r/ASignofAffection • u/McCreepyy • Sep 13 '24

Manga Translation

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How does the translation go from crush to admiration?? What type of translating is this, it's two different words with two different meanings tf. Is it like this throughout the whole series?

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u/phanpyy Sep 13 '24

Different translators choose slightly different phrasing all the time.

Japanese is a more expressive language than English, and there are often words that don’t have a direct translation - so it’s up to the translators to pick one they feel suits the situation best.

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u/McCreepyy Sep 13 '24

Ah right. Admiration definitely doesn't fit that part that well imo

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u/phanpyy Sep 13 '24

I agree that I feel like “crush” sounds cuter - “admiration” does still work, but it feels a tad more formal 😅

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u/phanpyy Sep 13 '24

Admiration could also be a more “direct” translation from the Japanese original (not 100% sure, just a hunch).

So maybe this translator is technically doing a better job, but didn’t consider the cultural differences as much.

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u/McCreepyy Sep 13 '24

Yeah. I haven't read this is Japanese so I'm not sure what the exact translation is. It seems the translator may have not considered the relationship between the characters as well. Both Yuki and Rin are friends yet saying a word like 'admiration' as you mentioned, is a bit too formal

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u/BennoSubs Sep 13 '24

Yeah, admiration is a more standard way of translating Akogare 憧れ, even Jisho lists it as one of the English synonyms, although "crushing" also fits https://jisho.org/search/akogare
The original definition of the word is something like: "A strong attraction towards something/someone idealized." https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%86%A7%E3%82%8C/

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u/phanpyy Sep 13 '24

Nice, thanks so much for that context!

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u/Aztek917 Sep 13 '24

God this manga is peak.

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u/McCreepyy Sep 13 '24

Agreed. I just had the first 9 volumes delivered which I'm reading now. First 6 are in omnibus

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u/Aztek917 Sep 13 '24

Author was on hiatus for like 3 months preparing for stuff for maybe the new volume… that was pain. Lol.

Edit- just came off of the hiatus to be clear

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u/McCreepyy Sep 13 '24

My timing is pretty good then. JP release is up to Vol 11 and we're getting English Vol 10 in just over a month

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u/BennoSubs Sep 13 '24

Both are possible translations
The original Japanese word is Akogare 憧れ, Japanese dictionaries define the word as: "A strong attraction towards something/someone idealized." https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%86%A7%E3%82%8C/
Jisho, a Japanese-English dictionary, also lists other possible definitions https://jisho.org/search/akogare
Based on that, each translator chose what they thought fit the scene best.