Bleach Wiki:Translation Corner

The Translation Corner is a group of Bleach Wiki users who the task to translate 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 are 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 dont 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)
 * (Japanese)
 * Lia Schiffer (Primary Spanish Translator)
 * Vraieesprit (Japanese to English Translation)

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 Translator or similar translations 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 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.

3rd Division - Chapter 494
Here's the kanji and kana (in brackets) used for the revealed Shikai and their respective release commands. While I'm relatively confident in the Shikai being correct, the release commands definitely should be checked, so here's the link to the raw. Blackstar1 (talk) 15:26, May 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Taketsuna Gori - Shikai: 虎落笛 (もがりぶえ), Release Command: 吹(ふき)鳴(な)らせ
 * Asuka Katakura - Shikai: 片陰 (かたかげ), Release Command: 打消(うちけ)せ
 * Rikū Togakushi - Shikai: 春塵 (しゅんじん), Release Command: 巻(ま)きて昇(のぼ)れ


 * The release calls and names seem to be correct as per that raw page. Please note that the Shikai are also the names of their respective Zanpakutou.


 * 虎落笛 (Mogaribue), despite the etymology of its Kanji (which = "tiger fall flute"), is used as a poetic term for "winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence" (wherein this fence is represented by 虎落 "tiger fall" itself); its release call (吹鳴ならせ fukinarase) is probably best rendered "sound your whistle", although a more lit. form would be "chime/sound with a blow", like the eponymous instrument.


 * 片陰 (Katakage) means "(place in the) shade" (more lit. "one{-sided} shade/shadow"); its release call (打消せ uchikese) is "drown out", more lit. an intensified form (with intensive prefix (b/f)uchi- "strike") of kesu "snuff out, erase".


 * 春塵 (Shunjin) means "spring dust", poetically glossed as referring to frost/snow "blown like dust" through the air "by the spring wind"--mmm, that's some rich imagery :); its release call (巻きて昇れ makite nobore) seems to mean something like "coil upward" (second element being noboru "ascend, go up{ward}"). The form makite is unusual; it looks as though Kubo may be using an archaic gerundive (-ing) form "coiling, rolling" of maku "roll, coil, wind", instead of the more usual form maite--Kubo has done this before, e.g. using *kamite instead of modern kande as the gerundive of kamu "chew, gnaw" in one of Grimmjow's poems, I think.


 * Thanks for the easy raw access link and providing all the Kanji/kana to make this way easier, even for my crappy comp :). Adam Restling (talk) 11:11, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

Muda
Here's the kanji and katakana used for. Blackstar1 (talk) 15:05, May 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * The Kanji read "snake-husk fortress", and so this seems to confirm that Muda itself is taken from Spanish muda "molt" (the noun). Thus, the barrier is a "fortress" of protection metaphorically created from the "shed skin" of Sung-Sun (being as her release is serpentine). ... Neat. :) Adam Restling (talk) 11:23, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

Sklaverei
Is this another word that doesn't really have a translation kinda like Biskiel or a translation mistake? I couldn't find the Kanji or Katakana for this yet, but if someone can find it that would be nice.--Kisukeiscool100396 (talk) 17:46, May 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Here's the kanji and katakana: . Blackstar1 (talk) 12:19, May 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * @ Kisuke: I think I put in what I could find re: "Biskiel" elsewhere; dunno if it was up above, or on Kirge Opie's page, but, in summation, it may be as someone on the Nets suggested, a fabricated angel-like name of Opie's power.


 * @ Blackstar: Thanks as usual. Man, with the Vandenreich, everything seems to be "holy" this, and "holy" that :(. Somebody get Kubo a thesaurus and help him build his word power! XD Adam Restling (talk) 11:31, June 19, 2012 (UTC)

Stern Ritter Technique - Chapter 497
Here's the kanji and katakana used for, as well as the raw. This seems to be yet another word like "Biskiel" in that it ends in "-el" but isn't German, has kanji following the order of "??? of God" but with no direct angelic counterpart, and shares some connection to a Vollständig. Blackstar1 (talk) 16:02, June 20, 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like you're correct: Kubo seems to be just making up his own, new angel names for the Quincys' Vollständig. This "Grimaniel" seems to have Kanji (神の歩み) which translate to "walk of God". Adam Restling (talk) 09:48, June 22, 2012 (UTC)

Ying and Yang name confusion
An old issue, but a necessary one to correct. Ying and Yang's names may have gotten mixed up in translations or preferences, and as a result, we may have gotten the article title for them wrong. I have a promo sheet from the DiamondDust Rebellion's website, which has their kanji written down. Hopefully this will be able to help solve this problem. Please get back to me on this as soon as you can. Thanks in advance, guys. Arrancar109 (Talk)  09:31, June 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * It looks like according to the pic, the blue-haired one is Yin (イン In)--note that Mandarin yin is actually pronounced more like "een" than "yeen"--and the red-haired one is Yang (ヤン Yan); I assumed they're based on the Chinese concept, unless you guys have special reason to render In as "Ying" instead of "Yin"? Adam Restling (talk) 13:24, June 25, 2012 (UTC)


 * Like I said, I think there was some biased preference or translation error at the time of the article's creation, which is why I wanted this cleared up, especially now that we have someone working on the DiamondDust Rebellion's articles. I'm not sure who created the article in the first place, but since it's creation, the naming issue has been brought up at several points, but never solved. Adam, thank you for finally clarifying their names for us. We will change the name in the article in accordance to the information you have provided for us. Arrancar109 (Talk)  16:36, June 25, 2012 (UTC)

Blut Variations
Here's the kanji and katakana used for the variations of Blut. While I'm relatively confident about both aspects of Blut Arterie, the text for Blut Vene in the raw is tiny, so I very easily could be mistaken about the katakana used. Blackstar1 (talk) 12:14, June 27, 2012 (UTC)




 * It looks like you're correct. The Kanji for Blut Arterie mean "moving blood guise"; those for Blut Vene mean "stilled blood guise"--that is, one is active, one at rest. Adam Restling (talk) 12:40, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Vandenreich Terms
Here's the kanji and katakana for some of the unusual terminology used by Kirge in chapter 498. Blackstar1 (talk) 16:37, June 30, 2012 (UTC)


 * - From what I've read elsewhere, it seems to be a made-up word invented to describe the process that the Vandenreich use to steal Bankai.
 * - From what I've read elsewhere, it seems to be a made-up word invented to describe the process that the Vandenreich use to steal Bankai.

Chapter 500 Terms
Here's the Japanese that I could actually find for the terms used in this chapter. Blackstar1 (talk) 14:56, July 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Transmittal Blades -

Bleach novel: Spirits Are Always With You
Here are full Japanese raw scans for the books:--B14 (talk) 15:44, June 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/iICc9gh995ysQuXGcpUmG0yUajyHEolGlTMsxastkz6hAEXy481xNA
 * http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/fnEl%2B9Qyj7umBRnesQRA2qinXqpK%2BCnU

Äs Nödt's Gender
The character's gender is currently indeterminate, though scanlators appear to favor that he is male. The article is locked because of this. Is there anything in the raws that suggest a particular gender? Mohrpheus  (Talk)  19:08, June 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Äs Nödt's gender is undisclosed in the raws up to 495. Kubo has not confirmed a gender for this character. Please see As Nodt's page talk for the most recent information. Vraieesprit (talk) 19:59, June 13, 2012 (UTC)

Colorful Bleach OVA DVD
Since the cover is on here, what does it translate to?

Tman7776 (talk) 02:05, June 19, 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like the title of this particular Color BLEACH is "Operation Thirteen Court Guard Floats" (護廷十三屋台大作戦 Gotei Juusanyatai Daisakusen), the first part of course punning on "Thirteen Court Guard Troops" (護廷十三隊 Gotei Juusantai). A yatai (屋台) is a small stand or float used for festivals; sakusen (作戦), frequently prefixed (as here) with dai- (大) "great/big", is usually used for "(military) operation, strategy" (e.g. "Operation Overlord" would probably be Overlord Daisakusen)--its more lit. meaning is "do/produce war/fight". Adam Restling (talk) 11:54, June 19, 2012 (UTC)