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Um, can anyone translate these lines for me?

[The part before:
私達には少なくとも3日おめでたい日が\nあったんだけど、去年の春からは\nおめでたい日が1日増えた。
羊君の誕生日が増えたからだ。]

This line: 今年もみんなで錫也を一緒に祝いたいと思い、\n2人にも声を掛けた。

[And this one:

授業が終わると同時に、\n錫也は私の席に来た。
急いで準備を整えると、\n私達は一分一秒を惜しむかのように\n教室を後にした。]
This line: 誕生日は散々悩みに悩んで、\n私達らしく屋上庭園で星を見ながら過ごす事にした。

[Finally:

それは、やっぱり女の子なら\n誰でも憧れる事……。
でも、羊君が仕事なら仕方ない。]
This line: 私は、わがままをぎゅっと胸に仕舞い込んだ。

(They're from the scripts, but the translators somehow missed out them. I'm not at the level to translate stuff so...)

Thanks! :)

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I don't get the context so I'll try my best.

 

私達には少なくとも3日おめでたい日が\nあったんだけど、去年の春からは\nおめでたい日が1日増えた。
羊君の誕生日が増えたからだ

While we only have three birthdays to celebrate every year, at least it went up by 1 since last spring, since we've counted in 羊's.

 

授業が終わると同時に、\n錫也は私の席に来た。

Right as class ended, 錫也 came to where I was sitting at.

 

 誕生日は散々悩みに悩んで、\n私達らしく屋上庭園で星を見ながら過ごす事にした。

We spent our time doing our usual stargazing on the rooftop garden as we brood over our birthday troubles.

 

それは、やっぱり女の子なら\n誰でも憧れる事……。

As I thought, it doesn't matter who, she'll yearn for anybody.

 

でも、羊君が仕事なら仕方ない

but when it comes to the job, 羊 can't help it.

 

私は、わがままをぎゅっと胸に仕舞い込んだ

I kept my selfishness at bay.

 

Don't trust my translations though. I'm very known to screw up with particles. :P

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 半分たましいが抜けかけながら先輩達に向かって愛想笑いを浮か
べると、思いっきり決めつけられて大笑いされた。

 

Character is talking with seniors from the school, but I'm having issues translating the dryness. They're making fun of him in the previous line.

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最近は翼君の発明の規模が増してきた。\nその分、失敗した発明品の片付けに時間を取られてしまう。%K%P

They're talking about an invention or something. Can anyone help me? ><

 

I think I got this one:

 

Lately, the scale of Tsubasa(?)-kun's inventions has increased.  And accordingly, it takes more time to clean up after them when they fail.

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Yeah I'm drawing a blank on this one. It's some kind of lewd joke. The one I'm not 100% confident in is the third line.

やっぱりメアちゃんなんだ……
In the end it's Mare-chan isn't it......

ロリコンは不治の病のようだし
Lolicon is an incurable illness.

小河坂さんの絶好球ですからね。特殊能力は低め[まる|○]です

It's because she's a perfect fit for Kogasaka-kun. Special ability: lower hole.

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Jeez no answers to the last post :( oh well. Here's another one that I believe should be reasonably accurate, but any pointers would help since shintoism is not my forte.

 

[ほしがみ|星神]の存在まで総本社に報告されたら、大規模な討伐隊が派遣されかねませんからね
If the main shrine learns of the existence of Star Gods here, I wouldn't be surprised if they dispatched an army here to subjugate them.
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私たちの仕事は、表向きは[ほしがみ|星神]を[まつ|祀]ることだけど。その実、武装集団みたいなものだからね
Although the outward appearance of our job is to worship Star Gods, in reality we're more like a military force aren't we.
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[しんとう|神道]では本来、人に害をなす[あらがみ|荒神]であっても、[まつ|祀]ることで善良な神に変わってもらうっていう信仰形態になっているんだけど
Shintoism's origins go back to trying to turn powerful deities who harm humans in to virtuous gods through prayer, and was based entirely on faith rather than force.  
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例を挙げるとしたら、菅原道真や平将門といったところでしょうか
For example people like Michizane of Sugawara and Masakado of Taira?
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でも、私たちが相手にしている[あまつみかぼし|天津甕星]だけは、いくら[まつ|祀]っても[あらがみ|荒神]のレッテルが剥がれることはない
However, of all the powerful deities out there we attempted to convert, the only one we were unable to appease through prayer was Amatsumikaboshi.
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日本神話では唯一の[あくじん|悪神]とささやかれているくらいですからね
And that's why he is regarded as the only evil god in Japanese mythology.
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だから私たちの仕事は、鎮魂というよりは、封印になる
Which is why our work, rather than sending off spirits, has turned in to sealing them.  
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[ほしがみ|星神]を隕石に封じることで初めて、土地が守られることになるんだから
Because it is only after a Star God is sealed in a meteorite, does it begin protecting the land.
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人の世に、二度と姿を現すことがないように……
As well as prevent them from appearing ever again in the world of humans......
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Can I have some help with this one?

彼のにんじん好きは抜きん出ているのだろうか

 

The context is that basically the herione came back to the place where she was staying after visiting a guy staying at another place who absolutley loves carrots. So the guy who meets her coming bak guesses it's the guy and the herione is wondering if there are any other carrot lovers in this world.

 

If you can't guess, the game is; Anniversary no Kuni no Alice ^^;

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Can I have some help with this one?

彼のにんじん好きは抜きん出ているのだろうか

 

The context is that basically the herione came back to the place where she was staying after visiting a guy staying at another place who absolutley loves carrots. So the guy who meets her coming bak guesses it's the guy and the herione is wondering if there are any other carrot lovers in this world.

 

If you can't guess, the game is; Anniversary no Kuni no Alice ^^;

 

It must be his love for carrots that stands out.

-- as far as I know

predicate 抜きん出る = stand out. 彼のにんじん好き = his love for carrots would be the topic, and ーだろうか expresses the mode of the sentence, not really a question, but more of "I suppose that, don't you think so".

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Can I have some help with this one?

彼のにんじん好きは抜きん出ているのだろうか

 

The context is that basically the herione came back to the place where she was staying after visiting a guy staying at another place who absolutley loves carrots. So the guy who meets her coming bak guesses it's the guy and the herione is wondering if there are any other carrot lovers in this world.

 

If you can't guess, the game is; Anniversary no Kuni no Alice ^^;

context would be something like: his love to carrots is superior (the best in the world or something),  isn't it? (don't ya think?)

だろう (informal, people try to avoid that form) でしょう (polite)

 

 
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I would go with: "No one loves carrots more than him probably."

context is the same as mine. your sentence sounds good but you loose informal tone. that's the problem. you always loose something when you translate.

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I guess the carrot line is pretty well covered, but just in case:

"Do you suppose anyone loves carrots more than he?"

 

Sorry Mephisto I don't think I can help this time with your Shinto stuff or your weird "joke" (at least not without reading more of that scene)

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Hello.....is anyone able to help with this? It's a Onmyouji chant from 11eyes.

 

「五雷神君奉勅―――我が剣に歳星の気を宿さん」

omg this is just a shonen gibberish. is this "Onmyouji" some kind of wizard or what? i didn't read 11eyes and i don't know the context so i will not help. yet it reminds me of this :D

 

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Yeah, for something like that you might want to give context. What kind of character says this and when, and what he/she does when saying the line, and why he/she says it.

 

But 五雷神君 appears to refer to five thunder gods (君 being used for higher beings, monarchs/rulers/badass people and such, Reinhard in Dies irae is described with it as well IIRC, and he's also a near-godlike dude), while 奉勅, according to its definition, is 勅命を奉じること (so this does indeed lend itself to a by the power of Greyskull interpretation, hilariously enough), the second part basically seems to imply some character is busting out an electric sword, since he/she is saying it holds the very essence of 歳星 (in this context, Zeus/Jupiter?). Edit: To clarify, the first part seems to invoke the authority of the thunder gods while in the second the character seems to manifest their power in his/her sword... I think. That's the best I can come up with without knowing anything about 11eyes or the context.

 

So there you have it. I gave it a shot, at least.

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Thanks for replying guys.

 

You see,i'm trying to do CHN to ENG translation of a VN no one really cares about at this point as a little personal project due to it's notoriety of an adaptation and it's averageness of the original.

I'm trying to guess at the context of the Onmyouji chants,just needing to confirm if there's any special japanese esque meanings i missed.That was just a sample to try guess at the "Mood" of it.

 

I was planning to learn japanese at some point ago to where i could read most VNs,but i dropped the idea because i ran out of titles and reasons i would want to translate if i had the skill.

 

 

BTW, Onmyoujis are practioners of Onmyōdō,a Japanese Cosmology art.

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Some help here on the 2nd to last line please. The logic just doesn't make sense. He's correct that she's a knight but that's not the answer she expected from him even though it's the right answer because she's confident that she's well known as a knight? So tempted to just change the Nope to a Yep just to make it all logical. NOELCEPTION XD

 

騎士に限らず、その人が纏う雰囲気で、何をしてるかわかることがある。

This person seems to be able to deduce my abilities just by reading my aura.

槍を持たなくなってからだいぶ経つのに。

I wasn't even wielding a lance, and I haven't in a long time.

???@ノエル「でも、納得したわ。ベグライターなのね」

???@Noel [Even so, I believe you. A begleiter, eh?]

貴弘「キミこそ、騎士なのか?」

Takahiro [What about you, are you a knight?]

???@ノエル「そう見える?」

???@Noel [What do you think?]

優雅で柔らかな物腰。細くさえ見える、すらりとした体。

The girl has elegant posture with a thin and slender figure.

ジョストをしているようには見えない。けれど……間違いない。

Although she doesn't like someone who jousts...There's no mistaking it.

貴弘「そう見えるな」

Takahiro [You seem like one.]

???@ノエル「コレクトよ! さすがだわ」

???@Noel [Correct! You're good at this~!]

貴弘「予想通りの答えだったってところか?」

Takahiro [Did I answer as you expected I would?]

???@ノエル「いえ、予想外だったわね。何しろ、私のことを知らないとは思わなかったもの」

???@Noel [Nope. Anyways, I expected you to know much about me.] (NOELCEPTION Logic here!)

貴弘「ずいぶんな自信だな」

Takahiro [You seem pretty confident about yourself.]

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「まぁ、備えあれば憂いなしと言する程度の自衛手段は必要かもせんね」

 

「well, a measure to protect(defend) ourself might be needed just as the words 'there's no need of worries if you prepared well'」

 

備えあれば憂いなし -> is a japanese prhase.. I'm not an english native so I'm not really sure with the english phrase.. >.<

 

騎士に限らず、その人が纏う雰囲気で、何をしてるかわかることがあ。

not limited to knight, just by seeing the aura that person has, we can tell what that person is doing for live

槍を持たなくなってからだいぶ経つのに。

It's been a while since I've use lance

???@ノエル「でも、納得したわ。ベグライターなのね」

???@Noel [Even so, I believe (can also mean agree) you. A begleiter, eh?]

貴弘「キミこそ、騎士なのか?」

Takahiro [What about you, are you a knight?]

???@ノエル「そう見える?」

???@Noel [What do you think?]

優雅で柔らかな物腰。細くさえ見える、すらりとした体。

The girl has elegant posture with a thin and slender figure.

ジョストをしているようには見えない。けれど……間違いない。

Although she doesn't like someone who jousts...There's no mistaking it.

貴弘「そう見えるな」

Takahiro [You seem like one.]

???@ノエル「コレクトよ! さすがだわ」

???@Noel [Correct! You're good at this~!(can also mean as expected of you)]

貴弘「予想通りの答えだったってところか?」

Takahiro [Did I answer as you expected I would?]

???@ノエル「いえ、予想外だったわね。何しろ、私のことを知らないとは思わなかったもの」

???@Noel [Nope. Anyways, I expected you to know much about me.] (NOELCEPTION Logic here!)

                    ->[nope. Afterall,I didn't think that you don't know about me] <- (in this condition, noel expected takahiro to know much more about her?)

貴弘「ずいぶんな自信だな」

Takahiro [You seem pretty confident about yourself.]

 

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