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[Dancing wind]

Re: Short & Quick Translation Request Thread

This sentence has been driving me nuts:

やーやー我こそはドコドコ山の法師なりーっつってな

Context-wise, the speaker (an onmyoji) and his companions are heading up a mountain, and have suddenly been surrounded by people they think are Shugensha. In the bubble just before this line, it's clear that he's speaking to his companion, but I really can't tell who he's speaking to here, or what he's trying to say... "orz Help is much appreciated!

If they are 修験者　しゅげんじゃ (mountaineering ascetics), then my guess is something like "Well, well, so you must be the Buddhist priests of this mountain."

 

[noutenki]

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っつって means と言って, so either he or somebody else has said the 我こそはドコドコ山の法師なりー part before.

なり would be です in modern Japanese.

我こそ means "I", with the nuance that he thinks he is most suitable for a certain task.

So the complete sentence would be something like:

Listen, didn't I already tell you that I am the priest of such-and-such mountain!?

(Dictionary says 法師 means "monk", but I think the non-literal translation has a nicer ring to it. Depends on the rest of the story...)

 

[OS.Hoshi]

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Hope this is short enough for this thread! D:
A character is giving us info on someone new.

田茄子第三中学二年
3rd Tanasu Junior High, Second Year (?)
といっても 学校に通っているのは年に二度程度
(is it saying that he's only attended his current school twice in the year?)
原因はありふれた以前の学校の同級生によるイジメ
Bullying was a common occurrence in his previous school.
だがここからが少しひどい
(So he's become a little cruel??)

Help much appreciated! :3

 

[noutenki]

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といっても negates the previous sentence or puts it into perspective
二度程度 means "in the range of two times"
原因 means reason, 同級生 are classmates, both are missing from your t/l: his classmates where bullying him, so he didn't come to school often
Last sentence is a bit difficult without more context


Officially, he's a 2nd year student at Tanasu 3rd Junior High. He's only coming to school about twice a year, though, because his classmates in his previous school used to bully him a lot. But since he came here, it's gotten even worse.

 

[mikkih]

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* 田茄子第三中学 Tanasu Dai-san Junior High School (You could change Dai-san to 3rd, but many Japanese schools don't seem to translate that #-part when they write their names in English.)
* 2年＝2nd year, or 8th grade
* You could say, I'm in the 2nd year at [school name]

といっても 学校に通っているのは年に二度程度
(is it saying that he's only attended his current school twice in the year?) ---> YES

原因はありふれた以前の学校の同級生によるイジメ
Bullying was a common occurrence in his previous school.
-----> You need to translate "原因は" :The reason (for my lack of attendance at school) was ... , It's because of the bullying which was a common .....

だがここからが少しひどい
(So he's become a little cruel??)
---> Things/My story gets worse (from here/there). -or something

edit:
＊といっても: "but" works fine here.

 

[OS.Hoshi]

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^oooh, things make a lot more sense now XD That last sentence really had me confused. Thanks so much, guys!!

 

[Sengoku]

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does anyone here know how to play the japanese version of the board game game of life "jinsei game", or could help me out?

i scanned the instruction booklet:

http://i41.tinypic.com/qow081.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/35jft05.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2irn0pj.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/uvhc5.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/5e5wmv.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/abm88k.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/3532fll.jpg

if anyone could help me scanlate or rather translate, or just summarize what's up there for me, i would greatly appreciate it. watching jinsei game being played in nisemonogatari inspired me to go out and buy it, but now i don't know how to play ^^

 

[KanjiKanji]

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I began translating your instruction booklet, but I wondered if you could just use the instructions for the English version? I don't know how different the two versions are.

here are the instructions for the English version:
http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/life.pdf

 

[Sengoku]

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Yes, I also have the English version at home. Unfortunately, the two are VERY different. For starters, the Japanese version starts from birth, while the English version starts from college. And in general, all the other little rules are completely different.

Thank you so much for helping me out though! I know that translating can be really time consuming, so if you have a PayPal account, I'd love to make a little donation to make your time more worthwhile!

 

[KanjiKanji]

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Finished the first page, which explains basic gameplay. Very rough, just fyi. I remember playing this game with my family when I was a kid.

Hopefully you can download from Scribd:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/82397821/jinsei-translation1

Will try to do the rest if I have time! I'm looking for a job since I'm graduating soon so I don't have a lot of time

 

[You Say]

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Hi there. I was going through kanzenban scans of Kiseijuu by Iwaaki and while comparing them to the scanlated version by Manga-Otakus I noticed that one page was missing in their Edited Manga. I searched for it like a madman but I couldn't find it anywhere. So I'm begging You, good people who speaks Japanese, help me and translate this one page for me...

Volume 1, chapter 2, page 77:

Spoiler

Thank you in advance.

 

[Yxt]

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I still need some help translating this sentence.

ほどのウデの持ち主でしたよ

Why is there written katakana in the sentence and what does the sentence mean?
Can somebody help ?

 

[lng0004]

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Hello, me again. Really need help translating this bubble.

Spoiler

Thanks

 

[cmertb]

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Tousenjutsu "Nentai"!!

Not real words, so nothing to translate here.

 

[mikkih]

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You probably don't need to translate anything as cmertb mentioned, but in case you want to know what it means:

Tousenjutsu: Battle/Combat Sage Techniques
Nentai: Aura power (or some sort...)

 

[Aarowaim]

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ほどのウデの持ち主でしたよ

Why is there written katakana in the sentence and what does the sentence mean?
Can somebody help ?

"hodo-no ude-no [mu]chi[meshi] deshita yo."
By the looks of it, ウデ, which matches the noun for 'arm', or 'skill', is written in katakana for emphasis.
The translation would be as follows:
Lit: (it/person) Maximimum('s) skill('s) owner was (explanatory particle).
(he/she/it) was the owner of the (highest skill level/highest amount of skill.)

EDIT:
I'm not quite content with that translation though, because it seems to have the nuance of 'ウデ' being sarcastic, and ほど can mean the approx amount or limit.
Actually, by the looks of it, it means "(it/he/she) was the owner of that much skill.", with the よ giving an emphasis to the fact that 'that much skill' has probably just been shown to the reader/asked about.
hopefully that helps, but I am only just beginning to develop vocabulary and nuances in japanese. I have only mastered the basics.

 

[mikkih]

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I still need some help translating this sentence.

ほどのウデの持ち主でしたよ

Why is there written katakana in the sentence and what does the sentence mean?
Can somebody help ?

You need to the text before ほど(=as much as) to translate properly. It's not a complete sentence. ウデ: skills (not arm): There is no big reason for using katakana, but probably katakana was used just to differentiate skills from arms (腕）. Writing in Kanji does not make any difference.

For example: Aほどのウデの持ち主でしたよ / A=a name of other character

Exceptions:
If the manga has images of 2 guys comparing their arm sizes, you could translate "ウデ" as "arms" or "arms+being skillful."

 

[usopsama]

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Spoiler

Can someone translate this for me? Thank you!

 

[Eru13]

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Can someone translate this for me? Thank you!

Welcome back, Makura... (or pillow if there's no character called makura)
----A new development starts next issue!! At school, Keisuke will...!?

 

[natural-log]

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悲しい思いをしてまで生きるなんて
なんて不毛なんだ
I'm not really sure about the "悲しい思いをして" part.

Is it "creating sadness", "carrying sadness" or something entirely different?