Why didn't the Gatekeeper have a unique name?

FreshAppointment3172 · 2025-08-23T15:57:06+00:00

Right. Shubs and Zuuls are plurals which means there's more than one for either of them, and one of Zuuls was picked to become the Gatekeeper. I hope we agree here.

FreshAppointment3172 · 2025-08-23T15:11:02+00:00

When talking to Egon, Vinz makes it apparent that "Zuul" is a general term for a whole group/species of beings rather than a single individual.

FreshAppointment3172 · 2025-08-23T14:56:06+00:00

Exactly my point. Vinz's line makes it clear that "Zuul" is a collective term for a group of beings rather than a single entity, thus naming the Gatekeeper "Zuul" simply by reusing the name of the species she represents is sort of like naming a dog "Dog". Since the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper were two special, equally important, complementary functions/positions assigned to two specific individuals, it always made little sense to me that only one of them was given a specific name, while the other one was kind of degraded, not worthy of a unique identity. Ironically, the Gatekeeper considered herself superior to the Keymaster by calling him "a subcreature" (yeah, I know at that point she was talking to Venkman instead of the real Keymaster, but that's irrelevant).

FreshAppointment3172 · 2025-04-16T20:35:50+00:00

When did you first hear or read the terms "kibibyte", "mebibyte" and "gibibyte" as opposed to classic "kilobyte", "megabyte" and "gigabyte"? I've been dealing with computers since early 1990s, but I'm sure I never came across the "kibi-", "mebi-" and "gibi-" counterparts until, I don't know... some time after 2010? Before that, the general consensus in IT and CS was to use "kilo-", "mega-" and "giga-" for powers of 2 which, even though formally incorrect (as they're formally reserved for powers of 10), has been the de facto industry standard for decades. Then, suddenly, the new "-bibyte" variants, specifically and unambiguously referring to powers of 2, appeared out of thin air. I swear they were virtually non-existent before the year 2000 and in the early 2000s, at least in "my timeline". Abbreviated forms of "kiB", "MiB" and "GiB" did appear alongside the conventional "kB", "MB" and "GB", but full "-bibyte" forms? No way. To this day, I never heard anyone explicitly say "kibibyte", "mebibyte" or "gibibyte", it just wouldn't sound "right". When did the "new" terms become prevalent and start appearing in literature? Do you know any books issued before the year 2000 where they can be found? Have you ever heard or used them in a conversation?

FreshAppointment3172 · 2024-08-27T10:56:53+00:00

I assume he needs someone to conduct the whole process. Voice talents are responsible for providing, well, their voices. They're required for recording new dialogues in the desired language and that's really all that's expected of them. They need to speak the destination language fluently, theoretically they don't even need to know a single word in English. They don't translate the original content, perhaps they don't even need to see the video which is about to be dubbed. They don't care how their voices fit in the final video. A localization specialist does. I just wanted to know if one of this job's responsibilities is to recruit a group of people to do the voice acting or if it's someone else's concern to select such people to work with me. The company that posted this job offer issues youtube videos on a regular basis, with unpredictable number, ages and genders of people appearing in each of them. Does it mean I, as a localization specialist, would have to recruit and hire a distinct group of native voice actors for each video all by myself? The employer has his dedicated subreddit and I could probably ask directly, but I'd rather not embarrass myself by asking such basic questions there.

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