Is DBZKai a reliable translation?

[Legendary Saiya-Jin]

Do you think Dragon Ball Z Kai is reliable in their script to act as a translation for the manga? Or do you think it's too liberal with its characterisation?

[TheMightyOzaru]

I'd say it's fairly accurate.

[FNF]

Accurate in the sense that views from the Japanese version are conveyed in the dub, yes.

[Herms]

There are still occasional small differences in dialogue between the manga and Kai, even in Japanese, and the Funi dub is better than it's ever been but still pretty liberal at time.

[Tundra]

There are still occasional small differences in dialogue between the manga and Kai, even in Japanese, and the Funi dub is better than it's ever been but still pretty liberal at time.

A good example being in the dub, Cell mentions that he can use every technique in Goku arsenal from "Kamehameha to Kaio-ken". In the original he mentions that he can use Goku techniques and the Spirit Bomb, but never mentions specifically that he can use Kaio-ken. There's also some more liberties with Mr. Satan's dialouge in the Cell games (such as him mentioning Pokemon, and setting his DVR). But overall is pretty close to the original script, and some of it liberties may have been taken to match synching, or word puns that we might never get in english.

An example being when Goku forfiets during his fight with Cell and chooses Gohan to fight in his place. Since Gohan's name means "cooked rice", the reporter believes Goku is discussing lunch with Cell rather than naming the next fighter. In the Funi dub the reporter believes that Goku's is basically saying "Go on", also both Satan and the reporter believe Gohan to be a water boy than an actual contestant. The Funi dub for the original series doesn't mention the name pun as well (I could be wrong though, since I haven't seen the original series in a while), but Satan and the reporter believe Gohan to be a delievery boy so it may seem like the original may have tried to keep the pun.

[Darkprince410]

As the others have said, Kai takes some liberties with the dialogue still, and does include some filler for the sake of...well...filling, but it is far more accurate than Funimation's dub of Z, and a good deal of the dialogue is faithful to the manga.

[Duo]

It's mostly accurate. I'd give it an 8/10, but I think I'm very forgiving because of how much of an improvement the entire production was over Funi Ball Z. Some of the cultural references are changed up, but it doesn't really bother me much in /most/ cases, mainly because the jokes aren't completely stupid.

[Zenkai]

(such as him mentioning Pokemon, and setting his DVR).

???!?!?!

[VegettoEX]

We have no idea what you're asking/saying if you don't actually use some words!

Are you expressing shock over the inclusion of these out-of-universe/real-world references in FUNimation's English dub of Kai? Are you asking if they are actually there or if someone is just making a joke (they're not joking; they are indeed written in there)?

[Gonstead]

The line about Pokemon I don't know why was added in (Mr Satan refers to them as "Pokey-Mans")

The DVR line is acceptable as it's pretty much an update to the original.

[Duo]

The line about Pokemon I don't know why was added in (Mr Satan refers to them as "Pokey-Mans")

The DVR line is acceptable as it's pretty much an update to the original.

Indeed. I don't need the dub to be accurate down to every single last word - I have the Japanese version already.

[Zenkai]

We have no idea what you're asking/saying if you don't actually use some words!

Are you expressing shock over the inclusion of these out-of-universe/real-world references in FUNimation's English dub of Kai? Are you asking if they are actually there or if someone is just making a joke (they're not joking; they are indeed written in there)?

Hahaha. I was just wondering if he actually said that.