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> Some of his best ideas, including the one for the hit video game “Fleet Collection,” The title translation was a bit too literal. It's actually https://en.wi
by nayuki 9y ago
> Some of his best ideas, including the one for the hit video game “Fleet Collection,”
The title translation was a bit too literal. It's actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Collection .
- laurieg 9y agoI used to work as a Japanese to English Translator. It's all to common to see titles like this become the canonical English title because some editor who has a shaky knowledge of English says so. Once the title is canon it's hard to push back against it even when you as a translator know better.
- aedron 9y agoI've always been convinced Donkey Kong is named thus because some Japanese guy mistook 'donkey' for 'monkey'. (Haven't bothered to look for the history though so feel free to set me straight)
- ludicast 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(character) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(character) "Donkey" conveys stubbornness.
- jandrese 9y agoMy favorite is when the original Google Translate translation is drawn into the artwork for a series and cemented forever as official. Bandai seems especially prone to this.