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In the Japanese translation of Inside Out, the animation was changed to replace broccoli with green peppers. This is obviously not a literal translation. Howeve
by pvillano 4y ago
In the Japanese translation of Inside Out, the animation was changed to replace broccoli with green peppers. This is obviously not a literal translation. However, the change serves the point of the scene. The point of the scene is to introduce the character Disgust. In Japan, the cultural norm is that kids hate green peppers, so changing the vegetable makes it clearer that the newly introduced character is Disgust.
If the point of the passage was that this character is "a good parent", then getting that point across to American audiences would depend on cultural context. If the point is to describe without judgement, then a more literal translation makes more sense.