When Kirarin☆Revolution was released outside of Japan, several countries except South Koreanote , Indonesia and the Philippines change the title in order.
- South Korea: Lala's Star Diary (Hangul: 라라의 스타일기; Hanja: 라라의 스타日記) (anime only). Ironically, where the animation production takes place especially the first two seasons. However, Daewon C.I. kept the original Japanese title intact.
- Taiwan: 偶像宣言 (Ever Glory Publishing version) and 花漾明星KIRARIN (Mighty Media, MOMO Kids and Cartoon Network (Taiwan) version)
- Hong Kong and Macau: 星夢天使 (Jade Dynasty version) and 花漾明星 (TVB version)
- Thailand: คิราริ สาวใสหัวใจเกินร้อย
- Vietnam: Tôi là Idol
- Europe: Kilari (Which this title was used in some European countries such as France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro.)
Hey guys, what does these six titles means in Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai and Vietnamese please!
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偶像宣言 Idol Declaration
花漾少女 Flower Ripple Girl
星夢天使 Star Dream Angel
花漾明星 Flower Ripple Celebrity or Flower Ripple Superstar
Thanks, DienShihGeng! Can you do translated three Chinese titles of Kodomo no Omocha (Japanese: こどものおもちゃ, lit. Child's Toy or Kodocha for short) to English please! The former two Chinese titles are from Taiwan and the latter Cantonese title is from Hong Kong and Macau.
- 玩偶遊戲 (Da Ran Culture, Mighty Media, Cartoon Network (Taiwan) and MOMO Kids version)
- 孩子們的遊戲 (Sharp Point Press version)
- 小孩子的玩具 (Jonesky and Asia Television version)
玩偶遊戲 Dolls Game
孩子們的遊戲 Children's Game
小孩子的玩具 Children's Toy
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Net Ghost PiPoPa (Japanese: ネットゴーストPIPOPA) aka Web Ghosts PiPoPa in the west.
- Taiwan: 光速大冒險PIPOPA
- Hong Kong: 網絡小精靈 (earlier episodes) / 網絡小精靈PIPOPA (later episodes)
Eiken (Japanese: エイケン)
- Taiwan: 巨乳學園
Hey Yo Yorang (Hangul: 요랑아 요랑아) aka Yorang-Ah Yorang-Ah or My Little Fox
- Mainland China: 瑶玲啊瑶玲
- Taiwan: 魔法小迷狐
Petit Petit Muse (Hangul: 쁘띠쁘띠 뮤즈)
- Hong Kong: 百變雙子星 (Also, Ari Song note and Ara Song note are renamed to 宋莉莉 and 宋娜娜, respectively.)
- Taiwan: 雙胞胎姐妹花 (Like it mentioned above, Ari Song note and Ara Song note are renamed to 宋曉莉 and 宋曉蘭, respectively.)
- 光速大冒險: Lightspeed Big Adventure
- 網路小精靈: Internet Fairy
- 巨乳學園: Busty Breast Academy
- 瑶玲啊瑶玲: Yaoling Ah Yaoling (This is how they say Yorang in Mandarin.)
- 魔法小迷狐: Magical Little Mysterious Fox
- 百變雙子星: Ever Changing Twin Star
- 雙胞胎姐妹花: Twin Sisters
"And before that, was the infamous Japanese title for Dr. No. Not knowing that 'Dr No' was referring to a person, the translation went 'No! We Don't Want a Doctor.'"
This one appeared to be incorrect; all Japanese sources list the original Japanese title of Dr. No as "007 wa Koroshi no Bangou," which translates as "007 Is the Number for Killing." I'm removing the example.
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There's a 1986 Italian film with a non-indicative title "Vendetta dal futuro". Every translation invented a different name for it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091166/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_9
I don't feel this should be mentioned in every language section, but such an example of creative renaming should be here. Should it go to Italian section?
UPDATE: No answer in 3 years? Then Paco will be mentioned in every language section.
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The Dream Soldier
I know that they air Gravedale High reruns in the UK, but in ITALY???
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Shall we talk about this
When China translated the film titles of Deep Impact and Knocked Up they became, through that other translator if you believe the Internet, Earth And Comet Collide and One Night, Big Belly respectively. Knocked Up then became The Date That Screwed Me in Israel and Slightly Pregnant in Peru.
I added the Touhou games which would be a borderline example. Primarily because the translations were done by Zun, the original creator, and both the Japanese and English titles appear on the games themselves. Also because the titles are what fans call them, there have been no official English translations of the Touhou games. I think it still qualifies because no English fans I've ever seen have used the Japanese portion of the titles ... ever and from what I understand the same is true in Japan only they use the Japanese portion of the titles only.
If someone disagrees it can be removed, I won't feel bad.
Dear fellow tropers. i was thinking that we should maybe consider splitting French and Spanish in two parts each, one for European version (France and Spain) and the other for the American Version (Quebec and Latin America), because the differences between the two are often extremely important. This would make those sections a bit less unwieldy, but would lenghten the page
By the way, my Alias here is Collex, but this is my work computer and cookies are forbidden so...
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So that's why the bootleg Engrish translation of Pokemon Crystal refers to the mons as elves. Hm.
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How different does a title have to be to qualify for this? For instance, "Heartbeat Memories" hardly different from Tokimeki Memorial, (which would be called Heartbeat Memorial if people actually bothered to translate the name. I considered deleting the example, but I think I should get some input on this first.
Thoughts?
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Merge with Market Based Title? Redefine?
, started by suedenim on Jan 6th 2011 at 5:00:49 AM
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