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Message no. 1
From: "Ratinac, Rand (NSW)" <RRatinac@*****.REDCROSS.ORG.AU>
Subject: Japanese Translations
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:39:53 +1000
Guys, I need a favour.

Could anyone translate a couple of phrases from English to Japanese for
me? Or would anyone know of a webpage that does that?

The phrases are:

The Sword, and

Death's Sword

(capitals optional :) )

Thanks.

Oh, by the way, did anyone ever answer the question about maximum
availability for starting characters in SR3?

Doc'
Message no. 2
From: John E Pederson <pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Japanese Translations
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:21:05 -0500
"Ratinac, Rand (NSW)" wrote:
>
> Guys, I need a favour.
>
> Could anyone translate a couple of phrases from English to Japanese for
> me? Or would anyone know of a webpage that does that?
>
> The phrases are:
>
> The Sword, and

There's a couple of different words for sword, but among them are:
ken - sword; sabre; blade; bayonet; sting; clock hand
chokuto - refers to a straight sword long out of use
bokuto - a wooden sword, also bokken
gitou (specifically a ceremonial sword)
murohanotsurugi - a two-edged sword (wow, that one's a mouthful!)
nihontou - a Japanese sword
tachi, taito - long sword
tantou - short sword, dagger
tou - sword; saber; knife; engraving tool
tsurugi - sword
mekizishi - short sword
yaiba - blade; sword

That said, ken or tachi or katana are more likely to be recognized by
English speakers (not that I can speak Japanese -- I can just read
enough hiragana to get things into romaji, and I know where there's an
online dictionary:)

> Death's Sword

Shi no ken or shi no tsurugi or something similar would work. 'Shi'
means death and 'no' is equivalent to 's at the end of a word in
English.

> (capitals optional :) )
>
> Thanks.

Hope it helps -- I found this Japanese-English dictionary a while
back, the URL for the main page is
http://enterprise.ic.gc.ca/cgi-bin/j-e/ in case anyone else is
interested... Truth is, I don't speak enough Japanese to find a
bathroom, since class only started a few weeks ago:)

--
John Pederson otherwise known as Lyle Canthros, shapeshifter-mage
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Message no. 3
From: "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject: Re: Japanese Translations
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:15:24 -0400
John E Pederson wrote:
> > Could anyone translate a couple of phrases from English to Japanese for
> > me? Or would anyone know of a webpage that does that?
> > The phrases are:
> > The Sword, and
>
> There's a couple of different words for sword, but among them are:
>
Err, John - you forgot "katana". :-)
Katana literally means "blade" or "sword" - and if the phrase is in
Japanese the sword in question is probably what westerners refer to as
a katana in any case.

> That said, ken or tachi or katana are more likely to be recognized by
> English speakers (not that I can speak Japanese -- I can just read
> enough hiragana to get things into romaji, and I know where there's an
> online dictionary:)
>
At least you mentioned it here. ;-)

> > Death's Sword
>
> Shi no ken or shi no tsurugi or something similar would work. 'Shi'
> means death and 'no' is equivalent to 's at the end of a word in
> English.
>
Looks good. I picked up my limited equally-limited japanese by watching
too much anime. :-)
The dictionary you referred to also suggests "shinigami" as "(god of)
death", so "shinigami no katana" is also good.

To original poster: in japanese, "a" is always pronounced as in "caw"
and "i" is pronounced as "ee", so: "sheeneegawmee no
kawtawnaw".

James Ojaste

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