Translating “Stretch Club” — A Small Phrase, A Big Headache
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Translating *Stretch* into English is fun — and sometimes a bit of a puzzle.
Take “Stretch club” for example. In Japanese, it's a silly club name that immediately sounds like a pun or something suspicious. But how do you translate that?
“Stretch Club”? “Flex Team”? “Body & Soul Expansion Committee”? 😅
In the end, I kept it as **Stretch Club**, but added a line of dialogue to explain it’s a made-up name for a random club doing random stuff.
Sometimes, you don’t need to over-localize.
Sometimes, you just need to let the weirdness shine through.
More translation chaos coming soon!
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Status | Released |
Author | kirishimashoichi |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | ai-generation-disclosure, demo, free, japan, Kinetic Novel, Ren'Py, school, Slice Of Life, Story Rich |
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