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Originally Posted by Drakkhen

That is the point of a translation. A translation is not to make everything literal. That would sound just awful. What is the point of not translating words that have valid translations. I mean if you prefer the sounds of Japanese words, then why not just watch raws?

Some say this guy comes off as dickish, and he might.. But what he says is very true.

I've seen that before. It just depends on how much you enjoy/understand the language and culture. Yes, translating everything is the ideal way, but some people enjoy it more when some stuff is left alone.

A similar problem with subtitles I have is suppose an English show/movie is dubbed into another language. I hate when the subtitles on DVD's and such for that is merely a transcript of the English script and not an actual translation of the translation. If that isn't confusing at all.

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Originally Posted by Sentai Tamashii

Because some people (me included) likes the sound of the Japanese language, and knows some, but does not know enough to understand everything. Like people can watch Go-Buster Raws and get a gist of what's going on, but not have a full understanding till the Sub is released.

Agreed. I am one of those people as well. I have learned a fair bit of Japanese from subs such as TVN.