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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • If I have given the chance to vote, I would personally think that your comment is inaccurate, but shouldn’t be removed, especially shouldn’t be removed as sexism.

    To me, “mistranslation” means that a translation do not accurately refelect the original content. However, the translation of IGN, although might benefit from additional clarification, accurately reflects the content and sexual nature of the original post.

    Regarding your alternative translation, although 舔 is slightly less sexual as “licked”, but 不能勃起 is as much sexual as “cannot erect”, if not more. If you translate it to “cannot sit”, it would significantly tune down its sexual and edgy nature. This is probably why the translator choose to translate it literally instead of rephrase to “kiss ass”.




  • It is in between, getting licked is the figurative speech for “unjust praises” with a hint of submission in the tone.

    English also have a similar expression like “licking one’s boots”, but in Chinese it is more sexual, as it typically refers to licking something else. An alternative is “跪舔”, which means “kneel and lick”.

    There are other comments in the article I linked:

    杨奇于2013年扬言游戏“不需要女性玩家的反向带动”,“有些东西就是做给爷们的”,“当真喜欢软娘腐的东西,换下个产品,哥天天穿丝袜吊打上班”

    Qi Yang (lead artist) has publically stated in 2013: “we don’t need female player”, “something are for guys only”, and "if we truely love soft female or gay stuff, we would change our product, I would wear stocking to work everyday.

    “游戏科学”技术美术师戴巍于2023年8月20日在知乎社区中扬言:《黑神话》中的女蛇妖“再多看看就能冲了。虽然蛇脖子暂时不习惯,但也不是不能培养”。

    On August 20, 2023, the technical artist of Game Science, Wei Dai, claimed on Zhihu (Chinese Quora): “[the players] will be able to masturbate to” the female snake monster in Black Myth. “Although she has the neck of a snake, which might not be the conventional aesthetic [for masturbation], but people can eventually get used to it”

    That being said, I do not claim that the dev still holds this view point now. China is a rapidly developing country, and its ideology and culture can shift just as fast.

    But I am very dishearten that they would mention “feminist propaganda” in their review bans. It seems like they are still not accepting of feminism.