How to Get a Job at a Japanese Video Game Company feat. Ben Judd
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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Is There a Relationship Between Sumo and Translator's Metaphor?
You need that freedom and that grey zone, absolutely. As an example, trying to describe sumo, which is something maybe some people have never seen, or if they have theyd, arnt familiar with it, isn't going to work. So you have to sit there and say, ok, what is the category he's talking about? He's making a sport's metaphor. Ok, is there another sport i can use that's more popular to the end and user baseOk, maybe it's baseball. A that we'll still get that point across. But if i'm somebody that's a fledging translater motia, i have to talk about sumo, and then
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