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I prefer it when they keep the original language's honorifics. I also am not put off by a character calling their lover something like hyung or noona, I think ppl who get weirded out by that should try to understand that it's a different culture and they're not literally referring to them as their sibling   reply
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I prefer if the original honorific is used! It's how we learn!   reply
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translation is !!always!! better than localisation. a t/n goes a long way but w hyung/noona i personally think it's unneeded. if readers can't do a quick research on korean terms that come up as often as hyung/noona then what're they doing TT. official trans sucks sometimes bc they take these honourifics out or westernise (americanise tbh) the fu......   reply
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Nope. Not weirded out at all. I actually prefer the usage of honorfics, familial identifiers, and culturally specific endearments and idioms. Removing them makes it more European/Western and takes away the Asian feel of the work. That's why I love most fan translations that kept the terms and just used a translator note near the word or a footnot......   1 reply
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I get so confused whenever I encountered that kind of translation I always drop it, it sucks cause it's weird for me since it's not the usual "hyung/oppa" and "unnie/noona" also some people might get the wrong idea that it's incest since not many people read enough manhwas to know about hyung/oppa/unnie/noona thing   reply
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Honorifics are a must tbh, they have no equivalent in the west, so they clarify tone, respect/disrespect or mockery even, playfulness and so on. Replacing them with halfassed western terms just takes too much away. It's no good to me. Let me keep hearing Ah-juicy's dirty talk instead of the one from MiStEr or 'uncle'. Just, nah bro...don't. Keep ......   reply
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I always prefer the original. When manga/hwa/hua localize honorifics to the English equivalent (brother/sister/etc), I correct it in my head as I read so it sounds right (hyung/unnie/ge/etc).   reply
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It’s hard to match 1:1 in English, so I think they should keep the honorifics as much as possible, because sometimes when they try to “match”, they just sound too formal/stiff. A few examples I can think off: In Hello Veterinarian, the characters refer to each other as Mr./Ms, but I’ve seen some of the unofficial translations that use “D......   1 reply
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English has the same "brother" concept/terminology as the Koreans, it's just people are so illiterate nowadays all they read is "incest". Therein exists the word bro. Now, there isn't an exact 1:1 to hyung/oppa, but the idea that INCEST is why we don't put "bro" or whatever is just ??? to me. I will say I prefer they keep the honorific, I forgot ......   reply
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