>I've always associated the anime community with caring very strongly (not always correctly, but always strongly) about the translations. As I came to find, mo

>I've always associated the anime community with caring very strongly (not always correctly, but always strongly) about the translations. As I came to find, most watchers simply couldn't care. How could they? They don't know Japanese! They certainly appreciated anime, but they couldn't appreciate translating and I won't blame them for not appreciating what they don't know. Of those who did care, though, most of them judged translations for all the wrong reasons and usually without realizing. Kind of a similar vein to how most ham radio guys know enough electricity to be dangerous but not enough to be useful. All in all I found the work was ultimately a thankless one and I burned out real bad after serving as a translator for a couple animes. But the fansub group I was with were a great bunch, and the flame wars I had with other translators in other fansub groups were awesome. Flame wars between passionate people who know what they're talking about are a sight to behold.