C Convectuoso Registered Joined 27 Dec 2014 Messages 2 Reaction score 0 11 Mar 2015 #1 "Get busy living or get busy dying" Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Majestic 先輩 Ten-year veteran Joined 12 Oct 2013 Messages 4,071 Reaction score 5,023 18 Mar 2015 #2 From the Shawshank Redemption, it is translated as: 必死に生きるか 必死に死ぬか
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 18 Mar 2015 #3 I'll be spending the rest of the day contemplating the nature of 必死 and its use in those two sentences.
I'll be spending the rest of the day contemplating the nature of 必死 and its use in those two sentences.
Majestic 先輩 Ten-year veteran Joined 12 Oct 2013 Messages 4,071 Reaction score 5,023 18 Mar 2015 #4 The translation of this phrase in the dubbed version is (apparently): がんばって生きるか、がんばって死ぬか Some more interesting discussion on this courtesy of the chie bukuro "ショーシャンクの空に"のセリフの質問です。 - Yahoo!知恵袋
The translation of this phrase in the dubbed version is (apparently): がんばって生きるか、がんばって死ぬか Some more interesting discussion on this courtesy of the chie bukuro "ショーシャンクの空に"のセリフの質問です。 - Yahoo!知恵袋
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 18 Mar 2015 #5 Majestic said: The translation of this phrase in the dubbed version is (apparently): がんばって生きるか、がんばって死ぬか Some more interesting discussion on this courtesy of the chie bukuro "ショーシャンクの空に"のセリフの質問です。 - Yahoo!知恵袋 Click to expand... I think they missed the meaning of it, though.
Majestic said: The translation of this phrase in the dubbed version is (apparently): がんばって生きるか、がんばって死ぬか Some more interesting discussion on this courtesy of the chie bukuro "ショーシャンクの空に"のセリフの質問です。 - Yahoo!知恵袋 Click to expand... I think they missed the meaning of it, though.
C Convectuoso Registered Joined 27 Dec 2014 Messages 2 Reaction score 0 19 Mar 2015 Thread starter #6 Thanks for the replies, guys! I'm guessing theres no direct translation in japanese?
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 19 Mar 2015 #7 Convectuoso said: Thanks for the replies, guys! I'm guessing theres no direct translation in japanese? Click to expand... Direct translations often do a crap job of conveying the meaning of figurative expressions.
Convectuoso said: Thanks for the replies, guys! I'm guessing theres no direct translation in japanese? Click to expand... Direct translations often do a crap job of conveying the meaning of figurative expressions.
Majestic 先輩 Ten-year veteran Joined 12 Oct 2013 Messages 4,071 Reaction score 5,023 19 Mar 2015 #8 Hello Convectuoso, I think either of those options are as close to a direct translation as you are likely to get. You are looking for something else?
Hello Convectuoso, I think either of those options are as close to a direct translation as you are likely to get. You are looking for something else?
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 19 Mar 2015 #9 Why do you want this? Tattoo? Are you learning Japanese yourself? What's your best effort at a translation?
Why do you want this? Tattoo? Are you learning Japanese yourself? What's your best effort at a translation?
G GuyJean Registered Joined 4 Mar 2015 Messages 16 Reaction score 1 19 Mar 2015 #10 I like Spinna B-Ill's 「やりたければ死ぬ気でやれ、やりたくなければ今すぐ辞めろ」better. (Though it has no relation to the above quote. Also not recommended as a tattoo )
I like Spinna B-Ill's 「やりたければ死ぬ気でやれ、やりたくなければ今すぐ辞めろ」better. (Though it has no relation to the above quote. Also not recommended as a tattoo )
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 19 Mar 2015 #11 GuyJean said: I like Spinna B-Ill's 「やりたければ死ぬ気でやれ、やりたくなければ今すぐ辞めろ」better. (Though it has no relation to the above quote. Also not recommended as a tattoo ) Click to expand... ウンコしないなら便器降りろ
GuyJean said: I like Spinna B-Ill's 「やりたければ死ぬ気でやれ、やりたくなければ今すぐ辞めろ」better. (Though it has no relation to the above quote. Also not recommended as a tattoo ) Click to expand... ウンコしないなら便器降りろ
G GuyJean Registered Joined 4 Mar 2015 Messages 16 Reaction score 1 19 Mar 2015 #12 Mike Cash said: ウンコしないなら便器降りろ Click to expand... Now that would make an awesome tattoo.