have decided...However, where Utsuho is concerned......there is one problem.Nod...Dreams are but the earnest desires of the dreamer.You're going back to that!!?Never mind all that part!And this is all about her!