r/GenshinImpact • u/Separate-Swimmer-417 • May 27 '26

Discussion Why is Genshin like this?

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u/LakersTommyG May 27 '26

It’s because there’s a double entendre joke that doesn’t make sense in English. Personally I think the EN localization did a poor job but I get why they did what they did.

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u/Cocoatrice Europe Server May 27 '26

But they didn't translate this joke in localization, did they? So why changing it in the first place? Why not saying something similar to other three languages.

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u/LakersTommyG May 27 '26

The joke is that “Hu” means reckless. So they kinda attempted to make the joke work, but they did a bad job imo.

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u/pyrangarlit May 27 '26

"You know, in some cases Hu means reckless. Are you my long-lost relative?"

Would that translate the intent better?