Thread:HorusDB/@comment-32510639-20180105191926/@comment-32271305-20180105205613

As Gilaad said, Kimono Android #18 is a good demonstration of how much these writing structures can differ. It really seemed like Android #18 gave herself +1 Ki per Ki Sphere, when in fact they just wanted to spell the number "2018", plus the symbol "&" has basically the opposite meaning on JP. On Global cards "&" is used to unite, while ";" is used to separate, whereas on JP there is no ";" and "&" is used to separate, instead. As in, "this card also does this completely unrelated thing".

When cards are brand new I often find translations that seem copied and pasted from Reddit, and they usually need adjustments (such as +10% instead of 10%UP, for example). If Dokkan Player Girl 2 wants to keep making these adjustements, it's completely fine by me... changing TEQ Vegito Blue's passive was a mistake but it seems like the issue has already been resolved, right?

TEQ Vegito Blue is another good example. His passive used to be: "Ultra-high chance of 2 additional attacks [...]", and it didn't feel right to me. So I compared the Japanese cards of TEQ Vegito Blue and PHY Vegito Blue, and I noticed that their passives were completely identical (until "&", of course), so I copied and pasted PHY Vegito Blue's passive, because "ultra-high chance" made it seem a lot better than it was. Then I changed the second part of his passive to one with a phrasing similar to those who increase their ATK "with each attack received", although I used "every" instead of "which" because I was afraid that too much similarity could create some confusion... and apparently that didn't help much! Still, the official translation might be a bit different when it's finally released, and in fact, it probably will be.

For the new STR Rage Trunks I combined SSJ3 Vegeta's passive with LR Vegito's, but on Global they might spell it in a different way, of course, for now we can only try to guess as accurately as possible. When Helpful Helper changed his passive from "Reduce received damage by 40%" to "Damage recieved -40%" I didn't undo his edit because of the phrasing, but just because he spelled "received" wrong. Dokkan Player Girl 2 changed it today to "Damage received -40%" and I won't undo that edit, in the end both versions are correct, until we get the official translation. Which is why in some cases it's a bit pointless to try and find the perfect translation (as ThisUserLikesOreo said), but as long as the translations aren't wrong, I won't mind, either.

It might be overkill, but it's not a crime. It's just that in most cases it makes more sense to find a decent translation and then wait for the official one, that's all.