"We're gonna make these name puns work in English, dammit!"
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farranpoison
Kazuradrop
CAN AT A
TOWArd
noW AT A MEntal
LUNAcy
COCOnspirators
Another Hololive song that implements members name in their song after Plasmagic Seasons!. Now I wish other generation songs do this with theirs too.
LAPIZ_LAZIMI
It seems Canata is getting more and more canon these days. Remember Holo A.L.I.C.E.
thorium220
Canata
Same as Lamy being "Ramy" for OKBR; they have a choice for how to render it in latin characters and they twist it to suit the circumstance if needed.
gerobAkhamtaro
CmdrMobium
Fun fact, Rushia can be read as Lucia
thorium220
Yep; hence her ikemen persona Lucifer.
nitronomer
🇨🇦
LAPIZ_LAZIMI
Fun fact, the name Canada does indeed come from the word "kanata".
SuddenXxdeathxx
Never seen it spelt canata, just kanata.
Another fun fact, Ottawa has a suburb on its west side named Kanata. Been there many times, and it's nothing loke our resident tenshi.
LAPIZ_LAZIMI
Whoops, my bad. Got it mixed up. Thank you for pointing it out
Random-Rambling
There's a town in Australia (actual Australia, not [wink] Australia) named Kiara.
Yes, it's in the bottom left quadrant of the country.
wickermanmorn
So Coco's graduating on Kanata day? 💔
ionxeph
Not generation songs, but a lot of original songs do feature member names
palette has towa in the final part
aqua iro palette already has it in the title
comet and tenkyuu both feature suisei (suisei means comet)
brickwallrunner [OP]
all according to keikaku (keikaku means plan)
SevedeB
The Japanese lyrics that Kanata make was also clever at including their names
AquaForce110
That was the intention, and the translation is trying to capture that.
Shuckle40
100% respect the translation team at hololive, don't know if it's the same person but subs on holo graffiti are always really creative too.
Zeph-Shoir
Most likely the same team imo. I doubt they only sub Holo Graffiti.
pan_de_leche_flan
Do you think they’re the same team behind thw Legend of Izutsu?
Zeph-Shoir
I don't see why not, but depending of how many translators they have, some might have specific tasks or be dedicated to one specific area.
hnryirawan
Legend of Izutsu
I see what you did there….
pan_de_leche_flan
it's the true title and you won't convince me otherwise
PhantasmPuppet
Seems there is an in-house style for the official Hololive subs even if there's different translators, VTJClips did the translations for atleast EP1 and was then later edited by staff a bit to be more in that style Link here. There is a more indepth look at the process in the community post in the replies
pan_de_leche_flan
I didn't know episode 1 was finally subbed. So thanks!
capscreen
Most likely the same team
I'm not quite sure about that, Plasmagic Seasons also have name puns in the lyric, yet they didn't keep the puns in translation
PhantasmPuppet
The puns are there but through translations of the members names, Yozora=Night Sky, Natsuiro=Summer, Aki=Fall (Autumn), Fubuki=Blizzard and Haato=Heart, though if you mean keeping the names as-is in the lyrics guess it would be harder to do compared to Gen 4's names
PM_me_sour_beerz
Whoever does the "peko" puns is a genius
brickwallrunner [OP]
jonjoy
hnryirawan
They managed to get a really good team there lol. The subs on HoloGra and Legend of Izutsu Polka are pretty legend and vibe well with the community.
JarOfBeansu
Props to the guy who made the CC
SilverSaggy
That was honestly a really nice touch. Even though the english subtitles became a liiittle odd.
ChegiCH
Damn it 😔
Damn it all 😭
No you are crying
SpecterVonBaren
My God, you're right!
DarKav1411
Yes, I am indeed crying
Failed_Chemist_0207
Ina would be very proud ngl
Gcnever23
This reminds me of watame's rap from way way back.
4h gen sheep its meh. (Yonkise no hitsuji its meh,)
brickwallrunner [OP]
Kirea
Koko de utau,
The one who managed to sneak a coco pun in there with just so little to work with deserves a raise.
500mmrscrub
Acrzyguy
I swear that every single staff who make the subtitles are definitely smurfing in their job.
gakiloroth
ina would be proud
DekkerKowalski
Oboretai
Galaxy Brains sub
jonjoy
This reminds me with bokuhika from love live…
EDIT: I just watched the whole mv, and yeah it hits me like bokuhika
Yggi_the_tree
It is one thing to translate a sentence into another language.
It is a totally different to still keep the puns and cultural nuances in the translations.
Absolutely love it
zabalena
They also did the name pun with 1st gen song, Plasmagic Season
MPSXDFXD
God bless the translators who did this
killab43
They did such a good job all around.
DevilishScytherZ
" Im here to KILL CHAO...I mean, make the puns work! "
Cagliostro_ojisan
These lyrics must have taken some good Ina spiration to write.
nad_frag
Ina was definitely part of the group who wrote the lyrics. XD
Creepy_Ching_Chong
INAFF
AvillaHenya
This is what having a good localizer does for you, kids.
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I love cross language puns. Milk 2 Go in English is lame. Lait's Go in French is unbridled marketing genius.
This is very clever work making all these work.
Anadaere
Translators of puns and wordplay are beings beyond human comprehension
Y'all are the backbone of the pun community
AnImEpRo3609
I think they Hired Ina for this Name Pun
Danothyus
Who wrote this lyrics? Ina?.
Jokes aside, really great work from the translation team.
Who-is-Sy
I can’t be the only one cry smiling
nigg0o
That’s impressive
KyleGrayclad
Big Ina energy
Kami-Paper
all jokes aside, the ones who did the TL are ingenious for keeping the puns despite the languages
ShadexusRan
It was a bit weird for me to find them out, a glad surprise tho. Had captions off the first time.
Icy313
Some deserves a raise
Hip_Survivor
Red-7134
I would murder for this dating sim.
_ExtremeMatrix_
Actual gods of the language
kneil1902
Kanata best waifu ❤️
Smol_Mrdr_Shota
what are these and why do they sound like Craft Essences straight out of FGO
iggylevin
Color me impressed
Whoever did the translations did really well, it's really damn hard to keep puns like that in both languages.
ShadeShadow534 823 points · Jun 2021 · :Marine::Nene::Ollie::Calliope::Choco:
It’s impressive when you can do it once in a song let alone 5 separate times
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madslayer2 35 points · Jun 2021 · :Achan:
iirc they have one of people who used to be part of commiesubs working for them
xxxNothingxxx 328 points · Jun 2021 · :YAGOO:
Whoever or whatever team makes translations for all of hololive is a freaking genius
Hp22h 183 points · Jun 2021 · :Haato::Moona::Haato:
Seriously, is there anyone at Hololive who isn't amazing in regards to creative endeavors? The animators, the editors, the translators...
[deleted] 91 points · Jun 2021
It's a Golden Age and it must last forever.
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AppaAndThings 27 points · Jun 2021
I think PR/management COULD be better. not flaming it tho, it's just the weakest link imo.
Chii 6 points · Jun 2021 · :Kiara:
it's when you love the craft and the art that the results show. This tells me that whoever is working at hololive for these talented girls love working with them and go beyond their duty.
Hoenn_Horns 242 points · Jun 2021 · :Korone:
Plot Twist: It Was Ninomae Ina'nis
Scultonic 142 points · Jun 2021 · :Coco::Coco::Kanata::Coco::Coco:
"You thought it was Staff-san, but it was me! Ninomae Ina'nis!"
Put_It_All_On_Blck 54 points · Jun 2021 · :Fauna: :Mumei: :Gura: :Kanata: :Watame:
Ina: I'd love to learn more Japanese but I dont have the time
Kanata: We need to a very fluent translator to translate Japanese puns into English puns. And it has to be done quick!
Ina: Konnichiwa Kanata
Phayzka 50 points · Jun 2021 · :Inanis:
Would make a lot of sense, or at least a undercover takodachi
[deleted] 36 points · Jun 2021
all the sheer determination and will
Chiimaera 12 points · Jun 2021 · :Oga::Oga::Inanis::Oga::Oga:
This is not translation, this is adaptation, and it's fokin great.