Cholesterolicon said in comment #2645778:
>no cap
I hate localizers
It's in line with the rest of her dialogue so I'm not seeing what the problem is
iori98 said in comment #2645788:
It's in line with the rest of her dialogue so I'm not seeing what the problem is
"Butchering a character's personality and characterisation into a quirkychungus zoomer who says skibidi 67 no cap fanum tax is actually a good translation"
deliriumfleur said in comment #2645868:
"Butchering a character's personality and characterisation into a quirkychungus zoomer who says skibidi 67 no cap fanum tax is actually a good translation"
I'm curious, though: how would you translate Helios' speech, if you were given the job? You can't really say 'oh I'd just translate her normally' because slang is a part of her character: she's a highly enthusiastic paripi gyaru, that has to come through in how she speaks. Valley Girl probably gets fairly close to it, but that's a bit dated by now.
Kazzius said in comment #2646082:
I'm curious, though: how would you translate Helios' speech, if you were given the job? You can't really say 'oh I'd just translate her normally' because slang is a part of her character: she's a highly enthusiastic paripi gyaru, that has to come through in how she speaks. Valley Girl probably gets fairly close to it, but that's a bit dated by now.
"But that's a bit dated by now." The whole point is that she speaks in outdated slang. Make her a valley girl, or give her a Californian accent, and keep a few terms that gyarus actually use. Allow the audience to be a bit confused. If I couldn't use any actual gyaru slang, I'd try to weave in 2000s English slang without overwhelming the text. There's no need to reinvent the wheel. Much of gyaru-go is wasai eigo, or borrowed English words that have been made Japanese-friendly. They're mostly just shortened versions of English words, and they aren't exclusive to gyarus.
Imagine being uninterested in learning about Japan’s gyaru culture and instead, wanting to alter the original product. She's quirky, but not in the way of a dopamine-fried TikTok kid who spams "Skibidi Toilet," "67," and "Hawk Tuah" at school. I'm surprised they haven't localized her to say "OK boomer" to Maruzensky yet, or "I can has cheezburger?" redditisms. How do justify "Wahey! What's the matter?! Even if I'm tired, the vibers are immaculate, 'kay? Bet, no cap... skibidi?" as a profesional translation? Gyaru culture is in no way comparable to the brainrot your unsupervised cousin accesses online. It would if I translated Holden Caulfield's locution to a fandom kid who calls his sister his "Glup Shitto" just because he's a teenage boy.
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