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Thursday, July 1, 2010

To You of the Future, I Give Every Possible Title

Look at how many different translations I found for "Mirai no Kimi to, Subete no uta ni."
"My Future with You, All in Song" (from vndb)
"To You in the Future, and to All Songs" (from vocaloid wiki)
"My Future with You, the Song of Everything" (from conanak)
"Through Life with Songs" (Honyaku/Winkiller)
"All the Songs with You in the Future" (mine)
"To You of the Future, I Give Every Song" (Supplement Time)
If you know Japanese, or are studying Japanese, how does that make you feel? :-)

So anyway, my 1st pass of translation is 100%; onto pass 2, which is still back at 40% where I left it, and then the editing. I still have a LOT of work to do.

15 comments:

conanak said...

Well, don't mind my title. I just translate it "literally"

- Mirai = Future Kimi = You
- Subete = Everything, All Uta = Song


And the image editting is nearing 70% now, I will sent you after we 're done with the title ^^

Anonymous said...

I'm by no means a japanese expert (first year student), but with my _limited and baseless_ knowledge I found the vndb one the best sounding one. Although, I still have not played the game since my japanese is really shaky so those particles confuse me with the multitude of meanings that I could give them.

SaLaNoS said...

Just a thought, but are you going to translate the sequels too?

zoom909 said...

Well, reading Japanese is no trivial thing for me either. Now there are manga I can pick up and read, and enjoy, without feeling like I'm doing work. I'm just reading.
It's different with the VN's. The sentences are complex, and it's work. It becomes analysis rather than just "reading." That's why my translation proceeds in 2 passes.

As far as the sequels goes, I won't rule it out. But I decided at the outset that I would not announce "I'm going to work on X next" until I was 80% sure I would be able and willing to do it...

SaLaNoS said...

Sounds about good. I myself only have a small grasp of Japanese, and I can quite well see the more complex use of language in visual novels compared to manga (which is mostly conversational).
Since VNs use complex first person narratives it becomes a tad more complicated to read.

But, nice to know you're not leaving the sequels out at all. And on that note, I'm excited to see the finished patch.

Anonymous said...

Theres more than one sequel?

zoom909 said...

Yeah, there's 3 of them now.
1. Mirai no Kimi to Subete no Uta ni
2. Rin ga Utau Mirai no Neiro
3. Mirai no Uta to Tsunagaru Hitomi

Anonymous said...

Trying to find Con Amore :<

Anonymous said...

You, sir, are a hero and an inspiration to us all!

Anonymous said...

Any insight into why Miku's so violent in Suzunone?

zoom909 said...

Beats me, since I haven't played that one yet.
Maybe the author saw Toradora and liked it?

In this first one, Miku's just "feisty". Or something like that. (Does she get worse?)

SaLaNoS said...

Since I don't understand enough written Japanese to tell, it just seems that she's more tsun, I can't tell why. But overall you get hit a lot more...
Either that or she doesn't like him taking photos of her.
And then there's that incident (which I still don't actually know exactly happened since I can't read): http://i29.tinypic.com/soxs7a.jpg

Anonymous said...

I have downloaded the Japanese Version of Mirai no Uta to Tsunagaru Hitomi but i couldn't open the game :(((((((((((((((((

Anonymous said...

Thank you for translate it! I love the story so much, uhh... can you tell me about the BGM? When the characters enter the sad scene? I try to find it, but stuck in japanese webs. Please someone who know about it, can you help me?^^

Alekxis Imperial said...

Guys I like the songs in the visual novel and I don't only mean the parts were miku sings the songs but also the part were it's only instrumentals could you pls. tell me where to get the songs ex. when you and miku are going to buy for christmas on dec. 24 those parts in simple the instrumentals could you pls. tell me where to download the instrumental BGMs in the visual novel pls. and here is the list of it:
BGM
HumanPark
[M.A.T]
Pianos DauGe
tam-music
Rengoku Teien (η…‰η„εΊ­εœ’)
I am really desperate guys so pls. help me

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