My Translation of the first half or so of 藪の中

[cheta777]

This was my final translation for my translation class with Prof. Miller, and I must say that I think I did I pretty damn good job. I doubt anyone will read it, but I think it's better than most of the other translations I read, so I'll post it here for the hell of it. I'm allowed to be egotistical every once in a while, right?

The original

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[prototypechild]

"capture" the woman.

That's putting it lightly. (More like raping her a new one.)

Good translation. :D

[cheta777]

haha yeah, I guess you're right.

Anyway, thanks for reading!

[becky_kitty]

Woo!

[cheta777]

=D

[shiromadoshi]

Damn your Japanese has come a long way to be able to do a translation of this story! :o Should I be worried about my sensei position??

Just out of curiousity, what made you translate the title as "The Mysterious Bamboo Grove"

[cheta777]

Thanks!

I dunno, I felt that since the story is a mystery, I wanted to express this mystique in the title. Moreover, "In a grove" just sounds strange in English, don't you think?