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1. Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 06:52:18 JST Rusty Crab
   >some nigga at my work complaining about show translators getting replaced by AI
   seethe tranny
   you made your obnoxious smelling bed
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   • mischievoustomato (mischievoustomato@rebased.taihou.website)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:19:37 JST mischievoustomato

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     i try to be reasonable
     but """localizers""" are pariahs that need to be obliterated
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   • Zero :zt_think: :artix: (zero@strelizia.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:20:45 JST Zero :zt_think: :artix:

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     • Elf
     • mischievoustomato
     @mischievoustomato @Elf @RustyCrab you have to structure the sentence in a way that flows better in english, so it's never gonna be 1:1 exactly, but that's never what anyone ever complains about, it's a bad strawman
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   • mischievoustomato (mischievoustomato@rebased.taihou.website)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:20:46 JST mischievoustomato

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     • Zero :zt_think: :artix:
     • Elf
     didnt translation groups did 1:1 translations and just added notes when needed?
     > politics exist in japanese media
     known, but its not the shit they put when "translating"
   • Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:20:47 JST Rusty Crab

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     • Zero :zt_think: :artix:
     • Elf
     @Elf @zero can fill you in better than I can.
     but basically blue haired freaks have been taking anime translation jobs and loading the subs up with american politics and shitty meme slang
   • Zero :zt_think: :artix: (zero@strelizia.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:20:47 JST Zero :zt_think: :artix:

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     • Elf
     @RustyCrab @Elf they've been doing that for years and publicly saying they're "getting away with it" on twitter, under real names no less, now that they're getting replaced they keep trying to gaslight people saying shit like "a 1:1 translation is impossible" or "politics exists in japanese media" when it's not what anyone is bitching about, people just dont want complete fanfiction, inserted politics and reddit buzzwords in translations, but they keep doing it
   • Elf (elf@breastmilk.club)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:20:48 JST Elf

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     @RustyCrab What happened?

   • Zero :zt_think: :artix: (zero@strelizia.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:21:35 JST Zero :zt_think: :artix:

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     • Elf
     • mischievoustomato
     @mischievoustomato @Elf @RustyCrab though there's also overlocalization, translating ramen to pasta, for instance, that's also shitty
     
     But in that example, if not keeping the original word "tsundere" was a must, a much better translation would have been something like "Still playing hard to get?", this bitch just wanted to use it take a jab at men and it's probably a troon too.
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   • mischievoustomato (mischievoustomato@rebased.taihou.website)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:21:36 JST mischievoustomato

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     • Zero :zt_think: :artix:
     • Elf
     makes sense
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:28:52 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Zero :zt_think: :artix:
     • Elf
     • mischievoustomato
     @zero @Elf @RustyCrab @mischievoustomato
     
     Here's an example of overlocalization... On a FUCKING service that serves nothing but anime
   • Zero :zt_think: :artix: (zero@strelizia.net)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 07:30:33 JST Zero :zt_think: :artix:

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     • cool_boy_mew
     • Elf
     • mischievoustomato
     @coolboymew @Elf @RustyCrab @mischievoustomato people may have been forced to spend like 30 seconds learning something about another culture, can't have that
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   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 08:40:52 JST Machismo

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     @RustyCrab "If AI is doing a better job than the translator, that sounds like a skill issue on their part."