Maoyuu Maou Yuusha

Just a tiny, humble little observation...

Considering how there is a fair amount of people with opinions on these translations, compared to other scan teams and series, then maybe, just maybe, it could be worth at least looking into a little bit to see if there's anything that can be done in the line of improvement, instead of swatting away all criticism like flies and adapting the stubborn "we do what we want" attitude.

... readers who are retarded thinking the former sort of translation is shit ...

If this is how well you handle criticism, then you should not be a translator.

Terrible translation, terrible, terrible terrible.

I was silling to let it slide but I can't anymore. You suck at translating and should be banned for life from ever holding a japanese-enlgish dictionanry in your hands.

Damn this is a terrible translation.

Are you saying you can do better? So why won't you? Too hard a job?

I was going to use STFU clause but I will simply note that you are being fucking rude. Respectfully.

henceforth this series shall not have 'terrible' translations and pointless translation of wordy end pages that no one gives a damn about.

enjoy, both readers that have enjoyed this the way we have, as well as readers who are retarded thinking the former sort of translation is shit (because as a tl-er myself I've seen actual crappy/made up translations)

It will continue the way ZeroDC/Tsukimoto (new tl-er) deems it to, as me and Linksys wash our hands off it for various reasons.

 

o_o wait wuuuuuuuuuut. I liked your guys' translations better D: well, thank you both for your previous work and good luck in future endeavors, I for one will miss you!

"After drying, it keeps excellently." Wha?

 

keeps is an older term for store, it means that once the maize (corn) is dried, it can be in storage (kept) for a long time.  It's not unheard of for certain bags of kernel to sit forgotten for a decade and still be edible after processing (cooking).  In an arid area, food storage was a serious problem before refrigeration.  Preserved fruits would last, but it lacks the sustenance in term fullness and calorie.  

 

Putting it in modern perspective.  It's like someone giving NASA the tech to feed a colony in space at 1/10 of the cost and the benefit the resulting infrastructures required to use produce this tech. 

 

In term of the manga, New awesome techs (where the Shrewd Merchant got caught up on) was introduced, but Crimson Scholar is selling what's after the tech.  So for the corn example, it's what happens after the introduction of the corn that Young Merchant realized and what she was trying to "sell", the compass was merely to "show them the way".

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eugh ...

the merchant side is seriously creepy in this version ...

it's more "real" tough ...

in my country there's few "merchant" which might do BAD thing to win whatever they want ...

(to make my story short ... in the end, they crushing and killing each other)

"After drying, it keeps excellently." Wha?

henceforth this series shall not have 'terrible' translations and pointless translation of wordy end pages that no one gives a damn about.

enjoy, both readers that have enjoyed this the way we have, as well as readers who are retarded thinking the former sort of translation is shit (because as a tl-er myself I've seen actual crappy/made up translations)

It will continue the way ZeroDC/Tsukimoto (new tl-er) deems it to, as me and Linksys wash our hands off it for various reasons.

Terrible translation, terrible, terrible terrible.

I was silling to let it slide but I can't anymore. You suck at translating and should be banned for life from ever holding a japanese-enlgish dictionanry in your hands.

Damn this is a terrible translation.

 

Terrible spelling, terrible, terrible terrible.

I was willing to let is slide but I can't anymore. You suck at spelling and should be banned for life from ever holding a english dictionary in your hands.

Damn this is terrible spelling.

Much, much better now.

Terrible translation, terrible, terrible terrible.

I was silling to let it slide but I can't anymore. You suck at translating and should be banned for life from ever holding a japanese-enlgish dictionanry in your hands.

Damn this is a terrible translation.

Man, the art is top-tier in this manga. It hardly gets chapters so I always forget than and then end up reminded of that fact. Definitely the best in terms of art of the different adaptations.

Huh, forget this version existed.

I like the art best in this version 

Got to admit that I prefer this version on Maou-sama, but Id still wait and see how Dragon princess looks... she was really nice in Ishida's version of manga, imho

I like the art best in this version 

I'm halfway through the first chapter and I give up. Seriously, who talks this way? The Japanese? English-speakers? No, only bad translators do. Stiff language, awkward phrases and random foreign words are the opposite of accuracy. The original doesn't have them.

The original is actually a series of posts on 2ch that have been made into a web novel series before becoming an full fledged light novel series with the backing of Enterbrain.

Actually, the "original one" is a light novel series. "'Be Mine, Hero' 'I refuse!'" is the primary manga adaptation, though.

MasterAim - Its the 'Be Mine Hero, I Refuse!'. The first one in the 'related list' in the summary.

personally, I'd say the most important part of translation is being accurate. anyway, regarding those other names, linksys has always given the english tl-ed name for it as well, so I see nothing wrong with it. (If anything, it serves to add-on to the accuracy of his tls as it 'explains' what the original is. Similarly, I can damn well translate this twice as fast if I just tl-ed from the chinese raws, but because when it comes to translating languages, there are often multiple ways of reading something which leads to different translations or wordings, which further leads to incorrect interpretation especially for jp -> chi -> en tls.)

getting back to the point, personally, giving the jap name also helps explains the usage of the name in this situation where one may question the tl-er giving 'Holy Key Expedition Army' as a name, or 'Young Male Merchant' etc. because in typical manga, or even in english, one would generally not use names/terms in such a manner. Which makes me feel that it will be better understood why such a name is used. That's my stand on it, and overall we as a group are likely to continue releasing in a similar manner. Unless, of course, the tl-er that takes over this is adamant on it being otherwise.

Also, wait, I think my comment on the script was missed out. This Prince Marshal is a beard guy~! (I don't think he was one in any of the other serialization/adaptations.)

@soranokira
It is a very minor preference choice of which sounds better? Hero or Yuusha? The word Yuusha is a pretty common word, really easy word to read, and will be repeated continuously throughout the series. But the same can't be said for most other characters. I mean pop quiz who know what a meido chou is? How about daishukyou? outei gensui?
Holy Key Expedition isnt the nicest sounding name but I gonna guess that it's at least a hell of a lot easier to read and remember than it's romaji translation. The most important part of translation isn't showing off fancy terms but being easy to understand.

The anime would have been sweet if it had an art style like this.

Anyone know which one is the original one? I kind of feel it is this, but there are more chapters of Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - "Be mine, Hero" "I refuse!", which confuses me a bit

Anyone know which one is the original one? I kind of feel it is this, but there are more chapters of Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - "Be mine, Hero" "I refuse!", which confuses me a bit

rather than names being simple and obvious, my take is that the author didn't want to give specific names to each of the important characters, but similarly it can also be taken that their role is also their name. the key staff involved in this have no issue with the names staying romanized, simply because Yuusha sounds better than Hero as a name. Also, we've already avoided romanizing even the holy key expedition army part (which sounds stupid in english if you didn't realize)

The names should definitely be in English not romaji. The whole point of their names is that it's suppose to be simple and obvious. The names itselves literally describes who is who without the need of recalling previous chapters and romaji ruins that purpose for English readers.