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• turdas@suppo.fi ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That sort of pedophilia just has much less cultural acceptance in English speaking world

  Which is why it’s not always the most accurate translation. Part of the job of a translator is to translate cultural nuance, which would be lost here.

  It’s a bit like how in English, Epstein wouldn’t call Trump a pedophile, he’d say he “likes them young”. In Japanese he could call him a lolicon and get the same tone.

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  • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How would you translate the word to best fit the meaning?

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    • turdas@suppo.fi ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I don’t know, I haven’t watched the show so I don’t know what the meaning is here.

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    • psycotica0@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If the term isn’t meant to be so “heavy” in the original usage, and there isn’t an equivalent “light” term here, I wonder if it would’ve been better to just translate it as “I didn’t realize you were a creep” or something else that misses the nuance, but gets the intended feeling and tone across.

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      • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Does “pedophile” not work in the scene in question?

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      he’d say he “likes them young”

      They already basically answered that.

      Though in this context, maybe the best thing to do is to not translate it. Most of the audience is likely to know the word already.

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      • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Did the character mean to say that they’re a pedophile but without the bad implication of it?

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