Board Thread:Wikia Discussion/@comment-25683568-20150318062713/@comment-26114359-20150710110204

Ckwng wrote: The thing is the japanese text is not the Japanese counterparts to the English counterparts you speak of. So you are taking huge liberties with translation if you go that route, and I don't think that's appropriate. We aren't a wiki for WWII naval military, we are a wiki for Kantai Collection. That is why we do not use A7M or whatever, that is why we do not use 65 Caliber Type 98 10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount.

Okay big guy I got ya covered
 * 1) Depth Charge Projector is a term I have also seen used. Without a source and consensus I'm not willing to make that change.
 * 2) I'd like to keep Type in to reflect the 式 in the Japanese name.
 * 3) See the posts above yours.
 * 4) You'll need to get consensus on that somehow because Rapid Fire is the incumbent translation and I don't have any intention personally to change it.
 * 5) Same as 4.
 * 6) Your sentence doesn't make sense. It's not a matter of close. It's a matter of the game text deliberately being close but not exact. The missing 者 is a glaring and deliberate omission that changes it from Avenger to Revenge.
 * 7) You'll need to provide a source for that.

1. http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/D/e/Depth_Charge.htm. Projectors are mentioned but throwers were used more often

2. http://www.combinedfleet.com/type_a%20Mid.htm and http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/S/h/Ship_Machinery.htm. I have yet to see a literature that will refer to them as "kanhon". Back your source if you have one

4. Did you read the last part? I said navweaps use them. Here ya go if you're still doubtful. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_projectiles.htm under Sokusha-ho or the 速射砲 as used in the OTO gun.

5. Beehive shells/canister rounds/grapeshots etc are described as munitions that spews fragmentations as they explode in the form of iron balls, metal scrappings, incendiaries etc. Calling it literary as dispersal shell is too broad as dispersal can also mean the inaccurate shots from a gun. Beehive shells, etc are essentially giant shotgun rounds designed to pepper the area of fragments

6. I chose it as artistic license as Revenge sounds odd, at least Vengeance would probably sound a bit better

7. http://jisho.org/search/depleted%20uranium note the kanjis used, which is the same as your "deteriorate" translation. With all due respect, deteriorate sounds stupid.

There ya go I've settled my case. It's up to you if you will accept most, if not all, as proper translations.