Comment by solarmist | Hacker News Reader

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>Kefka's line when the party flees from him on chocobos was changed. In the Japanese version he says "ヒーーーーくっそ！このかりは必ず返しますよ！", literally translated to "Arggg.... you scums! I will definitely pay you back for this!". In the overseas release, depending on the version, he either says "Son of a submariner! They'll pay for this..." (SNES/PSX version) or "Son of a sandworm! You'll pay for this..." (GBA/PC/iOS).

Wow, yeah. I don't care about that level of "censorship," especially from a "news" point of view.

The uncensored images are pretty tame, too, as in a woman in a sheet having her hips and butt partially uncovered vs. covered.

So, I'm glad people put in the effort to clean up little things like this. I'm still confused why this got upvoted.

It's probably best to think of it as a kind of domain-specific term of art. Same goes for the 'news' in HN's title - the site has about the same relationship to 'news' as USENET newsgroups, the city of Newport News or the word 'sinews'.

Idk where the person who wrote that got “you scums” from.

In this case, kuso (lit. “shit”) is like “damn” in English. I think the bowdlerized versions of “SOB” are actually appropriate

I'm not sure that example is censorship so much as "You spoony bard" tier creative license with the translation. It added color to the game.

One of my favorites from the same game... When Figaro Castle is set on fire, one of the imperial guards says "Fire! Fire! Heh heh heh..." implying that he is Beavis.

Changes the feel way too much, ruins the point of it being a Japanese game if it’s all just being filtered through the humor of one American who didn’t have the talent to create something that grand anyway.

Intent of the original writers should take priority over the translator wanting to put their attempts at jokes in.

That's a valid perspective, and there is legitimate difference of opinion on this -- but it's adaptation, not censorship. They changed the line but they didn't tone it down to appease people who might be offended.

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