That'd be impossible.

Maritan is really easy to understand/translate. You could do it yourself even if you have only very minor knowledge of Japanese. Most of the text at least contains English words, if it isn't completely English. What Japanese there is, is simple. This is supposed to be a "schoolbook" for learning to speak English....with quotes from Full Metal Jacket. Get yourself a Japanese-English dictionary and maybe a simple Kanji dictionary and you'll be reading it in no time. Plus, you'll learn some Japanese, and if you're in this hobby that's a damn good thing.

yeah, the reason it was Japanese was the funny part

>>3628 Here you go.
Wow...it's so late...I gotta sleep.

The concept of Hetalia is like...there is no such thing like..."evil countries"..wars happen because of countries' politicians(= described as boss) and the countries themselves have no choice but to follow the bosses.
But the people who live in each countries are usually good (represented as countries.) They do have bad points, but that is not all. They fight each others (wars) or "dislike" other countries but such attitude is usually Tsundere(=a Japanese character archetype describing an initially combative personality, which eventually becomes loving and emotionally vulnerable, normally found in Japanese anime and manga.)

Because it's about history, there are anti-Hetalia people.. But I do like this manga.

>>3576

Oh wow, thank you so much! I thought there'd never be any interest in this, or that people would be put off by the knowledge of historical terminology required to translate it, at the very least. Would you mind if some requests were posted? I'll happily edit the dialog into the images if more people show interest.

>>3629
That's kind of the impression I got. Glad to see I was right about something. It'll be interesting to see how things actually play out in the comics, since I've just been guessing thus far.

>>3629

You can use http://wakaba.c3.cx/notes/notes.pl to put notes with translations on pictures. Others can edit and fix things, too.

Should we translate the top page of official site too?

notes of >>3633
http://wakaba.c3.cx/notes/notes.pl?image=http%3A%2F%2Fiitran.secchan.net%2Fimg%2Fsrc%2F1198261911709.png

>>3632

Oh wow, that's really interesting. Convenient as hell, too.

I'll try to fix up some of the translations posted here as best I can, but I'm worried that I'll end up straying too far from the original meaning, as I don't speak Japanese. I'm also not quite sure where to start with some of these, so I suppose I'll just leave them be.

>>3624
Surströmming is eaten as it is when you open the can, but usually with hard bread (knäckebröd) and lots of vodka, so that you won't notice the smell as much.

But take my advice and stay as far away from it as possible. Surströmming is literary rotten fish that's crawling with bacteria, and it's just as nasty as it sounds like.

And if you don't open the can before it's too old, it explodes due to the gases produced by the decaying fish. Delicious!

I can't wait to see how they handle the Holocaust.

>>3648

I know, right?

OP here. Thanks, whispers; I am grateful. In return, I offer some more sexy Saber pics.

Is there a translation for this?

>>3604
OH Seconding! I would LOVE to see this...i've had that pic saved forever.

It's nothing remotely interesting, just sports muttering.

People who lost in regional qualification.

Georgia: "Damn you, Shevchenko!"

Greece: "Damn you, Shevchenko!"

Ireland: "....."

>>3609
Thank you, at least i don't have to wonder now!

Is that your final answer?

一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。06 「チャンスや！！」

「お？なんや、なんや」
「あんたいつもそんなん食べてるんかいな？」

「まー男の一人暮らしってやつで」

「もっとちゃんとしたもんたべんとあかんで」
「そや、今度うちがなんか作ってきたるわ」

「まじっすか！？」

「うちもたまに自分で作ってくることあるし、
そのついででよければ～の話な」

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一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。07 「喜んでくれるやろか…。」

（改心の出来や！！！！これならきっと喜んでくれる！！）

（はず…。）

（喜んでくれるとええなぁ…）

一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。08 「そんながっつきなや～」

（そんなほめなや～照れるやん…。）

（ほんまそんなおだててももうなにもでぇへんて）

（ほんまにもう…。）

一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。09 「大丈夫や、大丈夫」

「大丈夫ですか！！」

「ああ、気にせんといて、大丈夫やから」
「ははは、失敗や失敗、やってもうたな～はは…」
（大丈夫、大丈夫や、大丈夫…。）

一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。10 「どうなってんの？どうなってんの？」

「あの、黒井先生」
「今回はダメになっちゃいましたけど、おいしそうだったし
ボクどうしても黒井先生のお弁当食べてみたいんですよ」
「それでこんど、よろしければどこか一緒にいきませんか？」
「その時に、よければもう一度…」

（え？え？なんで？どうなってんの？どうなってんの？）

（ええの？本当にええの？）

「こ、今度の日曜でええんやったら…」

「本当ですか！！断られたらどうしようかと思っちゃいましたよ」

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一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。11 「二人きりとか絶対無理やし！！」

「黒井先生おはようございます」

「おっ、お～っす、早かったなぁ」

「あの、そちらの二人は？」

「ああ、うちのくらすの泉と隣のクラスの柊や」
「ちょっとこの間話したらつかまってもーて」
「それで一緒に行きたいって言うから…」
「ごめん！なんか都合悪かった？」

「ああ、いえ、別に…」

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一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。12 「どないしたん？」

「どないしたん？はよのりな。」
「おいてくで」

一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。13 「あれ？あれ？」

「あれ？ここさっきも通れへんかった？」

「先生そっちじゃないよ！」

「しもた、一通やん！！」
「あれ？あれ？あれ～？」

（黒井先生ってこんな可愛らしい人だったんだ）

一コマ劇場　ななこ先生やで。14 「そんなおだててもなにもでぇへんで…」

「うまいっすよ！！これ本当にうまいっすよ！！」

「さ、さよか…」

「あ、これもらっていいですか？」

「ああ、好きなだけ食べ、まだまだ沢山あるし」
「ほらご飯粒着いてるやん」

「あ、すみません…」

「…。」

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Koma Theater of SOS and a teacher. 01 "I expect a rookie! ! "

"YANTOSEEHENTO students lickable! ! "

"You are now dealing with the people or not?"
"Is that you are embarrassed and ... Oh ..."
(Not to me, and IIHIN Delhi).
>>3333
Koma Theater of SOS and a teacher. 03 "goes over the opportunity and not miss hand,"

(Tomorrow is going to wear any color)

(What's that you say ... taste.)

(Ba, should have bought more cute clothes ...)>>3334

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>>1759
uhm...
http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E8%90%8C%E3%81%88&oldid=22804

All right... let me rephrase that... in a "real" encyclopedia made of dead trees.

The thing I don't get about moe, is that it's not supposed to be an overtly sexual thing; it's a warm, tender feeling, with a subtle sexual undercurrent. I've read that more than once, but it seems that often enough, creators of moe characters go to great lenghts to sexualize them. PetoPeto-san is the most obvious example, the characters are really cute, and I definitely see how one could feel moe for many of them, but then, they are sexualized so much that it makes me feel dirty.

Petopeto's artist YUG has another manga called HemoHemo that features a very moe 14-year-old girl. I immediately see why she is moe. Undoubtedly, Japanese otaku in their 20's who would be reading this manga see her as a little sister. Hemohemo is completely devoid of any sexual images, the only instance of nudity is a bathing scene that's as innocent as the bathing scene in Totoro, yet watching your adolescent little sister taking a bath is sexual. I understand how something like that can fall under the moe umbrella, but not "oops I glomped your developing chest" - I expect to see that in something like Mai Hime or a harem anime.

>PetoPeto-san is the most obvious example, the characters are really cute, and I definitely see how one could feel moe for many of them, but then, they are sexualized so much that it makes me feel dirty.

Also, 'peto' is Finnish for 'beast'. ^_^

>>1777

How do you claim with such certainty what moe is and isn't supposed to be?

For instance, your example Mai-HiME makes a big deal out of being a moe show.

>>1779

I don't claim to do anything. I only know what I read, and I've pointed out that I've read more than once that moe isn't a sexual thing.

I don't see how Mai Hime is a moe show really. If Mai Hime is moe, than just about anything is moe.

>>1780

Did you read it anywhere other than Akamatsu's original blog entry, and the people commenting on that? Because that's the only place I've really seen this claim made. And it definitely shouldn't be taken too seriously.

>>1781

"When I told this to my friend Yanashita, he told me 'That's called "Moe", when you feel girl a girl is adorable without having sexual desire.'"
source: http://www.japattack.com/japattack/culture/moe.html

"o many moé-loyalists, the point is on supporting and watching rather than to imagine being actively involved with the character, with sexual implications being awkward or distasteful."
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C3%A9

"Moe distinguishes itself from sexual fetishism because it does not necessarily involve sexual desire, as some people simply enjoy having the feeling, "just as a working girl often decorates her office computer with tiny cartoon figures and feels happy," the source said."
source: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/news/nn07-2005/nn20050715f2.htm

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Sorry fucked up the Wikipedia quote. It should say "To many moé-loyalists."

Anyway, I'm not trying to insist that moe IS not sexual. I'm only expressing my confusion because it's been defined as such.

>>1783

I think your confusion comes from thinking that these are definitions. As I said in >>1328, this isn't a term with a definition - it means different things to different people, and at different times.

>>3054
Once again, thanks... but I don't understand the bit where you said

"I'm very happy, Alice. Ah, but, it a bit difficult to read, I guess. Ha-ha..."

Once again, thank you very much

>>3057
I think that "understand" would fit better. By the way, reading it again and I find that nearly everything she says is a direct quote from FMJ. I could look them up if you want the exact wording from the movie.

>>3057 >>3059
Yep. I should have written "understand" or "interpret" instead of "read." Thanks.

By the way, I searched for her name "アリス　ハートマン" in Japanese with google. The author of the manga is 吉川かば夫 Kabao Kikkawa.

I know his non-hentai manga, which is serialized by Media Works in the monthly magazine "Comic Alive". It's a slapstick comedy, too. He loves stupid puns, word plays and over actions. Maybe this is his style.

Heh, this thread made me watch full metal jacket again. Made me laugh thinking of Hartmann's lines being said by a young girl.

I recognise all but a couple of her lines.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Jacket

>>3064

There is a torrent out there of a language CD that came with the Maritan books.

>>3038
could somebody possibyly translate the rest of the book ?

>>3065

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OS4Q7YEP

>>3055
Is this sort of stuff actually worth publishing in Japan? As in it doesn't go horribly in the red the first thing and stay there forever.

Huh. Scale does funny things.

I actually saw a translated version of this on /b/ a few minutes ago. It was deleted before I could find out more, though...

>>3055

The book has a supplement CD and someone made this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IS2O7MUJtQ

I found this linked on the Japanese Emma page on Wikipedia:

http://www.yks.ne.jp/~takaxo/food/

Somebody else has been out having fun, too. But apparently they didn't go as far as finding the house.

Can someone translate this comment next to a photo of Negima books in a brit manga shop?「GOSH!」で「ネギま！」ですが私は深くは語らないでおこうフフフ。

To get there, go to the Oxford Circus Underground station, go out exit 4, then go north on Regent Street until it stops, then keep going north on Cavendish Place past the BBC Broadcasting House and Duchess Street, then turn left onto New Cavendish. It's between Haysmouth Mews and Harley Street.

The other building is 63.

The sign on the door.

(The black thing that's on the door in the OP picture is gone now)

Pfft... I did it first.
And oh yeah! I forgot the Energy Institute sign on the door. I wonder what that's all about.

http://www.energyinst.org.uk/index.cfm?PageID=856

>>1772
I can't tell you the details but it's GOSH! and Negima! Hehehe.

and i don't understand what it means.

>>2340
AMAZING!
in the photos, even the fireplace looks like Emma's!
Nice finds, everyone.