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Mistranslations which caused people to lose their shit

About 3 years ago I was acting as a translator for an Aikido club meeting with a big cheese that came to visit from Japan. Verbal translation isn’t really my thing. Up until that point I’ve translated mostly written material but can safely say I did my best at the club meeting. And as the [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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Anime Fans – stop calling yourselves “Otaku”

Now I like anime as much as any other guy. Cowboy Bebop, for example, is a great adventure-cowboy-bounty-hunters-in-space fun story with soothing jazz music and masterfully crafted plots, like mutant food becoming aggressive after spending too much time in the fridge, one of the best Alien parodies I have ever seen as a matter of [...]

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

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