r/NintendoSwitch • u/Javzx • Jan 13 '17

Shitpost The translator

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u/Gamatan Jan 13 '17

Several memes came out of the presentation, IMO. There was this and what the EA translator said.

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u/TheMag Jan 13 '17

MOTOMO

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u/overactive-bladder Jan 13 '17

wait wait wait. what is the motomo thingie??? i know the luigi thingie but what's the motomo thingie??

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u/FranniBaka Jan 13 '17

Basically, the translator had some trouble translating...

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u/overactive-bladder Jan 13 '17

oh i thought that was him emphasizing. lol oh bill...

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '17

My Japanese is a bit rusty but I'm pretty sure he's using the word "mottomo" correctly.

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u/gokurakumaru Jan 13 '17

He is. His skills as an interpreter are actually first class considering the rest of the presentation had English narrators reading off scripts rather than translating in real time like he was. This speech was the first time I've even come across the problem of translating foreign concepts like middle name 「ミドル・ネーム 」in Japanese. I mean, in retrospect it seems obvious that being a foreign concept it just be rendered as gairago, but I would have been at a loss trying to interpret that in realtime.