phin88

Yeah. I'm an editor at an anime fansubbing place. My job is to pretty much take the translated and timed scripts and make them sound pretty. I'm a n00b, so I'm still doing stupid n00bish things and whatnot, but I think I'm really getting the hang of it. It's pretty easy, and the editor in me likes tearing apart other people's work. Mwuaha.

But, it's pretty normal for me to get really oddly-phrases from the translated scripts. It's to be expected, since the translators that work for the group I'm at are, to my knowledge, native Japanese speakers. Sometimes, they're just worded really oddly like these:

"I will show you blood, beanpole!"

"I am telling all of you except the boss are trash."

"Are you saying that we are burden for you?"

These aren't too bad. It's pretty easy to fix 'em at a glance. Sometimes, if I'm really brain-dead, I have to stare at them a while before I can figure out how to word them.

But, then there are things that just make me stop and think, "Wait, what in the blue fuck?" Things like these:

"Now there's no doubt. Poseidon is a hunter of random."

"The two big in body and soul, the modestly gifted in hte best 4, will fight right now!"

"he destroyed the opponent's wall, and benefiting from this crushed him!"

"next time I will set in the sobriquet of fake you..."

These lines make me giggle as my brain dies. Still, I couldn't translate stuff like this to another language, so I tip my hat to the translators.

ME: Gasp, after preparing for this for days, I am actually excited and ready to make the two-hundred-mile journey back home to celebrate both my grandpa's and friend's birthdays! This will be the ultimate weekend of awesome! Are ya ready, Orville?

MY CAR: VROOOOM! ^_^

ME: Hells yes! *drives*

MY CAR: VROOOOM! ^_^

STOP SIGN: *is so there*

ME: Hm. I don't really feel like breaking the law, and I sure do like not getting hit by people, so I'm going to be a good driver and stop at this intersection!

MY BRAKES: *are so not working*

MY CAR: VROOOOM! ^_^

ME: ...shit.

So, yeah. I didn't die or crash or anything. My brakes were functioning just enough for me to stop at intersections and the like. I didn't think it would be all that safe to drive for three hours with effed-up breaks, so I wound up being stranded here for the weekend. Guess it gives me an opportunity to do homework. Joy.

MY CAR: *is at the mechanic* Vroooom. T_T

Yeah. I don't plan on using this thing much. I'm just here for fun j-pop and writing communities. That's pretty much it. So, don't expect much.

BANGZOOM.