Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita - Vol. 15 Ch. 73 - Alchemist Eugene

[AnotherDuck]

Half insect? His eyes look more demonic, though. I'd expect either normal human eyes, or compound eyes.

A cat liking bitter things is kind of unusual. Though they also don't have a taste (literally) for sweet things. Well, she's only "half" cat.

Fran enjoys being picked up. Really. She's just being a tsundere about it, because she's a cat. Well, actually, she doesn't seem to mind terribly much. Just a bit unamused.

She's also unimpressed by that Charlie's Angels pose.

I like fake eyepatch girl. She's weird.

Dressing up as maids is never wrong.

A man of culture.

The author has no clue. I love this story but pricing has always been the weakest part.

Random numbers go!

 

[Jackist]

First the tea, then the “Magic Water”. Were we all thinking the same thing?

 

[RenWolffe]

The pricing does not translate to USD, it translates to Yen. The Scarlet Maidens are actually being heavily underpaid.

In the novel it explains that they were working underpaid because Fran and Master promised to feed them for free for the duration of their work. Like Colbert they have foodie tendencies. For some reason the manga cut that part of the conversation out.

 

[Satsuki-Nada]

Mmmm maid

 

[velatic]

that researcher old man look like he come straight from terraformars lol

 

[Amariithynar]

What the fuck 10,000 gold each? What the hell happened to the economy, I'll be a salesgirl for that much money.

So 1 copper coin is 1 gold, and 1 silver coin is 100 gold, and 1 gold coin is 10,000 gold because it's all Yen-derived with prices being much lower overall for a lot of basic things. They are being hired for a considerable amount of work, across multiple days, to assist with everything; the salary is more than understandable.

That aside...
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!

 

[anzuda]

Let him cook

With this cast, it better be one with frills

 

[captain_crunch]

The time for curry is nigh

 

[R2D2TS]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[CraniumAmbiguity]

Wait he CAN get a maid outfit?!

Men of culture have their ways.

 

[sventle]

damn, that dog woman was drawn twice as thick as her compatriats

 

[eng1]

So 1 copper coin is 1 gold, and 1 silver coin is 100 gold, and 1 gold coin is 10,000 gold because it's all Yen-derived with prices being much lower overall for a lot of basic things. They are being hired for a considerable amount of work, across multiple days, to assist with everything; the salary is more than understandable.

That aside...
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!
FRAN IN A MAID OUTFIT!

So they named the currency "gold". Probably should be translated to "gol" or "golt" or "golde" not to confuse people

 

[Amariithynar]

So they named the currency "gold". Probably should be translated to "gol" or "golt" or "golde" not to confuse people

1) No. Not only is there a long history of this so only those new to such stories could possibly be confused (I mean, it WAS explained already earlier, so it's more a case of forgetting what you read, unless you just skimmed and didn't read it, and that's still on you, just even more shameful) but it's an homage to video game series like Wizardry and Dragon Quest and such, that are the original inspiration for many of these types of stories.

2) NO. Fuck ALL localization bullshit. It's gold, translate it as gold, period. If your brain can't wrap its head around the currency being named the same as the largest individual coin, that's on you.

 

[rastavarilla]

Colbert why are you geh

Also the alchemist asisstant looks hot

 

[ReishiZeto]

the poses were great!

 

[DedBeet]

wonder when Amanda will arrive
( will she be nyooming the moment she receives the message )

 

[flannan]

2) NO. Fuck ALL localization bullshit. It's gold, translate it as gold, period. If your brain can't wrap its head around the currency being named the same as the largest individual coin, that's on you.

Assuming in original "gold coins" were "kinka", and currency was "gorudo" (that is, very distinct words), I do not mind if the translation uses "gorudo" as a name of the currency, to keep them distinct.

 

[Amariithynar]

Assuming in original "gold coins" were "kinka", and currency was "gorudo" (that is, very distinct words), I do not mind if the translation uses "gorudo" as a name of the currency, to keep them distinct.

Transliterating instead of translating is better than most other forms of localizing, but it's still localizing. It's like when fan translations for Coiling Dragon came upon O'Brien's name in Chinese, [奥布莱恩], and transliterated it as "Ao'bu'lai'en" or "Aobulaien" to exoticify it, when it's just "O'Brien".

We don't get confused when using one dollar bills or coins in currencies called dollars, so calling the currency gold while the largest coin is also called gold should be completely understandable. Once again, if it's not, that's on you, the reader, for not being able to grok it. Especially when references to actual gold coins are written as "(value) gold coins", and any non-coin values are written as just "(value) gold".

 

[noore]

isn't it Devil tribe, not Demon?

 

[lumbersmith]

Transliterating instead of translating is better than most other forms of localizing, but it's still localizing. It's like when fan translations for Coiling Dragon came upon O'Brien's name in Chinese, [奥布莱恩], and transliterated it as "Ao'bu'lai'en" or "Aobulaien" to exoticify it, when it's just "O'Brien".

We don't get confused when using one dollar bills or coins in currencies called dollars, so calling the currency gold while the largest coin is also called gold should be completely understandable. Once again, if it's not, that's on you, the reader, for not being able to grok it. Especially when references to actual gold coins are written as "(value) gold coins", and any non-coin values are written as just "(value) gold".

The reason we don't get confused using other currencies is because we don't have things called the dollar bill that has a value different than a dollar. Just because there is logic to the distinction in the series does not mean it is good logic.

They already have a value for 1 gold set to 1 copper why still use gold in this way? Why not just say 1 gold coin, it's the same value as 10,000 gold