Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2001:569:7D29:3000:6530:8ECA:AE87:4E00-20181220210909/@comment-71.166.37.105-20181220222533

Many people have raised this point, but the people who run this wiki are more interested in "preserving the artist(s)' integrity" than helping English-speakers understand lyrics. That's why they rank translators without ever contacting them or suggesting how they could improve their translations-- they don't want anyone to even try translating unless they're 100% fluent.

I can understand where they're coming from, but if all anime/manga translators were held to the same standard, they'd all be driven off-- just like in this fandom.

It's gotten to the point where people are afraid to translate Vocaloid songs for fear of harassment. You don't see this problem in the Latinix Vocaloid fandom-- I often try to glean some meaning from Spanish subs, because people that would've happily translated those songs in English before couldn't put up with the drama and left.