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Why the mispronounciations in games?
Can the companies not spend a bit more time on localization or checking out the languages used in certain situations? If you're unclear as to what I'm talking about and example is; In Grand Theft Auto 3, the Yakuza character "Asuka" was pronounced as "Ah-soo-ka", when in Japanese the "u" is often not pronounced profoundly so it would sound like "Awz-ka". Sorry if this confuses people, but has anyone else noticed anything like that? |
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Yes, it should be pronunced kinda like "Ah-ska" ... but on the other hand the Italian pronounciation in GTA3 was perfect
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Yeah, I cringed when people called Asuka-san's name. But, I just thought, "Hey, they're Italian, maybe because of their accents, they pronounced it that way." (I didn't get very far in GTA3, I'm at the part when I get to Stauton Island). But, mispronounciation just doesn't happen in games. Have you heard any dubbed anime? Omigod....
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Yes, I've seen alot of dubbed anime.. My pronunciation's probably worse, though. ![]()
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No, no, I'm not stuck, just lazy.
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Teacher Banzai
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*playing GTA3 again.. he is chased by the FBI into the park, where he hits a fence wrapped tree and flies out of control, flipping over and spinning.. catching on fire but not being able to get out in time before he blows up* ...those cops have got some anger management issues, man.. that all started with me bumping a cop car. >_<!
I kinda just faded into subbed instead of dubbed.. sounds better. ![]()
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