I was curious if there was any specific reason why some the names used in your fansubs of StrikerS do not match the ones given on the official japanese-language Nanoha website. Some of the discrepancies I've noticed are below:
Tiana Lanstar -> TEANA-LANSTER
Kyaro Ru Rushie -> CARO-Ru-LUSHE
Elio Mondial -> ERIO-MONDIAL
I wouldn't expect them to be in all caps like that, but I was just giving straight information off the official site. These names also make more sense considering the cars the names are based off of, being the Nissan Teana, the Mazda Carol, and the Suzuki Aerio/Ferrari Mondial.
And although device names are not in roman characters on the official website, they can be found on the japanese-language NanohaWiki, at http://nanoha.julynet.jp/. I know it cannot be certain on wikis if the information is accurate or not, but I've found this to be reliable, and they say that the names are all taken from official sources. As such, these are discrepancies I've noticed for the device names:
Mach Calibre -> Mach Calibur
There may be more discrepancies I haven't noticed, but I thought I'd point out the most obvious ones.
The names that this group is using reflects how the names should be spoken with respect to the Japanese language's phonetic system.
If you look at Teana's name in Katakana, ティアナ, and then romanize it. You will come to Tiana. So its less of a discrepancy and more like a standard that a particular sub group like to stick with for both displaying the name in their subtitles as well as how they intend the audience to read them.
>>1
Wow, you're lucky that I read this before Kiety, or he'd rip into you.
http://damagedgoodz.net/board/kareha.pl/1176444309/l50
This thread has me telling ppl about the names we are using and why...
We will be using all official names for our t/l apart from the following...
> Tiana Lanstar (Nanoha.com has the "official" english name as Teana Lanster. Which would mean that Subaru calls her Tea... rejected.)
> Kyaro Ru Rushie (Nanoha.com has the official name as Caro-ru-Lushe. I actually stood up for this, but realised I wasn't thinking straight and changed my mind. We're using a direct t/l of her katakana name.)
> Zafira (I was personally surprised Nanoha.com says his name should be Zarfila... I laughed at that one.)
> Elio Mondial (Erio, Elio... tell me, is there really a difference?)
> 6th Mobile Division (Because that's what they really do say, and Lost Property Riot Force 6 sounds like it belongs in a joke sub.)
> Oh yeah... Another official name we'll be using is Belka. That's right, those knights aren't Velkan, they're Belkan. You can blame the cards for this one too. Oh, and the fact that in the manga's, they're actually written as ベルカ, which t/ls to Belka. Velka would be written like this: ヴェルカ
That's all I could find after scrolling through all the threads. If there's another name you're worried about, ask me.
> If there's another name you're worried about, ask me.
As a matter of fact, there is: is the new chibi called Vivio or Bibio?
(I suppose it's the same confusion as with Velka/Belka.)
>>4
Vivio. There's no car called Bibio.
Here's the car: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Vivio
>>1
My my. Just sit back and enjoy the fansubs.
Hopefully ChanLokHang can help you with that.
Wow, I hadn't seen that Zafira was Zafila on the official site. I can certainly accept using Zafira, since it is indeed the spelling used for the car. I can also certainly see how it would be silly to use "Lost Property Riot Force 6". And I see how Teana -> Tea would not work, although at the same time you could have done Teana -> Tia, since there are plenty of nicknames people have that don't follow the spelling of their names. Though I do see possible confusion from that too. Although as for why it's Lanstar instead of Lanster, I still have no idea.
I am also somewhat curious about what the arguments were for not using Caro, although I suppose the translator being vehemently against it would be good enough reason not to. I'd still like to see the reasoning behind it however. As for Elio, I mean really, the difference is that one is a bit more true to the car name, while the other one isn't, but I guess if we really wanted to be true to the name, he'd be Aerio, which really just doesn't work at all.
I'm not really asking for changes or anything, as I respect the naming decisions, especially knowing now that they were decisions to purposefully deviate from the official names. I'd just like to know more about why. And though there was somewhat of an explanation, I'm obviously still unclear on a few things.
If you think about it, the Japanese pronunciation is not very accurate, such as "tsu" can be just as well pronunciated as "su" with just a bit more accent.
Case closed now?
I don't want to look at a thread which debates on which spelling is correct - we already had enough of that with the Singapore anime debate.
What can I help with?? Can you please be more specific?
>>9
Wow - I didn't realize you'd come so quick!
Since you did that restyling for MSLN/A's, maybe you can help him out by creating a subtitle file...
I'm not forcing you to do it, though.
It's your choice, and I thought that idea might help him ask you.
ChanLokHang, you sure are fast =+=
Tsk, tsk, tsk... hahaha do not underestimate me. I check this site about 10 times a day, perhaps more.
Something about the names for the characters in StrikerS. I'd rather stick with Nanoha-DGz's official released names. You can just download the subs I restyled from here and edit them. Ah do besure to give credit... the folks at Nanoha-DGz did like 99.9% of the work on these subs... I only restyled them. So editing them and releasing them without giving credit for those who did most of the work is a big no no.
>>7
We're using the official Japanese names from Nanoha.com unless otherwise stated by me on the release or unless common sense tells us otherwise. For Kyaro, the official Japanese name is キャロ・ル・ルシエ which translates to Kyaro Ru Rushie. Also, her name is pronounced Kyaro too, not Caro. It's not that noticeable but you can hear it if you pay attention or have uber awsome speakers/sound card (like me XP). Also, Kyaro is infinatly more cuter than Caro, and Kiety said he'd quit if we don't use Kyaro too.