manga experience

quicklizard · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:23 pm Post subject: manga experience

i have hit a high point in my manga life, i just finnished the cobits series moments ago and am now in the process of d-loading gto(which i have seen part of and know its good), i would like to thank all those you have recomended manga sites and also thank anime-source for begining my high with ichigo, gantz, pretty face, and death note. so thanx all
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Lucifer · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject:

I don't think GTO in english version would be nice to read. You can only understand most of the jokes if you know Japanese or chinese.
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kevinn · Daimyo Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 1596 Location: penang

i am chinise but i don't understand all the jokes at all..... i am reading GTO but not in english or malay, i read them on malay version.

Lucifer · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:15 am Post subject:

Some Japanese words have similar sounds but have different meanings.
If you read the English or Malay version, you won't get the joke. Wink

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Lucifer · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:28 am Post subject:

Yeah but that would spoil the joke... Laughing

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JOman · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

Sometimes though, if the translator is really skilled, he can get the joke to translate into a simialr joke in English. Sometimes the puns based on language can be weakened a little in the translation, but a little bit of creative liberty can be taken to get a funny joke that still makes sense.
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KimboRambo · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:08 am Post subject:

I have no idea what you people are talking about, I have read gto in both english and swedish and I think its hilarous
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I thought they just produced for money, I mean, why else would they be against P2P filesharing?

Lucifer · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:42 am Post subject:

Zacknafein · newbie! Joined: Apr 13, 2005 Posts: 30

That's a problem in many translations...because there is a lot of japanese culture in manga...and autors put it into them...

rookie_boy · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 51

That right, would be fun, what the scanlators explain the meaning ( I've see in fews mangas), but after that GTO its really cool, I liked, I suggest to read Blowing king

lazykrnboi · newbie! Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 2

Cysec · newbie! Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 30

Somebody's workin on their post count ^^.

Back on topic, I think the folks that did the Ranma 1/2 project did a beautiful job at getting most of the jokes across.

starfirexxx · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:09 am Post subject:

alas, i can't read japanese, so i read them in english and malay too.
i would love to read in the original language though, see if i'll learn japanese Cool

yuyue_hirakiseira · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:

umm i read in english though i would 2 read in japanese also
but what 2 do i dunno japanese at all
all the manga n anime i wish to have in japanese but ...
it is no use 2 me if i dun understand at all what is
going on in there
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