Re: Scripts 50-52
Jerry Yen (momopi@mail.com)
Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:09:15 -0400 (EDT)
Chinese and Japanese are more similiar to each other than Japanese &
English. There are many common phrases/sayings/ideas used in both Chinese
and Japanese. You'd need to learn both languages to spot them, because
they're phrases & concepts, not solo word-similiarities like borrowed words.
However, that doesn't mean the quality of Chinese subtitles is good. Most
of the rental tapes or VCD subtitles take a lot of liberties & are not
literal.
Does that mean one should stop doing tri-lingual translations simiply
because the result isn't up to someone's elitist standard? Of course not.
By all means, translate away. This is supposed to be a non-professional,
hobby/fan-effort thing. Fansubs was never intended to compete against
commercial studios.
So, next time when you're doing that 18th revision to make your script
perfect, remember not to make it too good, and insert "NOT FOR SALE OR RENT"
in big fonts during exciting parts to annoy those pesky perfectionists and
bug people to buy the imports.
As a side benefit, next time when your GF slams the door on your face and
scream "it's over!", you'd look at that door and see big white fonts under
it that reads "NOT FOR SALE OR RENT", and feel much better knowing that you
still have a quasi-life outside of the realm of reality.
Cheers!
------Original Message------
From: Erik Schultz
To: logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Sent: June 28, 2000 11:09:55 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Scripts 50-52
> The preliminary drafts for these 3 episodes have been completed based
> off of the Chinese subtitles on the VCDs. Given the similarities
> between the two languages, it will hopefully be accurate enough.
Hate to burst your bubble, but I've seen a number of fansubs
translated from Chinese, and its pretty sketchy. Chinese and Japanese
aren't very similar at all, just that Japanese happens to use chinese
characters sometimes.
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