Translating, understanding, and having fun studying the Japanese language
This is a translation of an article on Nintendo of Japan’s website; part 2 of a 6-part series on The Legend Of Zelda in celebration of the series’ 30th anniversary. Translation mine, all other contents, text, images are copyright by 任天堂株式会社. See below for a link to the original article. For Read more…
This is a translation of an article on Nintendo of Japan’s website; part 1 of a 6-part series on The Legend Of Zelda in celebration of the series’ 30th anniversary. Translation mine, all other contents, text, images are copyright by 任天堂株式会社. See below for a link to the original article. Read more…
In 2014 I became a member of the Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love translation project. The project is about localizing a game called いろづきチンクルの恋のバルーントリップ, Ripening Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love (tentative English title) into English. It’s the successor to Freshly Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupee Land, an adventure game starring Tingle from the The Read more…
Here’s a thing I had to look up while playing Danganronpa. This is one more of those phrases that zoom by the reader or listener before they know it. Its meaning is hard to figure out if you don’t know it beforehand. In the first chapter of the game, the Read more…
The next game on my list is ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 (Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei). It’s a visual novel style game that’s supposed to be very, very good. So let’s begin! First of all, let me give you some exposition real quick. As always, no spoilers. Everything I write Read more…
While I have at long last finished 逆転裁判３(Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations) and moved on to the next game after 136 hours of reading, looking stuff up, and scratching my head, I still have a few lines of dialogue left that I want to discuss. Today I’ll have a look Read more…
Hello everyone! Today we’re going to take a look at another scene from 逆転裁判３(Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations). ㊟ Disclaimer: When I started taking screenshots for this blog, I forgot to take notes about the context they appeared in. That’s why I can’t give much backstory for today’s post. Will be more Read more…
The one thing about Japanese that’s been giving me the most trouble when it comes to reading are all the little kana that attach themselves to words and follow them along like the tail of a kite. A long, meandering, hard to understand tail of a kite. Fellow learners, don’t be discouraged: Read more…