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.

Gatonden
Need a translation on the Gatoden it still needs the raw for it but the translation is supposedly "Sleeping Pig Palace". Need to obviously know if this is correct.--

I have found the Kanji. (卧豚殿) --Kisukeiscool100396 (talk) 18:53, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

If the translation and Kanji suggestions are correct, then the Kanji are probably 臥豚殿 (Gatonden), "Gaton Palace" (where gaton means "lying/prostrate pig"). The Kanji 卧 is a simplified form of 臥 not used in Japanese, and illustrates the danger of taking Kanji directly from Chinese spoiler sources such as Baidu. Adam Restling (talk) 20:07, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

Phoenix Palace
Need a translation on the Phoenix Palace which is its translated form still need the raws and what it would be called in romanji.--

Don't have a raw for this yet, but it would seem the intended Kanji are 鳳凰殿 (Hōōden), "Hōō Palace". Since the mythical animals are generally only borrowed and adapted into Japanese from Chinese sources, I'd prefer to render it as "Fenghuang Palace"--even as I would render Kirinden as "Qilin Palace", but I doubt others would agree.

For a little more of my background on this, see here. Adam Restling (talk) 20:13, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

Ōetsu Nimaiya
Obviously still need confirmation on name order as well as correct spelling of name and still need the kanji for it.--

I believe I have found the Kanji for this as well (二枚屋王悦). Hope this helps!--Kisukeiscool100396 (talk) 18:53, December 18, 2012 (UTC)

That seems correct, and was what it *seemed* like was visible on the one blurry raw pic I saw: Ōetsu Nimaiya (二枚屋王悦 Nimaiya Ōetsu). For a bit more background, see here.

If it turns out me eyes totally failed me and the above are made of FAIL, I'm sorry, and hopefully the raw will set us free XD. Adam Restling (talk) 20:18, December 18, 2012 (UTC)