Hi, I have just a small question about the character of Kate Gandor, and about the Gandor family in general.
Few months ago, a friend of mine lend me a pdf version of the novel 1932 Drugs and dominos. As I was reading it, a detail caught my attention. It is at page 102, as Eve and Roy attempt to meet Keith Gandor, and that it is Kate who welcome them. They ask her if they can see one of the Gandor, and she reply "They are three people here called Gandor. Including my sister and I, that's a total of five." Here my mind blew up. Does Kate talk about Kalia, married with Berga at that time of the story, and also called Gandor, due to her husband ? Does that mean that Kalia and Kate are relatives or something ? I don't think it is ever said if they are or not sisters, but this part makes me think of that. But here is the problem, isn't my pdf version bad translated ? Or are they really of the same family ? I couldn't find any proof for either of my hypothesis.
Thank you if you have the answer, and even if you don't have it. Excuse me if the english isn't correct, I am not from an english speaking country. Thanks again, and meany birthdays to everyone !
D.D.Loréline Therock (talk) 10:47, June 27, 2019 (UTC)
- Three years late to respond, but hey, in case anyone is still wondering...
- The PDF in question was translated from Chinese if I recall correctly, as were the PDFs of the first three novels, so all four translations have some serious errors. This is one of them. They are simply sister-in-laws, which you can check in (get this) the light novel's official translation!
- That translation error wasn't the only one in that volume PDF that led to fandom misunderstandings. Take the PDF's line "while Mr. Genoard was alive..." which seems to take a liberty with the Genoard head's gender—the original Japanese, as far as I know, doesn't specify. Nevertheless, the idea that there was a deceased Mr. Genoard led some fans to believe this so-called Mr. Genoard must be a reformed Dallas. Not so; the novel only references an ambiguous head of the family.
- Tracing the history of fanlore can be pretty amusing, since so much of it can be based on hearsay, misunderstandings, or mis-translations.
- —Revriley (talk) 00:15, 5 November 2022 (UTC)