I’m trying to translate again bcI’m a masochist it seemed like a good way to work on my JP… Anyway, trying to translate ch 1 here: 【第1話】はっぴー・どーる・でいず｜カドコミ (コミックウォーカー)
My attempt: “Ahh! When I try to get my sanity back, I start thinking unnecessary thoughts. Even though I come here every week, to get rid of all this stress.”
3rd panel, I’m a bit confused about who the subject and object are… it sounds like MC is saying that the employee is always looking at MC. And normally the employee looks a bit scared, but today she looked really scared (bc the MC played some sort of terrifying music(?), based on the previous pg)
There’s no try. The ったら indicates that it’s when/if it happens; based on context, it’s a “coming back to my senses”. The short “Ah!” is her snapping out of it. Similarly, she doesn’t start having bad thoughts, she is just having them, although I guess in English “starts” feels natural here.
ヴォ is the kind of sound you get when singing death metal (or throat singing) ズンズン is loud music.
3rd panel says that MC usually doesn’t start a song before getting her drink. “Ah, it’s the employee I often see. That employee looks like THE cheerful chara, which made me (=MC) a bit scared, but after what happened today I’m even more scared”
So it’s like “Ah! (snapping out of it) when(ever) I come back to my senses, I have bad thoughts” then? … I’m still not totally getting it, beyond a general “MC can’t stop thinking about all her stressors” , in a vicious cycle sense
Yup, was solely there for English’s sake
Yay, I guessed (partly) right (I was thinking it was death metal)
In the bottom right panel, does anyone have any suggestions for how to translate かわいいは正義?
I know it’s the tagline for 苺ましまろ | L23 and is literally “cute is justice” but that sounds nonsensical, so I was hoping to add a translation or explanation in a TL Note. “cuteness heals” or “cuteness makes everything right” are my best attempts, but I’m worried those are too far off the mark
I’m pretty sure “cuteness is justice” is already at least a somewhat well-known meme-quote in the English anime community afaik; I’m just glancing at the panels in between things at work, but would that work, if you’re worried about awkward phrasing?
It is apparently - tho I’ve never heard of it till now. I think in panel I’ll leave it as “cute is justice”, since that’s how it’s officially printed(?) or at least on Wikipedia. I was just hoping to be able to give an “it means something like xyz” in a translator’s note
I’ve got another translation request! This time I understand the Japanese, but the character is supposed to be translating that into French, and I know zero French. The character gives their French here, but I’m in no position to judge how accurate it is or even attempt a romanization of what they’re saying.
Would anyone be able to give me what B’s saying in French? (Along with an English translation to use with a translator’s note, if you could. I know how I’d translate it JP → EN, but it feels kind of weird to assume FR → EN, even though it should basically be the same. I’m probably just being paranoid…)
Ack, thank you @mic! I thought I said so before, but apparently not. I have some more French here in need of transliteration/translation, if you or anyone else could help again.
Next Japanese-French question: there’s a character named ステファン・ムーザン; I take it the first name should be Stefan (or the French equivalent, if that’s not what’s used in France), but any ideas on what ムーザン would transliterate as?
(I was thinking it was death metal)
edit: and thx for the feedback!
The character gives their French here, but I’m in no position to judge how accurate it is or even attempt a romanization of what they’re saying.
I’m probably just being paranoid…)
