Forum:Japanese Name Translations


 * I feel this merits some sort of community discussion. This user, Chaos Maker, has recently been changing the translations of many Japanese card names on the site. You can see his contributions in that link. I've previously asked him to cite his sources to no reply, and I've seen him tell other people (such as GoldenKey) that he uses Google Translate, which kind of rings alarm bells for me, since as far as I'm aware, no one has given him permission to do this. He's given no indication that he's fluent.


 * The problem starts when you realize that a lot of his translations actually have the same meaning to what was changed, but are just stated in a more awkward way. For example, Spellbinding Circle's translation is "Curse of the Hexagram", which is widely accepted as the correct translation. He attempted to change it to "Hexagram's Spell", which while not incorrect ("jubaku" can mean both "curse" and "spell"), is more awkward and doesn't have the same connotation. Ryusei, who I presume is fluent based on my previous encounters with him, reverted the edit, stating valid reasons.


 * To get to the point, since he's ignored all attempts of communication to ask for sources and such, I want to ask if it would be acceptable to review each of his edits and revert where possible. Is it only me who has an issue with this? I've already gotten authorization to revert from 1 moderator here, but I want to know what the general consensus is. I'm sure people have noticed this.--YamiWheeler (talk • contribs) 23:33, June 13, 2012 (UTC)