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Old 22nd June 2007, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Yukitora View Post
I read ayumi has original japanese titles and translates them into english in the first place.

I believe "TO BE" was iruyo, and that evolution is the japanese word for "era". A mistranslation maybe?
See, but how would she decide to use stuff like "Greatful Days", with the (deliberate) misspelling? Or using words as "fairyland", "alterna", "Heartplace", and "LABYRINTH"? I think any person learning English would rather use "maze" than "labyrinth".

I'm not striking you down, it's just that it doesn't seem too plausible now. I'm sure before her I am... era she might have had helped from a translator, but as for now, I think she's getting it on her own...

The other thing we can consider in these titles is the capitalization. How would she decide the "STEP" in "STEP you", or the "LOVE" in "is this LOVE?", or keep it with "independent", or "No way to say"? All with translations?
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