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[owlectomy]

How is it that my Japanese listening comprehension is bad enough that I know myself to be absolutely unqualified for doing fansubs (at least without a script -- I know that captions have gotten more available on Japanese broadcast TV, but I have no idea if fansubbers are working off captioned files. I assume not), and yet, I get all indignant over fansubs having mistakes in them? It is illogical.

But still, a translator ought to know the difference between 'akireru' and 'akirameru,' right?

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[takumashii.livejournal.com]

The one time I tried to volunteer to do fansubs it was an utter disaster. Granted, this was ~5 years ago and the series was Kodocha, but I have a feeling I'd hardly do any better now. And yet sometimes it makes me feel like, "If your listening is that much better than mine, SURELY you shouldn't make that mistake!"