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WCDT: 2495-2499 (22-26 July, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
KOK:
--- Quote from: J on 29 Jul 2013, 05:57 ---all names are just arbitrary linguistic designations, so what makes one any more valid than the other?
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So Dickmouth Stinkface had no reason to object to her name.
westrim:
--- Quote from: Salty on 29 Jul 2013, 01:55 ---Guh-num.
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See, I looked at the Wikipedia page and it says Ganmu. I have no idea personally because I haven't said it out loud.
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 29 Jul 2013, 05:41 ---Ummm.. Since Gunnm is a Japanese comic series by a Japanese creator I would say that yes, Gally is her true name. Alita was the name invented by the translators. If you have a friend named Bob and started calling him Susan all the time, that doesn't make Susan his real name. Now if he were to change his name to Susan, that would be a different story...
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Neko, since you didn't mention it, I'll say it again differently; Japan is just as valid and true a name for a certain nation as Nippon, Cat. And since the creator has used Alita to refer to the character (aforementioned dream sequence), we have a pretty strong indication that he's okay with it, Gato.
muon:
Meow?
Indicible:
--- Quote ---And since the creator has used Alita to refer to the character (aforementioned dream sequence), we have a pretty strong indication that he's okay with it, Gato.
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Yes, as an alternate interpretation of her personality.
As for translations being creations, since the source material gives us Gally (ガリィ) it is the legitimate name. Of course, in an American context, you have better chances of being understood by using Alita. But it is a deformation, kinda like translation conundrums into Japanese (since tenses do not exist in the same sense as in Western languages.). The reference should remain the original work.
Gato -> Anavel?
Carl-E:
I have a navel.
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