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zaufany · Post by **zaufany** » Fri May 16, 2003 10:43 am

There is word "RAW" in some ed2k links. What does this mean?
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Post by **exp** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:14 am

RAW means japanese audio without subs (=> the way stuff is aired in japan).
As most ppl don't speak japanese those files won't be any good to them.
Therefore AniDB marks the ed2k filenames of all files which have been added with audiolanguage: japanese and sublanguage:none with an extra RAW tag.

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zaufany · Post by **zaufany** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:24 am

I thought so. One more question. Why is it word "RAW"?
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wahaha · Post by **wahaha** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:04 pm

zaufany wrote:I thought so. One more question. Why is it word "RAW"?
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Quoting a dictionary looks meaner than it is meant to be

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=raw wrote:2 a (1) : being in or nearly in the natural state : not processed or purified <raw fibers> <raw sewage>

It's "raw" as in "not subbed" (or with external subs) - from the perspective of us anime-fans outside Japan.

zaufany · Post by **zaufany** » Fri May 16, 2003 7:22 pm

I`m sorry. I thought it was an abbreviation.
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