Child/ Children?

tinmeigut · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: Child/ Children?

In the 'Characters' page of the Glossaries, the main characters are introduced. However I realise in the Japanese original version the Eva pilots are called children, not child, even if it refers to a single boy/ girl.

For example, Shinji is the third one, and he's called the Third Children in the animation. Although it seems grammatically incorrect, it's set by the author. Therefore, would it be better to follow the original names? I think it would be better to change 'Child' back to 'Children'. Thank you.

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**The Eva Monkey** · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject:

I've thought about it more than once. Part of it is a force of habit, given that every time I watch Eva, regardless of sub or dub, it's always "Child". If I were to switch over to more Nihon-centric terminology like "Children", "Shogouki", "Longinus no Yari", etc, I would be afraid of alienating the more casual fans. The more dedicated and educated fans understand and typically don't care unless it's a glaring inaccuracy. I'm taking things like this into consideration at the moment. I'm trying to give the site an overhaul, making it less oriented towards North American fandom, and simply english speaking oriented. Switching to using the terminology "children" for instance may come about in the near future, as I try to up the level of content.

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TheBlueTree · Gaghiel Joined: 02 Jul 2005

I have a kawaru background, it says 5th children, I dont mind it, but I'd rather it say child, or even piolet but that would be totally off topic.

Its a sweet pick of him sitting by the broken angel statue holding a black kitty! I believe it was posted here somewhere... mr. tines?

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AuthenticM · Shamshel Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Location: Qc, Canada

Why did Anno write it up as 'children' in the first place? He did know that it was grammaticaly incorrect. So why?

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**Mr. Tines** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

AuthenticM wrote:

Why did Anno write it up as 'children' in the first place?

Rei counts as "children", I think.

**drinian** · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject:

Unless there's some sort of controversy over meaning that I'm not aware of, as in the debate over what exactly an "Angel" is in the context of the series, it seems that it would be better just to leave it as "child." Creates a lot less dissonance in the mind while reading.