LogFAQs > #923959740

I suppose one of the advantages of Spanish is that there's no lack of material in the language to read and watch. Now, whether you believe the native-original material is actually GOOD or worth taking in, that's entirely up to you.

But then, I've been consistently underwhelmed by native Japanese stuff too. I suppose it's mostly because if you're enjoying something, you don't actively take notice of the fact that it's in x or y language (unless you just flat out don't understand it), you're just taking it in. It's not like it's some magical thing because of what language it's in, merely transmission of ideas.

To clarify, I think the only times I ever actually think of how a thing might sound in English when, say, playing a game or etc, is if I'm explaining something to a friend or am deliberately translating it for whatever reason. Even then, most of the time it doesn't even matter unless it's related to things that simply cannot be done in x or y language.

A good example would be the following screencap


I can explain to someone why and how this is amusing, but I don't think I could ever actually convey the same information in English while preserving the original wordplay. Would need to re-write it and probably use different numbers, change the whole thing to make some new jokes.
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