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WCDT: 2495-2499 (22-26 July, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Salty:
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--- Quote from: Westrim on 27 Jul 2013, 19:06 ---I'll also ask why you refer to Battle Angel Alita by its Japanese title.
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Because it's simpler.
Oh, and the whole translation name change thing.
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I don't find it simpler. Shorter, yes, but that's not the same thing. A portmanteau of 'gun' and a word representing a word representing 'dream' isn't simple. The English version is quite straightforward in comparison.
What whole translation name change thing? I mean, I am aware of the conversation around the vagaries of translation, but not where you stand on it. I don't mind changes so long as the author is fine with them and they don't obscure or dumb it down.
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Her name is only Alita in the translated version. In the original her name is Gally.
And this is just me speculating, but I think of it as because it's the title that both fans of the un-name-changed series and the ones of the name-changed series more familiar with its past recognize.
As for me personally, I only think of the first half of the series as Battle Angel Alita. That's probably because I first read it as the English-translated version, but eh.
Gunnm really is a much shorter name, though. Less title fatigue for me to remember.
Indicible:
Indeed, Gally is the true name for the heroine in Gunnm. As far as I know, the name was inverted with her "girly" name, precisely because it did not sound feminine to Anglo-saxon audiences (I would have said American, except I do not know if it was translated in the UK.).
Gally was the name of Ido's cat, there was even a joke in the first volume about it being a male. But Kishiro actually gave that name to his character.
All the European translations I have seen (Germany, France, Sweden and Spain) use the name of Gally.
KOK:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 28 Jul 2013, 16:17 ---She's being held captive... somehow... in the city of Rowanapur (look it up)
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Google search finds four pages, of which only one actually mentions the word. Obviously that is this page, WCDT: 2495-2499 (22-26 July, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Carl-E:
It suggested Roanapur for me, which is a fictional city in Thailand from Black Lagoon.
Sounds about right.
Kugai:
Don't forget your Kevlar vest.
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