Bleach Wiki:Translation Corner

The Translation Corner is a group of Bleach Wiki users who are tasked with translating the various names, abilities, techniques and etc. found in the Bleach Universe. Being that Bleach is a Japanese manga that use Japanese, Chinese, Indian, German, Spanish and English language in various instances and cases, the use of translators is a focal point to the continuation of accuracy on the wiki. All users should read our Translation Guidelines before you start translating.

Roles of the Translation Corner
The following are the duties of the corner:


 * 1. To assure the correctness of all translations that are presented on the site.


 * 2. To determine the outcome of Contentious Translations: If a translation is questioned at all, that should be brought up in this section. In this way a translator, committee member or admin can explain why the translation is used or conversation can take place for translations that are harder to classify.


 * 3. To determine the correct translation of Zanpakutō (names, release calls, etc.): This section is for requests for translation of zanpakuto and zanpakuto related translations.


 * 4. To determine the correct translation of Character and element (e.g. devices) names: This section is for requests for translation of characters/techniques/equipment and general key words.


 * 5. To determine the correct translation of General/Other translation issues (e.g. conjugation/miscellanea): This section is for requests about translations that don't fit any particular criteria such as conjugation or such things such as accents used in the names.

Associate Members

 * Adam Restling (Primary Japanese Translator)
 * MarqFJA (Secondary Japanese Translator)
 * Vraieesprit (Japanese to English Translation)
 * ЖенёqSig.png

References & Sources

 * Kanji-to-English:
 * Tangorin
 * Mahou Kanji Dictionary
 * Kanji Networks
 * OldNihongo.J-Talk.Com
 * Basic Japanese verbal data: The imperative inflection of Japanese verbs

Associate Box
Ok folks I have finally gotten around to makeing the Associate Box. You can put it on your user page using the command. Below is what the box looks like. Tinni  (Talk)  14:37, April 8, 2010 (UTC)

Translation Guidelines

 * Anyone doing any form of translation. Looking up on Google Translate or similar translation tools, is not translating. You are not doing the site any favors by doing amateur translation. Please refrain from using such tools.


 * This is not a conversation page. It is a simple question and answer page for translation. All conversations should be held on a particular user talk page or the talk page of this page.


 * Users should simply place their request and wait for it to be answered. To keep it simple, if the user posting the request has no real understanding of translation, the point is not for you to learn how to translate here. Usage of the page should extend no more then to asking for a translation to be done. Please refrain from badgering the translators for understanding on why a translation is translated a certain way. If you knew anything about translation you wouldn't be asking someone else to do it, therefore it makes no sense to argue with them.


 * If you are not a member of the translation corner, please do not answer translation questions. Leave it to our translators so as to avoid confusion.


 * Admin have the final say on the translation being placed into a article.

Heilig Pfeil
On Yhwach someone copied the wrong katakana for the reading of Heilig Pfeil's Japanese name. It should be ハイリッヒ・プファイル Hairihhi Pufairu but someone wrote ハイリッヒ・ブファイル Hairihhi Bufairu and apparently this is contentious despite the fact that the Japanese pronunciation of other instances of the German word "Pfeil" is Pufairu.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龍 ) 11:03, November 4, 2013 (UTC)

I think this is because, in the early Millennial Blood War chs.--such as 508 "烈火の如" (Rekkano Gotoshi)--the raw seems to use Bufairu (ブファイル). I haven't tracked--and can't recall--all the subsequent uses of Heilig Pfeil since, so I haven't discovered whether this has been corrected to *Pufairu in the volume-release forms and later chs. But you're right, it should be Pufairu, if a fidelity to the German form it means to adapt is properly pursued.

Can anyone point me toward a more recent usage I can check (plowing through old chs. is tough)? Adam Restling (talk) 21:30, December 11, 2013 (UTC)

Kinshara Butōdan
Obviously we need some raws here.--

Soma Fixers
I was going through chapter 13, where Rukia went to buy stuff at Urahara's. She buys Soma Fixers/Souma Fixers (depending on the translation) from him, but I got nothing when I searched for it here in the wiki, even though Urahara explains what it does. Any way to get the the kanji and romaji to add an entry on the SRDI inventions? Couldn't find the raws of that chapter anywhere... Kyoraku08 (talk) 12:21, December 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * — ЖенёqSig.png 14:13, December 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * Adam, any chance you could translate the underlying kanji?--Xilinoc (talk) 05:47, December 7, 2013 (UTC)

The underlying Kanji, 内魄固定剤, seem to mean "inner-soul fixer"--specifically, the "soul" mentioned is the "yin" or "material" soul of the po (Japanese haku), generally equivalent to the life-force; and 固定剤 combines 固定 "fix(ation), set(ting)" with 剤 which, as a suffix, is often used for "~er, ~ drug, ~ agent", as seems the case here. In other words, "thing that fixes/sets the inner-soul [presumably, the one within the gigai]"--I think it's supposed to enhance the rapport between the gigai and its indwelling soul?

As for the word soma used itself, it seems to derive from the English one, itself descended from Greco-Latin for "body".

The Superstar
EvilDragonLord has posted the kanji for with this as his source.

Additionally, he claims James' katakana are wrong, wit the actual kana being ジェイムズ (Jeimuzu), and this is his source. If you could take a look at this, Adam, that'd be great, since we've already had someone trying to post the kanji meaning on their own...again.--Xilinoc (talk) 19:57, December 7, 2013 (UTC)

Those look correct according to the raws I saw. The underlying Kanji of "The Superstar", 英雄, mean "hero, great man" (< 英 "fine, excellent" + 雄 "man, male, hero"); and ジェイムズ (Jeimuzu) seems to be the right way of katakana-spelling "James".

Some people, esp. newer users, prob. don't know to bring stuff up in the Corner first most of the time--or don't think it's important enough for little things :). Adam Restling (talk) 03:54, December 12, 2013 (UTC)

"no Jōmon" barriers
So, from the raws I've been using, which have all the kana we'll ever need from the first forty six volumes, I noticed some slight romanization errors in the group of barriers Hachigen used against Barragan. The errors I noticed are as follows:
 * Ryubi no Jōmon - should be Ryūbi no Jōmon
 * Koko no Jōmon - should be Kokō no Jōmon
 * Kikai no Jōmon - should be Kigai no Jōmon
 * Hoyoku no Jōmon - should be Hōyoku no Jōmon
 * Shiji no Saimon - should be Shijū no Saimon
 * Figured I'd drop them off here before I start any mass page moving.

Volume 61 Poem
Can I get a translation of the poem from volume 61 please. Raw to the right. Thanks, 11:55, December 4, 2013 (UTC)

Mukyū Shunkō
Looking back at the archives, we never did get your officially endorsed translation for this one, lol. (無窮 瞬閧) Mohrpheus   (Talk)  03:15, December 5, 2013 (UTC)

Kon being an Under-Pod?
Chapter 15, page 10.. Rukia mentions Kon being an Under-Pod type of Mod Soul. I'll put the raw here, what does it say about it on the panel where Kon jumps of the window? Can someone provide the correct translation, in order to mention it in the pages of Kon and Mod Soul? Kyoraku08 (talk) 17:10, December 6, 2013 (UTC)

Chapter 130
While looking through some older volume articles, I noticed that Chapter 130 in BEGINNING OF THE DEATH OF TOMORROW was originally released with a set of kanji for the name. Upon looking in the reference, it turns out we never actually got a translation for those kanji, so if someone could translate "超絶技巧練習曲 op.2[a tempo]", that'd be great.--Xilinoc (talk) 23:41, December 7, 2013 (UTC)

Hiasobi, Benihime, Juzutsunagi
After looking on both the technique page and Urahara's own page, I've found that they possess two different translations for the above technique: Urahara's page has it rendered as "Crimson Princess That Plays with Fire, Strung Together like Rosary Beads", while the technique page has it rendered as "Fire-Playing, Crimson Princess, Beaded Mesh". The kanji for this technique is 火遊 紅姫 数珠繋, so if someone could give a definitive translation, that would be appreciated.--Xilinoc (talk) 04:19, December 10, 2013 (UTC)

Tres Cifras
This is a bit more complicated than the above. In addition to having different translations for Tres Cifras, Las Noches and Privaron Espada appears to have different kanji for it as well: Las Noches has it listed as while the Privaron Espada subsection has it listed as, which is made even more confusing by the fact that Zhenyoq added it, presumably from one of his raws. So, if some sort of consensus could be reached on the matter, I'd greatly appreciate it.--Xilinoc (talk) 04:19, December 10, 2013 (UTC)

More Quincy stuff
I keep finding Quincy-related things to be translated, it's like some sort of helpful curse.

Anyhow, I've found 3 more terms that I'd like to be translated properly. The first of these terms is Reishi Armor, which is mentioned here in the leftmost speech bubble of the all-black panel and appears to simply be kanji with kana clarifying its pronunciation, though an "official" translation would be nice for something like this. The second is the Kaiser Gesang, which I am legitimately surprised we did not ask for earlier. Yhwach mentions it on the bottom left panel here, and it appears to be the kanji/kana within the half-brackets. I'm betting there's a German and Japanese meaning to this one as well. The third is anime-exclusive, but has conflicting translations on the site: the Quincy Bangle. Its kanji (don't know where it was gotten from) is 装身具 (Sōshingu) and translated on the Quincy page as "Accessory", yet is translated on its own page as...well...the Quincy Bangle, so an "official" translation would be very helpful. I suppose that while we're at it, a look-over for "Soul-Synthesized Silver" (霊化銀, Reika Gin) and "Soul-Synthesized Glass" (霊化硝子, Reika Gurasu) would be beneficial, so make that 5 terms.

I realize now that the above is probably very messy, so here's a much tidier list of the translations I'm requesting:
 * Reishi Armor (kanji and kana can be found here in the leftmost text bubble of the completely black panel)
 * Kaiser Gesang (kanji and kana can be found here on the bottom left panel)

Thank you very much in advance.--Xilinoc (talk) 04:19, December 10, 2013 (UTC)