In DB Mistranslations I go through some dialogues which where not correct localized or are interesting enough to take a deeper look into. Last time it was about some dialogues from the Buu Saga, now it's about Freeza and the current arc of the DBS manga.
Back in Age 762 in the middle of the hunt for the Dragon Balls, the Ginyu Force arrives helping to get the magic balls back to Freeza. The emperor of Universe 7 ordered his special force to Namek after the loss of Zarbon and Dodoria as well as the lack of scouters. As seen in an anime filler, the Ginyu Force launches from Planet Freeza 79 straight to Namek to help out.
However, it seems that this wasn't supposed to be the case. The last DBS manga chapter has the following lines where Vegeta talks with a Yardratian:
ヤードラット星人「悟空くんが来る前までこの星はギニュー特戦隊にひどい目にあっていたんだ」
ヤードラット星人「悟空くんが来る前までこの星はギニュー特戦隊にひどい目にあっていたんだ」
ベジータ「そういや。ギニューたちはここを攻めていたんだったか」
The official English translations goes it follows:
Yardratian: "The Ginyu Squad caused quite a stir on our planet before Goku defeated them."
Vegeta: "Ah, I do remember hearing that the Ginyu Squad attacked this place."
However, this fact never seemed to be pointed out in other localizations, so let's check out DBZ anime episode 123, where Vegeta actually confirms that the Ginyu Force attacked Yardrat:
ギニューたちはヤードラット星を攻めていた。そこへ着くようインプットされていたんだ。
Literally: "The Ginyu Force were attacking Planet Yardrat.
So it was programmed to go there."
So it was programmed to go there."
For me, grown up with the German Dub, it was this line:
"Wie es aussieht war die Zerstörung Yardrats das eigentliche Ziel das Kommandos. Die Kapsel ist per Autopilot dorthin geflogen."
The first sentence in the German Dub leaves it quite open whether the Ginyu Force went to Yardrat or not as it translates to:
"As it seems was the destruction of Yardrat the actual objective of the squad."
My understanding back then was (also keeping the anime filler in mind) that the Ginyu Force was supposed to go to attack Yardrat after the mission of Namek was finished. However, since the clarification in the last DBS chapter it became clear that the Ginyu Force actually attacked Planet Yardrat, but apparently stopped their mission before as they were called to Namek to be ultimately defeated by Goku and Vegeta which the Yardratians still really appreciate.
So as the mission on Yardrat was supposed to continue after the mission on Namek was finished the space pod flew by autopilot the Yardrat.
And Vegeta probably heard about the Yardrat mission while he was on Planet Frieza assuming that the Ginyu Force was already on Yardrat then. Still, the anime filler doesn't help here and is the main cause for the confusion.
Anyway, I hope I could clarify about topic, something I also just learned.
If you have more examples for your local dub about this line, please comment below!
So as the mission on Yardrat was supposed to continue after the mission on Namek was finished the space pod flew by autopilot the Yardrat.
And Vegeta probably heard about the Yardrat mission while he was on Planet Frieza assuming that the Ginyu Force was already on Yardrat then. Still, the anime filler doesn't help here and is the main cause for the confusion.
Anyway, I hope I could clarify about topic, something I also just learned.
If you have more examples for your local dub about this line, please comment below!
