User blog comment:Damesukekun/Song Translating and Mistranslating/@comment-11501835-20181130204306/@comment-36977550-20181130233800

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ay. #1. Oh my gosh..... how many native Japanese speakers am I surrounded with in this wiki? No offense intended though.


 * 1) 2. That isn't bad though. It's great that you are. That way you'd go in the rec list (unlike me who's on the unrec unfortunately lol) So can you take requests?


 * 1) 3. I don't like literal translations very much either. When I translate, I look forward to conserving the rhythm of the song instead of making a plain translation that would drive someone to bore when reading it. For example if you look at her translation of "KiLLER LADY" and Hazuki's, I know you'll like Hazuki's better. It sounds more like it reveals what the lyrics are really trying to tell you. When reading blacksaingrain's translation, I barely got anything of the lyrics. It looks like when translating, blacksaingrain feels bored, and just does it quick. But don't get me wrong, her translations are exactly accurate. She deserves to be on the rec list and has some awesome translations like "Cendrillon" and "World Is Mine" and "Hatsune Miku No Shoushitsu". In the end I would really like to (and I'd best) take a read at your translation to see if it has a little more "mmmph" that blacksaingrain's.