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1. of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 03:56:59 JST of nothing
   text: "Moo"
   in English? Onomatopoeia of cow speech
   in Russian? Transliteration of Japanese exclamation of complaint
   もう -> моо -> 🐄
   
   An early fanlation trend was to leave "-chan", "-kun" in the English. I liked that trend. Exclamations could be treated the same, left as hiragana.
   • of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 03:56:57 JST of nothing

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     • Agora Brewing
     @agora_brewing likewise, Japanese webnovels have a lot of speech without explicit speakers. Rather than
     >Bob said, "wow"
     >"indeed", Dave replied.
     You have
     >"wow-desu"
     >"indeed-onigaishimasu"
     and it's the distinct characteristics of the speech that are supposed to tell you who said them, but English translations easily strip that stuff.
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   • Agora Brewing (agora_brewing@thebag.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 03:56:58 JST Agora Brewing

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     I still vastly prefer anime that leaves suffixes in. I actually find the subs easier to follow that way
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