The All-Purpose "Translation Request" Thread

[Fox666]

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[Herms]

I guess this is in Cantonese, anyone knows what it says about Vegetto and Super Saiyan 4?

說不定比超級賽亞人4還要強！
"Perhaps even stronger than Super Saiyan 4!"

What book is that from?
Edit: Apparently it's the anime comics edition of the GT special.

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE:
People across the internet seem to keep referencing this Chinese translation, but we have the original Japanese source documented as well.

[hleV]

So base Vegetto is perhaps stronger than SSJ4. Why "perhaps"?

[Fox666]

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[Kaboom]

This is downright delicious.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

What is the whole Vegetto saying? Is it referring just to base Vegetto, Super Vegetto, or Vegetto in general?

[Herms]

What is the whole Vegetto saying? Is it referring just to base Vegetto, Super Vegetto, or Vegetto in general?

Well, here's the whole thing about Vegetto:

Merging With Vegeta!
After Goku and Vegeta use a merging item to merge, they become Vegetto! They can furthermore become a Super Saiyan, making them Super Vegetto! After the two strongest people merge, they become the greatest master in the universe! Perhaps even stronger than Super Saiyan 4!

So it seems to be talking about Vegetto in general.

(It's fun to practice my Chinese, though I'm learning Mandarin rather than Cantonese.)

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE:
People across the internet seem to keep referencing this Chinese translation, but we have the original Japanese source documented as well.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

So, Super Vegetto is stronger than a Super Saiyan 4 Goku & Vegeta. I wonder if SS4 Gogeta should be included as well...

Also, it seems that they don't go by the "base GT Goku => Z SS3 Goku" GT showed us. I like that. (It's unlikely that they go by the "GOKU X VEGETA = VEGETTO", since the SEG were released 12 years later.)

So, we recently learned some cool thing from the Animation Comics. I wonder what other surprises they hide...

[Saiga]

So, Super Vegetto is stronger than a Super Saiyan 4 Goku & Vegeta. I wonder if SS4 Gogeta should be included as well...

I'm not sure how you got "IS" from "PERHAPS"...

[Fox666]

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[DBZGTKOSDH]

It's a guidebook. It's just a way of saying that he is stronger than a Super Saiyan 4. It's like when the Perfect Files said that the Super Saiyan multiplier being x50 was a theory, while it was a fact in the Daizenshuu & SEG.

[Saiga]

No, it's not. Perhaps simply doesn't mean "is". And if Super Saiyan 4 is anything like the other forms, it's not a set level either.

[hleV]

If Vegetto wasn't stronger than SSJ4, then what's the point in implying such a possibility? Really, what's the point?

[Saiga]

If Vegetto wasn't stronger than SSJ4, then what's the point in implying such a possibility? Really, what's the point?

Because guides are full of weird tibdits like that that don't necessarily mean anything?

[hleV]

guides are full of weird tibdits like that that don't necessarily mean anything?

Please, elaborate. I'd like an example or two of when a guide (or whatever) implies a possibility of something which indeed can't be true.

[Saiga]

guides are full of weird tibdits like that that don't necessarily mean anything?

Please, elaborate. I'd like an example or two of when a guide (or whatever) implies a possibility of something which indeed can't be true.

I never said it can't be true. Just that speculation isn't automatically fact. It's like the Perfect Files' speculation on their being a Planet Saiya that is never mentioned anywhere else.

[hleV]

Just that speculation isn't automatically fact. It's like the Perfect Files' speculation on their being a Planet Saiya that is never mentioned anywhere else.

Same question again. Why would they imply a possibility of anything if it served no purpose whatsoever?

The way I see it, it is vague only because it's irrelevant to the story (Vegetto doesn't appear in GT and SSJ4 doesn't appear in DB; Planet Saiya never appears anywhere). Basically, they don't state facts because the series don't involve these matters.

[Saiga]

Just that speculation isn't automatically fact. It's like the Perfect Files' speculation on their being a Planet Saiya that is never mentioned anywhere else.

Same question again. Why would they imply a possibility of anything if it served no purpose whatsoever?

The way I see it, it is vague only because it's irrelevant to the story (Vegetto doesn't appear in GT and SSJ4 doesn't appear in DB; Planet Saiya never appears anywhere). Basically, they don't state facts because the series don't involve these matters.

That doesn't really make sense. There's no need to be vague if they're irrelevant to the story, since stating it as fact won't impact the story.

Implying a possibility doesn't mean it has to serve a purpose. It's just a tidbit.

[Bussani]

Same question again. Why would they imply a possibility of anything if it served no purpose whatsoever?

Because it's an interesting idea? Maybe it's an idea that they weren't sure how committed they should be to it, or weren't committed enough to call it a fact outright, but still thought it was a neat enough thought to put down somewhere?

[hleV]

Same question again. Why would they imply a possibility of anything if it served no purpose whatsoever?

Because it's an interesting idea? Maybe it's an idea that they weren't sure how committed they should be to it, or weren't committed enough to call it a fact outright, but still thought it was a neat enough thought to put down somewhere?

Do you honestly imagine them saying that Vegetto is perhaps stronger than a SSJ4, while actually he isn't? Maybe you do, I don't know. I myself simply can't. That would be really weird.