At 11:49 PM 8/2/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 10:32 PM 8/2/96 -0700, Gregory Matteson <matteson@ccnet.com> wrote:
>[snip]
>
>The best thing would be for us to try and persuade Pioneer/AIC or some other
>publisher to publish (Viz, maybe?) an English version of Tenchi 101, which
>should be more faithful to the original text, and you wouldn't have to worry
>about not knowing much Japanese...
>
        Well, no reason for me to stop trying to learn. Sooner or later I
will get more courses, and will improve. Waiting for a corporation might be
more futile than me 10 or 20 years from now still trying to learn.

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>
>There's nothing wrong with the original structure of this sentence, and
>nothing really wrong with the original sentence, nor its translation.  To
>the native Japanese speaker, I'm sure the text was not ambigious at all, but
>remember, that translation you have is a *fan* translation by a person who
>is not a native Japanese speaker, and admitted that his knowledge in
>Japanese was still lacking. Also in changing the original structure of the
>"More Details" section, certain things were omitted.  These are the factors
>that caused the bulk of the problems in the translation.  Many Japanese
>sentences will be hard for me, as well as other non-native speakers who are
>much, much more knowledgable than I am, to interpret, while being quite easy
>and obvious to native speakers (those who buy the book).
>
>
>Glenn Wang <brief@ix.netcom.com>  http://www.netcom.com/~brief/

        I guess that all said and done, niether of us has changed our mind,
or at least our stated position, despite a bit of public acrimony. I will
recover from any minor bruises, and I certainly have learned a lot more
about the thinking, and the material, behind those "The 101 Facts says...."
postings.
        I would find it hard to believe if someone wanted to contend that
even an amateurish airing of these issues was inappropriate or harmful. As I
said before, I subscribed almost 9 months ago; and it comes as quite a
surprise to me that there is a standing opposition to 101 Facts as Canon,
(gee...I wonder who they are?), just as the rich supply of exotic
information that goes un-asserted was a surprise, and very entertaining to
learn.

                                Greg M.