Re: TV Series seeks unique science fiction gatherings/festivals/conventions...

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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 04:07:48 +0000 (UTC), sethb@xxxxxxxxx (Seth
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In article <1139531546.120088.5740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
tstidm <Tstidm56@xxxxxxx> wrote:


Anime And Sci-fi cons need to be better with the media.

I say the media should get competent first.

The WashPost Weekend section 2/17 had a pretty good article on
Katuscon:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021600674.html

I find it interesting that the convention organizers cannot
correctly translate the name of their convention. It's not a
"pork convention," that would be "toncon." It's a "cutlet
convention," "katsu" being derived from "katoretsu," an awkward
transliteration of "cutlet." The particular food referenced is
"tonkatsu," also known as jaegerschnitzel, but not in Japan.

You mean like "Although 'katsu' can mean several things in Japanese,
commonly it identifies a breaded meat cutlet. None of the organizers of
the first Katsucon, held 12 years ago in Virginia Beach, is still around
to clarify the title's inspiration."? Interesting that none of the
organizers is around, because I thought my friend Mike, who was there,
was around for the organizing part of the first Katsucon as well.

It's the "pork" con part I was pointing out.

Ah, the next paragraph (and a line from the next one):
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"Literally translated from Japanese," Diederichs suggests, "the name
means 'Convention of Pork.' The best we've been able to tell, we must
sheepishly admit, is that the original translator really didn't know
very much Japanese and got the phrase wrong. Unfortunately, by that time
it had really stuck. Right now, our official policy is [to] avoid any
literal translation of our name. It really confuses our Japanese guests."

In a way, the awkward translation is appropriate, since manga (MAHN-gah)
and anime (usually pronounced AH-nee-may by Westerners) developed
largely from Japanese mutations of Western cartooning styles.
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For a minute, I thought you were saying they didn't know they had it
wrong, but I see now I was imagining it. Sorry, carry on.

They apparently still don't know. It's a quotation from the
organizer (Diedrichs) that says "katsu" means "pork." It's the
article writer who apparently looked it up.

And yes, "cutlet convention" would confuse Japanese guests just
as much as "pork convention" would.

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