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by Sabrblade » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:00 pm
Not just that, but the whole "Engrish" feel of it.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:craggy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Bleh at the Google translation.
care to elaborate?
The actual names are:
- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- R.A. (Ratchet)
- Gola/Gora (Gorilla)
- Bulo (Buffalo)
Moral of this post: *never* trust online translators alone.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
by JelZe GoldRabbit » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:05 pm
Sabrblade wrote:Not just that, but the whole "Engrish" feel of it.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:craggy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Bleh at the Google translation.
care to elaborate?
The actual names are:
- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- R.A. (Ratchet)
- Gola/Gora (Gorilla)
- Bulo (Buffalo)
Moral of this post: *never* trust online translators alone.
And, now it's "Balo".
by Sabrblade » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:26 pm
Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And, now it's "Balo".
I like "Bulo" better, since that preserves the pun in both languages. To elaborate:
バッファロー (baffalou/baffarou) = Buffalo
バロ (balo/baro) = Bulo
Don't you just hate vowels between Japanese and English? I know I do.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
by Blurrz » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:35 pm
by tigertracks 24 » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:49 pm
Blurrz wrote:Oh dear.
Well they'll go great with a clear grey bulk.
by Rated X » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:28 pm
by craggy » Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:41 pm
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".
by Sabrblade » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:01 pm
craggy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".
not sure either of those is really an honest to goodness, according to Whiteley "pun".
Balo's name is a shortening of "buffalo", accomplished by dropping the middle syllable from the Japanese spelling of the word, turning baffarō (バッファロー) into baro (バロ). It's a bit fiddly when it comes to being effectively translated, though: if we were attempting to recreate the intent of the name's origin in English, he'd be "Bulo", but that's not how his name is actually pronounced, so... nngh.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
by Pretender Skywarp » Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:15 pm
by craggy » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:57 am
Sabrblade wrote:craggy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, but the Romanized form of the name is "Baro", hence the "Ba" pronounciation. Though, we could say that the pun is more of "Buffalo" instead of "Buffalo".
not sure either of those is really an honest to goodness, according to Whiteley "pun".
Here's what TFWiki wrote on the matter:Balo's name is a shortening of "buffalo", accomplished by dropping the middle syllable from the Japanese spelling of the word, turning baffarō (バッファロー) into baro (バロ). It's a bit fiddly when it comes to being effectively translated, though: if we were attempting to recreate the intent of the name's origin in English, he'd be "Bulo", but that's not how his name is actually pronounced, so... nngh.
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