[ SECRET POST #060 ]

[grayout.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #060 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe.

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Posting for me!

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Comments

[hughes]

THX TO BE CLEARING THAT UP, LINA. <3

Yeah, I was gonna say... wtf, it's not BS, nor is it trendy. (It also isn't a differential thing between KH and FFVII, either.) It was a mistranslation in the original game, and although I'm cool with people calling her either one, it's pretty dumb to say that the intended spelling of it is annoying. D: Do your homework before making complaints against people who are actually using a more accurate version of the name, plz. (I'm not even a big Aerith fan at all, but yeah, Lina's right-on with the background.)

On an added note, a similar mistranslation happened with Shera; her name was mistranslated as "Shera" when her actual name was supposed to be "Sierra," which is where the weird confusion over the name of Cid's new airship in AC comes from. I personally prefer to call her Shera, but Sierra is also fine by me. ::Shrug.:: Not a big fan of the Cid/Shera pairing, anyway. XD ...At least, I THINK that was a mistranslation. XD; I might be getting it wrong.

[subversive.livejournal.com]

UR WELCOME. ♥

And yeah, you're right about the Shera/Sierra thing. It's because... AGAIN, the katakana: シェラ = Shera, シエラ = Shiera. Or, since that wasn't clear, "she-ra" and "shi-e-ra." The smaller "e" indicates.. some... thing. I'm not an expert on Japanese, so I don't know exactly how to explain it, but suffice it to say that since they only have a "shi" sound instead of a "si" (pronounced like "see") sound, things get confusing.

... AND YES. I WILL SHUT UP NOW, REALLY.

[song-of-truth.livejournal.com]

The smaller "e" connects to the former character to modify the other's pronunciation, but the larger "e" stands as its own sound. Or at least that's what I've been taught... *beginning student*

Oh, katakana. You are too much geeky fun.

[subversive.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that sort of thing. I knew that but was temporarily too retarded/lazy to explain it. :x THNXU. ♥

[grayout.livejournal.com]

The smaller "e" indicates "she!" Like, "she" as opposed to "shi-e." Same with stuff like "fu-(small)e" = "fe," "tsu-(small)o" = "tso." Hence "Tson" for Tseng (which is pronounced more like "Tson" in Chinese, anyway). :D

[subversive.livejournal.com]

Yes, that kind of thing. :x Thnx u for explaining what I could not. ♥

[shahni.livejournal.com]

I -still- pronounce "Tseng" as "S-e-ng" 'cause I'm so used to it. I'm TRYING to say it as Tson, but it's gonna take a while. *DIES*

[x-of-greene-x.livejournal.com]

Duuude, Tseng sounds nothing like Tson in Chinese.

Are we talking Mandarin?!

[(Anonymous)]

Really? My Taiwanese friend says it's a lot like Tson, I was basing it on what he said, 'n he speaks Mandarin. *dies* I don't know, don't ask me!

net'scrappingout>>"

[x-of-greene-x.livejournal.com]

Well, I GUESS it sounds MORE like Tson in Chinese than in English but it's kind of a long stretch.

But I guess that's also like saying Cloud's real name is Crowd-oh.

[convault]

-dies- Know how feng shui is more like, fong sway?

Kinda like how Tseng is kinda more like Zeng, which is a leetle like Zong, kinda like Tson-- *shot*

Anyway, I think it's

[shahni.livejournal.com]

It's gonna be weird calling Tseng "Tson" now! *DIES*

[hughes]

XDDD LUCKILY, I DO KNOW HOW JAPANSESE PHONETICS WORK, and yeah, the little "e" following the "shi" in your first example basically makes the "i" in "shi" into "e," so yeah, you end up with "she-ra," whereas the other one is "shi-e-ra," and... yeah, basically, don't worry; I know katakana too. <3 8D YAY BAD TRANSLATIONS.

As a FUNNY side-story, I randomly ebayed this old EGM issue from 1997 whose cover story was a preview for FFVII before it actually came out, and like... it had this whole article where the English translators of FFVII were basically bragging about how it would have a "revolutionary translation" and how they were going to lengths to make it super-accurate, and.... XD XD XD GOT A GOOD LAUGH OUTTA THAT ONE.

...In other news, I should friend you already. XD; ::FRIENDS.::

[hughes]

...And OHCRAP at how many people responded to that. 8D S'OKAY, GUYS, I KNOWES. <3 Appreciate the gesture, anyway; you guys are sweet. <3

[subversive.livejournal.com]

THEN IT WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONLOOKERS, OF WHICH THERE SEEM TO BE MANY. CLEARLY WE ARE FASCINATING SPECIMENS WHICH MUST BE CROSSBRED WITH A GIANT TALKING CAT-LIKE THING, BECAUSE GENETICS WORK LIKE THAT, REALLY.

..... XDDD Are you fucking serious? But the.. the.. THIS GUY ARE SICK. D: OFF COURSE. DKSFJSALKFJLSDF Goddamn. At least the PC version was less mistake-ridden. I think. It was, right? D:

*friends back* Wheeee new friend~ and I think you already know what kind of insanity to expect so I won't bore you with that. :x

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

BEST = "DING."

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

Not a big fan of the Cid/Shera pairing, anyway.

TEEHEE EMILY KNOWS WHY