Talk:Day 311-320/@comment-26898460-20150920125451/@comment-4784862-20150920173902

On his blog? Yeah, he's using the Ruby template...though he's not really making use of the Ruby properly, heh. I haven't really been "fixing" anything when it comes to the Ruby...I've just been making sure it's displaying properly since I added the template that allows the wiki to display it. ^^

Under normal circumstances what's in Ruby is what would  replace  the japanese it's over altogether, especially if it's a name or a race name.

There are some exceptions where it's either discarded because it's ludicrous (I did this once or twice) and makes no sense...and where it's best to just add it AFTER the kanji translation (See Echoing Arms of the Thunderstorm, and the other abilities in that line. ^^)

I'll use the stuff in 311 as an example:

“小鬼ゴブリン”種が八百. - Since the Ruby is there, this would translate to -  Goblins (species): 800

In this case it would actually translate the same WITHOUT the Rubi, because that kanji translates to imp/elf/pixie/goblin anyway...so the ruby/katakana just tells you WHICH is being picked of those.

“中鬼ホブゴブリン”種が七百. - In this case, it would simply be the following - Hobgoblins (species): 700

In this case, the kanji under it doesn't directly MEAN Hobgoblin...but the katakana tells you what that kanji is meant to mean.

The reason I have (species) in parenthesis is because it's technically part of the translation...so it could either be "Goblin species"...or "Goblins"....since anyone that  doesn't  know that "Goblins" are a species of monster by this point...well...doesn't need to be reading this anyway. I left the species in there, but I don't think it's really necessary, heh. There are cases where it might be, but in the case of the direct naming of the species in a list like this...I don't think it is. ^^



There's almost never a need to put the english translated Ruby ABOVE the english translated kanji, because the Ruby normally  replaces  the kanji in the translation. At the most, it should be tacked on afterwards...but in most cases it's definitely going to replace it...especially in these ones.

I hope this helps. ^^