Recent content by geddanof

Machine translators are generally pretty good at getting the grammar right, believe it or not. The real problem is how well they can manage to output something that conveys the meaning and nuances of the original text.

This is it. I don't agree with removing honorifics entirely because doing so removes an aspect of storytelling from the narrative. Tbh I don't think English only speakers not knowing honorifics is really an issue due to how easy it is to inform yourself using the internet these days but if...

No, I'm just a person who speaks multiple languages and have given a lot of thoughts into how translation should be best handled, especially given the recent localizers drama.

Not the original commenter and idk the extent you are involved in the actual translation process but how much do you or the team know the Japanese language? Obviously if mtl is only used as a template or to speed up the translation process then there should be no problem but if you rely on the...

I have a question. Once you reached Active Member / Trusted Member etc can you lose the badge too if you for example have to stop using the site for a while? Or are they are a once achievement kind of thing?

Wait I'm confused. So point 3 implies that if your account is empty, you are unlikely to get access, but then point 4 implies that eventually you will get access anyway. Those two points contradict each other, don't they? So which one is it? 🤔 And what does '1-2-3 lurker' even mean?

edit: weird doubleposting

Huh? What does that mean? Why does it sound so ominous? 😨