Difference between revisions of "Metaphorize"

From Serial Experiments Lain wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
==Usage==
 
==Usage==
 
The word is used several times in the original Japanese dialogue of the anime as well as at least once in the English dub, and even flashes across the screen once in [[Layer 07]], misspelled. In the English dub and subtitles, it is sometimes mistranslated as "metamorphosis," or some variation thereof. This might be because "metaphorize" is not a commonly used word in the English language, not even appearing in most dictionaries.
 
The word is used several times in the original Japanese dialogue of the anime as well as at least once in the English dub, and even flashes across the screen once in [[Layer 07]], misspelled. In the English dub and subtitles, it is sometimes mistranslated as "metamorphosis," or some variation thereof. This might be because "metaphorize" is not a commonly used word in the English language, not even appearing in most dictionaries.
 
Though it is a verb in English, the word is technically always used as a noun in the Japanese dialogue of the anime, verbized by adding 「する」、the verb meaning ''to do''. To nominalize it in English, one would have to coin a new term, such as ''metaphorysis'' or ''metaphorization''.
 
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
The word was used in the same sense in [[Alice in Cyberland]], a game and OVA written by [[Chiaki Konaka]].
+
The word was used in the same sense in Alice in Cyberland, a game and OVA written by [[Chiaki J. Konaka]].
 
 
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Latest revision as of 11:41, 22 April 2022

In episode 7, metaphorlize (sic) briefly appears on the screen.

Within the context of Serial Experiments Lain, metaphorize (メタファライズ) is to project a digital incarnation of one's personality into the Wired. Lain is highly admired in the Wired partly because of her ability to metaphorize herself so completely.

Usage

The word is used several times in the original Japanese dialogue of the anime as well as at least once in the English dub, and even flashes across the screen once in Layer 07, misspelled. In the English dub and subtitles, it is sometimes mistranslated as "metamorphosis," or some variation thereof. This might be because "metaphorize" is not a commonly used word in the English language, not even appearing in most dictionaries.

Trivia

The word was used in the same sense in Alice in Cyberland, a game and OVA written by Chiaki J. Konaka.

See Also

  • Typographics
  • The Japanese-language glossary of terms from SEL at Deep Researches Lain includes a definition of metaphorize. [1]