translation notes

Q&A: Lidelle's Speech - The Precise Museum Post

As you discussed in a prior question, you guys had a bit of trouble with translating Rulue, Raffina and Witch due to their speech patterns not being easily translated. Did Lidelle prove to be a challenge regarding how she speaks to Satan? As far as I'm aware(which doesn't say much),…

Witch's Speech Style - The Precise Museum Post

okay so im very curious, sorry if this is very obvious or if its been asked before, why does witch talk like that -Anonymous Short answer: Because English doesn’t have 3+ degrees of politeness that would help you differentiate between Raffina, Rulue, and Witch. Extremely Long Technical Answer: The three…

Amitie and the Girl of Love Translation Notes

Chapter 2, regarding Ally’s Honorifics Ally addresses everyone with ~sama (様) before Amitie gets her to stop, which is much more polite than ~san (usually translated to Mister or Miss) and very unusual outside of customer-service or addressing-royalty situations. To convey that speaking quirk, we opted to use “Noble” before…