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.

About the Technique Desgarron
Well, guys, mind me if I am being rude or something, but see that, "Tear" is not the exact meaning of the action that "Laceration" means. "Tear" is used to describe the act of tearing apart something while using a general description of the act going on; where Laceration is a word that means something that involves more violent slash-hack type tearing through something which is the technique - Desgarron of Grimmjow is. Plus, while the Spanish means the both of the English words, the Laceration is more appropriate here I think as "Desgarron" is something that fits the term "Laceration" than "Tear". Also, in the anime the term "Laceration" is used instead of "Tear". So, wouldcha mind considering "Laceration" instead of "Tear" in the translation for Desgarron, please? Ryuga Vincent (talk) 20:21, January 25, 2013 (UTC) Ryuga Vincent

Well, lacerate and laceration are, *technically*, kind of synonyms of tear, deriving from Latin lacer, torn; however, my Spanish dictionary has desgarrón translate as "big tear"--being an augmentative of the underlying stem desgarra- "tear"--and laceration does tend to convey, by its very length (three syllables to one in tear) and rarer use, a higher degree of tearing, so I'd be cool with changing the trans. of Desgarrón to "laceration" or "great tear". Adam Restling (talk) 04:14, February 19, 2013 (UTC)

Unohana's Bankai
Supposedly the raw for 526 gives a different name (皆尽) then the fan translation which has been translated as Minizuki, which cant be the name as its the general name of her zanpakuto. We obviously need the translation for the kanji we placed here.--

I found something that may help you, Adam. A well known translator on BA had this to say. Many other translators have confirmed this, but this wiki needs your confirmation. Thank you very much!--Kisukeiscool100396 (talk) 22:09, February 13, 2013 (UTC)

''Unohana's bankai is written in kanji, which is called 皆尽, different kanji from her shikai 肉雫唼 .. but the same pronounciation : Minazuki a bit more changes...''

Unohana's bankai : 皆尽 means "Deplete everything" if anyone is interested, while her shikai 肉雫唼 means "Purify the flesh"

Mangahead's RAW is out and it really is as said before, the Bankai name is pronounce as Minazuki just as the Shikai, however it is written with the kanjis 皆尽 instead of 肉雫唼. Source: http://mangahead.com/index.php/Manga-Raw-Scan/Bleach/Bleach-526-Raw-Scan/04.jpg?action=big&size=original&fromthumbnail=true - Gorenja (talk) 17:40, February 16, 2013 (UTC)

The raws are out now, and Cnet's translation is also out. They also said that her Bankai's name is pronounced and romanised the same as her Shikai, but it translates to "An End to All Peoples' Lives". Here's a link to Cnet's translation- .--Yomiko-chan (talk) 18:38, February 18, 2013 (UTC)

Like you guys said above, the raw confirms 皆尽, read Minazuki, is her Bankai. Lit., "all (things)/every(thing)" + "be spent, be consumed, end": -zuki < tsuki, here, is the infinitive/gerund form of the verb tsukiru, which is the intransitive form, meaning "(oneself is) spent, consumed, (coming to an) end"--that is, "all things" are the things ending, not the things which are ending something else.

For those reasons, I would translate it as, most faithful I can be to the seeming intent (based on the lit.), "all things' end"--i.e., "the ending of all things".

Special note: the "translation" of Unohana's Shikai Minazuki as "purify the flesh", it should be noted, is an extremely liberal interpretation (did Kubo claim that was it???). The Kanji themselves, 肉雫唼, are "flesh, meat" + "drop, trickle" + a very rare Kanji used (in Chinese) for vulgar chewing, "the gobbling sound of ducks", and even "speak evilly"--lots of bestial/unsavory mouthings, in other words. The reading seems to be based on minazuki (水無月 "waterless moon"), the "sixth month of the lunar calendar" ("waterless" prob. referring to the moon's fullness at this time), during which summer purification rites (minazukibarae) were undergone.

If I were to do a translation based on the Kanji of the Shikai, it would prob. be "flesh-drops' gorge"; but "purify the flesh" is quite a reach, in that it consists, itself, of several reaches. Adam Restling (talk) 03:35, February 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the translation. So does the translation of her Bankai confirm the flesh melting thing as literal?--Yomiko-chan (talk) 03:57, February 19, 2013 (UTC)

I have no idea what her Bankai does, really, even with its Kanji revealed. Hopefully, Kubo will spell it out for us some time (soon). Adam Restling (talk) 04:02, February 19, 2013 (UTC)

God of the Sword
His title apparently is "God of the Sword" (刀神, Tōshin) is always trying to make sure this is an accurate translation.--


 * Looks like your Kanji and rōmaji are indeed correct up there: Tōshin (刀神), "Sword God". But maaaaaan, are Mangahead's raws blurry. Adam Restling (talk) 11:46, January 15, 2013 (UTC)

Error on Oshō page
I think there is an error on his page. His is name is listed as Osho (和尚| Bonze). That's not right is it? I tried to fix it but my edit was undone for some odd reason. I thought it was established that Bonze is an error, but is there something I'm not getting? Here is the Raw where his name is first said.--Kisukeiscool100396 (talk) 01:43, January 17, 2013 (UTC) http://raw.senmanga.com/Bleach/517/8


 * See here for some of the details; but, in summation, it was Mangapanda that "translated" the kenning for this character, Oshō, as "Bonze". I'd probably just leave it as Oshō, then give some kind of explanation, further down on the page, like "Oshō is an honorific term for an esteemed or head monk or priest; it's unknown whether this is to be taken for his more formal title, or simply a nickname given him by Kyōraku, based on his appearance."


 * What do you mod folks think? Is writing it "Oshō (和尚 Bonze)" in the article kind of confusing or misleading, in light of the ideas in the above? Adam Restling (talk) 21:34, January 26, 2013 (UTC)

Kaidou
What is the official translation/romanization for this term? I'd assume it is similar to the other two, but we just need to make sure. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  03:02, March 1, 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a footnote on the page, . I'm not sure what kaidō means, maybe something like "roundabout way". — ЖенёqSig.png 08:10, March 1, 2013 (UTC)

Yuki's hair clips
He says that they are used for self-destruction?) It's just a joke or what? — talk 15:40, January 20, 2013 (UTC)


 * From what I have seen of some fan translations, it appears that Shino says he is joking/lying. 12:33, January 22, 2013 (UTC)

Shino speaks in another one of those slangy dialects Kubo's annoyingly fond of, but she does seem to be saying it's a gag: uso (嘘 ~ ウソ), lit. "lie/falsehood", is often used, informally, the way we use no way, yeah, right, or other such sentiments, much as it seems is the case here. Adam Restling (talk) 03:57, February 19, 2013 (UTC)

Bount Mansion
On the Bount Mansion page, the romaji translation for バウントていたく is "Baunto no yashiki". I believe the kanji says "Baunto Teitaku", whatever that means. -- Aassdddai  talk  09:23, February 16, 2013 (UTC)

Teitaku, in the meaning "mansion, residence", is spelled, in Kanji, as either 邸宅 or 第宅. I tried Googling バウントの邸宅/第宅 Baunto no teitaku and just バウント邸宅/第宅 Baunto teitaku, but I couldn't seem to find both words together in such a way--only results which had paragraphs incorporating "バウント" and then, later on, "邸宅". I guess, as a placeholder, though, バウントの邸宅 Baunto no teitaku, works alright, unconfirmed though it now seems to be. Adam Restling (talk) 03:48, February 19, 2013 (UTC)