Re: [LoGH] On Imperial Ranks and Nobility (Episodes 40+)
Hank Wong (hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU)
Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Justin Ho wrote:
> Incidentally, shouldn't Braunschweig and Reinhard's noble ranks be
> corrected to Duke instead of prince?
> The 4 stroke Chinese character used in my subs (and which the Japanese
> word sounds very suspiciously identical) has historically been used to
> refer to Dukes. The Duke of Zhou in ancient Chinese history is referred to
> the same way as Reinhard is in the series.
I would agree with Justin on this for Reinhard. The pilot dub also
refers to Reinhard as "Duke Lohenngramm." But as the son-in-law of the
Kaiser, wouldn't Braunschweig still be a Prince?
-Hank
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