Board Thread:New on BlazBlue Wiki/@comment-5633574-20170614110700

I am late to the discussion in the original thread, so here is a new one.

This wiki should go back to the localizations. I will outline my reasons why.

-This wiki is primarily in English, so it should follow this rule by using the English terminology. Using the Japanese transliterations is very confusing, especially to those only familiar with the English terms. If it were in Japanese, the Japanese terms would be more appropriate, but it is not. Sticking with one language and the terms it uses is better for consistency and just common sense--you wouldn't randomly throw Mandarin sentences or transliterations into a passage about various Mandarin-originated subjects, for example.

-Many of the transliterations are awkward or grammatically improper in English. "World Void Information Controlling Organization" sounds horrible, no matter how you slice it. "Novus Orbus Librarium" at least actually sounds like a proper organization name, despite the change to Latin. "Combustible Witch" and "Magical Association" are other examples of names that work perfect in their mother language, but when transliterated into English sound confusing, awkward, or give the wrong idea (what is an 'ss-class rebel' after all?  'SS-class criminal' is much more clear.  "Mage's Guild" and "Magic Guild" are far more clear than "Magic Association" or "Magical Association.")

-Night Vision's reasoning is purely subjective; opinion should NEVER dictate why you make a change in an encyclopedia-type website. Regardless of whether or not you think the changes are 'bad' or 'absurd' they are nonetheless the terms used in our version, and work better for our language/majority of consumers. Exceptions of course being in situations like where 'Bystander' and 'Observer' are condensed into one, but a simple note on the pages would fix this.

-All other wikis dedicated to Japanese media stick with translated terms, unless there is a very strong reason for the exception (example being Phoenix Wright's wiki where Japanese names are used in unreleased media-centric pages). As mentioned, this is because it is an English database--the terms should be consistent.

-Some of the changes mentioned are wrong in Night Vision's original post. Example: the claim that Azure Flame Grimoire is an incorrect translation because it isn't a 'grimoire.'  The original name, 'Book of the Blue Blaze' is also incorrect by this logic: as both translations make it clear that the Azure Grimoire is not a phyisical book in any form, and this is simply its name however misleading it might be.

-Using transliterations leads to a slippery slope that opens the door to shifting to a wiki filled with broken English in an attempt to reconcile the differences. Examples could be using pure translations of the character's names (Raguna as opposed to Ragna or Meioh Izanami as opposed to Hades: Izanami) or simply posting literal translations of character dialogue on the quote pages (example: instead of Susanoo's English translation for '暮れてやるよ吸血鬼…絶対なる神の力を！' being properly translated to 'I'm going to end you, vampire… with absolute divine punishment! ', somebody would find the hard translation of "I'll be at dusk Vampire ... Absolutely power of God!" to be acceptable, or even worse: 'Kurete yaru yo kyūketsuki… zettai naru kami no chikara o!')

In short, the shift to translation was a horrible idea, and simply makes the wiki look disorganized, confusing, and much worse than before. It also reflects a bit poorly on the community as well. I hope to see a reversion back to the previous standard---I would be happy to contribute to reverting it all as well. Because as it stands, this was not a good idea. 