LogFAQs > #980102275

Well I'm not right wing, but I'm not a fan of some of those on the left. But many of those aren't as egregious as some examples I've seen other times. People keep saying they're less 'dry', but I just feel they don't represent what's being said as accurately. I don't dislike localization as a rule, but to me the point of translation(loc) isn't to rewrite characters to your liking, but to make what's been written in the other language, as readable as possible. I don't think it should be a creative writing exercise, barring examples where it's actually appropriate. I don't mind puns being rewritten, for instance, because those are practically impossible to translate in a way that keeps the double meaning.

For me, I dislike the idea of people saying the ones on the left show more 'character', if that character was made up entirely for the translation. It makes little sense. I'm aware that I'll never see eye to eye on this with everyone, different people have different levels of what they consider acceptable, but I hate that not being a fan of too loose translations means you're lumped in with people you otherwise don't agree with.