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Another example of this is Conia ending up retarded in the TL for Dorei wo Choukyou. At one point, they were having a formal meeting with someone and, in the raws, she greeted the man informally, then helped her shocked sister with her own introduction. In the TL, she can only manage a "Henlo", and then awkwardly tells her sister to "say henlo" too. I think that's the last chapter I bothered correcting myself before I got swamped with another series.
You call that "Aggressive"? This isn't even my final form. This is a 1 on my aggression scale. More "Dismissive", at worst.
She was speaking Informally. All the words out of her mouth were perfectly normal, coherent Japanese. She just spoke casually. If you want an example of the level of formality we were dealing with here, refer to Mako-san, where the entire manga's written in zoomer lingo.
The statement is objectively incorrect.
Yeah, this isn't one of those things. I find it strange you're telling me that you know things get lost in translation... like I know that less than you do.
I don't really feel any particular way about your opinions. You literally don't know any better. What really tickles my nutsack is when there's a perfectly good translation out there, and somehow the readers aren't able to follow the story, like with Cheeky Gyaru. I know it's a minority, but my god, they just keep tickin'.
I've been banned for saying nicer things.
Yeah. It's like the second or third thing I tell anyone:
1) I have Autism.
2) I hope you like getting roasted, because it's 90% of what I do.
3) I'm smarter than everyone.
And you'll notice the difference in response. Now I know I called him a dick, but really, only Tulip got mad. The reason he invited the guy over to the server to share "Constructive criticism" was because I asked him to pass that message along for me while I was translating his message to English before he could post it. And I know it says "Constructive" criticism, but that was all Tulip: He didn't want the guy thinking he could come in and start a shitstorm. I was pretty happy with any feedback. Especially given that I had taken a chance by not translating the dialogue.
TL;DR: "Dick" was a descriptor, not a criticism. I was glad to get feedback. Especially for the risky thing I did.
Everyone had people on their side. Do you think the fox was alone in the world, facing my unending onslaught of criticism? No, he had people on his side, just like Luigiy did. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: It's too short a leap from "I don't like your tone" to "I don't have to listen to you". Our greatest critics often point out our greatest issues (And make up stuff too, but that's a different topic). It's not always going to come packaged with whipped cream and sprinkles.
You'll notice that despite him acting exactly like me (By your own admission), he's not met with "Try arguing for real, stupid". I don't call him a dickhead, or ignore him. I just explain that I don't feel it's my job to rewrite a story. I'm there to convey what's happening in the story, and by changing it the way he wanted, I'd fundamentally mislead you about what was going on. Then I invite him to hop on the server, so he has a direct line to tear into me about any little problem he sees.
Unless you think I actually care enough about what other people think of me to fabricate a faux-polite response to share whenever I get criticism, you're left with the inevitable conclusion that that's my heartfelt answer to his critiques.
I'm lazy. And Rimworld is calling to me! 😭
