Gatchamania.net - Print: Gatchaman Reruns on Japanese TV

Gatchamania.net (http://www.gatchamania.net/index.php)
- [Gatchaman Library] (http://www.gatchamania.net/board.php?boardid=300)
-- Gatchaman (http://www.gatchamania.net/board.php?boardid=5)
--- Gatchaman Reruns on Japanese TV (http://www.gatchamania.net/threadid.php?threadid=3262)

Posted by Transmute Jun on 31-07-2010 at 18:23:

I'm with CD> I appreciate the correct translation, but sometimes the 'automated' one is more fun... Wink

__________________

Posted by Springie on 31-07-2010 at 18:25:

LB, that translation is hilarious! It's fun to see what comes up when you allow the computer to take control!

__________________

There is no problem that cannot be solved with time, patience, and a judicious amount of high explosives.

Posted by lborgia88 on 31-07-2010 at 20:42:

quote:

Originally posted by tatsunokofan
Translation programs can be helpful tools, but you still need a human looking at the original to properly edit what they come up with.

James

Definitely! I used Google translate on some articles, in Chinese, about Imagi's situation back in February and while I could follow the gist of what the articles were saying, the phrasing and vocabulary that google came up with was peculiar. I've had somwhat better results using google to translate Spanish to English -maybe the more related the two languages are, the better google is able to translate one to the other.

I also confess I enjoy the odd translations that google comes up with. I'm still wondering what the original Japanese was that got translated by google as "nihilist grandstander," and what words a proper translator would have used.

Posted by tatsunokofan on 31-07-2010 at 20:59:

Hi all!

That sentence for Joe should read, "At first glace, he seems like a nihilist who rushes into grandstand plays, but his heart cares for his companions more than anyone."

James

Posted by amethyst on 31-07-2010 at 21:10:

Not having seen Gatachman II or F, just going from the three different versions of the original that I have seen. I would argue that there is nothing about the Condor that makes him seem like a nihilist not even a grandstander.

__________________
Perspective Alters Reality