Re: Confessions of a beginner translator
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:49 pm
Yay,
thanks to the works of the volunteers,
Megalettering is usable again THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
and we're 200 pages behind, in .pl...
In this episode of COBT with cidjen-
How do you call a girl you like(d) 'stupid' in polish and not have her slap your face [1365]?
Umm... I don't know. I left it as is, as I recognize the highschool 'stupid' trope, hope the readers will recognize too.
But I cranked the 'stinginess' up a bit, from both Miho's and Piro's end, to how PROBABLY such conversations would occur back in MY DAYS (20-25 years ago). So the person 'slapping'/'stinging' verbally (should be) Miho first, then Piro retaliates with the 'stupid'; no GBH occurs because it's an 'equivalent exchange', or rather, I believe this would be the intention.
In previous story page - the SCIENCE does not have (at least back then didn't) an equivalent 'subject' name in polish; What is 'science' for you, is (was) divided into physics, maths, biology and chemistry subjects, with dedicated and specialized teachers for each.
(on the other hand I am resisting to joke to translate 'science' to just 'chemia' (chemistry); just for the laughs, as in, who would put Largo in charge of a potentially dangerous chemistry experiments... oh scratch that, can't resist. Updated the page.) (This is funny to me because I actually liked the chemistry lessons I had, when I had them. Also Largo actually has great... ahem... chemistry... about him. So yeah.)
thanks to the works of the volunteers,
Megalettering is usable again THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
and we're 200 pages behind, in .pl...
In this episode of COBT with cidjen-
How do you call a girl you like(d) 'stupid' in polish and not have her slap your face [1365]?
Umm... I don't know. I left it as is, as I recognize the highschool 'stupid' trope, hope the readers will recognize too.
But I cranked the 'stinginess' up a bit, from both Miho's and Piro's end, to how PROBABLY such conversations would occur back in MY DAYS (20-25 years ago). So the person 'slapping'/'stinging' verbally (should be) Miho first, then Piro retaliates with the 'stupid'; no GBH occurs because it's an 'equivalent exchange', or rather, I believe this would be the intention.
In previous story page - the SCIENCE does not have (at least back then didn't) an equivalent 'subject' name in polish; What is 'science' for you, is (was) divided into physics, maths, biology and chemistry subjects, with dedicated and specialized teachers for each.
(on the other hand I am resisting to joke to translate 'science' to just 'chemia' (chemistry); just for the laughs, as in, who would put Largo in charge of a potentially dangerous chemistry experiments... oh scratch that, can't resist. Updated the page.) (This is funny to me because I actually liked the chemistry lessons I had, when I had them. Also Largo actually has great... ahem... chemistry... about him. So yeah.)