== It officially is 'sleigh beggy' in *The Ancient Magus' Bride*

In [[*The Ancient Magus' Bride*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancient_Magus'_Bride]], the protagonist,
Chise Hatori, is a special kind of mage, and for a long time there's been
some confusion over what English language term should be used for what she
is. Specifically, there's been confusion and disagreement over whether she
is a 'sleigh beggy' (the official Seven Seas manga version) or a 'slay
vega'. Last year I wrote [[an entry AncientMagusBrideTermTranslation]]
about this, after Crunchyroll translated the term as 'slay vega' in the
first episode of the OVA, partly because [[my personal preference
https://twitter.com/cks_anime/status/801452313479184384]] is for 'slay
vega'.

Since then, two things have happened. First, Crunchyroll is
airing *The Ancient Magus' Bride* TV series, and in the TV
series Chise is a 'sleigh beggy'. More importantly, we now
have official confirmation from the mangaka:

> [[@drewtnguyen https://twitter.com/drewtnguyen/status/902024694999662592]]:
> @EzoYamazaki00 HELLO! QUESTION! First, thank you for the signature at
> CRX! Second, how did you come up with the name スレイ・ベガ? Thanks!
>
> [[@EzoYamazaki00
> https://twitter.com/EzoYamazaki00/status/902038350789357568]]:
> Hello！Thank you for coming. It is words of the Isle of Man.The words
> hint at a fairy or a fairy and a human child.

([[Via @hikaslap https://twitter.com/hikaslap/status/903060869608644608]].
It's relevant to know that a 'sleigh beggy' is a
relatively obscure type of faerie from the Isle of Man (see eg
[[here http://www.darkages.com/community/phi/Cliona_Fae/isle.html]]
or [[here http://www.kelleyheckart.com/FaeryLore.html]],
and also the discussion [[here
https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/23149/what-is-a-slay-vega]]).)

This pretty much settles any debate over the official English term
for what Chise is. Crunchyroll has changed its translation (although
its subtitles for the first OVA episode still use 'slay vega') and Kore
Yamazaki herself has given us an unambiguous answer. The Seven Seas manga
translation was faithful to the mangaka's intentions, wonky explanation
and all.

(I do wonder how the Crunchyroll 'slay vega' translation for the first
OVA episode came about (and if anyone got yelled at over it), but we'll
probably never hear that story.)

I still stand by [[my view TermTranslationThoughts]] that it's an
unfortunate choice, but it probably doesn't matter very much, especially
for the TV series. Although 'sleigh beggy' does have a meaning, most
people are going to read it as a weird arbitrary combination of words,
just like they would have read 'slay vega'. Arguably it has less meaning
that 'slay vega', because people would probably read implications into
the 'slay' part of that.

(This is part of [[@appropriant
https://twitter.com/appropriant]]'s [[12 Days of Anime for 2017
https://perpetualmorning.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/12-days-of-anime-2017/]].)