Yuris wrote:


>Andreas Dombrowsky wrote:
>
>> For some reason, I don't remember having ever seen proof of Kamisama be
>> ing the Norn's biological father.
>
>That's because there never was one. My memory is REALLY foggy on this,
>so don't flame me if this is wrong, but didn't the dubbed version
>translate it has "father"? Or was it some DH issue....?


That particular gaff belongs to the English-dubbed anime and nowhere else.
At least DH/SP have pretty much settled down to "Almighty" or some
derivative thereof.  You have to give Studio Proteus credit for not putting
words into the characters' mouths on this one major issue.

>P.S. Tidbit : I found out that in the recent Korean version of AMS, they
>didn't directly translate Kamisama (of which there is a direct
>translation of in Korean), but instead they used the term "God" as they
>use in Christianity... I wasn't too pleased with it. >_<

I have to agree.  Anyone with a fundamental knowledge of Judaism,
Christianity, or Islam can tell the Kami-sama is NOT Yahweh/God/Allah (3
names, same entity).  I would have been kinda upset, myself.  I like
Kami-sama, but he is NOWHERE NEAR that level.  It's not as bad as the dubbed
Anime translating "Kami-sama" as "father", but it's still a mistranslation
if you have a good word for "Kami-sama".  Unfortunately, English doesn't
have such a word.  Hence the use of "Almighty".

Brian W.