Talk:Parasitic Tentacle (Ocarina of Time)

I thought that since the page for the Wind Waker 寄生触手 uses *Parasitic Tenticle* as a translation, just like this page does currently, that I'd request to change the translation of 寄生虫の触手 on this page here, from Parasite Tenticle to *Parasitic Tenticle Worm*. The reason being is because the difference in name between the Wind Waker name and the name on this page here would be the Kanji *虫/Chu*, which translates to either Worm, Moth, Insect, and/or Bug. Plus, it would distinguish something unique from both pages, translation wise, giving them something slightly different from eachother IMO. --Vaati The Wind Demon 03:46, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * You are genrally right, although the correct translation would be "Parasitc Intestinal Worm's Tentacle" or "Tentacle of the Parasitc Intestinal Worm", with the latter being more appropiate as it doesn't sound so stupid in English. We know it is a tentacle of Barinade and Barinade(電撃旋回虫 バリネー) itself is referred to as an intestinal worm(寄生虫の) in Japanese. This translation is applied with a little hindsight tho', since the player would generally not know that until meeting Barinade itself later. The current translation isn't necessarily wrong, it is just not 100% accurate so I'm in favor of this change. Bakeneko 06:36, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That's accurate, sometimes to get an accurate translation, I type the Japanese Words in Google Image and that usually helps with a translation as it gives the viewer what the Japanese use the words for in Image Forms, as well as dictionaries and encyclopedia definitions. So all in favor of *Parasitc Intestinal Tenticle Worm*.  --Vaati The Wind Demon 13:26, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure where "intestinal" is coming from, in this instance. It's just not in the name. We shouldn't add it just because it's used in a related enemy's name. Adding worm is fine. I think "Parasitic Worm Tentacle" will do. 14:48, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's coming from Barinades name. 回虫 like I already mentioned, so that's where intestinal would come from. We don't have to add the "intestinal" tho' as the context of what Barinade is and where you fight it already kinda makes that clear. Still, isn't "Parasitic Worm's Tentacle" correct in English, as it would assign that the tentacle is a part of Barinade? Doesn't "Parasitic Worm Tentacle" mean that it is a an independent being, meaning it is a creature called "Worm Tentacle"? Wouldn't make sense. If we are unsure if this tentacle belongs to Barinade then we shouldn't add Worm at all in my opinion, because like Vaati already mentioned 虫 can mean anything(worm, insect, bug). Bakeneko 20:51, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * If I remember correctly, that isn't the only tenticle inside Lord Jabu Jabu's innards, I think there is about two or three in total maybe. Anyways, I choose worm because that was the closest thing I could translate to it's ressemblance.  I could have choosen catarpillar, but they apparently aren't the kind of bugs you would find eating flesh and/or tearing through innards.   I hope it's alright!  However, the current translation for Barinade right now is *Electric Rotating Intestinal Worm: Barinade*.  If given a newer translation, I'd translate it into *Electrical Swirling Ascarid: Barinade*.  Heres what an Ascarid is http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ascarid.  --Vaati The Wind Demon 21:54, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there are three tentacles and they all share the same name. Don't know if we need to change the translation for Barinade. It is correct and accurate right now and since I'm not a native English speaker, I'm not sure if "Ascarid" is a common English term. I think, people would like to avoid terms that sound too scientific, so I don't think it's necessary to go for this change. However, the reading is off on the page and I realized that I made a typo on the OoT Translations page while typing in Barinades name from the game. Gonna fix that right now...
 * Anyways, the point I was trying to make is, that "寄生虫の" is clearly a reference to "回虫" in Barinade's name, so that's why I think "Parasitic Worm's Tentacle" is correct, so that it carries the same meaning as the name "Barinade's Tentacle" would. Even this page itself says that the tentacle is part of Barinade so it's pretty obvious. Provided that those tentacles would not be part of Barinade, I would still avoid writing "worm" because 寄生虫 and 寄生 still have the same meaning according to monolingual dictionaries. Sure it looks like a worm, but we can't be sure if this is its main-body. But like I already said, this is not the case anyway. Bakeneko 05:23, 1 February 2013 (UTC)