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[@Pine2142]

Why is it that specifically jobs surrounding gaming, anime and movies can people not only not do their job but can actually NEGATIVELY affect the product and not only face zero punishment but by many weirdos be praised. It's like a firefighter not only not putting out fires but setting fire to forests.

[@DosonTheGreat]

People who want to change the culture hone in on these industries. Their mindset is if they can change the culture, than can change the politics of that country. That's why you see the rich ones buying up media companies and studios. Just think about how people feel and react when they have disagreements online. Now imagine if these people have unlimited money. Poor people think about reporting you to the mods. Rich people will TELL the mods to ban you. Rich people will buy out companies that aren't applying their moral values. It's the same petty mindset, just from a rich person's perspective. People who say "greed" are missing the mark here. When you have this kind of money, you stop thinking about money, for the most part.

[@Pine2142]

@@DosonTheGreat It's so strange because if you were to actively damage the property or company image of something like a bank or law firm you'd be fired immediately but these activists who hate the audience they are meant to cater to actively undermine and detest the players/viewers while facing no punishment.

[@TurntBucket]

Well the whole entertainment industry is infested with them. Foreign entertainment just has a slightly unique problem, because these ppl are damaging other ppl's work instead of damaging their own work.

[@TurntBucket]

​@@Pine2142don't kid yourself, there are plenty of banks and law firms that buy into this ideology.

[@Pine2142]

@@TurntBucket As a fan of the Kiseki series I know this feeling all too well.

[@Kagineko]

>hard to say for sure bruh, they consistently try to remove or tone down dialogue that implies more intimate relations between Sensei and students

[@LoliconSamalik]

Poor Yoshimi and Azusa.... 😭

[@Setonex]

i dont get it *Hard to say* They intentionally censor translate it. What evidence do he need?

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@Setonex Something on the level of Dragon Maid's contraversy

[@jacobblanton5179]

​@@LoliconSamalikDragon Maid was worse, they injected pure politcal statements into a couple scenes. But yeah, they are targetting the same concept: hetero-male sexuality

[@FirasDuqarael_]

Blue Archive is sabotaged by undercover Antis and its not even funny how they dare to meddle with the original content and the contention of the players.

[@Agensahu]

Who is leading and running the Localization team?? Like can't Nexon hire a team of actual Blue Archive fans who actually knows and cares about the game and literal translation than some localizer who dont know Japanese and Korean.

[@ooSHINIES]

Real, just find a handful of neets who learned Japanese just to understand what their waifu is saying directly. They wouldn't dare screw up dialogue out of pure love and the fear of God.

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@ooSHINIES Japanese ain't in the job description when it comes to translating BA

[@ancova1183]

You also need to be aware of ESRB ratings and keep the number of references to certain things within a limit or risk your game rating changing from 'M' to 'A'. That will have a big effect on its placement in the app store.

[@aaroncruz9181]

They'll probably respond by calling them DPRK sympathisers.

[@Sakuma_san]

No wonder that the phrase "im not selling you anything" from ibuki felt so odd.

[@itridemybest5138]

When localization not localizating

[@faisdarkmaster6352]

I can speak Japanese but not read Japanese. The amount of time I heard a character said Something only to be translated onto something else is genuinely pissing me off not only changing the context but also removing nuances of the characters is self.

[@Kojiro3210]

Same. Always like "thats not what they said! 😡" When you can understand the voice lines even partially. Guess they think no one would notice or take offence to it at all.

[@PsuNotPsu]

Keep in mind that we only know about the voiced lines, imagine what they changed in the story dialogues 💀

[@thomgizziz]

Well the other "translation" isn't correct either. Thinking that google translate is going to give you the correct translation is hilarious.

[@majinkevinci]

"Do you consider this censorship?" Even if you could mathematically and organization wise prove it's not censorship, it still fucks up the author's personal touch and originl intent of his writing on the basis of "no no, don't fall in love with le poor digital pixel student, that's for creeps" which is peak stupidity. All I'm seeing is a group of people changing text and calling the playerbase and the author creeps, from a customer viewpoint it should not be tolerated honestly and if I was the writer I would be mildly annoyed at least.

[@FirasDuqarael_]

This is not censorship. This is straight up manipulation of media and entitlement over original content.

[@DarthJosku]

Why to change Ibuki talking about herself in 3rd person to just I.

[@LoliconSamalik]

"Becuase it's improper english!" says the person who doesn't put strong emphasis on character writing....

[@kusada3035]

fr fr, i think the localizers are clinically deaf because i dont think they listen to the characters vocals

[@Sukaiba69]

The lolcowlizers must think "Nah this is dumb, what is dis shit, a trait from another culture?" The localizer must be american

[@ZeroXOkami]

A community driven fansub patch should be made

[@LoliconSamalik]

I also made a reddit post about how they removed Ibuki's self naming tic 2 weeks ago, because it was her moe trait that was suppose to make her cuter. 2 weeks later and they still haven't fixed it, or passed it back to the kitchen to be cooked better...

[@ender1546]

What's so hard in keeping it close to the original? "Ibuki is not for sale" is just an innocent joke!

[@Olabruh]

CAN BLUE ARCHIVE STOP TRYING TO PREVENT US FROM BONDING WITH OUR STUDENTS. MY LORD

[@TurntBucket]

Some of these aren't woke. The real issue is that localizers have egos and want to be more involved in the creative process than necessary. Just translate the text. In some cases where there is no direct translation then you can use your creativity, but still change the original meaning as little as possible. On very rare occasions it is okay to localize. Example: maybe something is considered rude in the country of origin, but in other countries it is not. Then you may have to localize. Like pointing is rude in some cultures, but not in other cultures. If they just translate that someone gets mad because a character pointed then that could be confusing to an international audience. The audience may not understand why the person got mad. The problem is these localizers like changing things when it is not necessary. They want to think of themselves as artists and not just translators. And yes, sometimes they change things because of their political/cultural views, but that is not the core of the problem.

[@cybernetic-ransomware1485]

Another problem is that they consider American English to be the language of the whole world. With all its puritanical accretions and false faces.

[@SchemingGoldberg]

Dude, like 99.9% of English translators are CONFIRMED to be ultra omega liberals from California. Countless examples of them ruining dialog for ideological reasons.

[@fanis1414]

I don't feel it's necessary to change anything at all actually. If you're choosing to engage with another culture's product you should be prepared to learn about the context as well. Pretty much any person that watches anime at some point understood the Japanese senpai/kouhai culture aspect or Japanese honorifics without even having it be explained to them simply by consuming the media and being exposed to the culture itself. In your "pointing at someone" example, if the localization re-contextualizes it to something else that makes sense to them then the person consuming the media will never understand that aspect of the other's culture. I think it's infinitely more engaging to just translate every thing "as is" and let the person reading understand the context.

[@TurntBucket]

@@fanis1414 I was talking more broadly about localization. Anime/manga have a unique situation because there are die hard fans and subcultures built up around the media. But, if I want to watch one Russian film I don't think I should have to already understand (or look up afterwards) the smaller details of Russian culture, especially if Russian culture is not very important to the story. If Russian films grew in international popularity and big fan bases started to form then naturally you should start reducing the amount that needs to be localized because the culture is becoming more well known and understood.

[@icdeadpipol]

remember that BE Tenacious scene and found it awkward and almost an inverse of what Ako was trying to tell sensei.

[@czaczaczar]

Yeah that actually made me think. Why does she look mad while saying that?

[@MultiCommissar]

You don't hate localizers enough. You think that you do, but you don't.

[@Aidoru1203]

People need to understand that BA is a game for lolicons by lolicons. Total localizer death.

[@LoliconSamalik]

"by lolicons" is a stretch. There's a whole ocean of cultured people on the creative team as their behind the scenes roundtables have shown.

[@majinkevinci]

I think BA has a thing for all, it's just that they don't respect a part of it. Also remember Mika dialogue was butchered once, Makoto was also butchered, so it's not just a lolicon hate, it's a general otaku hate.

[@billionaeris1183]

I mean i wouldn't call some of the characters loli, but yes most are and yes you are right, it's what attracted me to the game and i'm not ashamed to admit that lol

[@kurota6223]

Dryness squad left the chat

[@providencebreaker1558]

Hagchads rise up!

[@Phildewy]

Man, what the heck the wokalisers are smoking? I'm really certain its some American working in Nexon doing it on purpose without a single repercussion. Nexon should seriously need to fix the entire EN department and have a screening process for every single localiser.

[@LoliconSamalik]

They also need to start beta testing their dang localization. There's only so much beta testing possible with JP server before the content goes global

[@_Victus_]

I think korean games always have this Global Localization problem, I play multiple Korean MMO back then and the Global Localization seems weird and feels unnatural Same thing with Nikke, i believe there are sonme moments that I know what the JP DUB trying to say (without looking at the dialogue) but the EN SUB show a dialogue that has different meaning (either slighty or completely different) of what the JP DUB said And I bet the same problem also exist in both Stellar Blade and The First Descendant

[@berubettonyan]

It isn't just Korean games, its basically all media from the east whether its games, anime, light novels, manga, etc. If it is officially done there is a good chance its worse than its fan counterparts. After having looked through many works, my assumption is its mostly a translation algorithm they run it through and then edit it so that people won't notice its MTL. Unfortunately most of them tend to be people that hate the fans of what they are working on and their edits reflect that.

[@user-kx4cf7iy5u]

oooo

[@FirasDuqarael_]

It happens with Chinese games as well. A similar thing happened a while ago with HSR when they filtered Aventurine (a male character) flirting with Topaz (a female character). (Which, after a month, they fixed it)

[@UndefinedFantasticCat]

with Dress Hina translation, I thought that despite what Sensei is saying about moths, everyone would still understand his true intentions, and that moths are just an excuse to smell her clothes

[@Plasmon19]

The scene as described is more an implication of him going through the clothes with the undertone of getting a feel for them without explicitly saying sensei is smelling them. There is something to be said about the scene in one of the early chapters where Sensei does the foot kissing which was completely changed to boot kissing that was explicitly shown in the anime. The English localizers purposefully dilute dialogue as well as scenes in the story. Nexon and other corporations have a vested interest in avoiding certain forms of controversy which may affect their bottom line in any given region and I think this has something to do with them tolerating their work being butchered.

[@mornan5795]

we must protect our students before it is too late

[@HangGrenade01]

Gotta continue sending feedback, with examples of the alterations. They need to get a new translation team in general

[@dimcross]

I really love the game. But oh my god the translation is atrocious like in Ako being angry and Hina'a gun. Damn.

[@Olabruh]

Guys, go report to nexon forums. Thats how you make your voices heard

[@Caramel_Custard_Flan]

*sigh* , time file a customer support ticket again? At this rate I'm gonna go back to use Thai language rather than EN.

[@novaboy1174]

Before anybody says the JP side is fine, there were definitely incidents where the JP translations were so bad that they had to issue an apology and an emergency maintenance. From what i know, the Japanese was like directly google translated from Korean which made no sense.

[@jksupergamer]

Thats actually hilarious

[@Aidoru1203]

I'll take the google translations over the shit they're pulling in global.

[@Kagineko]

Well yes JP side is fine, the incident you are reffering to happened ONE TIME, EN fucks up constantly

[@user-kx4cf7iy5u]

jjj

[@LinieEber]

I think it only happened once at the niginigito yukiyukite event. The translation was rushed due to limited time from what I remember.

[@weeb_hunter]

I mean it's censorship for sure no one can argue that. It's very subtle in places but they know exactly what they are doing making those small changes to text. Don't support any amount of censorship but companies normally use this as a starting block. "oh nice we got away with changing that next time we can change something bigger" As with any asian game if you don't want to translate it and keep the game 1 for 1 then you have no right to be publishing it because you don't appreciate the developers image. You are just a publisher not a developer you have zero right to change the game to your liking.

[@wynard]

This has been going on since forever. Official translations will sadly always try and somewhat sanitize media for the home markets, doesn't matter if it is western products releasing in other parts of the world or the other way around. These days you can at least find out about it almost immediately and way easier than back in the 90s or so. You would think it makes this kind of censorship even more pathetic, yet they still try and do it.

[@SentientBratwurst]

So happy to see this shit finally blowing up. Been driving me crazy seeing all these weird changes.

[@TheFrostseeker]

someone needs to be fired from the localizations... just hire a native japanese/korean with c2 level english at least >_>

[@ren4383]

They fix after the maintenance check ibuki at the shop.

[@rixxieXD]

Fixing Ibuki's line doesn't make up the whole mistake they made throughout game. Like adding a band-aid to a huge crevice of the playerbase. If we don't complain that much and let them do what they want just because they want to push their certain agenda onto us. You just let them kicking your butt, because they can. Don't settle for something like that, it's an insult throughout the EN players

[@ren4383]

@@rixxieXD yeah i do agree we dont have to report this thing if the translator/localizer just do their job right, still the fact nexon fix this still a w but why did they change those lines Its not like Ibuki is the only who said those line in the shop event, even Tsukuyo and Sena said those words too when you tap them in the shop event. This things only start at the peak of vol.3 eden treaty mistranslation or changing what sensei said. Its why back on the Arona hideout when its still around we try to see if they try to pull those stunts again on the main story, The last big incident of like this is the Kikyou lobby dialogue. I also still dont know if they finally fix makoto's weapon name "Solitude's edge" to " I alone am the honored one" and cuz of that name you can see why artist meme Blue archive and JJK.

[@user-kx4cf7iy5u]

ooo

[@LoliconSamalik]

They didn't even fix the line though! She's suppose to say Ibuki when referring to herself!

[@ren4383]

@@LoliconSamalik Same thing happen to Kikyou's Live2d they didnt Include when she say her name like " I Kiryuu Kikyou will try to become sensei's most spolied student" something along those lines.

[@Rsslone]

A mistranslation that has been bothering me that I've not seen anyone focus on is Mutsuki's L2D. The line where she admits the client was her all along, she refers to the "cute client" being her. That part is completely scrubbed out. Today's Client was... none other than me! Instead of "I'll be honest, today's cute client is none other than me, Mutsuki-chan!" 何を隠そう、今日の可愛い依頼人の正体は他でもない、このムツキちゃんなのでした～

[@chungga94]

If I may be candid, most of the examples you pulled out in this video aren't woke, just bad translations. The last one regarding Dress Hina's relationship event, that's censorship.

[@depressedtraingirl1056]

That’s the biggest problem I have with these videos. A lot of these are just badly translated and cause there’s already been drama about this in the past there’s just going to be people nitpicking the smallest of differences they can spot. Of course nexon could actually hire competent translators for this but it’s been 3 years now

[@VertexVital7]

Finally, a sensible comment. The title was clickbait. throwing the word "woke" around makes it less impactful, like when "bigot" or "racist" is overused. The Hina gym cloth s translation is a fine change in my opinion. All of Sensei's interactions with Hina imply he's respectful and understanding that Hina needs breaks. The flirty and ero/pervy interactions are more believable with Iori.

[@user-kx4cf7iy5u]

ooo

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@VertexVital7 Umm... you need to read the group story for the Gourmet Research Society. Sensei was blatantly pervy there in front of Hina.

[@degeneet]

​@@VertexVital7So you don't like Hina, you like Iori, got it 👍

[@admiralfang8714]

D3ath to the localisation team .....time to take manners into our hand sensais

[@ooSHINIES]

"don't come to school tomorrow"

[@FirasDuqarael_]

​@@ooSHINIES 😂

[@FirasDuqarael_]

*insert cringe sigma edit Jokes aside, i agree.

[@tomasturbando9836]

They need correction 💢💢💢💢💢

[@DiverseStyle]

In a game where there is only one language for the VA (for global for now at least), textual translations are EVERYTHING. Do not omit, do not distort, and only take creative liberties when something would absolutely not directly translate.

[@octopusoup]

Censorship? In MY cunnygame??? It's time for the 2nd Anti-Censorship Crusade, Sensei. Although I only know smidges of Japanese from anime, I know enough to know parts of the dialogue in the recent event were incorrect. The spoken word and text didn't line up a good amount of the time.

[@LoliconSamalik]

Game is originally korean, and even then, you can tell with the KR VO

[@octopusoup]

@@LoliconSamalik The devs are Korean, yes, but the game is targeted at the Japanese firstly which is why the JP dub came out first and is why JP players get to enjoy a great variety of collabs. The KR dub came afterwards and they even talked a bit about the process of dubbing in the recent dev stream. It's actually really nice seeing the effort the VAs put in to match the original presentation of the JP voice.

[@FirasDuqarael_]

I had visible cringe reading the first few lines, but i agree with you lmao.

[@octopusoup]

@@FirasDuqarael_ You may cringe, but I am right. Blue Archive is a game that fought against censorship once already, Aris' introduction scene being restored is proof of that. If that can happen once then it can happen again.

[@FirasDuqarael_]

​@@octopusoupNot the act itself, but the name and vibe you gave to the act.

[@PlatinumKrown]

I agree with most of the comments, it should be nipped in the bud, even if it gets fixed after complaints. If you let the localizer get away with an inch they'll take a mile. However I'm happy to keep supporting this game so I hope they get a more direct translation team, or even hire some otaku's or something. I don't really want to learn japanese just for media consumption but it's getting harder not to.

[@fritzman6483]

It’s crazy how localizers defend the quality and consumer Redditors argue how localizers do good for society lmfao

[@Javier_sama]

i know another one, but lest talk about the first ones first (Ako and ibuki), i think they are ok, could be better yeah , but you are not missing anything relevant. The problem is when they change meaning and context like hina dress momotalk, and the other one i remember is small Shun event (Playing tag at Neverland: Petty revenge), she said something about her back and having potential, the dialog is kind of weird so i watched a jp stream to see if there was a diference (i dont speak japanese but i can recognize a few words like shoulders and chest) and the dialog was about shun complaning about shoulder pain because of her boobs, sensei was like "shoulder pain?" "chest?" (shun was in small form and that was the joke) translation removed the word chest and changed shoulder pain for back pain, then the conversation follows as: something like "i may have a big chest in the future" and the translation was "when i get older, my figure... you never know..." (again removing the word chest)

[@justapleb7096]

The Ako one is literally a cheerleading joke that only americans would understand. Isn't this supposed to be a GLOBAL version?

[@benjamingoto2099]

"BE TENACIOUS B-E TENACIOUS!" Is typically an American High School cheerleading chant for sports or something.

[@comander1242]

Nexon need Localization team to restructuring focus on quality on EN

[@STARSET696]

*💢🗣THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT.‼*

[@jundoun3275]

The good news is the devs really listen to the players and changed it to correct one

[@0x0404]

Most of this is pretty bad but mizz hina from hina-chi is more of a localization than a context change. The only thing you could have done there was keep it untranslated, which would have been fine.

[@kypale1914]

Changing anything is censorship.

[@nekomanz]

Game translations are almost always bad... or they do censored stuff and i hate that...

[@rukarindie]

There's localizing and then there's changing the tone and meaning. It feels like the latter is being done intentionally for whatever reason while KR and JP have it as intended.

[@saltyapollyon5042]

You could atribute a Lot of these to outright incompetence but the one with Hina shares similarities with previous changes, the toning down and erasure of the bond between sensei and the students this happened with kikyou, with Makoto and the most famous example with Mika, it's a recurring issue and i am willing assume it is being done with Malice since only EN has these sort of issues, that and the rampant introducción of memes

[@user-kh1es5gg9m]

Sad thing is most of these dialogues are not voiced so you can't tell how bad this are just by listening unlike in anime.

[@f4rensabri]

Translation should be within context, and some languages things don't translates directly. What I think is that some translators are using google translate and they modify the sentence, but did not get the meaning and context right. I don't think this case is just on intentional censorship, it is also about not knowing how to translate properly. Nexon probably hired local Korean translators who don't really understand Japanese, and just use machine translation for the most of the part, then put whatever English word they could think of to suit the text.

[@berubettonyan]

This absolutely happens, and could for example be relevant in a couple cases here, I do think most of these localizers do abuse translation algorithms and their edits are honestly twice removed from the source. But there are also cases where things like the moth lines wouldn't exist even if you ran the korean or japanese through a translator, and at that point its clear and intentional censorship there.

[@user-kx4cf7iy5u]

ooo

[@justapleb7096]

The Ako one has direct translations for all 3 languages tho. In fact that be tenacious one is actually an american cheerleading joke that only americans noticed.

[@MirrorMansionQ]

didn't they apoligize for censorship a couple years ago and redid some translations? idk what is the point of continuing to upset your fanbase, just do your job.

[@GabrylMD]

Yeah lost intent from the dialogue drives me up the wall. It's become increasingly obvious when things are changed. And I feel like the localizers are given too many liberties to basically rewrite what is essentially a game that is supposed to appeal to a specific demographic. No matter which way you swing it, the political agenda and intent are there. It may not be "woke" as some buzz word people like to throw around. But modifying entire scenarios is nothing short of amateur translating akin to something like 4Kids. I've actually considered many times simply learning other languages just to see things for myself. Because people just can't keep creative mediums to themselves. For now, I think it would be conducive to let Nexon understand the ire and frustration with the localizers. Because they aren't doing their job.

[@SequenceReverse]

I cant take anyone srs when they say "gone woke" 😭 But yeah obviously the translators messed up badly here which happens to every game but this is not considered "woke" at all

[@fatrown3]

I also wonder what restrictions are placed on apps by the app stores for Apple and Google since I'm sure there is some bar already placed there

[@oneinamelon-q1u]

what i'm writing isn't a big deal, but i'm kind of disappointed that they translated Yume's ひぃん/히잉 to "aw"

[@shirayukiyami1891]

7:02 When I was reading this relationship story I was like "What the hell are we (sensei) doing to the clothes?" it only just made sense when Hina said that we are putting it only close on our face not on our face... The en localizers trying to gatekeep the story for the en enjoyers. I might just change server rn if I could.

[@Zombiewood503]

Yeah they’re trying to tone down any hint of sexuality…CENSORSHIP!!

[@DadSensei]

My theory is that they try to tone it down for the sake of neutrality and nothing touches minority headcanons, like the 1% yuri fanbase, I think its overly stupid, Sensei is what it is. Now, I am not familiar if shitalizers remain in touch with the community, but I remember Azur Lane also having really bad cases of things like this(if not worse). Azur Lane's localizing team gathered in official Discord, and the problem with Discord official groups is that they are usually echo-chambers, they are extremely one sided/biased and pretty much anybody thats there will just follow whoever is moderating blindly, if you complain WITH proof that there is a mistranslation they'll just keep on giving excuses and then dodge everything and move on, suffice to say the other members will pretty much jump on you. So, my question is whether BA's team is in similar groups and if it engages in similar circles with rodsucking behavior

[@Rinako_P]

they're hiring weirdo localizers.

[@adventuresteamstudios242]

All i got to say is, if this problem continues and if it isn't resolved, im just going to go play in the JP servers, with a translator because this is getting ridiculous.

[@adriellightvale8140]

Let the fans do the translation.

[@Rend-gi3sq]

So that's why it's weird "be tenacious" 😂😂😂

[@samuelphillips7391]

For Ibuki’s line, it actually could be just a translation error, since “Ibuki is not for sale” is a very innocent line especially considering her characterization

[@therandompersona]

Especially because english is a context dependent language it's important to be as accurate as possible to the original message to represent the work. For example the inclusion of a moth portrays the character's action in a different light, that in the storage closet there could be insects from its disuse, thus the teacher's actions are logical and the fact that he smelled the clothing was incidental in seeing that it was clean and good to wear. The original however is more direct, showing the strong relationship between the two where he decided to take in her scent from these old clothes, in turn conveying a different dynamic between the two. It reminds me of a corrected Nikke line the the english version, where it was supposed to say a the character had heard of people engaging despite injuries whereas the english localisation said she engaged while injured which obviously have two wildly divergent implications, though it was eventually patched to be more faithful to the former.

[@_SUPERN0VA_]

_Do You Hear the People Sing?_

[@seunghoonyu6863]

Wrong right off the bat, Ako is not scolding you but is funing about Makoto and the lots doings to hinder Hina's successful performance. This isn't the first time this happened. Take your time to check your work.

[@VertexVital7]

I interpreted it that way too. The original sounds like she's complaining about Makoto, and the translation sounds like she's psyching herself up to get through the event.

[@user-kx4cf7iy5u]

oo

[@khunapat11]

YES THANK YOU I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@L1v1ngDeAdGirl]

People need to remember that they're localizers, not translators.

[@PixelatedCatMan]

thank you for this video fellow sensei

[@NevermindMe77]

we don’t need localizers , we just need translators, might as well as ask AI to translate at this point

[@theunknowncrusader4362]

Damn localizers not doing their job. Correction is needed.

[@zerofighterfairy]

This is too much, one or two line might be still ok and forgivable but this mocking amount.

[@chariothe9013]

I'm playing ZZZ and I know 3 languages I found only English has the most errors/problems.

[@braxat52]

I would really like to see the whole script including all the options before making a judgement. They might have changed things to make sensei less of a pervert, but also might have just shuffled the dialogue around to make it flow better in english. Also, do we know if they translate directly from korean, or from japanese?

[@RevyaAeinsett]

I don't think changing it to make Sensei less of a pervert is any better of a reason than any other. If the original writers want Sensei to be a pervert then I want Sensei to be a pervert. Not whatever some stupid egotistical localizer thinks is "okay". Copehuffing tourists always drop the "The writing was weird in the beginning because the developers didn't know what to do with Sensei" line. No, Sensei was weird because the developers wanted him to be weird. Sensei was an irresponsible otaku when he came to Kivotos, several student stories illustrate this. He's less weird now because he's matured while guiding the students.

[@gman6816]

Can we just spam report about this problem straight to the company so that the team that translate this sh*t got replaced?

[@ShadowCloak13]

But we do know BA is busy banning Cheaters ATM we literally have 42 cheaters Banned in the Hiero raid alone you can see its bigger than other days. while Localizer its kinda sad you literally have no way to actually touch or communicate we them unless you do report it in some way to let it be known.

[@Logoslab2]

I've definitely noticed a few poor translations here and there. At the very least, the japanese is different. I hope we can get some better translaters.

[@jimbo2195]

I think Ako's angry line is directed at the Pandemonium Society actually.

[@ShadowCloak13]

You know it is kinda questionable what they greenlight for the translation or its morely a translation teams fault. its making Sensei a generic NPC at this stage rather having its own personality. yeah the Hina-chi one is from Kirara plus the JP Voice and english words doesn't really match the context at all. I do hope its just the translation team fault at this stage rather than the whole localizers fault. And we have literally a higher age rating than Nikke which is literally questionable why the game needs to censor it. iirc we have 2 versions (kid and teen) or was it dead due to certain issues like lacking of players in that version.

[@malibr1377]

How difficult is it for a translator to just translate?

[@shiro214okane]

i thought I'm mishearing things,. knew i was right, the english translation is wrong.

[@ocde5395]

so this is another issue with the translation....I thought it was Ako was mad about Pandemonium shenanigans

[@axalyzed4004]

Good, this has nothing to do with the video with what I'm about to say, but my question is why doesn't Blue Archive have a PC version? It surprises me that the community hasn't asked for it yet. It would be wonderful to be able to play it in 4K on PC.

[@LoliconSamalik]

Community HAS asked for it, but it's a lot of work to do for a game that has a relatively small budget.

[@Rawrgna-tr2dl]

Even as a player with only some basic japanese knowledge, i noticed the wokealization, because some of the messages feel missing on purpose, or way off the mark. One of the main reasons I quit this game the first time

[@Kyosukedono]

Do not relent. Email yostar and amicably and repectfully let them know about the botched localization. Do not be black pilled, they do listen. I can name a dozen dialogs that have been reverted back to their original meaning in the translation. Yostar is aware of the sabotage but they need our help to let them know where. Please pin this comment so everyone can see

[@LoliconSamalik]

yostar isn't responsible for BA in the west

[@Axel181]

This should be reported to Nexon's website on a massive scale with screenshot comparisons so they get the idea and change it. Not just recent but older changes, too.

[@Setzen_Kreig]

It's Kuro no Kiseki English version drama all over again, huh? 🤣

[@miguelflores3692]

How many times does this have to happen before they finally just get it right the first time? Surely they know how much the actual player base cares about the translation by now and stop trying to tone thing down for the imaginary players that’ll get offended when they see the text (they won’t since that type of person doesn’t play this game in the first place)

[@mid_person_osu]

This is wild of them to do, ruins the intentions of the creators

[@KorewaSaber]

localization team for en: don't break laws or make this sound like adult is smelling underage girls clothes on his face.

[@Erbsssss]

Just wanna ask, is it better to use my stamina at the Christmas event or the 3x in normal stage?

[@xicheeal]

they don't really want to portray sensei is a pervert considering the anime sensei looks wholesome

[@omaru_sensei]

No wonder why some dialogues don't match/makes sense in certain scenarios in the story...

[@tempest8496]

Translator really miss up big time BA fans go warthunder mode(which i meant about leaking something sensitive just like Warthunder players lol)

[@LoliconSamalik]

Lets not start doxxing, please. That will teach no one a lesson and cause more harm...

[@jacobnash9755]

The Dress Hina translation to English still carries the same meaning. In context, it's obvious that sensei is using "checking for bugs" as an excuse to dig into her clothes. 😂 this transltion is more comical than the original but still carries the same overall meaning. Sensei is being perverted with Hina's clothes.

[@qeinz]

fuck it, time to learn japanese, Sensei

[@supernaturalnoscope]

I heard they fixed the Ibuki not for sale

[@YosepRA]

Does anyone else realize that Blue Archive use they/them pronounce bullsh- when referring to Sensei? The latest one are from Hina's event. Is it a usual thing that Sensei is gender neutral? Because I'm quite new to the game and I haven't paid enough attention for that.

[@LoliconSamalik]

Yes it is, because sensei is suppose to be you. But "you" irl can't control who you are and the original dialogue in KR leaves out whether you are a man or a woman as well

[@sengurren]

Replace "they" with "Sensei" and it will still mean the same

[@sengurren]

In the Hina exploration minigame there's two quests; one involving a cat and another involving a bug there were line that "they" was used instead of "it" which is the correct neuter pronoun.

[@YosepRA]

@@sengurren Ah, yes. You got a point.

[@Flamne]

Sensei not wanters when Hina let everyone d!es in Eden Treaty: 😮

[@Raptchur]

That B-E tenacious is a straight up Cheerleading saying. With the wrong word... It's usually "aggressive". it makes no sense whatsoever in this context. In the U.S. theres a cheer that goes "Be aggressive! B-E aggressive! uh B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E, aggressive! B-E aggressive! So yeah idk how tf that fits here.

[@nanotsuki]

for a "GLOBAL" version they do change it to specific that only US could understand huh...

[@LoliconSamalik]

@@nanotsuki US old people, in fact

[@nanotsuki]

@@LoliconSamalik eh? is that an old reference then? idk a thing about cheerleading

[@Raptchur]

@@nanotsuki It was probably the typical blonde single bitter cat lady woke trash can that did the localizing. They really need to just have AI do it. And no idk what dude is talking about. I don't think he does either. Went to a high school football game last year and heard that cheer... but yeah i'd say it's def exclusively american. And for that situation or most situations, it's fckn stupid.

[@Dflowen]

Who is in charge of translations for Global? If it wasn't brought to my attention I wouldn't have known. Jeez.

[@Homiloko2]

They really need to start using AI transalators. I'd prefer human translators if they didn't infiltrate political agendas into their work, but since that's the case more often than not, let's just use AI instead.