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Without knowing the context, I would tentatively agree that your example seems more like a mistranslation. Nevertheless, in my experience those tend to be the e

Without knowing the context, I would tentatively agree that your example seems more like a mistranslation. Nevertheless, in my experience those tend to be the exception rather than the rule. I've seen a lot more cases of subtitles (both professional and fansubs) erring by being overly stiff and literal than the opposite. > You really think "sus" will stand the test of time, be intelligible to viewers years and decades from now? It's at least a debatable point although you're comparing it to Japanese that by your own admission has survived a quarter century. Well, "sus" has been on Urban Dictionary for about 20 years, and Wiktionary has a citation from 1972, so it's not like it's some radically new term that is likely to come and go in a short period of time. Besides, plenty of creative works use language that becomes dated over time, and that doesn't make them bad.

Throwawayaerlei 4y ago
"Without knowing the context, I would tentatively agree that your example seems more like a mistranslation." What does the context matter when the person who made the change, not mistranslation, freely admits to it! How can you claim to be an authority about these issues when you're not aware of what may be the single worst example of it, and have no interest in investigating this when it's brought to your attention?
- teraflop 4y ago
  I think this comment reflects a bunch of differences in our perspectives that I don't really feel inclined to spend a lot of time unpacking. Suffice it to say that in my opinion, context always matters (which also means I'm hesitant to read anything nefarious into a single tweet snipped from a conversation), and I reject the idea that a "change" and a "mistranslation" are categorically different things, rather than points on a continuum. And if you're implying that anyone who has knowledge relevant to this subject must automatically be outraged enough to "investigate", then I disagree with that too.

Throwawayaerlei 4y ago

"Without knowing the context, I would tentatively agree that your example seems more like a mistranslation." What does the context matter when the person who made the change, not mistranslation, freely admits to it! How can you claim to be an authority about these issues when you're not aware of what may be the single worst example of it, and have no interest in investigating this when it's brought to your attention?

teraflop 4y ago
I think this comment reflects a bunch of differences in our perspectives that I don't really feel inclined to spend a lot of time unpacking. Suffice it to say that in my opinion, context always matters (which also means I'm hesitant to read anything nefarious into a single tweet snipped from a conversation), and I reject the idea that a "change" and a "mistranslation" are categorically different things, rather than points on a continuum. And if you're implying that anyone who has knowledge relevant to this subject must automatically be outraged enough to "investigate", then I disagree with that too.