Eiyu*Senki Gold – The New Conquest

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Eiyuu*Senki GOLD | vndb

The translation kinda disappointing, why use dearest for nee-san? Why translate tsumugari no tachi to imperial blade? Why Seimei way of speaking so weird?

Is the person who is referred to as nee-san actually their sister, blood related or adopted, or is it merely an endearment? If it is only an endearment, maybe the translation was chosen for the benefit of complete newcomers to VNs. Most of us here are relatively familiar with the standard tropes of Japanese VN's but maybe the translator thought "dearest" would make more sense to some one who doesn't have our familiarity with those tropes.

Also, at the risk of asking a dumb question, since the VN DOES say "dearest", how do you know the original Japanese was "nee-san"?

The translation kinda disappointing, why use dearest for nee-san? Why translate tsumugari no tachi to imperial blade? Why Seimei way of speaking so weird?

Still better than some simple MTl thats given to you in some txt data.

Also, at the risk of asking a dumb question, since the VN DOES say "dearest", how do you know the original Japanese was "nee-san"?

They are not blood related they were literally strangers at the beginning. It´s Nee-san because the MC sometimes says "Nee-san" when you hover over him in the selection screen.

Is the person who is referred to as nee-san actually their sister, blood related or adopted, or is it merely an endearment? If it is only an endearment, maybe the translation was chosen for the benefit of complete newcomers to VNs. Most of us here are relatively familiar with the standard tropes of Japanese VN's but maybe the translator thought "dearest" would make more sense to some one who doesn't have our familiarity with those tropes.

 

Also, at the risk of asking a dumb question, since the VN DOES say "dearest", how do you know the original Japanese was "nee-san"?

Adopted. I can tell she's saying nee-san from the voice. This game has voice, if you don't know. Other than that, the translation uses too much western slang. Heck, I need to search it on google to understand. Some character speak in a unique accent and they make it look ridiculous

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Some example. Geronimo speaks slowly, but they translate it to Yoda language. If you played the first game, you'll realize that the translation makes the character totally different

At this point, I only read the main character text to understand the story and just listen for the other.

Adopted. I can tell she's saying nee-san from the voice. This game has voice, if you don't know. Other than that, the translation uses too much western slang. Heck, I need to search it on google to understand. Some character speak in a unique accent and they make it look ridiculous

 

Screenshot-32 — ImgBB

 

Screenshot-31 — ImgBB

 

Some example. Geronimo speaks slowly, but they translate it to Yoda language. If you played the first game, you'll realize that the translation makes the character totally different

 

At this point, I only read the main character text to understand the story and just listen for the other.

This is because the characters themselves speak weirdly in Japanese as well. To remove this is to censor their character. I don't think that's better.

Also, those English styles of speaking indeed exist in literatures and other works. It's not made up.

Adopted. I can tell she's saying nee-san from the voice. This game has voice, if you don't know. Other than that, the translation uses too much western slang. Heck, I need to search it on google to understand. Some character speak in a unique accent and they make it look ridiculous

 

Screenshot-32 — ImgBB

 

Screenshot-31 — ImgBB

 

Some example. Geronimo speaks slowly, but they translate it to Yoda language. If you played the first game, you'll realize that the translation makes the character totally different

 

At this point, I only read the main character text to understand the story and just listen for the other.

That is how they literally speak in the Japanese version, you can even tell by the voice as you said yourself. To change the way she speaks to something more normal would be to change their characters, and that is not something a translation should do. A translation needs to stay fatfull to the source which they did here.

Wait long enough. Thanks