Creating an /a/-approved fansubbing standard

>>119581331
>do you want localization of common phrases

Nobody here is retarded or casual enough to ever fucking want that.

>>119581331
Katana isn't sword though. Ken 剣 is sword. Katana is katana.

>>119581331
For what purpose?

>>119581554
Anon, for the majority of the population, I don't think there's much of a difference.

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>>119581554

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>>119581331
>/a/-approved
Both images say the same thing. Learn japanese if you want to fully understand what the character is saying.

>>119581741
Thanks for proving my point. Katana isn't just sword. In Japanese contexts, it's usually a Japanese sword and in only some cases a foreign sword, but it's always a single-edged sword.

Therefore, it's wrong to translate katana simply as sword.

>>119581885
>Thanks for proving my point.
Is it already opposite day?

>>119581741
>>119581885
Btw, the name かたな　katana comes from 片（かた）kata (one of a pair) + 刃（な） na (edge). It literally means single-edge and refers to a subgroup of swords, not swords in general.

I guess it kind of depends?
Katana - > Sword would be retarded, but I don't really care if it's sakura or cherry blossoms.

>>119581885
It's not wrong. The word is still being used to refer to a sword and it's perfectly natural to refer to a 日本刀 as a sword when speaking English.

It would only be wrong in a context where the distinction mattered.

>fansubbing standard
Actually translate shit. Who cares whether or not honorifics are in. I just want things to read like they're not completely awkward.
Good timing as bad timing is almost as painful as a bad translation.
Decent typesetting with actual effort put in.
A not shit encode would be nice.

>>119581331
suffixes for anime in japan, no suffixes for any place that's not explicitly japan

>>119582199
Thanks again. Like you said, it's a wrong translation in some contexts, which is why you cannot make it a general rule to localize it as sword.

All I said was that katana is a subgroup of swords, after all.

>>119581331
the only /a/-approved fansubbing standard is that it comes out one week late and it isn't popular.