16 thoughts on “Fansub Review: [FFF] Love Lab (Episode 09)”

1. Nothing’s as bad as commie to you D_S-chan

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   • Sometimes Commie’s as bad as Commie.

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     • Commie is still commie even if they are commie

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2. > (I might go with “and shows up when you don’t her to.” if I were releasing this)

   And why do you hate this adorable show? you really need to detoxify D_S.

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   • Good catch.

     I dunno, I’m just tired of unfunny high school girl comedy. It used to be my favorite genre, but it’s just so fucking boring these days. Gimme another Azumanga, Japan. I need this.

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     • Comedy – School – Shoujo – Club > Yucks…

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3. I followed FFF until episode 10 and yeah the subs sucked pretty badly. HorribleSubs is a slight improvement.

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4. I think it’s retarded to say something’s wrong just because they don’t use italics. That’s simply a matter of preference.

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   • No, it actually makes those lines objectively wrong.

     For example,
     http://www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FFF-Love-Lab-09-5D213B6A.mkv_snapshot_14.33_2013.09.20_18.43.24.jpg

     You would never say this in a sentence without some form of accent placed on the “does”. Well, you could, but without the accent the line would read as a poorly phrased “He has a mole.” But that’s not what the line means. What you’re supposed to pick up from the line is that the gears in the speaker’s head are moving: “He has a mole. We can work with this.”

     You simply do not get that context without the emphasis added. It is 100% factually incorrect.

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     • It’s precisely because that sentence doesn’t make sense without an accent on the “does” that an intelligent viewer should interpret it with an emphasis on the “does”, whether it’s italicized or not. When the italics don’t add any information, they should be optional.

       I’d agree that it’s incorrect not to italicize a word in a sentence that would otherwise be ambiguous, but in a case like this, the italics serve no purpose other than to make the reader feel comfortable (which means it’s a style thing). Like, I’m pretty sure the first sentence of this post is correct even if I don’t italicize “because” because the only way to interpret it is with an emphasis on the “because”.

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       • If we’re going by the autocorrect or “good enough for me” argument, then drinking a fifth of vodka would make any subtitle release A-tier.

         For the same reason that basic spelling and grammar in releases must be followed, emphases should be accurate as well.

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         • I’m not saying that “He does have a mole” is “good enough”. I’m saying it’s absolutely equally correct. I look at that sentence and I pronounce it in my head with an emphasis on the “does”. That’s what the whole “do/does + verb infinitive” construction is for. Emphasis is not needed in that sentence because the natural cadence of the sentence provides it.

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           • Again, I’m not seeing how autocorrect is a valid argument. If you were to actually read the line written and not read around it, it doesn’t come out right.

             What kind of group expects their viewers to fix their subs for them?

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             • Because it’s not autocorrect. Because one is not more correct than the other. “He does have a mole.” and “He does have a mole.” represent the exact same spoken line, with the only difference being that one uses ugly italics. When I read “He does have a mole.”, I’m not autocorrecting it to “He does have a mole.”, I’m translating it into a guy saying the sentence with the emphasis on the “does”.

               Italics are used to place emphasis where it usually isn’t. In the sentence we’re discussing, it falls naturally on the “does”, so there is no need.

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               • Hmm, I think I can meet you on this one. I’m going to favor the way I originally suggested it as a best practice, but I can take your argument as a legitimate alternative. My preference allows those with a non-native understanding of the language to interpret lines as a native speaker would (since your method requires a native understanding already), which is why I’ll advocate for it still. But I won’t mark the other way wrong anymore.

                 Post updated. Thanks for bringing it up.

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                 • Ooh, I didn’t expect to dent your mind. I’m pleasantly struck. I was already regretting getting into what I thought was an unresolvable conversation.

                   Now if only I could dent you to finish this season’s reviews.

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