The All-Purpose "Translation Request" Thread

[Doctor.]

I have a question. What is Viz's translation for Vegeta's respect speech in the Boo arc?

[Ajay]

I have a question. What is Viz's translation for Vegeta's respect speech in the Boo arc?

Spoiler:

[Doctor.]

Thanks for the info! I needed to clear up that bit where he says "as if you knew all along I would learn to have a soul".

[soulnova]

I found this discussion going on... Google translation seems to tell me they are talking about Goku's real "not-so-heroic/poison" personality Toriyama had mentioned before.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/toriyamanews/ar ... 71104.html


Can someone help me out to confirm? I would love to know what the Japanese fandom is actually commenting.

[SSJ2FutureGohan]

Can someone tell me what Goku says in the original here?

Spoiler:

I know in the VIZ version he says You fool!, I was just curious if he said that in the original.

I was wondering if it was the same as this...

[NeoKING]

Can someone tell me what Goku says in the original here?[snip]

Bakayarō, which literally, if I'm not mistaken, means "stupid guy," so he's pretty much screaming "Dumbass!!"

[SSJ2FutureGohan]

Ah, okay. Thank you!

[Doctor.]

I was wondering if the wording Goku uses here means he's referring to the Dragon ball as literally being his granddad, or if he knows he's dead and that's just a memento.

[Herms]

He calls it じいちゃんの形見, grandpa's momento. Other times though, he does simply refer to it as "grandpa".

[Super Saiyan Turlast x4]

Hi. I just have a quick question about this highly debated entry:

Goku fought with the revived Buu. Goku tried to have the next generation resolve this problem, but in the end he was the one who defeated Buu, the strongest in the universe, after being resurrected by receiving the life of the Dai-Kaioshin. Thereupon, he meets with Buu's reincarnation, Uub. In order to raise Uub, who didn't know how to fight, he flew off.

The debate is regarding Kid Boo being the strongest in the universe.

Herms, with the way this is written in Japanese, would it point to anything specific in particular? Or is it really just summing up the defeat of Majin Boo in general?

[Herms]

Not sure how much there is to say, really. It's 宇宙最強/uchuu saikyo, with 宇宙=universe and 最強=strongest. Actually, I'm just going off memory here. Do you have the Japanese wording?

[Super Saiyan Turlast x4]

Unfortunately I don't.

It's not a big deal, though. Just one of those "debates" about the strongest in the Boo saga. Was wondering if there was something else to it. Thank you.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Boo really was the strongest in the universe at that point. Gohan & Gotenks were dead, and Vegetto & Boo's previous forms no longer existed at that point.

[dbgtFO]

Unfortunately I don't.

It's not a big deal, though. Just one of those "debates" about the strongest in the Boo saga. Was wondering if there was something else to it. Thank you.

Spoiler:

Bottom left corner.

[Super Saiyan Turlast x4]

Thanks for posting that, gt.

Boo really was the strongest in the universe at that point. Gohan & Gotenks were dead, and Vegetto & Boo's previous forms no longer existed at that point.

Gohan and the kids were around when Goku defeated Kid Boo.

[Herms]

Spoiler:

Bottom left corner.

Thanks.

So yeah, 宇宙最強のブウ, "Boo, the strongest in the universe". I guess you could twist that as "the strongest Boo in the universe", but I really doubt that's what they're going for, since that's just the standard way of referring to whichever character is currently being hyped up as strongest in the universe. Although it'd be amusing to treat Vegeta/Freeza/Cell/etc being described like that as really meaning that they're simply the strongest Vegeta/Freeza/Cell in the universe.

[Hugo Boss]

I guess you could say that after a lot of sucessive battles against the Saiyans, Boo was very close to win the war, thus being worth of the title of strongest in the universe.

[kuartus4]

Chapter: 458 (DBZ 264), P8.1-4
Context: as Goku and Vegeta are about to fight
Goku: “I don’t wanna take any damage from you and have it become Majin Boo’s energy…So I’m gonna end this quickly, at maximum power.”
Vegeta: “I’m looking forward to this…Show me the fruits of your training in the afterlife. *Goku transforms into Super Saiyan 2* Just as I’d expect. Your power is greater than Gohan’s was back then!”

Just curious, but what is the 'I'd' there a contraction of? I had, I should, or I would? Does the Japanese specify?

[SSJ2FutureGohan]

It can't be 'had' because then Vegeta would've said expected, and not just expect.

[Hitiro]

Chapter: 458 (DBZ 264), P8.1-4
Context: as Goku and Vegeta are about to fight
Goku: “I don’t wanna take any damage from you and have it become Majin Boo’s energy…So I’m gonna end this quickly, at maximum power.”
Vegeta: “I’m looking forward to this…Show me the fruits of your training in the afterlife. *Goku transforms into Super Saiyan 2* Just as I’d expect. Your power is greater than Gohan’s was back then!”

Just curious, but what is the 'I'd' there a contraction of? I had, I should, or I would? Does the Japanese specify?

In this example it would be "I would". Also, I don't believe "I'd" would ever be a contraction of "I should" it is only for "I had" or "I would". Should has its own contraction too.