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Could you please tranlate this into japanese??

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"The art of fighting is the art of killing. Even beautiful words won't change that!"
 
Sure thing,

ピーナツが好きだもん!

Sorry, but our princess is in another castle. Thread move-age.
 
ベ-ネ said:
"The art of fighting is the art of killing. Even beautiful words won't change that!"


I think
"戦いの技術は殺しの技術だ。美しい言葉を用いても、そのことは変えられない。"

or

"戦いの本質は人を殺すことにあるので、どんなに美しい言葉で誤魔化しても、
その本質を変えることはできない。"

is good.

I also think the latter translation reflects what the original sentences mean more correctly than the other.
But I have not much confidence.
 
Why do I get the feeling that this is a line taken out of the first episode of "Rurouni Kenshin?"
 
Glenn said:
Why do I get the feeling that this is a line taken out of the first episode of "Rurouni Kenshin?"
So we're in 'translation of a translation' zone again.
I've never watched a dubbed / subbed version of Rurouni Kenshin but that sounds pretty plausible. Unfortunately I don't have the episode around to check now.
 
I do. Here is the dialogue (well, I guess it's a soliloquy ;-)):

緋村剣心:剣は凶器。剣術は殺人術。それが真実。かおる殿が言っていることは、一度の自分の手を汚したことのない者が言う、甘い戯れ言でござる。けれども、拙者は真実よりも、かおる殿の戯れ言のほうが好きでござるよ。これからの世は、願いはおけば(←I'm not 100% sure on this part)、その戯れ言は真実になってもらいたいでござるな。

So I guess it just bore a resemblance to it, and wasn't actually what I was thinking it was.
 
I cast a vote for Pox-san's:

戦いの技術は殺しの技術だ。美しい言葉を用いても、そ のことは変えられない。

It's shorter and smarter, without compromising on the meaning. If it's from anime, maybe 技術 can be replaced by 技(わざ).

Just my personal opinion.
 
Thanks! Could you please write it in romaji, too?
 

I think from the contexts this sentence would be this:
これからの世は、願わくば、その戯れ言が真実になってもらいたいでござるな。
I hope the jurgon would become true in the near future(from now?)???
(この訳はあってますか??)

「剣術は殺人術。それが真実。」
あ~、これを英訳したんですね。
ぴったりな気がします。

epigene said:
If it's from anime, maybe 技術 can be replaced by 技(わざ).

Just my personal opinion.
このrunin kenshinというモノを知らないのですが、
何か、現実では考えられないようなすごいことをするのなら、
「技」の方がいいかもしれないですね。



ベーネ said:
Tanks! Could you please write it in romaji,too?
mine's is
"tatakai no gijutsu ha koroshi no gijutsu da.
utsukushii kotoba wo motiitemo, sonokoto ha kaerarenai."
 

I think that's pretty close, if not correct. It definitely comes at the head of the sentence, though. At least I can take solace in that word being of a classical nature and not too commonly used today as to why I didn't get it right (at least I hope I can ). I had never heard it before, but some searching produced this:

 
Am I the only one who finds it difficult to read Japanese in italics ?
 
No, you aren't, which is why I included the link. Maybe I should have just left the quote out in the first place, though.
 
Glenn said:
No, you aren't, which is why I included the link. Maybe I should have just left the quote out in the first place, though.

Usually I just don't use QUOTE tags around the Japanese bits but mark it out in some other way if required.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an 'anti-italic' method.

[/i]I bet this doesn't work
 
「るろうに剣心」をご存じない?流行のアニメを知らないのは、私ぐらいかと思っていました。(ちょっと安心
日本のアニメ文化の影響力の凄さに最近になって気がつき、時間があれば,見るようにしています。
昨夜、さっそくキッズステーションで見ました。やはり、信じられない技の応酬でした。もう、SFの領域ですね!
 

yeah, 願わくば is not commonly used today.
But I sometimes, if not often, come across it in books or on TV.
I think you will also come across it someday.
I recommend to memorize this phrase.

By the way, if 願いはおけば isn't a misprint,
then I think it means "apart from my wish"

願いはおけば、かおる殿の戯れ言が真実になってもらいたいでござるな。
Apart from my wish, I want your jargon to become true.?

Does this sentence make sense?


以上、今日の英作文おしまい!




う~ん・・、聞いたことがあるような無いような・・。
少なくとも内容はわかりません。
他に海外にも知られている可能性のあるanime/mangaは、
Dragon Ballくらいしかわからないです。
うちもキッズステーションは観られるので、観てみようかな。
 
戦いの芸術は殺害の芸術である。 美しい単語はそれを変えない!

楽しみなさい!
 
cyber ape said:
戦いの芸術は殺害の芸術である。 美しい単語はそれを変えない!
The first of these looks like it came directly off an online translator....what about the second ?
 
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