For what it's worth, this doesn't sound quite as stupid in Japanese.
An ideal translation would be like:
"What's 'Swiftness'?"
"It's an attack that that increases your Pokemon's speed!"
But of course the already-established English translation of the move is not Swiftness but Extreme Speed and that's what the translators had to use and so they both sound like idiots
Not sure about the original pokemon audio so idk if this is applicable, but it got me thinking: it would be cool if localizers/dubbers inverted the languages so foreign speech was still foreign.
One of my favorite animes, the twelve kingdoms, has a dub that appears to do exactly that: has a lot of language play and it tricked me into learning some japanese while thinking I was learning about a fictional fantasy language
The English transcript is fine, the meme is just wrong:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N4qqX5Tjsoo
"It's an attack that increases a Pokemons speed, and by using it during battle it will almost guarantee you the first attack."
Your idea made me think of Monster, which doesn't do any of that at all. The main character speaks English, japanese, and German but to the audience, he just speaks English (in the dub). There is an episode in which he is traveling with a German kid and they meet an old british couple. All the voice actors speak English, but the kid and old couple can't communicate at all, and the main character translates for them. All in English lol
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tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 45 pts · 68d
For what it's worth, this doesn't sound quite as stupid in Japanese.
An ideal translation would be like:
"What's 'Swiftness'?"
"It's an attack that that increases your Pokemon's speed!"
But of course the already-established English translation of the move is not Swiftness but Extreme Speed and that's what the translators had to use and so they both sound like idiots
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 68d
Not sure about the original pokemon audio so idk if this is applicable, but it got me thinking: it would be cool if localizers/dubbers inverted the languages so foreign speech was still foreign.
One of my favorite animes, the twelve kingdoms, has a dub that appears to do exactly that: has a lot of language play and it tricked me into learning some japanese while thinking I was learning about a fictional fantasy language
Elgenzay@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 68d
The English transcript is fine, the meme is just wrong:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N4qqX5Tjsoo "It's an attack that increases a Pokemons speed, and by using it during battle it will almost guarantee you the first attack."
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 67d
Your idea made me think of Monster, which doesn't do any of that at all. The main character speaks English, japanese, and German but to the audience, he just speaks English (in the dub). There is an episode in which he is traveling with a German kid and they meet an old british couple. All the voice actors speak English, but the kid and old couple can't communicate at all, and the main character translates for them. All in English lol
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 67d
I've watched monster multiple times and I completely forgot about that. Yep
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 68d
Maybe because there's already a move called "Swift"?
jaycifer@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 68d
Wait, I wasn’t going to post this until tomorrow! How did it get posted so extremely speedily after my last meme!?
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org · 10 pts · 68d
Once you had a taste of the extreme it's difficult to hold back
sirico@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 68d
I mean it's just doing zoomies
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 68d
In his defense, I'm not sure what May was expecting.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 67d
Don’t lie Brock. It’s when you give your Pokemon, some meth.
Etterra@discuss.online · 1 pts · 67d
It's the red meth. Red makes you go faster.