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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2007-08-08 06:24 pm
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[ SECRET POST #215 ]


⌈ Secret Post #215 ⌋

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[identity profile] catiechu.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, because there's more money to be made in translating than anywhere else. You say you want to live the sweet life? Learn another language and translate a foreign comic book into your mother tongue.

(Anonymous) 2007-08-09 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, did you have a point?

[identity profile] catiechu.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
(Anonymous):

I don't know how good the English is cause well, I don't buy it, lol. I long ago bought all of the Japanese (the scanlation group finished all 7 volumes of Emma, but were in the process of doing Further Tales and the anime when both were licensed and they stopped working on them).

I know it's a bit more complicated than that but overall it's true, they will make mangas "family-friendly" so they can sell to the parents of young kids. It's all about money when it all comes down to it.

(Anonymous) 2007-08-09 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it is. :) One of the reasons particular series are picked up is because they will be great revenue for the company. Don't kid yourself that the people who run these companies aren't fucking rich.

[identity profile] pts.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
I believe she is suggesting that nobody would get into translation or adaptation for the money, because they money ain't that good.

And yeah, maybe some touchup is for the sake of selling better. But it also might be for the sake of not pissing some idiotic parent off and risking not being able to put out Title X at all... I'm not defending it, necessarily, but you must know that most of the US publishers are staffed by fans who like the source material as much as the people they're trying to sell it to.

Bah, this debate will never be settled, sadly.

(Anonymous) 2007-08-09 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Haha yeah, because we both believe two different things it seems like. ;)
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