Can you please translate this quote?

[Convectuoso]

"Get busy living or get busy dying"

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Majestic]

From the Shawshank Redemption, it is translated as:
必死に生きるか
必死に死ぬか

 

[Mike Cash]

I'll be spending the rest of the day contemplating the nature of 必死 and its use in those two sentences.

 

[Majestic]

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]

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

I think they missed the meaning of it, though.

 

[Convectuoso]

Thanks for the replies, guys! I'm guessing theres no direct translation in japanese?

 

[Mike Cash]

Thanks for the replies, guys! I'm guessing theres no direct translation in japanese?

Direct translations often do a crap job of conveying the meaning of figurative expressions.

 

[Majestic]

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]

Why do you want this? Tattoo? Are you learning Japanese yourself? What's your best effort at a translation?

 

[GuyJean]

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]

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 )

ウンコしないなら便器降りろ

 

[GuyJean]

ウンコしないなら便器降りろ

Now that would make an awesome tattoo.