Translation nerdery

[dorchadas]

As part of the LARP I'm taking part in, I'm playing a descendant of Izanagi, and since I already know some Japanese, I took it on myself to translate some important game speeches into Japanese for my character to recite. One of them I wrote myself, in a mishmash of modern and classical Japanese that would probably look awful to anyone who knows

Comments

[q99]

I like, very evocative!

[dorchadas]

Thanks!

It turned out to be almost entirely correct, too! Just don't need the で on the end.

[q99]

You could always add 'Nya,' at the end, to make it sound cuter ;)

[moonwych]

This reminds me, my son (he's 21)is very interested in learning Japanese (he knows a little) and has mentioned that he'd eventually like to be a translator. I was wondering if you could answer some of his questions, give him an idea of just how in-depth it is, etc. If you don't mind doing so, just send him an email to conaby12atgmaildotcom. His name is Jory. If you do take the time to get in touch with him, many thanks. If not, it's cool.