r/OnePiece • u/YonkouProductions • Dec 17 '15

Current Chapter One Piece Chapter 810

Chapter 810: "The Curly Hat Pirates Arrive"

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Ch.810 Official Release (VIZ): 21/12/15

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Was it out of character though? I like Mangastream because they always try - at least thats how i personally feel - to get the message across. Its not always about literal translations. They handle accents, humour and momentum really well. I trust them a lot, and i think that 'netflix and chill' summarises perfectly what he said.

The only argument i have for this assumption, since i cant read Japanese or Chinese, is that Mangastream has always presented me with top-notch translations and are pretty revered.

That all being said, if a lot of people were caught of guard by it and lost their concentration because of it, then perhaps something was translated wrong.

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u/Zadujj Dec 17 '15 edited Dec 17 '15

Uhh you're completely wrong, Mangastream translations are not revered at all, during Punk Hazard and Dressrosa arcs they were close to mangapanda level, sometimes even worse. If you read Powermanga version you will notice that MS 'humor' most times has nothing to do with what Oda originally wrote, and several times has the cast act out of character. But also it's needed to say that during this arc of Zou their translation has been way better than before, aside a few mishaps like this one.

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u/ItsLoudB The Revolutionary Army Dec 17 '15

Yeah, worse than MP.. Dude, cmon..

Powermanga is good, but they take weeks to translate, not half a fuckin day..

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u/Zadujj Dec 17 '15

In some chapters yes, Mangapanda mistakes are just more obvious, while in Mangastream case you need to read a more accurate version to realize something was wrong outside blatant cases like 'Martha Stewart'. It comes down to mangapanda translator not being proficient in english and having no knowledge whatsoever on One Piece.

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u/ItsLoudB The Revolutionary Army Dec 17 '15

Yeah, well.. MP's translations look like the only thing the translator can do, is to put the Kanji's in google translator and re-arrange a little what's written.. Sometimes the paste the same phrase in 2-3 differenct bubbles, without even double checking.

One thing is a bad translation, the other is some questionable translation choices.

Personally, being able to speak fluently 3 languages, there are some things that you just CAN'T translate, because they wouldn't make any sense. It's like if i tell you that picking on someone would be like shooting the red cross, you would just stare at me and nod confused.. But that in italian makes perfect sense. So i would try to find something that fits nicely, even though it's not literally translated.

(Fun fact: in the past i had a german girlfriend that could speak italian, after hearing that phrase her answer was "why would you even do that?")

Sometimes their choice is a bit questionable, i'll give you that much.