Forum - View topicREVIEW: Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Novel 1
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Engineering Nerd
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Wow, nice to see it got such great feedback! I will definitely check this out.
By the way, I am curious to see what Ms Silverman meant by questionable word choices. I did translate quite a few Light novels from Japanese to Chinese, and I certainly can imagine such translation from Japanese to English can be quite a challenge to deliver the intended meaning of the dictions used. |
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Ryusui
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Would one of those word choices be "Survey Corps" instead of "Scout Regiment"?
I'm fine with how the dub has been using them interchangeably as of late, but I much prefer "Scout Regiment." (Wish they could've stuck with "The Day of Reckoning" for FMA:B's "Promised Day," though.) |
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whiskeyii
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Huh. I was only aware of the manga adaption, which starts with a different story (volumes 2 and 3, I think?), but I'm interested in checking out the light novel version now. Gotta' love me some world building!
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princess passa passa
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I wonder where does the the story of the Titan's Child fall in this...
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whiskeyii
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According to the wiki, the Titan's Child story are volumes 2 and 3 of the Before the Fall series.
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princess passa passa
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Ahh ok so it is part of the whole Before the Fall series, I got a bit mixed up there.
Thanks. |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
 Posts: 2657 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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That's precisely it - some words don't feel like they quite get the meaning across, or like a more old-fashioned word with slightly different implications would work better but the translator was hesitant to use archaic language. Unfortunately I've lent to book to a student, so I can't give you a specific example, but it's clear that this was not an easy translate. I've translated French and Italian to English, and it really is as much an art as a science. |
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marie-antoinette
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It's nice to know that the spin-offs by different writers are still good for this series. And it's pretty cool to see the lore get expanded. I'll definitely be looking into this series, though I probably want to actually read some of the AoT manga first. So many things to read and so little time!
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patrick.enfield.9
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definately one of the better spinoff series I've read
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