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Past L-E Projects / Re: NANA Anime & Live-Action

« on: June 03, 2006, 03:40:47 am »

You guys had a quite literal translation "Do I really leave that weak of an impression?" which is fine, but not something most English speakers would say...something like, "Was I really that boring?" which isn't a literal translation, but an English equivalent that carries the same sentiment and sounds a bit more natural. 

This is crazy tho...I mean look how much thought I've put into just one phrase and you guys have entire eps to cover.  There's no way I could do what you guys do.

I quite agree with you on this one. The worst part is, is that once  you see the literal translation it is frequently very difficult to figure out how a native English speaker would have said it. I've worked on episodes that were translated by native Japanese speakers. You know the English sounds weird at times but you can't quite figure out how it ought to be worded. Eventually, however, you get better at it.

Maybe Tofu's learned too much Japanese, if he doesn't think your wording sounds more natural. I much prefer your wording.

BTW, Live-evil's QC team is always interested in acquiring new, competent people. Why not enquire about joining? I find it's a lot of fun. Among other reasons, I frequently find that the stuff I QC is stuff I really enjoy, but is not stuff I would pick out on my own.

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: POLL: Most favorite series amongst the current active (and stalled) project

« on: June 03, 2006, 02:56:34 am »

I think this is a great poll! It 's nice to see what people like and why.

My favourite is Creamy Mami. It's the reason I came to Live-evil. I started working for Live-evil because I figure the more people working, the more likely it is that the series I like will be worked on.

I find some magical-girl series strike a tender spot in my heart. Next to Fancy Lala and Full Moon, Creamy Mami is my favourite. These girls have been given an unusual ability and they are making the most of it.

My next choice is Ask Dr. Rin! When I tracked that one down, I was quite suprised to find myself back at Live-evil. I like it for the same reasons.

Yawara is my third choice. So far I've only seen the episodes I've QC'd. But I am planning to watch them all. Judging by the recap episode that just came out, Yawara has a lot of the character development that I tend to enjoye.

I didn't make a fourth choice. None of others struck a special chord with me, although I have enjoyed many of them. I would very much like to see Persia finished, as it is an example of my favourite gendre. Although I consider Persia to be a clueless twit I'd still like to see the rest of the series.

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: POLL : Which Live-eviL fansub heroine would win a battle to the death- Round

« on: May 09, 2006, 01:54:12 am »

Since Poji and Nega are always with and giving advice to Creamy Mami, I would definately pick Creamy Mami.