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Kuu
is 10% done
literally translating the names of the provinces etc doesnt feel "authentic" it feels pretentious as hell. no one thinks of tokyo as "eastern city", no one thinks of shanghai as "on the sea", no one thinks of ha noi as "in the river". similarly, no one thinks of luleå as "at the lule river", no one thinks of austria as "empire to the east". yes, these places LITERALLY mean things, but the average guy DOESNT CAREEEE
— Nov 13, 2025 01:06AM
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Kuu
is 11% done
if ur gonna be pretentious n translate all the place names (making it impossible for readers familiar w japan to place ur story without constantly going back to the glossary) at least be consistent and do the same for peoples names because they ALSO have meaning and are frequently better known than place names (my korean friends know their names hanja + meaning, but not the hanja for any big korean city, for example)
— Nov 13, 2025 01:13AM
Kuu
is 6% done
starting out great with a bazillion pages worth of glossary that NO ONE will be able to remember by the point these words appear in the book
also, kimchee????
— Nov 12, 2025 03:04PM
also, kimchee????
