Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140111153519/@comment-6192846-20140220020024

Adding another topic to the discussion: Checking titles that were in Cloture to confirm whether some were translation errors or mistake, particularly Mariam, Riliane, and Leonhart. I've got:


 * Head of Maids: She's addressed as 侍女長 which literally means maid head/head maid; I suppose "Head of Maids" works, albeit it's a slightly more creative as a translation. Thoughts on keeping/changing this on the wiki?


 * Queen: Our Cloture translation throws this around a lot; we know she says she refuses to be called such and this never comes up in articles but I thought it was important to keep in mind; in the manga at least, all characters during the Cloture scenes refer to her as 王女, meaning "Princess". This gets mistranslated a lot in fan subs too for DoE and SoE so this might be the same situation.


 * Commander of the Royal Guard: The text uses 親衛隊 隊長 which my dictionary has as imperial/royal guard commanding officer; the example sentence translates "commanding officer" as "captain" and I know I've heard taichou translated as Captain numerous times. Perhaps "Captain of the Royal Guard" would be a better translation? It's more recognizeable for the position, imo.

As far as Genesia goes, I think arguing that's a manly looking female would be hard since even with Ly Li, those that thought she was a male (myself included) recognized the character had a thin enough figure to be a woman. On top of which, the character of Genesia is noted as crude and a bit lustful, but not as a tomboy dressed in male clothes. At least for me, that seems like a stretch for the illustration being made.