This post was written by kokujin-kun. He is not Dark_Sage.

Did anime subtitling just go back to 2005 ~de arimasu?

Translation

Other Observations

Final Grade

Release Information

Episode details.

Release format: MKV ( 322MB, 8-bit)

Translation: Professional Translation

Wap Level: 80% (Senpai, Kouhai)

English style: American English.

Speed: Quick (<48 hours)

External links.

Group website: Aniplex, Daisuki, Crunchyroll, Horriblesubs

IRC channel: #[email protected]

Translation

Main Script.

Decided to have Yamada refer to herself in the third person. This, I like.

ERROR

Learn to count.

ERROR

Fine, I suppose the translation of the episode title is technically correct, but it’s still an error in goddamn principle.

ERROR

“You told your mom you’re coming here today, right?”

A lesser group would have translated hentaiteki to “perverted.”

NITPICK

So instead of “It feels so good it’s addicting,” we get… this?

NITPICK

Has anyone on God’s green earth ever referred to their boss as “Manager”?

NITPICK

Replace “little girl” to “underaged girl” to up the creep factor.

NITPICK

The line should reflect better the fact that she stopped gushing about “Kyouko-san! Kyouko-san!”

Daisuki is officially after my heart.

…I mean, Popura’s the official name, not Poplar. Deal with it, plebs.

NITPICK

“…people who are her age.”

ERROR

Souma actually says “Mashiba-san tachi” which refers to Mashiba One and Mashiba Two, who were both former yankees. It’s a subtle mistake, and it pays to be a fan of the series. Unfortunately, it looks like every group has made this error, even the ones that should know better.

I like how they handled this line (lit. translation: “‘That type of thing’? You…”)

ERROR

“And I’m NOT keeping quiet about it because it’s that hilarious!”

NITPICK

More like “little kids.”

MAJOR NITPICK

Another example of Aniplex’s schizophrenia when it comes to Westernizing their shows, yet feeding us this kind of phraseology because they lack the creative juices to work around it. If I had my way, I’d have her say “If someone even smaller were around, he might not look up to me like he used to do.” I’d say that line would definitely elicit a “WTF?” reaction from every quarter.

MAJOR NITPICK

Continuing with this shitshow, Aniplex needs to watch a badly translated Korean drama to appreciate how awesomely retarded these lines are. Maybe hardcore fans are able to blow it off because they all speak Japanese at a 4th-grade level, but I still feel sorry for the truly uninitiated.

Anyhoo, an easy fix for kouhai in this context is “working under you.”

MAJOR NITPICK

I don’t know what this is. Is she speaking about two people or just herself?

MAJOR NITPICK

Nice subject-verb agreement there.

ERROR

Nope, she speaks in the present/future tense.

NITPICK

Seriously, can the guys at Aniplex invest in a fucking reverse dictionary?

ERROR

“They’ll adopt Yamada, making Yamada happy.” Yamada only looks out for Yamada, remember that.

MINOR NITPICK

If I were translating this show, I’d go with “soap opera drama” since the context is that Yamada can’t get enough of the romantic intrigues that goes on at Wagnaria.

ERROR

Souma sez “I’ve been borrowed to go search for her a lot” (too lazy to think of a better line).

Other Observations

Once again, this is a typical derptasic Aniplex script they farmed out to some Indonesian somewhere. The less said about it, the better.

Final Grade: C-

I believe Crunchyroll handled the translation during the previous season, and the only problem with those scripts is that they tend to “streamline” a lot. Here you have a woefully unedited script that’s riddled with TL errors both avoidable and mystifying. This show has certainly taken a step down when it comes to its professional handlers. Whatever fansub group uses this script as a base will have their work cut out if they wish to shine this shit into gold.

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24 thoughts on “Translation Review: [HorribleSubs] Working!!! – 01”

anonymous

July 26, 2015 at 9:39 pm

FFF is the only acceptable choice for this show.
- Metsu
  
  July 27, 2015 at 3:55 am
  
  Vomit. Dame it is.
  - anonymous
    
    July 27, 2015 at 1:32 pm
    
    If I wanted ESL subs I would edit CR/Aniplex myself
    - Solaristics
      
      July 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm
      
      Ayy lmao.
    - anonymous
      
      July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am
      
      ESL?
      - James
        
        July 29, 2015 at 8:35 am
        
        English as a Second Language.
        
        It’s what the classes are called in college, to differentiate from English class which usually means writing/literature.
Domo

July 26, 2015 at 10:11 pm

>Professional Translation

This gets me every time.
pi

July 27, 2015 at 5:05 am

and that’s why aniplex want fansubs from their licensed shows to disappear from MAL
- Anonymous
  
  July 27, 2015 at 3:38 pm
  
  Stop with the conspiracy theory bullshit.
  It’s not about censoring criticism, they just don’t want people to know there are any alternatives to their service.
  They don’t give a fuck about what a small group of autistic manchildren think of their subs, they just don’t want the masses to know they could get it for free.
  - QQwerty
    
    July 27, 2015 at 4:48 pm
    
    Are you suggesting there are viewers who DON’T know they can watch anime for free? Really? You literally type “[some anime name] episode X” into Google and bam, enjoy. Believe me, no one is under the impression that they have to pay to watch anime, and those behind officialsubs would have to be retarded to not understand that.
    - kokujin-kun
      
      July 27, 2015 at 6:16 pm
      
      Though the first things that pop up in google searches are streams that use CR/Funi/Daisuki rips
      
      So TL;DR fansubbing is still ded.
      - QQwerty
        
        July 27, 2015 at 7:14 pm
        
        Yeah, well I wasn’t trying to say they’d be fansubs. Just that trying to stop people watching their official simulcasts for free is completely futile since they’re always just a Google search away, fansubbing reviews on MAL or no.
        
        kokujin-kun
        
        July 27, 2015 at 7:22 pm
        
        It’s still just like a plan, imo
        
        IZEROII
        
        July 30, 2015 at 1:36 am
        
        You aren’t wrong. Fansubbing dies more each season.
  - corocoro
    
    July 27, 2015 at 5:47 pm
    
    Because we all know you have to pay Daisuki horrendous amounts of money before they allow you to watch their streams. :D
    - Anonymous
      
      July 30, 2015 at 3:01 am
      
      >too stupid to grasp the concept of advertisement and premium memberships
      Do you think CR is a charity organization too you fucking retard?
Dylan21

July 27, 2015 at 1:12 pm

The lack of effort by the ‘professionals’ is quite saddening.. Been watching DameDesuYo’s release for it and really like the typesetting, the 4 different sub choices and encode. Didn’t notice anything bad with the script but seemed to flow nicely.
jymmy

July 27, 2015 at 3:25 pm

“an error in goddamn principal” – principle, you mean?

The first error referred to – while, yes, there are two men there she interacted with, it’s an accomplishment. You generally refer to the concept of the thing you accomplished, like if you watched all three Boku no Pico OVAs, you could say “I finally watched a shota anime”, even if you technically watched three of them.
- kokujin-kun
  
  July 27, 2015 at 6:13 pm
  
  Fixed. And just so I don’t get you wrong, are you actually defending these subs?
  - jymmy
    
    July 28, 2015 at 4:19 am
    
    Is it important? All I’m saying is that I think that line reads fine.
    
    (No, I’m not.)
- Xavier
  
  July 29, 2015 at 9:06 am
  
  Agreed. “Inami interacted with men” sounds dumb. The singular is fine in this case for the reasons you outlined.
Gary

July 28, 2015 at 5:54 pm

DDY. <3
Gary

July 29, 2015 at 10:29 am

>who were both former yankees.

Dafuq?
- yakyuu
  
  July 30, 2015 at 8:59 pm
  
  They were traded to the Astros before the start of the season.

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