GoH: Mistranslation

[PowerToScale]

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/User_blogowerToScale/GoH:_MisTranslation

There is a possible mistranslation from the webtoons English version of The God of High School where it says the planet will be destroyed but the same scene in the original Korean version says "star" instead of the planet.

 

[LSirLancelotDuLacl]

Unless I am forgetting something, the specific word can be used interchangeably or something like that. I think there was something similar for Japanese.

 

[PowerToScale]

Unless I am forgetting something, the specific word can be used interchangeably or something like that. I think there was something similar for Japanese.

I thought the same thing but I couldn't anything for Korean

 

[LSirLancelotDuLacl]

No clue if we have anyone knowledgeable on Korean. Anyway, what's shown it's the Earth so I don't think it changes much.

 

[HammerStrikes219]

Unless I am forgetting something, the specific word can be used interchangeably or something like that. I think there was something similar for Japanese.

I thought the same thing but I couldn't anything for Korean

Did you check the Multilingual Members List page?

 

[HammerStrikes219]

No clue if we have anyone knowledgeable on Korean. Anyway, what's shown it's the Earth so I don't think it changes much.

I not sure as Power is apparently using a translator that may or may not be accurate as I assume Korean is just as complicated as Japanese itself with the possibilities you could mix up the meanings too.

 

[PowerToScale]

Unless I am forgetting something, the specific word can be used interchangeably or something like that. I think there was something similar for Japanese.

I thought the same thing but I couldn't anything for Korean

Did you check the Multilingual Members List page?

There was one guy who knew Korean. I sent a message so let hope he responds

 

[Qawsedf234]

Ù│ä means "Star" or "Astral Body" depending on the context. Seemingly the context is planet (like how most uses of hoshi refers to planets rather than stars in fiction).

 

[ZackMoon1234]

Here's the link for the Page on the Official Site - https://image-comic.pstatic.net/web...bbe052b2190c1c35952d4975ff0d6a2d_IMAG01_3.jpg

Pretty sure Webtoons.Com is the official Translation, just like how Viz.Com is the official Translation for a lot of Series in here


I asked Jay (If you know the manhwas Solo Leveling and Tower of God, you'll know that he's the Translator of them for Jaimini's Box) about it and he says Star


The same thing was said by Tiramisu, a person who learnt Hangul, the Korean alphabet

 

[LSirLancelotDuLacl]

I think Qaw's response is satisfactory to this.

 

[IMadeThisOn8-1-2017]

Cross referencing through multiple translation sites since I'm only comfortable with Japanese, I've found Ù│ä to mean both "star" and "astral body".

In all honesty it seems very similar to the Japanese kanji "µÿƒ" which means "star" and "celestial body".

In such cases of languages we turn towards the context to decide which is more appropriate to use, in this case it's obvious it means an "astral body" given that the subject is planet Earth which is not a star.

 

[Qawsedf234]

Also context wise star just makes absolutely no sense, especially with the art in the strip section.

 

[PowerToScale]

So it could mean both both 'astral body' and 'star'. But I've seen more people say Star. If we were to scale this would we say 'Large Planet, Likely Star level'

But I mean this wouldn't really do much for scaling since he has large star level feats before this

Plus Multiple people I've spoken over discord and forums says that fans translations are usually better than wentoons

 

[Qawsedf234]

The dialogue just doesn't make sense if you replace planet with star considering Jin wasn't on a star and the zoomed out shot was a super damaged planet.

In my view the current ratings are fine as they are.

 

[PowerToScale]

The dialogue just doesn't make sense if you replace planet with star considering Jin wasn't on a star and the zoomed out shot was a super damaged planet.

In my view the current ratings are fine as they are.

Yeah doesn't really do much for scaling, I was just curious which one would be used if your were to use it for scaling

 

[PowerToScale]

The Korean translator (MrLuk2000) said that star and planet aren't interchangeable.

https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/3005210#2

 

[HammerStrikes219]

The Korean translator (MrLuk2000) said that star and planet aren't interchangeable.

https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/3005210#2

Yet clarified there is in fact two characters rather than one character for planet. Luk say this himself: "Star in Korean means "Ù│ä" while planet in Korean means "Ýûëýä▒"."