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Edit: Fine, I'll just add that us readers have our manga at the mercy at the translators, so if they screw things up, who of us lowly people would know? What if a translator abuses that trust we put on him/her?
Yes what we read in mangas is up to the translators. If one/some/all of them completely changes the story from the raw we'd never know. What would it matter if you suddenly find out that the translations for the manga you were reading are a complete lie? You'd been enjoying it up until that point, yes? So that is a moot point to me. If a translator, intentionally or not, screwed up a bubble, page or chapter completely I would imagine it would look rather odd and stand out quite a bit.
Most of the manga I read are scanlated by very small groups. Those same mangas tend to have English grammar errors here and there. They stand out to me because of English being my native language; I still understand what was meant in the translation and it was translated for FREE in someone else's spare time. Plus I'm not their English teacher so I have no right to complain about their work. I just happy to have a manga translated into English, minor errors or otherwise, that I would probably never have the chance to read otherwise. For ALL of the mangas I read I wouldn't even know they existed with out the English scanlations.
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Minor errors, but who cares? The pictures count
That's what I voted because I didn't notice that "The pictures count" was part of the choice until after I had voted already. I'm a bit annoyed by that particular part of the choice. If the pictures account for so much over the translation everyone would just use the raws and the need for translations would be practically non-existent. The story and the pictures of manga go hand in hand with each other by design. I doubt very many manga would make much sense or be all that enjoyable with only one of the two. I'm sure some of "They're good" voters would choose what I did if it wasn't for the "The pictures count". I wish I could change my vote to "They're good" but couldn't find a way. I also wonder how many others wish they could do the change their vote the same way I wish too.