User blog:Damesukekun/Song Translating and Mistranslating (subpage)


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 * Damesukekun Native Japanese who speaks both English and Japanese

This is a message "a recommended translator" sent me.

I know how you feel about mis-translations, I have stopped watching subtitled on youtube except by a selected few people - mainly by going through your subscription list.

Most of the subtitles on Youtube, especially for the popular songs, are so wrongly interpreted that it makes me sad and angry to see. I can understand deviating from the exact wording a bit to make things sound more natural (I don't like it, but I can see why some might); but many of the subtitles are just completely wrong, where they either break up the sentence incorrectly, or don't even understand basic grammar rules.

I used to see a lot of people asking which online translator and dictionary to use for translations. I tried to hint that if they needed online translator and dictionary on a regular basis, they probably shouldn't be uploading their translation, and should start by practicing and have someone check their work for them, it did't seem to change their mind : (

Another message from "another recommended translator."

確かに日本人の心情を表しているものは少ないですね.

(Few translations convey Japanese feeling in the correct manner, I think.)