Bleach Wiki:Translation Corner

The Translation Corner is a group of Bleach Wiki users who are tasked with translating 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 is 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)
 * ЖенёqSig.png

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.

Contentious Translations
I'm not sure how "contentious" this is, but I'm not sure where else it would go. I've noticed that while Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō has an apostrophe separating the two ō's, Kikōō (the phoenix from the Sōkyoku) does not. Is there a reason behind this?--Xilinoc (talk) 05:02, November 23, 2013 (UTC)

Nope XD.

This is just an artificial device used by some romanizers to a) as here, separate identical phonemes (like the two ōs) for aesthetic/legibility reasons, or b) to distinguish one phoneme from another phoneme, which would otherwise look identical in romanization. An example of the latter would be, say, the Japanese masculine name Kenichi. Often times, a name of this sort will be *rextra*-romanized as Ken'ichi to show that the (underlying) hiragana spelling would be KE-N-I-CHI, with the centre two kana being the (syllable/mora-final) nasal (-)n (ん) and the vowel i (い), rather than KE-NI-CHI, where the central kana is now the single syllable/mora ni (に). This is apparently to aid in pronunciation/spelling-understanding, but I don't like it, its artificiality, or its (IMO) lack of necessity. I say, just remember it's usually Ken-i, not Ke-ni, kids!

I don't know if the Wiki has an official policy about it either way, though. Hmm...

If it were up to me, we'd spell all the native Japanese "long vowels" correctly, e.g. oo, ou, uu, and leave usage of the macronized ones for slang, dialectal, and adapted-from-non-Japanese words when these were expressed by the long mark (ー), which I think the macron emulates/transliterates nicely. Adam Restling (talk) 09:59, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Zanjutsu Instructor: Nagamoso Shūtetsu?
Can we please get some verification on the text from this picture from volume 60's in between chapter sketches. It purportedly reveals the name of this character as "Nagamoso Shūtetsu". Thanks, 11:03, October 17, 2013 (UTC)

Damn Kubo and his a) occasional use of obscure-ass Kanji and b) sloppy handwriting in these omake. Trying to read Kubo's handwriting is always good at making me hate the world XD. Even coming up with a tentative POSSIBILITY of what these Kanji might be was a hideous travail, and not even Googling the possibilities--or parts thereof--turned up anything about this guy.

Still, my best *guess* based on the available data is that his name *may* be (in Japanese surname-given name order): Nagakiso Shūtetsu. The furigana taken above for も mo (whence Naga mo so) *could* instead be き ki (the top of 橧 nearly crosses it, further confusing the image), and since 橧 (sorry, this is only version of the Kanji Javascript will allow; see its Wiktionary page for the version as it nearly appears--thought with a stylized 田--in the above pic) alone is read s(h)o(u), zou, this suggests to me that, if I'm right, the *nagaki part is just an archaic form of the adjective nagai, whose root is naga- "long".

The -tetsu in Shūtetsu, meanwhile, seems to be 嚞, an apparent triplicate of 吉 "fortun(at)e, good, luck(y)" (or 吉 + 吉's duplicate, 喆 "sage, wise"); this was the closest Kanji I could find that also had the reading tetsu.

Neither 橧 nor 嚞 could be found on the usu. reliable Mahou.org; I had to trick them out of Wiktionary (!).

In full, the legend of the picture of him *seems* to say (incredibly messily) "Troop 10 Zanjutsu Instructor Shūtetsu Nagakiso" (十番隊斬術指南役 長橧秋嚞(ながきそしゅうてつ) Jūbantai Zanjutsu Shinanyaku Nagakiso Shūtetsu) but, as I said, the chicken-scratch is soooo scratchy--just look how crappy the putative 十番隊 looks!

As for the little description (?) next to him, it seems to be "It's not a shaved forehead, it's baldness" (月代ではなくハゲ Sakayaki/Tsukishiro [not sure which reading's intended] de ha naku hage). Apparently sakayaki AND tsukishiro are both valid readings of 月代, an archaic term for a shaved part of the forehead. Poor guy...

If anyone has a raw, still, of that ch. a while ago where Hitsugaya went to train under him again (after losing his Bankai)--I think that was the case--do they know if his name was cited there? I can't check myself at-present. Until then, this is da best I cans do. Adam Restling (talk) 09:05, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Heilig Pfeil
On Yhwach someone copied the wrong katakana for the reading of Heilig Pfeil's Japanese name. It should be ハイリッヒ・プファイル Hairihhi Pufairu but someone wrote ハイリッヒ・ブファイル Hairihhi Bufairu and apparently this is contentious despite the fact that the Japanese pronunciation of other instances of the German word "Pfeil" is Pufairu.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龍 ) 11:03, November 4, 2013 (UTC)

Chapter 556
For some reason, the 556 raw isn't out on mangahead yet, but a translated version's already up. In any case, Komamura introduces a new bankai. Well, sort of. It's apparently called "Kokujō Tengen Myōō Dangai Joue" and I'm kinda curious. Anyone? --Reikson (talk) 16:47, November 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * Mangahead usually adds the raws a few days later, generally around Friday. Anyway, tacking on my own question to this. It may also need to be checked if this "Dangai Joue" is part of a new Bankai name, or if it's a new ability name for his improved Bankai.

Raws are out. Put it here for checking: --EvilDragonLord (talk) 18:25, November 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Dangai Jōe = 断鎧縄衣 []

Thanks to Dragonlord for the Kanji; the link above didn't work for me, then tried to pull some ad-click nonsense, but I *think* those Kanji look correct.

It seems like Dangai Jōe is not exactly a "new" Bankai anymore than humanized Komamura is a "new" Komamura, but a new/specialized technique/form it's become capable of. Dangai Jōe itself is the description: "severed mail (and) thread-clad" (note here I use mail in the sense "armor"). Myōō has discarded/broken open (severed) his armor and remains mostly clad (at least torso-wise) in the black threads/ropes; Kokujō "black thread(s)" is the Japanese translation of Kalasutra, the hot Naraka or "Hell" that the Zanpakutou's form is apparently the metaphoric vidyaraja (myōō) of.

This is what Koma himself suggests in his description: "Kokujō Tengen Myōō is a Bankai of armor which has had life breathed into it. Dangai Jōe, casting off that armor, has become a form baring nothing but reiatsu, nothing but power." I guess Dangai Jōe is like that trick Byakuya did against Ichigo with Senbonzakura, "abandoning defense to focus solely on attack", but on a grander (and apparently more Pyrrhic) scale. Adam Restling (talk) 09:41, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Bambietta's Epithet
Raws are out. Put it here for checking:
 * The Explode = 爆撃 (ジ・エクスプロード); Bakugeki (Ji Ekusupurōdo)[]--EvilDragonLord (talk) 18:25, November 8, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks again to Dragonlord; my raw also seems to confirm it. His Kanji and katakana look correct. And those underlying Kanji of bakugeki (爆撃), which usually translate "bombing (as in a raid or attack)" are more lit. a combination of 爆 "burst open, pop, split; bomb (< "that bursts apart")" + 撃 "beat, attack, strike". Adam Restling (talk) 10:06, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Werewolf vs. Manwolf
I suppose this one comes down to interpretation and semantics. The kanji from the RAW are "人狼". And unless I'm mistaken, a particular movie shares the name. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  06:31, November 11, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, it could be splitting hairs, but I guess it really depends on whether we think the term werewolf/ves is too bound up in a particular mythology involving the full moon and Lon Chaney, Jr. (XD), or whether it's still okay to apply to a less pigeonholed idea of a half-man, half-wolf. The word werewolf itself, of course, merely incorporates the descendant of the more prolific (in those days) Old English equivalent of "man" (= "male", not "human"), were (Old English wer, akin to Latin vir of the same meaning), so that werewolf is just a more historic synonym for manwolf.

Yes, the movie I think you're talking about is Jin-Roh (proper Japanese romanization: Jinrou), of the same meaning. It can apparently also signify, I think, a more metaphoric "man/men like wolf/ves" > "savage (fighters)(s)", the same way that modern English berserk(er) can mean "crazed (person)", but goes back to Old Norse berserkr "bear-shirt(ed)", since such warriors would wear these animal pelts and psych themselves into a bestial frenzy in battle.

Maybe "man(-)wolf/ves" would be the safest? Adam Restling (talk) 10:20, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Komamura's Technique
And again, MangaPanda and MangaStream's translations conflict with one another (人化の術). Mohrpheus  (Talk)  06:31, November 11, 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm apporting the reading for 人化の術 that is Jinka no Jutsu. Raw source:[]--EvilDragonLord (talk) 17:05, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

Jinka no Jutsu combines jutsu which, as NARUTO has taught us again and again, means "technique" or "art", with 人化, which basically means "humanize; humanization": 人 "human, person" + 化 "change, take the form of"--usu. used as the Japanese equivalent of English -ize or -fy and their variants/derivatives (seen also in Horouka "Hollowfaction"). Usually one meets a fuller compound gijinka (擬人化), which means "personification, anthropomorphization", etc, incorporating 擬 "mimic". Perhaps Kubo used the form here, the "humanization technique" (人化の術) to distinguish that Komamura isn't merely mimicking or being ascribed (false) human shape (as gijinka seems to imply), but reclaiming his original, genuine humanity (bestial though in part it is). Adam Restling (talk) 10:34, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Schatten Bereich
Remember the Schatten Bereich which Haschwalth referred to in chapter 514? Well, I found the raw for the page he mtnions it on here, and in addition to it quite clearly being a German phrase, I'm willing to bet there are underlying kanji accompanying it. On top of this, it's mentioned on the Wandenreich page, but we've got no kana or kanji next to it, and the translation given was not, to my knowledge, confirmed by Adam, Zhenyoq, or any of our translators - it was a translation provided by Mangapanda, which, of course, can be...inaccurate. So, Adam, it'd be great if you could take a look at the page (due to my paltry knowledge of Japanese, I don't know where exactly the term is in the top right speech bubble) and provide German and Japanese translations for Schatten Bereich. Thanks in advance.--Xilinoc (talk) 23:08, November 8, 2013 (UTC)

Oh, sorry; I didn't know we didn't have this Daten ) yet. Thanks for pointing it out.

The correct form is apparently Schatten Bereich (影の領域 （シャッテン・ベライヒ） Shatten Beraihi), German and Japanese for "shadow realm"; specifically, Japanese 領域 "realm, domain" combines 領 "jurisdiction, territory domain, reign" and 域 "range, region, bounds". Adam Restling (talk) 10:51, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Bleach: Soul Resurrección Techniques
As I was playing through Bleach: Soul Resurrección, I noticed that some of the characters have techniques unique to the game. While I have the American version and thus don't have any kana/kanji for them, I'm doubting they just sound cool, so if anyone could translate the following techniques from Japanese/Spanish to English, I'd greatly appreciate it.

(Note: the game doesn't use ō or ū and doesn't separate some words, namely having Getsuga Tenshō as Getsugatensho, so some techniques might seem off. I'll add ō or ū if there are any ou's or uu's ot anything I know would have either, but apologies in advance.)

Update: I've added screenshots of Ichigo (Bankai) and Hollowfied Ichigo's technique names in the Japanese version. Note that any kana underneath the kanji isn't underlying kana, just directions for using the technique in-game.

Ichigo (Bankai):

Chiretsu Hogeki

Tenburenjin

Ichigo (Final): Kuretsusen Kokuryugatotsu

Ichigo (Skull-Clad): Onryuha Meisen Hogeki Rengoku Getsuga Tenshō

Yoruichi: Musōrenbu Shunkō Raigeki

Byakuya: Ōkajin

Shunsui: Kagehōshi

Kokutō: Yūgokujin Enra Gometsu Rengoku Renge Ban-yu Goka

Hollowfied Ichigo:

Issen Getsuga

Mushin

Hoko

Cero Gigante

Starrk: Camarada

Baraggan: Fuego

Harribel: Cortando Requiem

Ulquiorra: Tromba Vuello Oscuras (Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, cheating, I know) Expiacion

Gin: Shunsogeki

Many thanks in advance.--Xilinoc (talk) 03:24, November 20, 2013 (UTC)