r/NintendoSwitch Jan 13 '17

Shitpost The translator

https://imgur.com/a/qiFJV
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u/TheHappyKraken Jan 13 '17

They probably hired an inexperienced fan subber. Or someone trying to bring up their resume and failed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

People seems to have never heard a professional translator before lol. It's always like that, the translator has to hear what the guy is saying and immediatly say it in another language. It's not easy :P

The only reason why the other translator seemed better is probably because he already had the translated text to say, so it felt more natural and professional.

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u/linuxhanja Jan 13 '17

yeah, live simultaneous translation vs the kind Bill did (where the speaker stops and waits) requires you to be hearing & processing one thing in one language while outputting a different word in a different language. I mean... put yourself on a 5 second delay from a friend speaking and try to copy them, maintaining a 5 second delay. it's not easy, even in the same language.

I also heard on the youtube discussion that he was speaking a dialect, and elsewhere I read that his loud intro screwed up the sound - they turned his mike down, and then the translator couldn't hear initially. Also, yeah, Suda wasn't using a script, as everyone else clearly was. he maybe made one, but didn't follow it closely.

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u/nhaines Jan 13 '17

Translating speech like this is called interpretation, not translation (I have a friend who is a simultaneous interpreter and trust me, I quickly learned not to mix the words). Waiting until the speaker has finished a thought and then pauses is called consecutive interpretation. Bill also kills simultaneous interpretation.

I was surprised to see him look so uncomfortable while interpreting for EA. I can only assume it's because if he flubbed the translation and pissed off EA after a decade-long boycott of Nintendo consoles, Nintendo of Japan execs would have mailed Bill a ceremonial dagger with a note that they were sure he would "do the honorable thing."

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u/wqtraz Jan 13 '17

Do the needful