A moot requested this so here we go.

I broke down the sentences and structures as best I could to make it "Non CHS" friendly.

THE BROTHER(?) SCENES

I see people say this says "like brothers" a lot, but that's not there either LMAO

This is literally "my dog Spot" level basic translations.

if you try to yank the text out of the image itself with google lens, you will get "like" instead of older brother. So it's my honest believe that's what happened? And they went back and added it to the previous page.

Sloppy to mess up literally a 3 words sentence.

What are you doing Sworn Bro?

He does call himself this in his story in game.

Just a thought. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe he's not adopted by EN cultural standards.

EDIT 1/14/24

One of my moots on Twitter pointed this bit out:

This is Kaeya and Diluc speaking to each other directly, obviously.

Kaeya calls Crepus 伯父 which is Uncle. A friendly address for an older man you are familiar with. Luke in Tears of Themis also calls Rosa's parents uncle, though a slightly different variant.

In the Spanish AND English version he says "Your Father".

Another example of people, Kaeya specifically, referring to Diluc's Father as not his own.

Why Didn't Genshin Fix it?

Why would they? The EN Webtoon was dropped. It's an abandoned project. All chapters in EN stopped after 13 while the CHS continued to 16 and finished. All translations beyond that were done by fans.

Link to the Chinese - ends at chapter 16.

Link to the English - stops at chapter 13.

Another Reminder: We were introduced to Kaeya and Diluc nearly TWO YEARS before they were in the game release... as sworn brothers. We didn't even know they grew up together until after 1.0. Chapter 2 was released in December 2018 in ENGLISH and 1.0 wouldn't be until 2020.

This visual parallel is actually referencing Kaeya's Story V, btw.

A Bonus Example:

Genshin is still adding "brothers" as they see fit somewhat randomly.

Since this is related to Diluc's past, I'll add this little find in here.

Diluc isn't allowed to have any other close friends, I guess.

So they were so desperate to make Kaeya and Diluc brothers, they literally cut out every other person he was close to.

No best friends allowed. Only Kaeya.

Other languages just say "friends" and don't have the word brother at all. Makes sense contextually- given that it would be (dumbed down as EN likes to do) to "close friends and friends". Bit redundant.

"Brothers" is like 'brothers in arms' or just extremely close friends in Chinese social climate. Arguing otherwise means Diluc has more than one brother,because that is definitely a plural marker.

Even apps and learning Chinese things tell you this:

You can call me gege if you want to //bats eyelashes//

Thanks for reading!

If you're interested in more information about Kaeya and Diluc's relationship in the Chinese or in general, feel free to check out my Kaeluc Shipper: Ask Me Anything post where I go way more in depth. You can use my anon google form to ask anything you like without judgment. I will only ignore things that are rude.

(Spoilers: Bennett also has a 'father' and the EN erased that too.)

But never forget- the English translation LIES to you.

Common Argument: "义 Doesn't Say Sworn!"

Yes it does.

"Sworn" is the word we allocated for it in common English because "of righteousness", "out of duty or honor", or "of responsibility" is a bit wordy. Since the relationship is established with a promise, oath, or 'swearing' to each other, we just say "sworn". Chosen is another good word for 义.

Here's a chinese fansite talking about it across different fandoms (genshin is mentioned twice!).

Here is a baidu conversation about it. Here's another! A page about translations. Gasp! Another.

More localized meanings are "adoptive" "foster" and "step" as 'sworn' is less 'common' and less likely to be understood by a 12 year old. Genshin is PG-12+. So they dumbed it down assuming the EN players wouldn't understand 'sworn' and it was too difficult to give a new type of relationship that /gasp/ may require deeper learning.

How does it feel to know the EN treats you like you're an ldiot?

Because they do it all the time. I'll get into that another time. :)