Talk:One day

I'm very strongly of the belief that the official translation of this song given by FUNimation's simulcast should be the translation used. Firstly because it's done by people with a professional degree in Japanese translation, unlike fansubs. Secondly, we should not be endorsing fansubs. We have no reason to, especially with One Piece now that there are simulcasts coming out. With respect to the people behind fansubs, they have lost their purpose, and are now doing more harm than good. TheBlackPaladin06 12:52, August 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * So can you tell me who translate this song for FUNimation and what is his professional degree in Japanese translation? You only accept "official" translation as accurate and best translation because it is official. --Tipota 13:09, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to have to agree with using the official translation.Bastian964 13:24, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

The song--along with everything related to One Piece that FUNimation handles---is translated by their head translator, Steve Simmons, who actually has a collegiate degree in Japanese translation. He's also a big manga and anime fan, having once been the webmaster of the web site toriyama.net, which was one of the biggest providers of Dragonball-related news until he landed his job with FUNimation. Not that that makes a huge difference, because since FUNimation is the provider of the official release, whoever it was that did translation for them would be the official translator. Fansubs are helping to destroy the industry, so we should not validate them by saying that their translation is the better one. They conceivably had a point when 4Kids was still handling things and we would never see a loyal translation, but now that we are--and now that we can for * free *, for that matter--we should not be acknowledging them at all.TheBlackPaladin06 15:19, August 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * Is Funimation's translation of the song a "direct" translation based on the actual Japanese that is sung? Just asking cause if it's not then I guess that's reason enough for a revert. Also note just because One Piece is now being handled by by a more professional company, doesn't mean that everything that company does is immediately gold. Funimation does slip here and there.Mugiwara Franky 15:23, August 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * Indeed Funimation too has made mistakes at times not as severe as 4Kids of course but they are there! Please note that there is a difference between subbers so do not treat them all the same Paladin, there is clearly a huge gap between LQ and HQ subbing. As for their so called dedication they still call Bon Kurei as Bon Clay after all this time and haven't bothered to change it... MasterDeva 15:30, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Well of course nobody is beyond mistakes and FUNimation is no exception,as they have proven a few times. Think about this for a moment though--considering that they are the company who's going to be making money off of One Piece, and have the money to afford professional translators with degrees in translation as opposed to people on the internet who may not even have a degree...what motivation do they have to give anything other than the best translation available? How would that serve them at all? It wouldn't. They've come to understand how picky their fans are, too, so they know these things won't slip by us. Not anymore. Most of the mistakes FUNimation has made were back in their early days, today they are pretty much the most professional anime company there is in my opinion. Even if they weren't, though, they are providing the official release, so that's how it should be recognized. I guess what I'm saying is that even if the fansubs in theory provided a better translation, I still would not encourage their support due to what they've done to hurt the industry. Regardless, that's irrelevant because FUNimation has every reason--and all the money--to both afford and present the best translation possible. As far as the issue of a "direct" translation, I can't say for sure for two reasons. Firstly, I don't speak Japanese (then again, do any of you?). Secondly, I'm not sure what you mean by "direct." If you mean "direct" as in as literally as possible, I can't understand why you would want that. Like I said, I don't speak Japanese, but I know enough about it to know that their grammar structure is very different then ours. The order in which they place their nouns, participles, and verbs are strikingly different than properly-spoken English. If we were to translate the dialogue super-literally, all of the characters would sound like Yoda. The dialogue isn't translated that way, even by fansubs. So, why should the songs be an exception? The meaning behind the song is what's most important, and the FUNimation translation conveys the emotions behind the song more properly in my opinion. It's rather baseless to say or think that FUNimation would provide anything but the best translation, and fansubers have no arguement whatsoever towards their continued efforts to sub One Piece. I'd love to hear the arguements for their continued efforts, especially since they are the ones who replaced the word "friend" in their subtitles with "nakama" purely for the sake of sounding cool. I have no wish whatsoever to support people who want to "sound cool" at the expense of the industry.

PS: The last additon to the section, beginning with, "Well no one is..." was my contribution. I forgot to hit the signature button.TheBlackPaladin06 15:48, August 31, 2010 (UTC)