Mishima and English translated manga ^_^
In Mishima's latest blog post, she talks about her impressions after seeing the English version of Kankei wa Mada Lv. 1 for the first time. ^_^ I found it rather interesting to read her comments, especially with knowledge of the ways of American fans in general... The following is a rough translation of the paragraph on this subject... (note: She comments on some specific phrase/name translations, so I'm providing the original Japanese with "my" translation in parentheses where she uses straight Japanese, and italicized text for stuff that she typed directly in English.)
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I received the English version of Kankei wa Mada Lv. 1.
The translation left 由井先生 (Yui-sensei) as YUI-sensei, and 梶さん (Kaji-san) as KAJI-san... will the readers understand that?
I thought it would be kinda cool as "Hey, Mister Kaji!"* or something like that, but I guess I was wrong. (*T/N: this was written in katakana as "ヘイミスターカジ！" (hei misuta- kaji))
And in my profile I had "年下攻めが好き" (I like younger semes), and that's been translated as "I like younger semes." (I can't quite tell if this is right or wrong.*) (*T/N: Just for clarification, this is her comment, not mine. ^_^;;)
Will they understand seme? Or manga or yaoi?
Come to think of it, they used yaoi, not BL.
Also, it was interesting that they had a page explaining how to read the manga.
It explained the right order to read panels and lines.
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...I actually thought it quite interesting to see what she thought on the subject... It really kinda reminds me that our fan culture is just a little removed from "normal" culture and language. (And it reminds me of the English translated manga that I have that are less removed from "normal" American culture...)
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I received the English version of Kankei wa Mada Lv. 1.
The translation left 由井先生 (Yui-sensei) as YUI-sensei, and 梶さん (Kaji-san) as KAJI-san... will the readers understand that?
I thought it would be kinda cool as "Hey, Mister Kaji!"* or something like that, but I guess I was wrong. (*T/N: this was written in katakana as "ヘイミスターカジ！" (hei misuta- kaji))
And in my profile I had "年下攻めが好き" (I like younger semes), and that's been translated as "I like younger semes." (I can't quite tell if this is right or wrong.*) (*T/N: Just for clarification, this is her comment, not mine. ^_^;;)
Will they understand seme? Or manga or yaoi?
Come to think of it, they used yaoi, not BL.
Also, it was interesting that they had a page explaining how to read the manga.
It explained the right order to read panels and lines.
--
...I actually thought it quite interesting to see what she thought on the subject... It really kinda reminds me that our fan culture is just a little removed from "normal" culture and language. (And it reminds me of the English translated manga that I have that are less removed from "normal" American culture...)