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 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)

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.

White Bone Hell and Blood Pond Hell
So, currently we're listing the two hot springs in the Kirinden as the White Bone Hell and the Blood Pond Hell. However, Cnet's translation, which is generally much more accurate, lists the White Bone Hell as the Skeletal Pit and the Blood Pond Hell as the Bloody Inferno. Would you mind taking a look at the kanji and determining what the proper translation would be? --Xilinoc (talk) 16:37, July 14, 2013 (UTC)
 * White Bone Hell - 白骨地獄, Hakkotsu Jigoku
 * Blood Pond Hell - 血の池地獄, Chi no Ike Jigoku

Soul King Palace Residents
These are the names we have so far: That ほいさっとォ　is not a name, just an exclamation. So that "Sato" is not named yet. — talk 05:53, June 9, 2013 (UTC)

Cang Du
Apparently this guy has both kana and Chinese characters given for his name. Not entirely sure if they are correct, but these are what someone tried to put in: 蒼都 (ツアン·トウ)

Here's the relevant RAW. -- Mohrpheus  (Talk)  07:12, July 1, 2013 (UTC)


 * Ack, doesn't allow hotlinking. Mohrpheus   (Talk)  01:41, July 2, 2013 (UTC)

Cang Du (蒼都) seems to tap good old Mandarin Chinese, whence the superscript (furigana) katakana reading Tsan Tu (ツァン·トゥ), approximating the Mandarin pronunciation [tsʰang tu]--the Japanese pronunciation of the Kanji would be Sou To or the like. Note the small ァ (a) and ゥ (u), compared to the approximations above.

Because of the interpunct ( • ) between them, it's probable, in that ol' Eastern order, that Cang is his surname, and Du his given name (whether this ever comes up is uncertain ;) ). 都 can mean "capitol, metropolis"; "(the) all, whole" (? < "capital amount")"; or "fine, elegant" (? < "metropolitan"). 蒼 is "blue" or "pale" again (it turns up here and there in other BLEACH names/terms). Adam Restling (talk) 05:28, July 8, 2013 (UTC)

Quilge Opie
Can we please get verification of this edit to the Quilge Opie page. Thanks, 10:24, July 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * According to the raw translation, "監獄" （ザ・ジェイル） Za Jeiru *should* be correct. The underlying Kanji (監獄 kangoku) do mean "prison, jail". Adam Restling (talk) 04:51, July 8, 2013 (UTC)

Love/Rabu/Ravu
This is a pretty old issue, but it did not really seem to get resolved here. On Love's page, we currently have three different sets of characters for his name: 羅武 (Rabu), ラブ (Rabu), and ラヴ (Ravu). This is a bit unconventional, but could we get any confirmation on what his real name and nickname are? I'm getting the impression that Rabu (the kanji) is his real name, and that Love (the kana) is his nickname, but for as long as this has been floating around, I was hoping to get a better opinion. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  22:41, July 5, 2013 (UTC)


 * You may be right, Mohrpheus. I'm not sure how consistent it's stayed throughout the series (or where to find them across thousands of pages) (Kubo did things like change Aizen's first-person pronoun from boku to watashi, too): in the early Visored-involving chapter 217, his nickname "Love" (which prob. is a slangy form based on phonetic resemblance to his real name) is written as simply ラヴ (Ravu), with no underlying Kanji. However, in ch. 222 (when Love faces Hollowfied Ichigo in the latter's Hollowfaction training), Risa calls him by his real name Rabu (羅武 (ラブ)) ... and then both Hiyori and Mashiro call him Rabu (ラブ), with no underlying Kanji.


 * It may be, in line with your theory, that he's specifically called "Love" (Ravu) only by a few of them, like Rose; others, like Hiyori and Mashiro, perhaps to signify their more "informal" usage (compared to the "elegant" Rose), approximate this same "Love" as Rabu; and Risa is, in her way, even more formal than Rose, calling him "Rabu" (羅武 (ラブ)), his true name--although she does call Rose "Rose" (ローズ).


 * In conclusion, ??? XD. The above assessment is the best I can figure. Adam Restling (talk) 05:59, July 8, 2013 (UTC)

Ichibei Hyōsube
As i see from the raw here the kanji for him is 兵主部 (Hyōsube) 一兵(and last symbol i coudn't find) but as the first 2 translates as Ichibe, so that means that last kanji makes a "i" to from a Ichibei (but as seen above it, the hiragana says 'え', which means "e", so im little confused). And his Alias as Eyeball Monk in kanji is まなこ和尚 which translates as (Manako Oshō).
 * The last symbol is 衛. What about his title, I think it's rather "Monk (or, to be more precise, Bhikkhu) of perceptivity". It's an archaic meaning of manako but it makes more sense. What do you think about it? — ЖенёqSig.png 13:07, July 14, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot with last kanji. So, when we put this all togheter, then it's translated as 一兵衛 (Ichibee / Ichibē). Oh, i totally forgot, that it's archaic. About title, I think the both Monk/Bhikkhu of Perceptivity sounds good, but it's up to a official translators on wiki, to make decision which verion of his title is more vaild/correct to his 'overall' character. I just only look up for a raws and try to translate as much as i know. Thanks for a help. — Mad6 talk 14:50, July 14, 2013 (UTC)

Stern Ritter Titles
Looking at the previous request for Quilge's epithet, it strikes me that all the Schrift for the Stern Ritter are done just like the Arrancar's Zanpakuto names are. Could we have the romanji and translations for the kanji?

Quilge - 監獄 Driscoll - 大量虐殺 Loyd/Royd - 貴方自身 Berenice - 異議 Jerome - 咆哮

-- Mohrpheus  (Talk)  23:58, July 15, 2013 (UTC)


 * You menat like that ?

or also like that :

Mad6 (talk) 10:04, July 17, 2013 (UTC)

Wandenreich
It's not really a translation issue, but Salubri has asked for it to be confirmed here.

The official spelling of "Vandenreich" is Wandenreich, according to "The Dagger", the official Bleach review pages released in WSJ in Bleach's place during the hiatus.

Here's the Chinese scan, and the Japanese raw. It's printed clearly in English letters, and is consistent in pronunciation with the Japanese transliteration.

Could somebody please confirm that they look at that and see English letters which clearly spell "Wandenreich"? Thanks.

Andrew Crichton (talk) 01:22, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Geh Geh Geh
Well, the distinctive laughter (usually One Piece's schtick) seems to imply that the character in this panel and this panel are the same guy. The kana look just a tad different, so could someone confirm whether they are indeed identical? Mohrpheus  (Talk)  03:02, July 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * Kana is the same (ゲッゲッゲッ), just different fonts. — ЖенёqSig.png 13:26, July 15, 2013 (UTC)

Kūkaku's Cannon Chant
I have decided to ask this here, not sure how it works but a user asked about Kūkaku's Cannon Chant and list the reference as from Chapter 84, pgs 6-10. He also quoted it as "Red Bronze desire demands 36 degrees of adjustment..13 pairs of whistle..72 pairs of shade,..The ape's right hand grabs the star..embracing 25 suns, the cradle of sand is bleeding, Kagizaki" so I guess I would like to know if this is correct??

Japanese and Spanish/German Translations
I've noticed quite a few translations around this wiki either 1. having the translation for only one language when there are two involved, 2. claiming both the Japanese and other language translation mean the same thing, or 3. missing a translation when there are kanji present. I'd appreciate it if someone could look over them and confirm and/or expand upon their translations.

Here are the terms with the kanji, katakana, romanji, current translation, and what other language there could be a translation for: (possible German translation, or maybe a proper Japanese one, since Invisible Empire seems like the German words Vanden and Reich together) Thank you in advance.--Xilinoc (talk) 05:55, July 25, 2013 (UTC)
 * (note: even though this has a translation for both languages, someone from outside the corner translated the Japanese meaning, and I'd like confirmation from a corner member)
 * (possible German/Hebrew translation)
 * (possible German/Hebrew translation)
 * (possible Spanish translation)
 * (since there's no kanji, I'm doubting this one has a Japanese translation)
 * (possible Spanish translation)
 * (possible Japanese translation)
 * (possible Spanish translation)
 * (possible Japanese translation)