First translation attempt- Mononoke Soushi ch. 1
Hello,
I have only been studying Japanese for a bit more than 2 years, so I know it's a little presumptuous to start translating already, but I think it's really fun and I would love the opportunity to learn new things from sharing my attempts with others.
This manga is about a girl who is a performer/storyteller with the power of second sight from the tattoo of an eye on her hand. She goes around working and getting into trouble with spirits. This is first part of the first chapter, where she meets a kochou (虎倀), the spirit of someone who's been eaten by a tiger. uploaded by :K7:
[page 3]
Chapter 1: The tiger-eaten soul
[page 4.]
あっしは”手の目”だ
先見や千里眼で酒の席を取り持つ芸人だ
Girl:I am the "Hand's Eye"
An actor who wanders between sake houses through foresight or clairvoyance.
[page 5.]
今日も料亭に呼ばれて出てきたンだが
妙ちきりんなことにこの竹林からなかなか出られねえ
急がねえとお座敷におくれちまう
Girl:Today again I was called to an inn and came to perform, but...
Surely, nothing suspicious will come out of this bamboo thicket.
If I don't hurry, I'll be late to the reception.
・・・てえ。ところに声をかけてきた兄さんは何者でい？
Girl: Oh? Was it your voice I heard? Who are you?
[page 6.]
そうかい。姉さんは芸人さんかい
Kochou: Is that so? You're an actor, missy?
心配すんな。俺怪しい者じゃねえ。
Kochou: Don't worry. I'm not a suspicious person.
おきやがれ。”俺は怪しい者だ”って名乗る奴が何処に居る
Girl:Get real. Where is it that there are people who announce "I am a suspicious person?"
へへ。威勢のいい姉さんだがここらは最近物騒だ。
俺で良けりゃ道行きの相方をつとめるがね。
Kochou: Hehe, you're an authoritative girl. But lately these parts have been dangerous.
If you'd like, could I work as your companion on the road.
[page 7.]
とかなんとかいって
送り狼に化けるンじゃねえのかい？
Girl:That's what you say.
Sure you won't change into a wolf who just wants a bite of me?
へへ狼どころか
ここらは最近虎が出る
Kochou: Hehe, a wolf? not at all.
Around here, lately it's been a tiger.
虎！？
Girl: a tiger!?
化け物みてえにでかい虎がな
人を襲って食い殺すのさ
Kochou: Yes, a monstrous huge tiger.
one that hunts down, kills and eats people.
[page 8.]
まさかね.支那の山奥じゃあるめえし
ここは場末といっても帝都の端っこだ
虎なんか居る道理がねえ
Girl: I can't believe it. This isn't the deep mountain crags of china.
This may be a rundown district, but it's the edge of the imperial capital.
There is no reason for a tiger to be here.
それがいるんだから仕方ねえ
もう何人も虎の餌食になってるんだ
Kochou: But there is one here, so it can't be helped.
I wonder how many people have already become the tiger's meal.
ハッ！
Girl: Ah!
[page 9]
獣に生きたまま腸を食われるのは
あんまりたのしいこっちゃねえぞ。
Kochou:To have your innards eaten by a beast while still alive...
it's not a very fun prospect.
こんな物騒な竹林は
はやく通り抜けるに限るぜ。
A dangerous bamboo grove like this...
Quickly. Let's cut through here.
[page 10]
ふん
Girl: hm
なんでえ
まだ俺が信用ならねえか
Kochou: What is it?
You still don't have any trust in me?
信用も何も
さっきからオレらは竹林の中グルグル回ってるだけじゃねえ。
Girl
t trust, not anything.
Just now, you've only been turning us around in circles inside the grove, am I right?
なあ、兄さん。
支那じゃ虎に食われて死ぬと
人の魂は“虎倀”になって虎の奴隷になるっていわれてるらしいな
You know, mister.
In China, it seems they say if someone is eaten by a tiger and dies,
their soul becomes a kochou, a slave to the tiger.
thanks for looking through!
Or is it coz I'm one lazy noob... Anyway, do I have to submit all the 50 pages translated at once to HM?