The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk 1 & 2 (Deluxe Limited Edition) 88 Films

[Eibon]

Originally Posted by Markgway

It was me.



Less elegant, I'll grant you. But that's because I take less license than most translators. Cantonese dialogue isn't typically poetic in nature. Perhaps I should've finessed it a bit.



That's what's in the script. For what it's worth Tiger Lei is supposed to be crude, his language out of place in proper society.



I'm not responsible for any of Arrow's subs. Phew!



Ruined seems a bit much, no? But opinions vary.

Translation is not about swapping words, it's about conveying meaning. This is why there are literary competitions that recognise and award prizes to translators as well as authors. Any chatbot can substitute words for equivalents.

In this case the poetry is meaningless, made worse because it's repeated in two other emotional scenes. I have no idea what knitted eyebrows are. And, now it sounds like she's contemplating a hate-filled massacre.

Finally, thanks for pointing out I named "Arrow" in my post, of course I meant "Eureka". With apologies to Arrow, I've corrected my original post.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Eibon

Translation is not about swapping words, it's about conveying meaning. This is why there are literary competitions that recognise and award prizes to translators as well as authors. Any chatbot can substitute words for equivalents.

In this case the poetry is meaningless, made worse because it's repeated in two other emotional scenes. I have no idea what knitted eyebrows are. And, now it sounds like she's contemplating a hate-filled massacre.

Finally, thanks for pointing out I named "Arrow" in my post, of course I meant "Eureka". With apologies to Arrow, I've corrected my original post.

Rest assured your points will be taken on board.

[TheRingshifter]

Originally Posted by Eibon

In this case the poetry is meaningless, made worse because it's repeated in two other emotional scenes. I have no idea what knitted eyebrows are. And, now it sounds like she's contemplating a hate-filled massacre.

Honestly, just wanna get my take in... until this comment I had no idea which of the two translations was supposed to be the "bad" one. I still don't really understand what the complaint is lol, except that "knitted brows" is too obscure which... I don't think it is.

I can't really comment fully as I haven't watched my discs yet, but yeah, given what's been presented, I don't really get it. I have also heard Frank Djeng say (I believe in commentaries) that a lot of the Hong Kong period pieces use a lot of anachronistic Hong Kong slang and stuff, so that sounds really believable and I think it's right to translate it how it actually is vs. how you might expect it to sound based on the setting/visuals.