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Visit my BLOG at dgreater1.blogspot.com Okay! We must learn to read the description first. Subtitled version of Touhou M-1 Witch Doll (Real Estate Agency) Pun explanation: The Dr. House pun isn’t really the literal translation. It should be “Iei!” as in “Yay!” There are two famous way to translate this 1) Keep the original meaning and put a note (doesn’t work all the time and sometimes ruins the flow) 2) Localize (Target audience = Those who completely don’t understand the language) I find #2 choice to be the perfect one for this Flash video, that’s why. And also, it happens to pun with shouting “House” (Ie[i]!) as a name because Alice is looking for *a* “house.” *********************** The “lea—! I won’t do that!” part… actually, the literal is “Eat…? I can’t/won’t do that!” I had a hard time finding the right replacement for that pun when I suddenly remembered that 4 koma that spawned the “Alice leaks poop.” thingy and used the word lea– to connect it with leaves (which Marisa mentioned) and maintained the Green Storm context from the original because if I remember correctly, there are “leaves” being mentioned in Patchouli’s Green Storm Spell card. ********************** The last line, “Although, I want you to forget one thing” is one of my misheard line again and it should be “Let me say one last thing to you at least…”
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Comment by SkyFormToad
September 8, 2010 at 2:13 pm
3:38 UNTIL MARIO CALL EIRIN?! XD
Comment by KeroMarichu89
September 8, 2010 at 2:52 pm
who don’t liked it?! DX
Comment by SkyFormToad
September 8, 2010 at 3:34 pm
the while family suicided lmao~
now I love alice and marisa cuz of this video! xD
Comment by wildhaunter
September 8, 2010 at 4:23 pm
i don’t wanna live with mario!
Comment by animefreak10x
September 8, 2010 at 4:50 pm
DR. HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by outtagoodnamesdangit
September 8, 2010 at 5:46 pm
@kendaigmj Agreed, I thought the translator did a good job, but someone else commented on it, so I thought I’d explain. You’re right, though, it’s sometimes difficult to get a joke to work in translation.
Comment by kendaigmj
September 8, 2010 at 5:54 pm
@outtagoodnamesdangit Doen’t really work that well with subs though.
Comment by DeoxysUnknownForme
September 8, 2010 at 5:56 pm
4:49 Oh geez Dokuro reference makes me happy 8D
Comment by Ultimatemage13
September 8, 2010 at 6:01 pm
But… Alice is a human gone Magican but maybe her Social skills fail.
Comment by Ledslinger7777
September 8, 2010 at 6:59 pm
for some reason, Marisa reminded me Billy Mays for a second…
WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?
Comment by SarkenHS
September 8, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Marisa – “Are you looking for house ?”
Alice – “Yes”
Marisa – “Dr. House!!!!”
ROFL !
Comment by aalbes50
September 8, 2010 at 8:33 pm
these videos are really funny.
Comment by pixiefairy10
September 8, 2010 at 8:47 pm
@MahBoiOrMyBoy What about Chrome?
Comment by NYtassu
September 8, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I accept all cute youkais :3.
Comment by outtagoodnamesdangit
September 8, 2010 at 10:39 pm
@Archzenom Actually that’s just a translation joke, the Japanese joke is a little different. The word house is “ie,” which sounds like “yay!” That’s why when she says she’s looking for a “ie,” the reply is “YAY!” But that’s too hard to explain, so the translator wisely changed the joke to make it more easy to understand.
Comment by demonoftheblood13
September 8, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Dr.House! lol
Comment by ShyDeathKitten666
September 8, 2010 at 11:31 pm
I didn’t know Mario lived in Gensokyo… XD
Comment by Archzenom
September 9, 2010 at 12:10 am
What? Did Marisa just say “Dr. House”? LAWLZ! I didn’t know that they love Dr. Greg House. WWWWWWWWWWW
Comment by MahBoiOrMyBoy
September 9, 2010 at 12:57 am
dokuro chan!
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September 9, 2010 at 12:58 am
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Comment by KamaeSakurai
September 9, 2010 at 1:19 am
Flandre’s selling the still-burning SDM?
I want
Comment by Aspharatos
September 9, 2010 at 1:24 am
Is “Ieeeee!” REALLY Dr. House 0.o Sounds completely different from Dr.
Comment by Beener4657
September 9, 2010 at 2:05 am
so next time my house is one fire i should sell it!! it’s genius!
Comment by Beener4657
September 9, 2010 at 2:53 am
hmmm….so next time my house catches on fire, i should sell it
Comment by pheenix42
September 9, 2010 at 3:09 am
@angmarian113 Yeah, nowhere to move into!
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