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Message: [QUOTE="Gorse, post: 6919, member: 73"] Yes, easily proven by hyper-popular Japanese games that never had proper English translations until recently, the biggest example of which is probably the [B]Touhou [/B]franchise. We've had the internet since the mid-90s – once that channel opened up, all high-quality Japanese games were on the table. (Also, I would not list any of Working Designs' franchises as being highly-discussed in modern gaming culture.) Absolutely not! The correct way to do jokes like these, as utilized by anime fansubs since the mid-2000s, is by translating the joke accurately – ideally, it should be funny enough on its own that the intended message is brought across regardless, but, if not, include a [B]translation note[/B], which helpfully explains the message in clear, understandable text that does not [I]change [/I]the original script. If you'd really like to delete an original piece of writing and replace it with a completely unrelated one, PM me and I'll send you a knock-knock joke. I see Japanese-to-English translators as smug because they: [LIST=1] [*]Constantly act snide, smarmy, egotistical, and passive-aggressive. [*]Purposefully make changes to video games I'd otherwise be interested in, brag about it, then whine when people rightfully criticize it. [*]Are invariably ideology-driven lunatics who actively harm the entertainment industry as much as they think they're helping it. [*]Are generally repulsive human beings who I would never interact with IRL, LET ALONE online. [/LIST] I've got no issue with bilingual people in general, as most of them aren't video game translators. But what do [I]I [/I]know? I'm one of the mouth-breathing, rock-chomping monolingual folk. ::rolleyes Excellent thinking! I'm going to make a video game with the most offensive, disgusting, politically-incorrect content imaginable in it, translate it with AI, then copy-paste this line whenever someone criticizes it. Disregard everything I've written above – YOU'VE CONVINCED ME!!!!! ::banana [/QUOTE]

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