Question about 祝福 (shukufuku)

[snorkyller]

Hello,
I watched an anime. Since I don't understand japanese, I could only read the english subtitles.
In this movie, a young men said to a girl: "I'll give you a blessing".
Thereafter, this girl asked to her mother what that means.
She answers: "It's like how happy l was that you were born".
I was confused because this is not at all the meaning that I give to "blessing".
I would agree with the Wikipedia's definition: The infusion of something with holiness, spiritual redemption, divine will, or one's hope or approval.
I don't see how someone other than a priest (holiness), or your parent (approval) can give you a blessing.
So I thought that maybe this is a japanese word that can't be translated.
So I listened carefully and heard the character say: shukufuku (祝福), which Google translated to "Blessing".
So what do you think. Does shukufuku (祝福) have the same meaning than "blessing" for japanese people?
Or is it simply the movie that is wrong or weird?
Thank you

 

[Mike Cash]

Have you considered the possibility the translator/translation sucked?

 

[FinancialWar]

you gonna remember translation most of the time involves finding the closest word in the destination language, and in this case the closest work in English to the Japanese word 祝福 is blessing.

Since you come from a western society, your understanding of "blessing" will not be exactly the same as Japanese' understanding of 祝福.

If you look at J-J dictionaries, in non-religious situation, it is defined as "幸福を祝うこと", which can be translated as "I wish you happiness or I hope you have happiness, or I pray for your happiness" or similar.

 

[Mike Cash]

From the English I'm guessing this was a fansub anyway.