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mgree0032
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If you had only these 2 options, which one would you choose and why?
1) Good voice acting with bad translations. 2) Bad voice acting with good translations. Would you sacrifice a good translation for good voice acting or would you sacrifice a good voice acting for good translations? For me, I would sacrifice a good translation for good voice acting easily. |
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Alan45
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It depends on what kind of bad translation you mean. First there is a translation that is factually wrong and changes what people say and misrepresents relationships. Most of us, not understanding spoken Japanese, aren't going to notice that and will only find out about it when people complain about it online. Anyone who knows Japanese well enough to notice this type of poor translation are most likely listen to the original Japanese.
The other type of bad translation is where it is accurate but rendered into unrealistic English. Poor word choice and poor syntax. Unfortunately this sort of translation is usually so irritating that most people will not notice the quality of the voice acting. For myself, as long as the voice acting is not so bad as to take me out of the show, to break the spell so to speak, it is good enough. One thing I can't stand is when the voice actor tries to replicate the very high pitch speech of a Japanese girl. English speakers seldom speak like this beyond grade school. I mostly prefer to watch anime subtitled for this and other reasons. |
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mgree0032
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I just learned that back in the 90s and early 2000s, when an anime was imported on vhs, they would split it into two separate releases: subs and dubs. The dubs on VHS were cheaper than the subtitles releases back then and if you want to get the same anime but at a different language, you have to purchase it with your wallet. I want to find why the dub releases on VHS were cheaper than the sub releases back then.
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Beltane70
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I believe it basically came down to the fact that dubs tended to sell better than subs, resulting in the subbed versions being a higher price to make up for the lower sales numbers.
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