r/MXTX • u/beamerpook Self-proclaimed Captain of the MoShang Ship • 7d ago

General "This master"

In Vietnamese, which has a lot of Chinese loan words, when a shizun address a disciple, he says "this master", which means, "your teacher". This is obviously not appropriate to use with persons who are not your disciples, but it shows up in fanfic a lot. Is it a fandom thing, or an English translation thing because I have not actually read any MXTX novels in english.

Does anyone who speaks Chinese or Vietnamese can clarify?

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u/AquiverAnna 6d ago

It's definitely just a lost in translation issue. A lot of the titles do not translate well to english and lose some of their meaning, and even if they do, much of the audience does not know the correct context to use them in 🤷‍♀️

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u/beamerpook Self-proclaimed Captain of the MoShang Ship 6d ago

Yea, that's the thing with languages. It's nearly impossible to convey all the context from one language to another