Translation check (and help)
Translation check (and help)
I'm trying to read a manga book and I'd like someone to check my translation please.
Book My translation
死社界 Death God World
まいにち 同じ事の It's the same thing every day.
くり かえ し repeatedly.
つまらね? (Not sure of this one but I think it's
something like ' I'm bored')
このまは This world bites? (tooth doesn't make any sense)
腐つてる (Really not sure about this one. Something
about 'shine')
にん 間 界 Human time world?
So, am I close?
Thanks
Book My translation
死社界 Death God World
まいにち 同じ事の It's the same thing every day.
くり かえ し repeatedly.
つまらね? (Not sure of this one but I think it's
something like ' I'm bored')
このまは This world bites? (tooth doesn't make any sense)
腐つてる (Really not sure about this one. Something
about 'shine')
にん 間 界 Human time world?
So, am I close?
Thanks
Last edited by mrfusion on Tue 03.15.2005 1:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
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RE: Translation check (and help)
死社界
= This is no word that I know of. It's most likely a word created by the author. "The World of the God of the Dead/God of Death" is a pretty good translation, I'd say. If that's too long/awkward for you, you could take the liberty of transliterating it to something like "The Underworld."
まいにち同じ事のくりかえし、つまらね
= This is onaji koto no kurikaeshi, so, as far as a direct translation goes, rather than "...the same thing everyday. repeatedly," it would be more like "the repetition of the same thing everyday..."
= tsumarane is, indeed, "boring." The inflection here is a very colloquial, spoken variant. This gives a strange impression. If the speaker is, indeed, a god or some such, he is certainly not speaking very god-like. One way you might capture this sense in the translation would be to say "Argh! It's the same thing everyday, over and over....I'm so bored!"
このまは腐ってる
= kusaru is "to rot," so this would literally be "This world is rotting/rotten."
にん間界
= ningen is "human being," and so this would just be "The World of Humans/Humankind."

= This is no word that I know of. It's most likely a word created by the author. "The World of the God of the Dead/God of Death" is a pretty good translation, I'd say. If that's too long/awkward for you, you could take the liberty of transliterating it to something like "The Underworld."
まいにち同じ事のくりかえし、つまらね
= This is onaji koto no kurikaeshi, so, as far as a direct translation goes, rather than "...the same thing everyday. repeatedly," it would be more like "the repetition of the same thing everyday..."
= tsumarane is, indeed, "boring." The inflection here is a very colloquial, spoken variant. This gives a strange impression. If the speaker is, indeed, a god or some such, he is certainly not speaking very god-like. One way you might capture this sense in the translation would be to say "Argh! It's the same thing everyday, over and over....I'm so bored!"
このまは腐ってる
= kusaru is "to rot," so this would literally be "This world is rotting/rotten."
にん間界
= ningen is "human being," and so this would just be "The World of Humans/Humankind."
Yes, very good job.mrfusion wrote:
So, am I close?

RE: Translation check (and help)
One more question. What happens to the "te" in this sentance?Mukade wrote:
このまは 腐ってる
= kusaru is "to rot," so this would literally be "This world is rotting/rotten."
I was looking up 'kusateru' as one word and 'kusa teru' as two, but
didn't know I should be looking for 'kusaru'. Where'd the 'te' go?
Watashino zuno wa boseki !!
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RE: Translation check (and help)
How do i get a pic nex to my name. I wan't to know that too, Gaijin.
RE: Translation check (and help)
Very much off topic! But anyways: You can set up an avatar where you edit your profile. The Picture must be a jpg or gif file, and it have to be under 200x200 pixels.
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RE: Translation check (and help)
When you see a small "tsu" + "te," it means the verb is in Te-form. Some examples of verbs and their Te-form:mrfusion wrote:
One more question. What happens to the "te" in this sentance?Mukade wrote:
このまは 腐ってる
= kusaru is "to rot," so this would literally be "This world is rotting/rotten."
I was looking up 'kusateru' as one word and 'kusa teru' as two, but
didn't know I should be looking for 'kusaru'. Where'd the 'te' go?
食べる ー> 食べて
見る ー> 見て
聞く ー> 聞いて
飲む ー> 飲んで
する ー> して
Te-form can be used to do a lot of things.
* As-is, it can indicate a rough command.
聞いて! "Listen!"
* Add iru to it, and you get the Present Progressive.
聞いている。 "Listening."
And so on.
Anyway, a dictionary won't list the verb according to its Te-form, so you have to work backwards to its Dictionary Form and look it up that way.
Of course to do that, you have to know how the Te-form is constructed...
RE: Translation check (and help)
Out of curiosity, mrfusion, what is the name of that manga? 

俺様は何時か此の地球の帝王に成るぞ!
...ジョウダンだよ。ヘヘ
;;
「君という光が私を見つける // 真夜中に」-- 「光」という歌より(歌手:宇多田ヒカル)
...ジョウダンだよ。ヘヘ

「君という光が私を見つける // 真夜中に」-- 「光」という歌より(歌手:宇多田ヒカル)
RE: Translation check (and help)
It's called Deathnote. I've got a pretty good idea of the story from
the pictures, but it's great to be able to decipher the actual words.
the pictures, but it's great to be able to decipher the actual words.

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RE: Translation check (and help)
Many thanks Mukade sensei.Mukade wrote:
Anyway, a dictionary won't list the verb according to its Te-form, so you have to work backwards to its Dictionary Form and look it up that way.
Of course to do that, you have to know how the Te-form is constructed...
The more I learn the less I know......
Now I really do have a headache!
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RE: Translation check (and help)
Welcome to the world of foreign language study...mrfusion wrote:
The more I learn the less I know......
Now I really do have a headache!
