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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 89 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sometimes you don't even need to learn Japanese. Dragonball characters are like 75% English transliterations.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Frieren is a big offender too. Everyone and everything is just a feeling or item in German pronounced in some weird way.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

When you know German and guy called Lügner shows up, why does anyone trust him? (literally means liar)

Or when a guy called Stark(strong) thinks he is weak. I wonder what power the girl called Laufen(running) has hmmmm

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And Übel (bad) is a gorgeous baddie!

[–] pentastarm@piefed.ca -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And Frieren meaning old hag.

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Actually it means to be cold.

[–] pentastarm@piefed.ca 0 points 2 months ago

It.... It was a joke..... That what stark calls her

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 months ago

We play a bunch of pen and paper games in my group. Every DM of ours just does this. Like this Is the guardsman "Honesto". Oh look the Thief "Guilteon" was cought.

It is also customary to fuck everyone over once in a while by calling the nice king "Darth" or the evil bad guy "Saviourious". Trust nothing.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

The baddie in Doom 3 is literally called Betruger

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

You know whats the worst? English Transliterations where the family name is something like Alan or Rodderick and the characters first names are Fitzgerald or Caldwell. And some translators can't figure it out so they type up the name Gram as Garham or the name Alice as Arisu.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bobson Dugnutt is perfection.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Sleve McDichael lets you know right away what you're in for.

[–] marquisalex@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ProZD did a video calling these in an announcer voice, which I come back to every year or so for a good chuckle.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

He has the perfect voice for this

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Bertholdt from Attack on Titan is my favorite misspelled character name.