The Outrage
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Point of localization is to make it easier for young children to be able to pronounce the names of the franchise targeted at them. When you have names like Dusknoir, Gardevoir, or Hydreigon, while good, miss the point of localization for an English game. Using actual German words in a country that doesn't regularly use German isn't "subjective" in being hard to pronounce, especially when the same letter combination would be pronounced differently depending on whether you are speaking English or whether you are speaking German. As a Canadian, I didn't really have trouble with the names with a slight French-twist to them, but I've met more than enough American fans who couldn't pronounce it. Then there's Beartic, which until it shows up in the Anime, has had multiple interpretations in its pronunciation, and each one perfectly valid since they all take into account beard, bear or arctic puns--just which pun is more emphasized?They all depends on whether the name really is going to work well when on the other side. Things that are too obvious, well, will get the boot. Making it harder to pronounce? On the other hand, it looks more elegant, if you will. Sometimes, things are subjective. Different Japanese names... not that it matters.
As for different Japanese name, the complaint is that they waste time changing what doesn't need to be changed.
Obviously you don't cut in the middle of paragraphs, but anyone writing would have some sort of organization to their writing, so you split it up at major sections >_>Splitting the article into multiple parts is not good practice if we don't know how we are going to split it. It's bad when you cut off a paragraph on a certain subject because you hit the limit.
And you are telling me this because? In any case the fact remains that rule one of localization is to make sure the names you are localizing can be pronounced by the place you are localizing it for.It's not just pronounciation business - there is almost always a reason for their name choices. You'll find that some of the name origins are actually interesting, despite first looks.
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