Dragons Trailer - Japanese Translation
Oh my god, Iâm so weak. Iâm weak, so I translated Genjiâs and Hanzoâs interaction in the Japanese version of âDragonsâ. (I would translate the narratorâs lines, but Iâll hold off on itâthough, the way he says some of the things are really great.) Â Iâve put it next to the English version so you can see where the script diverges.There were some phrases that came out a little strangely. The original English lines will be on top, next to the speakerâs name, and the Japanese-translated lines will be below it in italics. Any notes will be put in a blockquote.
My Japanese is only subpar, so some of the nuances may have been lost. Please donât take this as official or use it elsewhere. This is just for fun and just me being too excited.Â
Hanzo: You are not the first assassin sent to kill me, and you will not be my last.
To send a novice who canât even mask their presence, I must be being underestimated.
Genji: You are bold to come to Shimada castle, the den of your enemies.
To trespass into Shimada Castle like this, Iâll acknowledge that you have balls.
I have no good explanation for why I used âballsâ. He says ăćșŠèžă ăăŻèȘăăăăwhich is something like, âI can at least commend you for your braveryâ or âI acknowledge that you have courage, at least.â But this was funnier.Â
Hanzo: This was once my home, did your masters did not tell who I was?!
This was once my home, did you not even know that?
Genji: I know who you are, Hanzo. I know you come here every year on the same day. You risk so much to honour someone you murdered.
I already know, Hanzo. I also know that you go out of your way to come here every year on the same day in order to mourn someone youâve killed.
Seeing Hanzoâs face here when Genji speaks his name makes a lot of sense. As mentioned in a previous post, you donât usually use someoneâs first name in Japanese unless youâre very, very close to them. So for this stranger/assassin to come and say his name so casually, Hanzo is understandably shocked and angryâwho is this man to pretend he knows him so well that he can speak his first name so casually? How dare he.Â
Hanzo: You know nothing of what happened!
What would you know?
Genji: I know you tell yourself that your brother disobeyed the clan, and that you have to kill him to maintain order, that was your duty.
I know that your younger brother was the shame of your clan. You had no choice but to kill him, is what you had to tell yourself.
This hurts in Japanese. Itâs basically Genji saying that he knows that his whole family hated him. He specifically says ăćŒăŻäžæăźæ„ăor âThe younger brother was a disgrace/the clanâs shameâ. It takes on a very different meaning than the English version where Genji sounds like he just did one thing wrong. Here, his entire existence is being denied by his family. And he knows it.Â
Hanzo: It was my duty, and my burden. That does not mean I do not honour him.
Thatâs right. I had a duty that I had to fulfill. But I have never once forgotten my younger brother.
Genji: You think you honour your brother Genji with incense offerings? Honour residing oneâs actions.
With incense and offerings, do you think that your brother, Genji, would be pleased? Sincerity should be shown through oneâs actions.
Hanzo: You dare lecture me about honour? You are not worthy to say his name. Ryuu ga waga teki wo kurau!
You fool, what are you playing at? Donât speak my brotherâs name so frivoulously! RYUU GA WAGA TEKI WO KURAU!
MY FAVORITE INSULT, ăăăăă(tawake) (but it may or may not be because Gilgamesh from Fate uses it a lot. Itâs an interesting choice of insult, actually. Itâs a little deeper than âfoolââlike the person being insulted has no idea what theyâre talking about and the person giving the insult is annoyed. And then Hanzo says ă軜ă
ăăćŒăźćăćŁă«ăăăȘăŁïŒă which is a great way to put it.Â
Genji: Ryuujin no ken wo kurae!
RYUUJIN NO (ry
Hanzo: Only a Shimada can control the dragons, who are you? Do it then, kill me.
What is the meaning of this? Controlling dragons is the power of my clan. Why do you hesitate? Kill me.
Genji: No, I will no grant you the death you wish for, you still have a purpose in this life, brother.
No. There is no meaning in slaughtering someone who seeks death. You have to find your reason for living, brother.
He uses ăć
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ă. Itâs not just old, itâs just not really used. Thereâs significance to this, but itâs also hard to explain.Â
Hanzo: No. How? My brother is dead. Genji.
No. You should have been dead! Genji.
Hanzo: What have you become?
That formâŠjust whatâŠ?
Genji: I have accepted what I am, and I have forgiven you, now you must forgive yourself. The world is changing once again Hanzo, and itâs time to pick as side.
As I took on this new self, I have forgiven you, brother. And now, all thatâs left is for you to forgive yourself. The world is once again in troubling times, the question now is who you will side with.
Hanzo: Real life is not like the stories our father told us, you are a fool for believing it so!
The real world is nothing like our fatherâs fairy-tales. Enough, cast away your fantasies!
Genji: Perhaps I am a fool to think there is still hope for you, but I do. Think on that, brother.
Even if these fantasies are mocked, I will still believe. Let us meet again, brother.
When he says the âLet us meet again, brotherâ line, Iâm really emotional. I donât usually hear ăăăăăŸăăat all. Itâs kind of dramatic and something youâd hear from like someone wandering into the sunset in an old movie. Itâs not something you hear in modern Japanese.
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