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== Real Life Examples == |
== Real Life Examples == |
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* [http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showthread.php?35676-Now-It |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110218011151/http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showthread.php?35676-Now-It%5C-s-Time-For-The-Brazilian-Batman-Potty-Mouth This] case is a textbook one. "Nasty", a general insult, was translated as a specific political slur regarding people of a certain Brazilian political party. Since the editor of this comic is linked to a magazine well-known in Brazil for utterly hating said political party, and since it would take specific effort to make such a "mistake" (as "nasty" is a fairly simple word that can be translated more easily into several others), it became clear that this was a Translation with an Agenda. |
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* While the book has never been translated fully, at least some of the controversy regarding ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' in the Arabic speaking world can be attributed to the fact that the title was sometimes deliberately translated using the word "ayat", which specifically means the verses of the Quran as opposed to its more general English title. |
* While the book has never been translated fully, at least some of the controversy regarding ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' in the Arabic speaking world can be attributed to the fact that the title was sometimes deliberately translated using the word "ayat", which specifically means the verses of the Quran as opposed to its more general English title. |
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* [http://www.fakku.net/viewonline.php?id=6014&page=1#page=15 This very NSFW page] of the hentai title "What is Islamic Fundamentalism?" ([[Rule 34|Yes]].) has the original Japanese dialogue replaced with "SMUT SMUT SMUT" all over. Trans. note: "stuff about dripping and dicks and stuff". Ed. note: "use your imagination". You could imagine someone has become tired of the stock hentai dialogue... |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811004730/http://www.fakku.net/viewonline.php?id=6014&page=1#page=15 This very NSFW page] of the hentai title "What is Islamic Fundamentalism?" ([[Rule 34|Yes]].) has the original Japanese dialogue replaced with "SMUT SMUT SMUT" all over. Trans. note: "stuff about dripping and dicks and stuff". Ed. note: "use your imagination". You could imagine someone has become tired of the stock hentai dialogue... |
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* In his [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Metroid Prime|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'', after having railed against Yoshio Sakomoto for [[Other M]] in earlier videos of the LP, [[Slowbeef]] translated [[Easter Egg|his producers log]] as thus: |
* In his [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Metroid Prime|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'', after having railed against Yoshio Sakomoto for [[Other M]] in earlier videos of the LP, [[Slowbeef]] translated [[Easter Egg|his producers log]] as thus: |
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{{quote|Hello, this is Yoshio Sakomoto! It’s not easy writing stories for Metroid considering my functional illiteracy. Honestly, I don’t really like Samus, and I don’t want you to like her either. I hate her and feel threatened by her. I will ruin this franchise. I’m just coming out and telling you. Fuck Metroid and fuck you.}} |
{{quote|Hello, this is Yoshio Sakomoto! It’s not easy writing stories for Metroid considering my functional illiteracy. Honestly, I don’t really like Samus, and I don’t want you to like her either. I hate her and feel threatened by her. I will ruin this franchise. I’m just coming out and telling you. Fuck Metroid and fuck you.}} |
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