Need a word or phrase translated?

[GaijinPunch]

大蛇の背骨の果てにも世界はないと信じられていた時代 、最後の物語である。

Technically, you should put "the final tale" or however you want to translate it, at the beginning to make it sound right in English. Perhaps, "This is the final tale, an era in which..."

 

[epigene]

. The biggest thing that's confusing me is the 'なく' at the end of the second line - my guess is that it's some sort of form of 'ない', as in the informal negative form of arimasu. A wrong assumption?

Partly correct! なく is a form of ない used in compound form:
薬もなく、包帯もない。(There is no medication and no bandages.)

Conversely, there is an equivalent for ある, too:
ビールもあり、ワインもある。(There is beer, and there is wine.)

この物語は
ガーガルヴの先に世界はなく
大蛇の背骨の果てにも世界はないと信じられていた時代 、最後の物語である。

As GaijinPunch says, I also think you should start with "This is a final tale.."
My translation:
This is a final tale of the age in which it was believed... etc.
The original is written in the style of "advertising copy" or "movie slogan (catch copy?)" and does not follow standard order.

Hope it helps.

 

[Eve]

what does "Yama no you ni miemasu ka?? " means?

 

[nemesae]

I've been searching the net, but only resulted in Japanese pages that I'd take three days to be able to read and Japanese restaurants, and the translation can't be found in any online dictionary I've tried, so what does もそもそ mean? The context is about talking of animals and inutama land

what does "Yama no you ni miemasu ka?? " means?

山のように見えますか?
It means something of 'are you looking at the mountain?' but I can't translate the no you ni yet

 

[Ed-E]

Partly correct! なく is a form of ない used in compound form:
薬もなく、包帯もない。(There is no medication and no bandages.)

Conversely, there is an equivalent for ある, too:
ビールもあり、ワインもある。(There is beer, and there is wine.)


As GaijinPunch says, I also think you should start with "This is a final tale.."
My translation:
This is a final tale of the age in which it was believed... etc.
The original is written in the style of "advertising copy" or "movie slogan (catch copy?)" and does not follow standard order.

Hope it helps.

Ah! Thank you so much epigene and GaijinPunch!
Now, I'm acutely aware of not asking too many questions - I don't want to be seen as somebody who wants to get everyone else to do his dirty work, but I do have one more sentence that I'm confused about:

まったくジュリオったら、いつまでたっても泣き虫だし、私がいなくちゃ何もできないんだから...

(incidentally, I think 泣き虫 is a really cute word for a crybaby!)

I think the thing that's confusing me the most is the abbreviations - I haven't been formally taught any bar じゃ, so I'm trying to pick it up from websites and books. From what I've seen, なくちゃ is short for なくて, and there may be a dropped [はいけない]... I suppose normally you'd work that out by context, but I'm not advanced enough!

Thanks so much in advance!
Ed

 

[puKKa]

I tried to write down a text from a picture I had on the computer and I got stuck at one part, the を, I can't find the reason why it's there and its meaning or connection to the text. I searched on the net for the text and found it but I'm just wondering for the hiragana for を and whats it for.

the text:
論理の旋律は必ず真実を奏でる

Thanks

 

[nemesae]

I tried to write down a text from a picture I had on the computer and I got stuck at one part, the を, I can't find the reason why it's there and its meaning or connection to the text. I searched on the net for the text and found it but I'm just wondering for the hiragana for を and whats it for.

The text:
論理の旋律は必ず真実を奏でる

thanks

Normally it means A wo B
that A undergoes B. kono hon wo tabete (uhm yeah stupid example) 'that book undergoes being eaten' or 'I'm eating that book' ^^;; it's difficult to separate from the particle ga in meaning sometimes though

 

[Ed-E]

I tried to write down a text from a picture I had on the computer and I got stuck at one part, the を, I can't find the reason why it's there and its meaning or connection to the text. I searched on the net for the text and found it but I'm just wondering for the hiragana for を and whats it for.

The text:
論理の旋律は必ず真実を奏でる

thanks

The を particle marks the object of the action (verb).

i.e ネメサエさんは本を食べました
"Nemesae [subj.] ate [verb] the book [object]"

So in your sentence, 真実 ["truth, reality"] is the object of the verb 奏でる ["to play (a musical instrument)"] because it comes before the を. So it's something like "playing the truth", although no doubt many more skilled people will be along in a minute to correct me ...

 

[epigene]

Hi, puKKa!

nemesae and Ed-E are right in explaining the use of 窶堙ｰ, so I won't go any further on that!

The sentence means: The melody of reason plays the music of truth.

 

[nemesae]

okay... how exactly do you translate naitai na in this:
"素"の部分ないたいなのは

 

[Fantt]

Are both of these ways of saying "It is not expensive." ?
高くないです。
高くありません。

First, are they correctly put together? I think the second one is more formal, correct? Is there any difference in meaning between the two?

Thanks!

Terry

 

[Glenn]

1) Yes, they are both correctly put together.
2) Yes, the second one is more formal.
3) Not semantically.

They both mean "is not expensive/tall/high."

 

[jovial_jon]

Could someone help me out with how to say: "Your hair smells of cola." I only really know the obvious bit. Anata no yadda yadda kora yadda yadda. Yeah, I suck.

Nnnnice one!

 

[Glenn]

I'll go with the literal (and rather textbookish) anata no kami (no ke) wa koora no nioi ga shimasu.

 

[CorDarei]

Could someone help me out with how to say: "Your hair smells of cola." I only really know the obvious bit. Anata no yadda yadda kora yadda yadda. Yeah, I suck.

Nnnnice one!

I would say あなたの髪はコーラくさいです。 (anata no kami ha KO-RA kusai desu)
Alter formality to suit context.

 

[Cryptnotic]

what does "Yama no you ni miemasu ka?? " means?

Being the anime fan that I am, I can guess that you're probably trying to translate the last ending theme from Naruto, except that the chorus is "yama no you ni meiru", i.e., not phrased in the form of a question.

<something> no you
「何」のよう
means "like [something]".

Note: "mieru" is not "miru", so it's not "to look", but "to be able to be seen" or "to appear". So anyway, it's "does it look like a mountain?".

 

[Cryptnotic]

okay... how exactly do you translate naitai na in this:
"素"の部分ないたいなのは

I'd just translate it like: "There's no section for [so]".

 

[Elizabeth]

I'd just translate it like: "There's no section for [so]".

素の部分内帯なのは

This naitai makes the most sense to me.

 

[Elizabeth]

I'd just translate it like: "There's no section for [so]

素の部分内帯なのは

From Infoseek:

がいたい ぐわい― 0 【外帯】
西南日本の、中央構造線より南側の部分。赤石山脈・紀伊山地・四国山地・九州山地と大起伏の山地が続き、北側から三波川変成帯・中生界・古第三系の岩体・地層が帯状に配列している。

 

[epigene]

okay... how exactly do you translate naitai na in this:
"素"の部分ないたいなのは

I don't think it makes sense... There must be a typing error or something...
"素"の部分 and ないたいなのは or 内帯なのは don't link IMO :?

 

[Elizabeth]

I don't think it makes sense... There must be a typing error or something...
"素"の部分 and ないたいなのは or 内帯なのは don't link IMO :?

Yeah, I was thinking something must have been left off the "素" part ....
but it could be a problem with "naitai" as well.

 

[nemesae]

Yeah, I was thinking something must have been left off the "素" part ....
but it could be a problem with "naitai" as well.

Okay... sorry =_= I copied it so wrong... it was taina -i *feels stupid and kicks self*

But I have one more question! About the same interview still, it reads:
１日に７本とかあると、衣装も重いしヒールめちゃくちゃ高いし、撮影で筋肉痛になったりすることもあったし、変な話、ライヴより疲れましたもん(笑)。
And I know what 7hon means, but I just can't figure out the exact meaning in the context. It's an article about Shinya of Dir en grey, if that might help people, and this discusses their photo shoots.

 

[Elizabeth]

Okay... sorry =_= I copied it so wrong... it was taina -i *feels stupid and kicks self*

Taina ? also in hiragana ?

But I have one more question! About the same interview still, it reads:
１日に７本とかあると、衣装も重いしヒールめちゃくちゃ高いし、撮影で筋肉痛になったりすることもあったし、変な話、ライヴより疲れましたもん(笑)。
And I know what 7hon means, but I just can't figure out the exact meaning in the context. It's an article about Shinya of Dir en grey, if that might help people, and this discusses their photo shoots.

Do you have the section before １日に７本 ?

 

[nemesae]

Taina ? also in hiragana ?


Do you have the section before １日に７本 ?

Yes, but the original sentence was 素"の部分みたいなのは, I don't know WHAT I was thinking at that moment when copying, but I really made some grave errors there. I first completely copied the text into word from a picture, you see, and then continued from the word document. But it does make more sense now, so I'll be able to figure it out. Thanks for pointing out that -naitai isn't okay Japanese, that got me rechecking the article.

The sentence before 7hon is
デビュー当時の撮影は時間がかかって大変でしたね。

I asked a friend who is now in her second year of studying Japanese and she also couldn't figure out the meaning of 7hon. I hope someone here's able to tell me.

 

[Cryptnotic]

１日に７本とかあると、衣装も重いしヒールめちゃくちゃ高いし、撮影で筋肉痛になったりすることもあったし、変な話、ライヴより疲れましたもん(笑)。

And I know what 7hon means, but I just can't figure out the exact meaning in the context. It's an article about Shinya of Dir en grey, if that might help people, and this discusses their photo shoots.

In one day there were like 7 of them. The clothes were heavy, the heels were ridiculously high, during the shoot I started getting muscle pains. It sounds weird but it was much more tiring than a concert (laugh).

I don't know for sure, but my guess is that 本 is the counter for photo shoots.