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&lt;div&gt;This chapter is currently being prepared for translation by [[User:Freak_Of_Nature|Freak Of Nature]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Original Text ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Page 154&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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第四章&lt;br /&gt;
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翌日再び飽きもせず、俺たちは駅前に集まった。ただ昨日と違うのは人員が入れ替わっている点だ。ＳＯＳ団以外の人間三名ほどが新顔として俺の前に立っている。ハルヒ言うところのザコキャラたちである。&lt;br /&gt;
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「おいキョン、話が違うぞ」&lt;br /&gt;
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広義するように言い出したのは谷口だ。&lt;br /&gt;
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「麗しの朝比奈さんはどこだ？　あの方が出迎えてくれるって言うから来たなだぜ。いねえじゃねえか」&lt;br /&gt;
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その通り、朝比奈さんは定刻になっても来なかった。たぶん自宅の部屋で出勤拒否をしているに違いない。昨日も一昨日も散々な目にあっていたからな。&lt;br /&gt;
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「俺は目の保養に来たなだぞ。それがどうだ。今日はまだ涼宮の逆ギレした顔しか見たねえぞ。詐欺だ」&lt;br /&gt;
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うるさいな。長門でも眺めてりゃいいじゃないか。&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Page 155&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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「それにしても長門さん、やけに似合っるなあ」&lt;br /&gt;
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のんびりと言うのは国木田だ。谷口に続くザコ二号である。昨夜、俺が風呂に入ってたらハルヒから電話がかかってまた。妹から受話器を受け取り、頭を洗いながら聞いたのが、&lt;br /&gt;
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「谷口のアホと、もう一人……名前が思い出せないけど、あんたの友達よ。その二人を明日連れてきなさい。ザコキャラで使うから」&lt;br /&gt;
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== Translation Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;quot;Zakokyara&amp;quot; ( ザコキャラ ) ===&lt;br /&gt;
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ザコキャラ is obviously one of those &#039;&#039;-kyara&#039;&#039; idioms, where キャラ is an abbreviation for キャラクター, &#039;&#039;kyarakutaa&#039;&#039;, meaning &amp;quot;character&amp;quot;. But what is a &#039;&#039;zako&#039;&#039;? I&#039;d not run across this idiom before, so I had to do some furious thinking and asking around. &lt;br /&gt;
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雑魚 (&#039;&#039;zako&#039;&#039;) means &amp;quot;small fry, small fish&amp;quot;, and ザコキャラ features prominently on pages about games. I&#039;m thinking it may mean something along the lines of &amp;quot;minor characters&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;bit players&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;extras&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;cannon fodder&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;spear carriers&amp;quot; or even &amp;quot;NPCs&amp;quot;. I gather that in RPGs, ザコキャラ are the low-level enemies that function more as obstacles than as actual threats. &amp;quot;Orcs&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;goombas&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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So how to translate this? Right now, I&#039;m using &amp;quot;small fry&amp;quot;, but I&#039;d dearly love to have a better phrase. More to come as I think about it. &lt;br /&gt;
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--[[User:Freak Of Nature|Freak Of Nature]] 16:09, 26 April 2006 (PDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Update: The thought has occurred to me that perhaps, in this case, the word ought to be: &amp;quot;henchmen&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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--[[User:Freak Of Nature|Freak Of Nature]] 14:23, 30 April 2006 (PDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Comments section ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Editors and casual visitors should feel free to offer comments in this section. Please leave the &#039;&#039;&#039;Original Text&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Translation Notes&#039;&#039;&#039; sections alone.&lt;br /&gt;
:Regarding the above, maybe &#039;minions&#039; would work? But I think &amp;quot;henchmen&amp;quot; also works fine.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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