A Thing That Should Be Noted

Thanks to Duski for pointing this out. Apparently the official translation for Accelerator's ability is "vector transformation," whereby we are talking the mathematical definition of transformation. The primary translator for the Index/Railgun novels has confirmed it and notes that s/he had initially missed that definition. I am kind of dumb when it comes to math more advanced than pre-calc, I have to admit, which is why I pretty much just went with the translations of 向き変換 that Baka-Tsuki provided and wiki'ed anything else important.

Anyway, my real reason for bringing this up is a minor retcon. Accelerator has to be some sort of math genius in order to properly understand and use his ability, and he did spend several years constantly training with and honing said ability; therefore in Camp he prooooobably should have been using the term "vector transformation" from the beginning. :Da So! If he has ever talked to your character about his ability in a thread and called it something like "vector change" or "vector manipulation," that's fine for your character to remember him saying, but from now on he'll be using "vector transformation" most of the time. I say "most" because honestly, I think maybe only a small percentage of the characters or the players behind them actually understand the details of his ability, which means that dumbing things down is not only not bad, but potentially necessary. :Db So he might end up using the other terms in a more colloquial fashion, especially if a character goes "buzzuh?" at him or whatever. Derp.