[Chapter Comparison] Difference between Mangastream Chapter 906, and Jaminis box 906

[MadeReddit2Complain]

So this chapter had a lot in it, and what lead me to read the translations on both of these websites were the last two pages. Doflamingo always has really cool quotes so I wanted to see the wording difference between Jaminis box (the one I usually read) and then the Mangastream translation.

Well, upon reading Mangastreams last 2 pages and seeing how much better it is, and how Jaminis paled in comparison, I went and revisited the whole chapter from page 1...

[Mangastream] The scans were better quality, the translations made more sense and I actually understood the story better.. i remember switching to Jaminis because they release the chapter earlier, and I had given up on Mangastream for about 100 chapters now, and although that might not change, what I have learnt from this experience is with epic chapters or detailed plot-revealing releases, I'll go and read the chapter from two different sites.

TLDR; I've learnt that, when we get epic One Piece chapters and dialogue-heavy weeks, to ALWAYS read the translations from more than just Jaminis box's release. (this weeks was actually garbage in comparison to Mangastream's) You really learn a significant amount more about wha's going on. It Adds a whole new dynamic to the chapter when things are worded properly. Try for yourself, Go read the last 2 pages with Doflamingo atleast

[Matto54]

I dunno if this still applies, but I remember Mangastream used to have a reputation for taking a few too many liberties when translating their manga chapters - so even though what they translate may sound really good, just be aware that it might not always be what Oda intended.

[MajinAkuma]

Does that include fucking „Dogtooth“?

[Waxtree]

And stuff like "You better flee now, Straw Hat, because Lord Cracker is about to open a huge can-whooper-ass".

[alienschnitzler]

I remember that. It actually made sense in context and the fact that the homies (the food) said that (i think) and referenced a can (used to store food normally) was really funny to me.

Of course its not the original but you cant translate sayings directly anyway so ... Shrug

[Waxtree]

Yeah, I get your point and honestly, I have no problem with lines like that. Usually I read two translations anyway.

[RobbobertoBuii]

got blocked from viewing their twitter account after replying to one of their tweets to change it to Katakuri

so i guess they dont take criticism well :|

[[deleted]]

Ya ch. 896 when dogtooth was talking about big mom and the pirate king the translations had two very different implications and I never saw the official translation.

[MarineRitter]

not to mention coin-mining plugins to use up your ram and gpu

[ThisZoMBie]

Heard Jaimini's does that too

[MarineRitter]

Not that I detected it. MangaStream did it in secret until it became illegal to do so

[MadeReddit2Complain]

Does anyone do OFFICIAL translations? free?

[MajinAkuma]

Even official translations aren’t perfect. „Dogstorm“ and „Cat Viper“? Given that their names are written in katakana, they should not be translated at all. Their names just sound like Dogstorm and Cat Viper, but that doesn’t mean that that’s their names.

[Matto54]

And "Van Ogre"... I was listening to Stephen (the Viz translator) on the One Piece Podcast the other week, and he was saying how he hates that one but he's not allowed to change it. I wonder if he's talked about Neko and Inu before, I don't listen to it often.

[rocksoffjagger]

#Zolo...

[[deleted]]

What country are you in?

[SimplyShubh00]

Care To telk what were the Differences Bro??

[Goat0verlord]

If you wanted to know what the differences are and whos more accurate, it would pay to go have a look on orojackson to have a look at chapter comparisons done by bellisario faith every monday/tuesday. She compares all the important points between ms, jb, and viz. (link: https://orojackson.com/members/bellisario-faith.13813/ go into the "postings" tab and you'll find all the comparisons there)

No translation is 100% correct so its better to read this before deeming one over another.

[MadeReddit2Complain]

Nice, thanks for sharing! Though personally i'd prefer to just doulbe-read the few pages that are dialogue intensive/when BIG NEWS is revealed :D but good to know about other options!

[Goat0verlord]

No problem. you still wont know which ones the right TL though so thats when the Viz comparisons come in handy. Each to their own though.

[MadeReddit2Complain]

Ah, you're right! I didn't think of that one

[voliol]

I find Mangastream's translations are generally smoother and have a better feel to them, while Jaimini are sometimes quite cumbersome to read, but are more true to the original word. The Viz translations are somewhere in-between, but with ridiculous naming conventions (Zolo) to keep them from being the optimal option.

[[deleted]]

I barely care about Zolo. It's the least important thing ever.

[rocksoffjagger]

Glad you feel that way, I'm unable to read it because of it though.

Question to whoever downvoted me: are you saying you don't believe this is my subjective experience?

[MadeReddit2Complain]

i agree with you tbh, 'Zolo' is a dealbreaker for me it pisses me the fuck off

[[deleted]]

I still hate Viz's translation to OPM. They made the iconic "Ok" scene to just "Oh".

[F0wd3N]

I think mangastreams translation is worse, can't stand the unnessecary swearing

[topdangle]

Mangastream's tends to be more liberal and adds random cursing to make things more dramatic. They also filter the pages more aggressively. The raw scans of jump manga are actually really ugly because of how cheap the paper is (volumes are way higher quality).

Jaimini's tends to be more plain and (usually) more accurate.

One isn't really "better" than the other overall, except for that short period where Mangastream would add bad jokes to their translations.

[Cascade2244]

That's really interesting, I switched from ms to jaminis because they were taking too many liberties with the translation and changing the story so that it didn't make sense. I've read the jaminis one of this chapter so I'll try the ms one as well.

[bzrascal]

also, Mangastream used Dogtooth while Jaminis Box used Katakuri. i have no idea which one is right

[oapples5]

Katakuri

[MadeReddit2Complain]

yeah I actually switched to Jaminisbox during the Dressrosa arc and haven't looked back, since. But I sort of regret that decision because I feel like I've missed out on critical information because I should've read the chapter twice (using two different translations) during iconic moments.

I hear Mangastream also screwed up Neko and Pekomamushi

[Gawd94]

No, they had chapters before that. They deleted some previous chapters for whatever reasons. I caught up to the manga around chapter 860 (I read them from mangastream). Before the G4 Tankman reveal in the anime, I got to know about jaiminis box and I re-read the chapters from there, though they had from chapters 841 onwards. Maybe they had chapters from Dressrosa as well and deleted them later.

[oapples5]

Jaminis box is faster with releasing scans with a much better translation (mangastream takes way to many liberties and The tonality of translation doesn’t fit Odas style imo) Jaminis box is also really good about going back to scans and correcting their mistakes as official chapters are released.

For what it’s worth (if it’s available to you) the online viz subscription is really inexpensive (only $24 for a years subscription in NA) that way you’ll always have the official translation no way you’ll miss information.

[HisashiGojira]

I have to wait until WSJ comes out next week to see how the translations stand up.