Translating Two Sentences? どうぞ

MasterOfPuppets · 28 Jan 2010

I'm trying to translate some text but I can't figure out what it means... I's related to the "Ring" movies if that helps. I translated some, I would like to know if it's right. Thanks for any help!

もしも… What if…
ビデオにかくされたメッセージとは… There was a hidden message in a video…

奇妙なー致は,偶然なのか ?????
死のタイムリミット Time limit of death (???)

Thanks for any help!

Toritoribe · 28 Jan 2010

ビデオにかくされたメッセージとは…
What is the message hidden in the video?/The message hidden in the video is...(The meaning depends on the context.)

奇妙な*一致は、偶然なのか (*not the long vowel marker but the kanji for "one")
Is that a strange coincidence or...

hope this helps

EDIT:
Ah, you've already fixed れ while I'm writing.;-)

MasterOfPuppets · 28 Jan 2010

Thanks a lot! It would have been impossible to figure it out with my limited knowledge of Japanese and Google translate. One question though, if "奇妙な一致は" is "strange coincidence", what is "偶然なのか"? "なのか" means "7 days" like in "Ring", or is it just part of "strange coincidence"?

epigene · 28 Jan 2010

MasterOfPuppets said:
Thanks a lot! It would have been impossible to figure it out with my limited knowledge of Japanese and Google translate. One question though, if "奇妙な一致は" is "strange coincidence", what is "偶然なのか"? "なのか" means "7 days" like in "Ring", or is it just part of "strange coincidence"?

Toritoribe-san gave you the "meaning" of the sentence. If you want literal, the sentence translates like this:

This strange matching, is it a coincidence?

MasterOfPuppets · 28 Jan 2010

Oh, this makes sense because the two characters they are talking about aren't very much the same. Thanks again! Also, would "Countdown until death" be a better translation for "死のタイムリミット", instead of "time limit of death"? Again, thanks for all this help! You have no idea how grateful I am for all of this!

epigene · 28 Jan 2010

MasterOfPuppets said:
Oh, this makes sense because the two characters they are talking about aren't very much the same. Thanks again! Also, would "Countdown until death" be a better translation for "死のタイムリミット", instead of "time limit of death"? Again, thanks for all this help! You have no idea how grateful I am for all of this!

Yes, I'd think so, assuming that it means the time you have until you die.

Literal translations are very often weird. You need to take off from there and come up with something more natural in English, without affecting the meaning.

Toritoribe · 28 Jan 2010

Thank you epigene-san for following up.

MasterOfPuppets said:
One question though, if "奇妙な一致は" is "strange coincidence", what is "偶然なのか"? "なのか" means "7 days" like in "Ring", or is it just part of "strange coincidence"?

なのか
the adjectival form of the copula だ + the nominalizer + the question particle
Thus, なのか roughly means "Is it...?" or "Does it...?" in this case.

MasterOfPuppets · 28 Jan 2010

Ah, OK. Thanks for the help! Two more quick questions. Can "Ino Ino" mean "Yes"? Someone translated a movie but it was somewhat poorly translated and I'm in the process of only fixing what I'm sure about. I've been looking for any info as to if this is correctly translated, but I can't find any documentation on it, that and "sozu-na". I was told "sozu-na" was an informal was of saying "sou desu ne" but I'm not sure.

Toritoribe · 29 Jan 2010

MasterOfPuppets said:
Can "Ino Ino" mean "Yes"?

It must be "いいの、いいの[Ii no, ii no]". The meaning depends on the context, too, but something along the line of "No problem", "It's OK", "I'm all right", "Never mind" or like that.

MasterOfPuppets said:
I was told "sozu-na" was an informal was of saying "sou desu ne" but I'm not sure.

It might be "そうっすな[soussuna/so-ssuna]"; the shortened version of "そうですな/そうですね[sou desu na/sou desu ne]". Another possibility is そうずら[souzura/so-zura]; a Shizuoka/Nagano/Yamanashi dialect of "そうだ[sou da]/そうです[sou desu]".

MasterOfPuppets · 29 Jan 2010

For the "Iino Iino" it is said right after a character says "Can I rent that one"? (It sounds like "Korei kashi no sai" to me, it doesn't really matter though) then the other person says "Are you sure you want this one?, and then the 1st person says "Iino Iino" so I guess it would just mean "Yes", I just wanted to know if it meant "definitely" or something like that.

For the "so-suu na" Someone says "Well, that's an important job too." Then the other person says, "ya, so-suu na." in an unenthusiastic tone.

Finally (I promise), could you go to any YouTube video, and replace the video ID with this ne.

"IqvvOyOUrE"

Would a translation for this be "(Something not translated). He is such a bookworm. See..."

Again thanks and sorry for bothering you, this is the last thing I'll be needing in translation (I can't think of anything else that would be simple at least, the rest would be short dialogue translation confirmation which I don't want to bother you with). Thanks again!

Ashikaga · 29 Jan 2010

MasterOfPuppets said:
Finally (I promise), could you go to any YouTube video, and replace the video ID with this ne.
"IqvvOyOUrE"
Would a translation for this be "(Something not translated). He is such a bookworm. See..."

The video ID did not work. Could you please double check?

MasterOfPuppets · 29 Jan 2010

Ah, should be "-IqvvOyOUrE" sorry about that.

epigene · 29 Jan 2010

MasterOfPuppets said:
For the "so-suu na" Someone says "Well, that's an important job too." Then the other person says, "ya, so-suu na." in an unenthusiastic tone.

If that is the case, what Toritoribe wrote is correct.
It's the casual (male) form of "sou desu ne."

For the "Iino Iino" it is said right after a character says "Can I rent that one"? (It sounds like "Korei kashi no sai" to me, it doesn't really matter though) then the other person says "Are you sure you want this one?, and then the 1st person says "Iino Iino" so I guess it would just mean "Yes", I just wanted to know if it meant "definitely" or something like that.

What you wrote puzzles me.
You probably misheard "Korei kashi no sai."
The closest Japanese would be "Kore kashinasai," meaning "give it to me" (in a superior, commanding tone). (Here, "give" doesn't necessarily mean taking it away but borrowing without caring to get permission.) It's not something you say when you "rent" or "borrow" something from a person or a store.

"Iino, iino" can mean many things as Toritoribe said, because it is a typical example of Japanese being context-driven. Here, it might mean "never mind," "that's ok."

MasterOfPuppets · 29 Jan 2010

Here it is. Starts at 1:40.
"EbSLZi0uVIA"
Again a YouTube ID because I can't post outside links.

epigene · 29 Jan 2010

MasterOfPuppets said:
Here it is. Starts at 1:40.
"EbSLZi0uVIA"
Again a YouTube ID because I can't post outside links.

Okay, the guy says "Kore kashite kudasai." (I want to rent this one.)

The other: You want this one? (because it's something that someone left here and not something they rent out normally)

Guy: Iino, iino. (Yes, I want that--I don't mind.)

MasterOfPuppets · 29 Jan 2010

Thank you so much! The subtitles are nearing completion!

Toritoribe · 29 Jan 2010

OK, here's the last one.

MasterOfPuppets said:
Finally (I promise), could you go to any YouTube video, and replace the video ID with this ne.
"IqvvOyOUrE"
Would a translation for this be "(Something not translated). He is such a bookworm. See..."

彼は言わば本食い虫だ。[Kare wa iwaba honkuimushi da.] She/See...
He is, so to speak, a bookworm. She/See...

The girl(the actress is possibly 雛形あきこ[Hinagata Akiko]) seems like studying English in the video. What she was reading out was the example sentence in the textbook, I suppose.

MasterOfPuppets · 30 Jan 2010

Yes, it is Hinagata Akiko, and you were also right about her studying English! One final thanks for all the help, I couldn't have done it without you. I'll see if I can help anyone here with English to return the favor.

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