How many in their careers get to translate scenes of intense horse fucking? Including a sound effect for a horse... having its bliss?
Thanks Shigeru Mizuki. You deliver, pal.
(From Tono Monogatari)
May 7, 2025 17:02You realize you're now obligated to explain how you translated *intense horse fucking* every time you do a College Lecture on Translating!
Knowing how Victorian translators tended to tone down the more carnal aspects of the ancient Greco-Roman mythological tales to suit the "delicate sensitivities" of the time, a part of me wonders how horse-fucking would have been handled by them.
Neigh, can't say that I have.