N00b question and translation question

[solo]

N00b: so does Zhu Yilong make a habit of clutching cushions in interviews? I'm sure I've seen two separate instances now.

Translation: the Lord of Dixing (地星)　is actually the Lord of Dijun (地君). What is that thing, what does it mean? From Japanese I only know it as another form of address, so 地君大人　would be like 'earth lord lord'. There's also that Dijun (地君) register. Is the difference important, or do I just go with Dixing for all of that?

@foxglove I tried to do an 'ask' on tumblr the other week but I'm bad with tumblr and you probably never got it. (And now I can't remeber what I wanted to know but it'll come back to me!) I think I'll stick with DW for my stupid translation questions.

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[extrapenguin]

Chinese occasionally leaves out 的 when it's "obvious", so the booklet is probably meant to be the Dijun's booklet (of Dixing powers).

On 17/02/2019, 10.44 solo - DW Comment <dw_null@dreamwidth.org> wrote:

Solo (solo) replied to a comment you left in a Dreamwidth entry "N00b question and translation question". The comment they replied to was:

大人 is just a generic suffix one uses to indicate respect. Eg we have people address Shen Wei as 黑跑使大人 quite often. So the man's title is 地君 "earth lord" (Lord of Dixing), and he's addressed to his face as 地君大人.

The reply was:

Yeah, the 大人 is not my problem - rather, I'm entertained that the hanzi for Lord are literally 'big person' *g*

I was wondering the deal is between 地星 and 地君 and whether it's legit to translate both the same way. Like I said above, the 地君册 is commonly called the Dijun (not Dixing) booklet in the subs, so that made me wonder. :)

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