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.

Kagerōza Inaba
Kagerōza Inaba (影狼佐 因幡, Inaba Kagerōza). Wrong order kanji. Right order: 1. Kagerōza Inaba (因幡 影狼佐, Inaba Kagerōza); or 2. Inaba Kagerōza (影狼佐 因幡, Kagerōza Inaba). Confirm it. Bogobor (talk) 02:41, November 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest you be more courteous towards others or you will find yourself not lasting long here.--

Senshumaru Shutara
Senshumaru Shutara (修多羅 千手丸, Shutara Senshumaru), holding the title "Guardian of Weaving" (大織守, Oorigami). Is any of this written out correctly, translated correctly or even in the correct naming order for this site?--


 * No way of knowing without a raw (and Mangahead won't have one for a few days yet), but... if the above Kanji are correct, then the name reading "Senshumaru Shutara (Shutara Senshumaru)" is prob. correct; the "title" is (as I think it was in the translation), properly, Ooorigami (with three os)--oo-, "great, big" + ori "weave, weaving" + kami, which is a possible reading for 守 "guard, protect"; in you guys' spelling, it should probably be Ōorigami.


 * If the raw comes out and the above proves wrong, we can correct it. :) Adam Restling (talk) 08:44, November 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Raw for chapter 517 is out on Mangahead:   17:39, November 23, 2012 (UTC)

I want to recommend the change of the name of Senshumaru Shutara's article. The name is not Senshumaru, is actually Senjumaru. --EvilDragonLord (talk) 17:35, November 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like Dragonlord is right; the dakuten for at least that kana is easy to see, it should be Senjumaru (it seems).


 * Oh, and I forgot before, I think, but I'd render Ōorigami as "Great Weave Guard". Adam Restling (talk) 05:39, November 24, 2012 (UTC)

Kirio Hikifune
Title "King of Cereals" (穀王, Kokuō). Is this at all ordered and translated correctly?--


 * No way of knowing without a raw (see above), but... if the above Kanji are correct, then it seems right, although I'd use "Ruler of Grain" or something, because: a) koku can be translated either "cereal" or "grain" (which are basically the same thing, themselves); and b) although 王 is ostensibly "king", it can sometimes, it seems, be used in a more neutral sense ("regent, ruler") as it is in things like The Twelve Kingdoms--and as shin "god, numen" is for Yoruichi in her title Shunshin "god(dess) of flash". Since (as far as we know ^^) Hikifune isn't male, this seems like the better course.


 * The fancy-pants in me wants something like "Grain Liege", but that may be too abstruse ;).


 * If the raw comes out and the above proves wrong, we can correct it. :) Adam Restling (talk) 08:57, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Bonze?
Is this guys name Bonze or Oshou, if its a name or title is unsure of as well. Im not sure of what the Kanji is but this all took place in bleach 517 around page 11 or so each time it was said by captain kyoraku a few minutes before the guy tells ichigo he is taking him to the soul palace.--


 * No way of knowing without a raw (see above), but this was apparently a translation on Mangapanda's part: bonze is an English word for a Buddhist monk. There is, also, a Japanese word oshō (和尚) I was able to find, which serves as an honorific term/title for a high priest, esteemed/head monk, or, more generally, a "master" (of an art or trade)--this could be the original term that was translated; we'll just have to wait on dat raw. At any rate, it seems more likely to be a title, not a name, but... ? Adam Restling (talk) 09:08, November 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yep, Kyouraku uses oshō (和尚), and that was what Mangapanda translated as "bonze". Check the Mangahead raw (link above), pg. 9 (or the first page of row 3). Adam Restling (talk) 05:44, November 24, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks Adam. 14:24, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

Zero Division
Can someone please confirm this translation of, as it is currently absent from the Royal Guard article? It is used in chapter 516, page 9 (bottom panel). Blackstar1 (talk) 22:09, November 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * This "Zero Division" is simply the same as what has been long-translated as "Squad 0"--the number + -ban (suffix for a number in a series) + tai "troop, squad"; cf. how Hitsugaya (to Shawlong, I think) introduced himself as Jūbantai taichō "Squad 10 captain" (or, more lit., "#10 troop/squad troop/squad-head/chief"; taichō "captain" being, more lit., "troop/squad-head/chief").


 * I *think* this was how they were described in previous chapters and databooks--that is, when a) they were mentioned at all, and b) when they weren't called by their alternate name of the Royalty Special Force (王属特務, more lit. "royal-kind-special[ly]-task[ed]--a tough term to translate well!) or whatever; although, in some of those cases, the Japanese reading of "zero" (零), rei, may've been used. Adam Restling (talk) 09:26, November 22, 2012 (UTC)

Reiōkyū
Can someone please take another look at the English translation of ? While the term has been briefly touched upon before, it seems like it would be rather open to interpretation depending on how someone decides to group the kanji. The term is mentioned in chapter 516 and again in chapter 518. Blackstar1 (talk) 17:35, November 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, the supposed "king" of the Soul Society who resides there is called the Reiō (霊王 Soul King). Based on this, I would translate Reiōkyū as the "Reiō Palace" (or, if one for some reason must translate everything fully, "Soul King Palace".


 * In isolation, rei is "soul", and ōkyuu could be "royal palace" (although even that is still, lit., "king" + "palace, shrine"); but since we know there's a being/thing(?) called the Reiō, "(the) Reiō Palace" seems like an uncontroversial translation, so far as we know. Adam Restling (talk) 10:14, December 1, 2012 (UTC)

Ganju's spell name
On the article Ganju Shiba, "Powers & Abilities" section, the technique Renkan Seppa Shen should be corrected; it's actual name is Renkan Seppa Sen.--EvilDragonLord (talk) 00:19, December 2, 2012 (UTC)

Kirinji Tenjiro name
Can we please get confirmation on spelling of Kirinji Tenjiro's name and the title as well. I see in one scan it has ō instead of o at the end of Tenjiro. Page 14 of chapter 519. Thanks in advance, 14:24, December 5, 2012 (UTC)

Spirit King
Currently we have titled the article Spirit King based on the kanji 霊王. But more and more, source after source seems to be saying Soul King. I know Rei could possibly be Soul or Spirit but is Soul King more correct than Spirit King or is it an either or situation?--

Kuukaku Says "Uncle"
I don't know where this might work, or if it's just useless trivia, but I thought I'd note that when Kuukaku says " 'uncle' will be sad" (in ch. 518), she uses the word 叔父貴 Ojiki, which is used to refer to an uncle who is younger than your parent (i.e., this uncle is your parent's younger brother).

This would *seem* to insinuate that this is a lit., biological uncle she's referring to, rather than the common use of "uncle" to = "old guy, 'pops' ", but I guess we'll have to wait and see. You can delete his if you want; as I said, I don't know if it has any place here on the Wiki, but I thought I let you guys decide. :) Adam Restling (talk) 10:25, December 1, 2012 (UTC)

Volume 57: OUT OF BLOOM poem
I found the poem featured in Volume 57. 

Bleach Asylum says it's something like

散りて二度とは　咲かずとも

炎のごとくに　散るぞ美（うるわ）し

Even if I scatter and never bloom again

I scatter like a flame, beautifully

As we all know, Bleach Asylum is usually wrong, I figured you could probably come up with a better translation. Thanks in advanced!--Kisukeiscool100396 (talk) 00:27, December 4, 2012 (UTC)

Poems are always harder since (as is the case with English poetry--and prob. poetry in general) it can use trickier turns of phrase etc. With those caveats stated, I'll take my mad crack at it (XD).

散りて二度とは　咲かずとも

炎のごとくに　散るぞ美し

Chirite nido to ha | sakazu to mo

Honō no gotoku ni | chiru zo uruwashi

"Scattering twice | without even blooming

Like flames | scatter, beautiful"

Analysis: Chirite seems to be the archaic "-ing" form (which Kubo is fond of in his poetry) of chiru, which is usu. "scatter" or "fall (of leaves)"; but Kubo may also have had his eye on its extended possible meaning "die a noble death"--after all, "falling" (in battle) like leaves in autumn is a pretty elegant image.

Nido is "twice, two times"; to ha is usu. used after a word to show it's being defined (prob. < to, quotative particle + topic particle ha [pronounced "wa"])--the idea of the meaning is "as for 'scattering twice'..."; sakazu is "not bloom", a rarer negative form of saku "bloom".

To mo is a VERY troublesome element, because of its many possible meanings: it can mean "certainly", "even if/no matter (what, who etc.)", "though", "without even" OR simply serve as emphasis. I just chose the one that seemed most likely, given context.

The phrase honō no gotoku ni is adverbial, "like (no gotoku ni) flames/blaze (honō)"; we get chiru again + zo... I guess the emphatic particle (?); and, lastly, the adjective uruwashi "beautiful" (which is usu. built on the Kanji 麗 rather than 美).

Bleach Asylum is a good place, and there are many other good translators there; however, translation is always tricky, and poetry makes it more so. I give my own version with analysis to try and a) show why my version is like this, but also b) so others can decide what seems most correct. I also tried to be more lit. (even at the risk of the result sounding stilted and unnatural) to avoid the pitfalls of inserting erroneous pronouns or other such interpretations. Trans. are tricky, but one can avoid more out-and-out mistakes, at least, with more info. Adam Restling (talk) 12:05, December 5, 2012 (UTC)