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The whole Western translators from Japanese Text may be replaced by AI due to Smug Faggots (nitter.net)
posted 2 years ago by Socalwackjob 2 years ago by Socalwackjob +51 / -0
Zero Dozer (@012r_Third)
Wait, these fucking animals actually GLOATED ABOUT FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE'S LOCALIZATION IN JAPANESE!??
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– Socalwackjob [S] 33 points 2 years ago +33 / -0

At first I ignored the whole localisation drama because I knew I won't like their work and I was glad AI's replacing the job but the more I found about, the more my blood is boiling. When it's every single fucking time, it's every single time. The fact they could get away, they changed the source material with active maliciousness and later gloating endlessly like typical smarmy motherfuckers. I encourage you to check the original twitter page as well, as the nitter link seems to hide a few images.

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– BygoneGenerations 23 points 2 years ago +23 / -0

Shit's been happening for a while, look at the translation for ff8, the official one makes him a moody emo, the fanlation comes out with a squall that actually emotes...

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– ParadigmShift2070 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

...

J/k

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– Tourgen 11 points 2 years ago +11 / -0

makes sense that localization would be a concentrated fag, trans, globalists homo choke point.

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– SoctaticMethod1 28 points 2 years ago +28 / -0

It's hit normie sphere given this recent Asmongold video. Now the normies finally noticed the shit they've been up to they've lost all their defence.

The main positive outside of firing all these smug cunts is that it might enable more anime, manga and Japanese games to be released in house internationally. If AI is developed more to be a universal tool to translate their work to a foreign audience that cuts out the middle man of the leftist western media establishment

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– deleted 20 points 2 years ago +20 / -0
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– SoctaticMethod1 10 points 2 years ago +10 / -0

I think it speaks more that the great dubs (FMA Brotherhood, Black Lagoon etc) I can stay in single digits but the terrible dubs I'm into the triple digits.

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– deleted 10 points 2 years ago +10 / -0
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– Eltrion 10 points 2 years ago +10 / -0

Look, maybe it's just me, but mid to late 20s californian woman is a very noticeable accent. It's also a very punchable accent. This only becomes worse if they try to do a cutesy anime voice on top of that. Also, they all sound the exact same as each other.

It is not a good voice for a Japanese high school girl. Or any character you don't want me to instantly hate.

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– deleted 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0
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– Eltrion 7 points 2 years ago +7 / -0

The thing that clued me into it was how I found amateur voice actors and male voice actors to be a mixed bag, but professional voice actresses were this consistent glossy professional style of terribleness. Once I started paying attention to that, It was pretty easy to track down that particular voice/accent as one that really annoys me and is incredibly overused in anime dubbed after about 2008 or so.

It really only works for stupid rich girls that the audience is supposed to find kind of annoying, and yet every female lead in dubs seems to have it.

Really, the only time I hear it is when I forget to change over the audio track in a file that has the English track as default, but just those few seconds is enough for palpable relief, when the Japanese voices kick in and the girl suddenly sounds normal, friendly, and her voice matches her appearance.

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– TheModernDaVinci 7 points 2 years ago +7 / -0

I tend to think most dubs arent that bad, but will also admit that I am in the minority.

Also, I dont think saying "dub bad" helps here, because I have seen more than a few times where they changed the subtitle version. And when people pointed out that issue, some of these ass-munch little shits said "Guess you should learn Japanese if you dont like it then, Chud."

I am just so shocked the Japanese are kicking these people to the curb and saying "Nah, we are going to have bots do it because it is better than the gaijin doing it."

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– SoctaticMethod1 5 points 2 years ago +5 / -0

The problem with dubs is there's a HUGE discrepancy in quality compared to Japanese VAs.

Put this way, this is god tier voice work, this is great and this is above average. The better actress in the last one for the blonde chick is multilingual and VAs the same character in the original Japanese.

It shouldn't feel like a standout when an English VA puts some passion behind their lines meanwhile in the original versions you sometimes swear that the VAs are suffering traumatic experiences for their parts (remembers Goblin Slayer).

I agree subs can be just as bad at times but sometimes they seem to get some digs in to, think it was In another world with my smartphone that had a line saying she'd rather have a closeted pervert than a feminist for a master because the former can control themselves.

I feel like there is a growing resentment of foreigners messing with their culture in Japan, they can identify the ones that truly love their culture and they're happy with them (I notice YouTubers like Chris Broad get a pass easily) but that idiot they have locked up is showing they're done with the rest now, regardless of the US forcing the legislature to change laws.

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– TheModernDaVinci 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

Dont get me wrong, I am absolutely agreeing that there is a huge discrepancy. I am probably have just been lucky in that most I have listened to for dubs have actually been at least good. There are plenty I still watch sub over dub (like you said, Goblin Slayer is much better in Japanese). It is just that on average I will take dub over sub because I would rather be watching what is going on instead of trying to read the subtitles. Sometimes stuff didnt get a dub, or sometimes the dub is an absolute trainwreck, and I will watch subs then. But if there seems to be no real difference in quality to me (like Rising of the Shield Hero), then I will take dub.

Just for my own example, Kayuga-sama I think is better as dub than sub, but a lot of the changes in tone and extra lines on the part of the narrator were changes signed off on by the studio so it is still staying true to the vision (and the over the top nature fits the anime more, IMO).

I feel like there is a growing resentment of foreigners messing with their culture in Japan,

Fully agree on this one though. I know that most Japanese are still OK with Americans and still love it, as well as loving America itself (I recently saw some clips of a few Japanese Hololive Vtubers who went to vacation in LA and said how they loved it there and liked how open and friendly Americans were, even if they thought it seemed kind of dangerous at night). But that is because most Americans like Japan for being Japan. Ironically, it is the "We are totally not racist" Woke Twitter Freaks who are the most anti-Japanese. But that tracks since they are anti-everything that doesnt live up to their California Bay Area sensibilities.

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– SoctaticMethod1 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

Slight fact that think they were in a relationship at the time and he had to walk out of the booth after this scene as her screaming was TOO real.

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– MLGS 22 points 2 years ago +22 / -0

All they had to do was be mentally capable of landing in the space between "direct mechanical syntax translation that sounds grating or awkward to English speakers" and "I'm the author now and you can't stop me lmfao" but they couldn't do it.

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– BlueDrache 11 points 2 years ago +11 / -0

The captain of the ship meme but ...

"Look at me ... I'm the author now."

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– deleted 21 points 2 years ago +21 / -0
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– AnotherSchwarzesMark 17 points 2 years ago +17 / -0

I love dangers in my heart about an edgy boi falling in love with a girl. And they added to one of the more sweet moments their politics. Mansplainig was the word they used when he was unsure of he could talk fashion with her whereas in the fan translated manga it was entirely different. Fucking hate these people with the intensity of a thousand suns and I hope they just all get replaced sooner rather than later.

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– Bouldabassed 5 points 2 years ago +5 / -0

Hadn't heard of that one. That is absolutely ridiculous. I plan on watching that one sometime soon so I will see if I can pick out where they would have done it.

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– MargarineMongoose 16 points 2 years ago +16 / -0

The best part(if true) is the Yakuza bankrolling everything because they fucked with someone's waifu. God bless Japan.

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– AnotherSchwarzesMark 10 points 2 years ago +10 / -0

I could believe it. They're nowhere near what they were but they still somewhat do exist. It would be the icing on the cake and fucking hilarious.

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– Bouldabassed 11 points 2 years ago +11 / -0

Is there a source for anything in that greentext? I remember the FE localization debacle. As someone who speaks Japanese I can attest that the localization was indeed as abysmal as people were saying. It's the events after that that I'm curious about. If it really did get picked up by Japanese Otaku which lead to this outcome that is one of the most hilarious things I've ever heard.

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– BlueDrache 10 points 2 years ago +10 / -0

For great justice!!!!

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– GuestAccount69 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

Can't be...

General...

Boobs????

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– rebuildingMyself 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

AI is going to be replacing a lot of smug faggots in the coming years. Even eThottery is being threatened by AI-based VTubers.

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– OmegaBird 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

I enjoy watching the localizers get shit canned, they deserve it for violating the source material. If only those slant eyed japs adopted the superior English language as their native tongue and got rid of their shitty moonspeak. Maybe one day.

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– Eltrion 15 points 2 years ago +15 / -0

No, learn moonrunes. It adds a natural layer of protection against the woke cancer. English is the language of American imperialisim. There is great power in being able to say "we don't have a word for that concept because it's fucking retarded."

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– OmegaBird 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

I'll take American imperialism without the woke, I'm no weeb. West is best.

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– Socalwackjob [S] 5 points 2 years ago +5 / -0

Do you hear yourself? The language is a big filter that keeps the marxist faggots and jews away. So far all the people that I have seen that claim to live in Japan and speak Japanese, they cannot blend in because their Japanese is so fucking poor, it's noticeable even little ol'me can notice they suck at the fucking language. The one that are actually good at Japanese, they don't involve themselves in political nonsense like this and actually hang with native Japanese.

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