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[eruraito]

......I should have really, really corrected the misunderstanding, that Hetare clearly means useless in Japanese much earlier, though I didn't know it had been spread and fixed that much in Western fandom... and I didn't check the main comm so often.

Well, even us Japanese find it kinda hard to define the word perfectly (also it was originally the

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[atiko]

Too late, sorry to say. ;-) But it IS am important point. I often see people write "with that title the Italians would have most reason to be offended by the series, wouldn't they?" in discussions.

It's really hard to put into English. Maybe, if we're looking for a person that does stupid/clumsy things but is loveable, "dork" comes close? Even though that doesn't enclose the "crybaby" aspect...

[eruraito]

I wonder if the misunderstanding could be cleared from now on by any chance...almost impossible?
Yeah, but it's not Himaruya making up the word "Hetalia" in fact. Well after all he adopted it.

I'm afraid "Hetare" doesn't really include doing stupid/clumsy things or "dork" actually. Because people who are intelligent or strong can be easily called as Hetare too if they couldn't show those abilities when in emergency situations. It's really hard indeed. "Crybaby" could be the nearest one in one word, I guess.

[milavalentine]

That's interesting :o

The direct translation to portuguese would be really offensive too, It's hard to describe the name without making it sound like Italia is really useless and a burden to the others. Not the kind of...useless, like he is in the series...

[eruraito]

Even in Portuguese, too? Well as I said, from the beginning it in the original Japanese word has so many meanings you know...

[vysnia_cerasus]

That's very good to know, and interesting too. I can try to correct the misunderstanding on the fans' wiki for Hetalia, but I'm not sure what good it might do either. Some fans can be very stubborn to having their expectations changed XD:

Thank you for this information! It's very helpful to understand. Stuff can get pretty lost in translation and intent. The main comm got pretty scary, you're lucky to have stayed away from it. I think it's calming a little, but I still worry.

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