Editing Talk:Rakuin no Monshou:Volume1 Chapter5 (section)

== Part 3 ==

non-commissioned officer (下士官)
* In Edo-Japan this was a term for one who was enlisted as an officer, but not of noble birth. I believe it’s also the highest rank a commoner could get. I’m  not sure if it’s the same, or if he’s just one rank lower than an officer in Mephian terms. Non-commissioned officer sounds a bit strange I think (but it's what my dictionary says, next to 'petty officer' and 'enlisted officer'), but I wonder if there's a better English equivalent. Suggestions anyone?

He wasn’t able to make a move with the situation unclear on '''whoever bound his hands and feet, and whoever was pulling the strings'''.
'''誰がいつ自分の手足になってくれるのか、誰がいつ自分の手足を逆に引っぱるのか'''、それもはっきりしない状態では動きようがなかった。
* I actually translated this very freely because I didn't really understand the above expression in bold, this sounded best in my opinion considering the context.
::"He wasn’t able to make a move with the situation unclear on who would become his hands and feet, and who would instead tie them up."; a more free translation might be "He wasn’t able to make a move with the situation unclear on who would become his limbs, and who would instead pull his legs out from under him.".  To become someone's 手足 is like becoming their eyes--namely, to act according to their will and so doing aid them.  The '逆に' is 'by contrast', and to (strongly) pull on one's limbs is like ashimatoi, namely (metaphorically) hindering one's free movement.  He doesn't know who he can and can't rely on. -[[User:Multipartite|Multipartite]] ([[User talk:Multipartite|talk]]) 17:16, 21 August 2013 (CDT)
*I'm getting a similar translation, though I would recommend "those who dragged down his feet" or "those who weighed him down" if you want literal, or 'slow him down' for liberal. --[[User:Detalz|Detalz]] ([[User talk:Detalz|talk]]) 18:55, 21 August 2013 (CDT)

An anon edit changed emigrate to immigrate.  I understand why he or she might have done this, because it's more natural sounding to say "emigrate ''from''" or "immigrated ''to''".  Both work fine to some degree, however, I would argue that the correct usage depends on the frame of reference and emphasis on either leaving or arriving.  In this case, the emphasis is that they left from Earth to an undefined location.  Because the destination is undefined, I would say the original word choice of "emigrate to" is correct.  Whether I'm right or wrong, this a more subtle issue, so I wanted to allow for any discussion before reverting that change.  Also, whenever I or someone else corrects (or not) the emigrate issue, 'analyzed' should also be changed back to BE analysed. --[[User:Cthaeh|Cthaeh]] ([[User talk:Cthaeh|talk]]) 21:11, 27 November 2013 (CST)
:*I'm also of the opinion emigrate is correct for similar reasons. I'll approve of the reversion on both accounts on Dohma's behalf, since he's busy. --[[User:Detalz|Detalz]] ([[User talk:Detalz|talk]]) 21:52, 27 November 2013 (CST)