Today we’re joined by Kaze as we continue a final series of Throwback Thursday posts to run through the end of 2020 and celebrating our 10th anniversary! Enjoy his temporary return to “Lost in Translation,” and continue to stay tuned as other former and current writers revisit their own past columns in the coming weeks.… Read More Lost in Translation: Authorial Intent and Localization
The issue of translating the Japanese word for “god” recently came up. What do characters really mean when they talk about god and how should we as Christians react when we see characters praying to a supposed god, or insulting God? Subtitles almost always translate the word as either “God” or “god,” and Christians will… Read More Lost in Translation: God
I personally would love to go back in time and change what I have done. I think we have all thought of that at least once, yet technology has yet to bring us a time machine. Tales of Xillia 2 has our hero, Ludger Kresnik, going back to different dimensions to see how things “could have” been,… Read More Gaming with God: Erasing The Past
While the Angel Beats! anime continues to be a loved series, not as many fans are aware of its visual novel counterpart. In reality, the VN was released just last year and that is only the first of several parts, so the VN still has a long way to go before being fully released, let… Read More Lost in Translation: When the Uncertain Becomes Certain
The unofficial series on translation continues as a newly reworked official series on things lost in translation. Love is universal, or at least it should be, so how can something so universal and simple possibly be lost in translation? That is largely in part because such a word always brings with it an important contextual… Read More Lost in Translation: Love
The unofficial series on translation continues as a newly reworked official series on things lost in translation. Love is universal, or at least it should be, so how can something so universal and simple possibly be lost in translation? That is largely in part because such a word always brings with it an important contextual… Read More Lost in Translation: Love
With the recent episode of Charlotte, a point was brought to my attention that reminded me just how much Westerners miss out on things related to Japanese culture. While I have a different post I wanted to write, it in fact connects to this. When I previously described things lost in translation, I also mentioned… Read More Lost in Translation: Charlotte’s Cultural Differences
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