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Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2025-03-26 10:08:20

Also an example of poorly handled Translation Convention.

Similar problems can arise when Keep It Foreign is averted, but wouldn't apply here since all three are being translated without indication.

The English dub of 1899 has similar plot hole issues: In the original, a lot of the intrigue comes from the language barriers between the characters, but all are dubbed into English without indication of the original language. This is compounded by Inconsistent Dub because the translators seem unable to decide whether this is Translation Convention, Switch to English, or if everyone is literally speaking English all the time, with some extremely awkward attempts to Keep It Foreign in places where they seemed to realize the hole they had dug later in the series. The subtitled version works much better, as the dialogue is translated but marked with <in language>.

Edited by Scorpion451
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