SUDDENLY, LANGUAGE LAWS!

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

IT IS HERE, FINALLY. That which many of you have been waiting for and asking for, and that which we mods have been racking our brains over and which we finally figured out! That which comprises yet another BEHEMOTH of Landel's Damned guidelines!

LANGUAGE LAWS AT LANDEL'S

We tried our best to explain everything as thoroughly as we could, and though there's a simple little version of the rules up top, we'd like it if everyone read through the giant thing at least once so that we're all on the same page and there aren't any misunderstandings.

But haven't all these rules been contradicted by just about everybody in the past? Yes, they have! But it's okay, since we're just going to do a cleansweep and make it so that, suddenly, at the very beginning of this Nightshift, Landel's magic will make everyone's language perception snap to fit those rules, and from then on, we'll be working off of those guidelines.

I know it's a lot to read, but at least it'll help us all be consistent, yeah? D:

In other news, as you can see here, Court has totally kicked my ass again we're slowly but surely getting to the finish line! (I sacrificed app-reading time today to work on the Language Laws, as I figured we should clarify all that before Nightshift.) Hang in there, those of you who haven't gotten e-mails yet! D:

Also, Leora, where are yoouuuu? MR. PUDDLES NEEDS YOU

Comments

[whiteychan.livejournal.com]

Note that this does not include generic, translatable titles such as specific military/company/social ranks, family relationships, etc., unless you can justify to us why such a title wouldn't translate well to English given the context of the canon.

Quick question for the Bleach-ites. Taichou and Fukutaichou are generally assumed to be captain and vice captain, and we often use both interchangeably depending on mood and what sounds best at the time; however, if I recall the technically correct word isn't captain but "unit commander." Can we still use those two titles when speaking to each other, or do we have to use "captain?"

Other than that, this was hilarious and cool. :P

I figure zanpakutou and shinigami fit into the whole, "sound just plain weird translated" category. XD

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I was actually wondering if this would come up, since I know the Bleach fandom seems to go back and forth between the English and Japanese versions of the titles. As your guys' characters are from an actual Japanese canon (unlike, say, FMA or FFVII, whose canons are technically English), I'll go ahead and say taichou/fukutaichou are a-okay.

YYYYEAH, pretty much all those Bleach titles fit that category HENCE THE ICHIGO

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Haaaay... that Ichigo was super special awesome. ♥