Comments on: Zan Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei 1—:despair:

By: Winifred Flammang

Winifred Flammang — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:08:32 +0000

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By: acabaca

acabaca — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:28:11 +0000

You’re doing well, keep it up.

By: Kun-Kun

Kun-Kun — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:29:32 +0000

Nice job on this S1 translation, definitely sharper than the Sumimasen effort, it’s tough to do SHAFT with all of the references!

Just noticed a little SHAFT-ian shout-out to themselves : @ 13:04, check out the people in the street – there’s Dorm Mistress with Yonakuni-san from Maria+Holic!

By: Mandoric

Mandoric — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:41:01 +0000

Good catches; I’ve already tweaked the script for DVDs, though I’m kinda stuck keeping that pun for ep2 just to make it make sense in order. When I have the luxury of rewrite time, though…

As for softsubbing everything, I’d love to be able to do it, but getting all the signs in and on schedule is near-impossible on its own, so when deadlines loom it gets really appealing to do it much quicker in AFX. Sadly, I don’t believe any major mkv decoder supports a second video stream as an overlay, so hardsubs for the weekly releases end up necessary, according to the typesetter.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:37:59 +0000

I find the lack of honorifics refreshing. They shouldn’t be used unless absolutely necessary.

By: Deed

Deed — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:33:24 +0000

The lack of honorifics is kinda annoying. I think it’s best to keep them in, and don’t translate (because you can’t for many of them) them. Their meaning is generally understood among the vast majority of the community.

Anyways, thanks for the release. Hoping for more.

By: Oscar

Oscar — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:10:18 +0000

Hiya Mandoric, here are a few notes from me.

@00:13: It’s left wing (左翼), not right wing (右翼).

@11:40: The letter in the picture is a will (遺書), not a resignation (退職願 / 辞職願).

@18:39: Since the phrase used is 晒し (さらし), self-exposure would be a more fitting translation than self-display. This would influence how the sentences afterwards are translated, as well.

The last one is a personal preference and an onegai (お願い). Between how the background text lists are translated at 04:52 and 14:25 (good job!), it would be great if the former method (softsubs) will continue to be used, instead of modifying/erasing the source material.

Hope this helps, and thanks for picking up Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei =)

By: anone

anone — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:52:18 +0000

hope you don’t stall/drop it in the middle of the season

By: Me!

Me! — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:25:18 +0000

@whip, season two is already subbed, so look for it and you will find it.

By: Whip

Whip — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:18:03 +0000

please sub season 2