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Raw text (Yomigana of the text) - '''Translation''' - Description of the term (My notes on the term) | *Raw text (Yomigana of the text) - '''Translation''' - Description of the term ''(My notes on the term)'' | ||
Feel free to suggest improvements, though I'd prefer to talk about it before anything here is changed, so please leave me a note on the talk/discussion page. I'm not unreasonable so don't be afraid to make your case. | Feel free to suggest improvements, though I'd prefer to talk about it before anything here is changed, so please leave me a note on the talk/discussion page. I'm not unreasonable so don't be afraid to make your case. | ||
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===Names=== | ===Names=== | ||
*ヒース•ベルグラーノ - Heath Belgraano - The protagonist (The last name is not set in stone) | *ヒース•ベルグラーノ - '''Heath Belgraano''' - The protagonist ''(The last name is not set in stone)'' | ||
*マナ•ベルグラーノ - Mana Belgraano - The protagonist's sister (Again the last name is not set in stone) | *マナ•ベルグラーノ - '''Mana Belgraano''' - The protagonist's sister ''(Again the last name is not set in stone)'' | ||
*罪禍(さいか) - Saika - A monster (Currently being transliterated, feel free to offer suggestions. The best I have is Sinful Evil or Sinful Abomination) | *罪禍(さいか) - '''Saika''' - A monster ''(Currently being transliterated, feel free to offer suggestions. The best I have is Sinful Evil or Sinful Abomination)'' | ||
*竜(テぃーフエ) - Tifue - Estelle's dragon | *エステル•ノルン•シュテルン - '''Estelle Norn Stern''' - A strange young lady who dresses as a clown. Also the main heroine. ''(Each of the names have significance both Estelle and Stern mean star, though Estelle is a name of French origin and Stern is of German. Norn comes from Norse mythology, it is related to the 3 norse goddesses of fate - The Norse equivalent of the Fates from Greek mythology - who are also known as the Norns.)'' | ||
*竜(テぃーフエ) - '''Tifue''' - Estelle's dragon | |||
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===Titles=== | ===Titles=== | ||
* 剣刻の銀乙女(けんこくのユングフラウ) - Silver Maiden of the Blade Seals - The title of the series (Subject to change if you have some ideas to improve it) | * 剣刻の銀乙女(けんこくのユングフラウ) - '''Silver Maiden of the Blade Seals''' - The title of the series ''(Subject to change if you have some ideas to improve it)'' | ||
*＜円卓の騎士＞(＜えんたくのきし＞) - <Knights of the Round Table> - The twelve knights from the legend in which the <Blade Seals> were created | *＜円卓の騎士＞(＜えんたくのきし＞) - '''<Knights of the Round Table>''' - The twelve knights from the legend in which the <Blade Seals> were created | ||
* ＜占刻使い＞(オーメントーカー) - '''Omen Speaker''' - Basically a magician who use seals called <Omens> to invoke magic ''(The yomigana was Omen Talker but that doesn’t sound great in english [Plus I never trust Japanese to speak and utilize borrowed words exactly as they are in english] so I changed it to Omen Speaker [like the MTG card]. The kanji used in the name is 占刻使い The first 2 characters are a made up word which combines 占[sen] meaning divination and 刻 which is an archaic unit of time used earlier and in the title of the novel. The last part, 使い [Tsukai], means user or bearer. )'' | |||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
* 刻 - Koku - A unit of time equal to 2 hours (I felt transliterating it was better than saying fractions of double hours or just outright making it easy for readers unlike what the author intended [e.g. 四半刻 In the current case I'd translate it as "A quarter of Koku" as opposed to "A quarter of a double hour" or "30 minutes"]) | * 刻 - '''Koku''' - A unit of time equal to 2 hours ''(I felt transliterating it was better than saying fractions of double hours or just outright making it easy for readers unlike what the author intended [e.g. 四半刻 In the current case I'd translate it as "A quarter of Koku" as opposed to "A quarter of a double hour" or "30 minutes"])'' | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 15 February 2017
Format
The format will be as follows:
- Raw text (Yomigana of the text) - Translation - Description of the term (My notes on the term)
Feel free to suggest improvements, though I'd prefer to talk about it before anything here is changed, so please leave me a note on the talk/discussion page. I'm not unreasonable so don't be afraid to make your case.
Names
- ヒース•ベルグラーノ - Heath Belgraano - The protagonist (The last name is not set in stone)
- マナ•ベルグラーノ - Mana Belgraano - The protagonist's sister (Again the last name is not set in stone)
- 罪禍(さいか) - Saika - A monster (Currently being transliterated, feel free to offer suggestions. The best I have is Sinful Evil or Sinful Abomination)
- エステル•ノルン•シュテルン - Estelle Norn Stern - A strange young lady who dresses as a clown. Also the main heroine. (Each of the names have significance both Estelle and Stern mean star, though Estelle is a name of French origin and Stern is of German. Norn comes from Norse mythology, it is related to the 3 norse goddesses of fate - The Norse equivalent of the Fates from Greek mythology - who are also known as the Norns.)
- 竜(テぃーフエ) - Tifue - Estelle's dragon
Titles
- 剣刻の銀乙女(けんこくのユングフラウ) - Silver Maiden of the Blade Seals - The title of the series (Subject to change if you have some ideas to improve it)
- ＜円卓の騎士＞(＜えんたくのきし＞) - <Knights of the Round Table> - The twelve knights from the legend in which the <Blade Seals> were created
- ＜占刻使い＞(オーメントーカー) - Omen Speaker - Basically a magician who use seals called <Omens> to invoke magic (The yomigana was Omen Talker but that doesn’t sound great in english [Plus I never trust Japanese to speak and utilize borrowed words exactly as they are in english] so I changed it to Omen Speaker [like the MTG card]. The kanji used in the name is 占刻使い The first 2 characters are a made up word which combines 占[sen] meaning divination and 刻 which is an archaic unit of time used earlier and in the title of the novel. The last part, 使い [Tsukai], means user or bearer. )
Other
- 刻 - Koku - A unit of time equal to 2 hours (I felt transliterating it was better than saying fractions of double hours or just outright making it easy for readers unlike what the author intended [e.g. 四半刻 In the current case I'd translate it as "A quarter of Koku" as opposed to "A quarter of a double hour" or "30 minutes"])