Post by Aveyn Knight on Feb 17, 2010 14:24:19 GMT -5
Not sure if "term" is the best word to use here.
Something that has always bothered me, does anybody know of a good translation for 理 [ri]?
This is used in a few of the Fire Emblem games and is used as a category of magic [rimahou] (which uses natural forces to attack with, aka fire, wind, thunder, ice) as well as an elemental affinity [ri].
In the English versions, they use Anima in both cases. although they do use Truth at least once and I swear I've seen Nature as well. Meanwhile the most commonly fan translation seems to be Reason.
It's even less clear in the Japanese versions since they just call it Magic (obviously they couldn't be bothered to keep things consistent in both languages, they do that often). One of the later games calls it Elemental though.
Something that has always bothered me, does anybody know of a good translation for 理 [ri]?
This is used in a few of the Fire Emblem games and is used as a category of magic [rimahou] (which uses natural forces to attack with, aka fire, wind, thunder, ice) as well as an elemental affinity [ri].
In the English versions, they use Anima in both cases. although they do use Truth at least once and I swear I've seen Nature as well. Meanwhile the most commonly fan translation seems to be Reason.
It's even less clear in the Japanese versions since they just call it Magic (obviously they couldn't be bothered to keep things consistent in both languages, they do that often). One of the later games calls it Elemental though.
