User talk:Seelentau

Re:Chapter 57
I meant should it be written "１０" or simply "10"?--LeafShinobi (talk) 00:09, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

Eight Trigrams Palms Great Resolving Heaven
From all techniques you had written down from Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 this is the only one which hasn't an article. Do you think that's the same that Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven Absolute?--LeafShinobi (talk) 20:15, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I cannot be sure but think their names are different. Another thing: I think Hiashi is listed as user of Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven Absolute because of his Resolving Heaven in Ultimate Ninja 2 and 3. As what he says isn't "Eight Trigrams Palms Great Resolving Heaven" I think he shouldn't he be listed as a user of either Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven Absolute or Eight Trigrams Palms Great Resolving Heaven. What do you think?--LeafShinobi (talk) 20:30, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * You has it in your archive, it's Hinata's ougi.--LeafShinobi (talk) 20:37, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * No, as far as I know he says the same thing in UN3. Anyway, thanks.--LeafShinobi (talk) 21:02, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I already did it.--LeafShinobi (talk) 21:21, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

Another user page
Thank you :) VolteMetalic (talk) 14:06, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Itachi and the Mangekyō
In chapter 224, on page 19, Itachi says to Sasuke:

I don't recall him saying anything else about this, but if I'm wrong, please tell me so I can translate that as well. —ShounenSuki (talk 17:18, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Nothing definite is said, any way. In chapter 386, on page 6, Itachi says:
 * And on page 18 of chapter 398, Madara says:
 * It does seem to imply he killed his friend to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, but as I said before, it's in no way definite. —ShounenSuki (talk 22:35, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * It does seem to imply he killed his friend to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, but as I said before, it's in no way definite. —ShounenSuki (talk 22:35, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * It does seem to imply he killed his friend to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, but as I said before, it's in no way definite. —ShounenSuki (talk 22:35, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Different stuff
1. What Itachi said was rather ambiguous. There are two ways it could be interpreted: At this moment, it's too uncertain to say anything about this, but given how there has been zero mention of any new technique and there has been no special emphasis on this part, I'd say that Itachi meant the second option: the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan itself is a new dōjutsu.
 * 1) Itachi meant that the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan gave the wielder another dōjutsu like, for example, Amaterasu or Susanoo, or
 * 2) Itachi meant that the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan itself was a new dōjutsu.

2. She never lived in Kusagakure. At least, that's what I think. Sha no Sho says Karin lived in a, not a bigger like the hidden villages are. Not to mention the fact that Kusagakure still exists and was thus never as destroyed as the databook implies. The way the databook talks about this also implies that Karin was, in fact, very young when this happened. Younger than she was during the chūnin exams.

3. The databook says: The problem here is the verb 食らう, which can be translated as both 'to eat' and 'to receive [an attack]'. Above, I translated it as 'receive [his] wrath'. I don't think it actually means 'to eat', as in that meaning, the word is highly informal and not at all at place in the databook articles. I doubt Jūgo is known for eating humans.

—ShounenSuki (talk 17:20, August 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Are you aware that Orochimaru and the Sound Four do the same during that very chūnin exam?
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 17:58, August 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 17:58, August 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, it's rather obvious that the Rinnegan doesn't just grant abilities; they still need to be learnt and mastered, just like any and all other abilities shown in the Naruto world. Nothing comes for free. —ShounenSuki (talk 22:39, August 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, didn't see your other questions. Your translation of the song title was good. As for the herb names, could you perhaps point me to where those are named? —ShounenSuki (talk 22:43, August 13, 2011 (UTC)

Favour
Hi Seelentau, can you transalte this: Chikage Rokujo into english?--White Flash  (talk )  03:46, August 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * This would be the kanji: 六条千景 --White Flash  [[Image:Hyūga Symbol.svg|link=Special:Contributions/White Flash|18px]] (talk ) 16:50, August 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks :)--White Flash  [[Image:Hyūga Symbol.svg|link=Special:Contributions/White Flash|18px]] (talk ) 20:42, August 15, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Kuchiyose: Aian Meiden
—ShounenSuki (talk 18:41, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Is there any reason to believe that technique should have kanji?
 * 2) If you give me a time index of where this technique is use din the episode, I could check it. At any rate, the kanji match those used on the Japanese Wikipedia, although they don't make a lot of sense to me, either.
 * 3) I don't know a lot about the novel, but I believe it was published for the series' tenth anniversary a few years ago. I don't know about the contents, but I do know it was written by the Taiwanese-born, Japanese author . He also wrote the novelisation of the latest Naruto film. He seems to have replaced  as the official Naruto novelist. I cannot really help you with those kanji unless you give me some context.


 * I'd first check if there is any reason to assume the technique has to have kanji. If there isn't, than screw the fact it has been given kanji in the article and simply name it '口寄せ・アイアン・メイデン'.
 * Meh, it'll be fine.
 * Ah, I see. Well then, the translations won't be perfect, as these kanji are highly specific and rather obscure at times, but:
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 20:01, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 20:01, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 20:01, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 20:01, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 20:01, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * —ShounenSuki (talk 20:01, August 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Man, I really shouldn't be doing any translation stuff when I know I can't get myself to concentrate well enough ><
 * 儵 = shuku or shū; 忽 = 'kotsu'. Just like 混 and 沌, 儵 and 忽 form a word together:.
 * As for the Rock Staff technique, your problem probably stems from the fact that it doesn't translate to 'rock staff'. If the kanji are correct, the best translation would probably be 'Rock Section Cane'.
 * I'll explain the furigana–kanji thing again at some other time, when I can actually guarantee you some quality. —ShounenSuki (talk 00:46, August 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright, let's give it a shot.
 * When you have a situation of a (kanji) word with furigana, the word itself shows the meaning, while the furigana shows the pronunciation. For example, an author might have a character say 「あの男」 with furigana, but have the actual word be the name of the guy the character is referring to. This way the author can clear up any possible confusion without having to make the dialogue seem forced or anything.
 * How you should translate it is rather difficult, as it depends on the situation. In the situation above — taking Konohamaru as the name — you could translate it as 'that guy, Konohamaru'. With the names of techniques, this usually isn't the ideal solution, though. If possible, you could try and combine the meanings of the kanji and the furigana like this, but when it comes to the names of techniques, this will generally be quite difficult to pull off nicely. This is because, unlike the example above, these techniques don't use furigana to clarify or nuance the meaning, but to give the name a double meaning. You'll generally find that in most cases, simply using the intended pronunciation (the furigana) will serve best, as it does with Lariat and the like.
 * I hope this cleared things up for you. —ShounenSuki (talk 10:34, August 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * They use it because they can. It does leave us with a problem, as there are six different names to deal with:
 * The kanji name: 雷犂熱刀
 * The kanji name translation: Lightning Plough Hot Sword
 * The kanji name rōmaji: Rairi Nettō
 * The furigana name: ラリアット
 * The furigana name translation: Lariat
 * The furigana name rōmaji: Rariatto
 * Now, if you're still using the same as you did before, you should be naming your article 'Lariat'. Give '雷犂熱刀' as the Japanese name and 'Rariatto' as the rōmaji. Mention 'Lightning Plough Hot Sword' as the literal translation of the name and possible give 'Rairi Nettō' and 'ラリアット' in a trivia note or something. —ShounenSuki (talk 13:14, August 22, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Aoi~
押忍! The thing with aoi is a combination of history, poeticalness, and cultural differences.

Nowadays, the colours green and blue have different words for them: midori and ao. (I'm using rōmaji here, because they both have many different kanji.) In the past, however both colours were considered to be shades of the same colour. In fact, even nowadays they are often seen as the same colour, albeit mostly among the older generations.

That was the historical aspect, now comes the poetic aspect: As in English, the colour green in Japan is seem as a symbol for freshness, youth, and innocence. A young man is a 青年, fresh leaves are 青葉. Even after midori was introduced, these terms and phrases were kept as idioms. Hence why ao still can refer to green in certain cases. Ask a Japanese person and they'd likely say that both fresh leaves and the sky are ao.

Then we get to the cultural aspect. Not every culture categorises the colours in the exact same way. For Russians, light blue and dark blue are two different colours, rather than shades of the same colour. A similar problem arises in Japan. Their concept of blue is far broader than what English-speaking people would call blue. Japan's blue goes pretty deep into English green territory, even if the speakers of either language don't realise this.

Nowadays, you can get away with saying that ao merely means blue and midori is the right term for green, but this still doesn't hold true for all cases. Even without the above 'exceptions', there are still cases where ao refers to green, such as with traffic lights (which range from purely green to purely blue in Japan). Just ask your teacher if, considering her refusal to say aoi can also mean blue, she considers 青銅, 青木, 青葉, 青蛙, 青菜, 青草, 青葱, and 青物 to all be blue as well. While you're at it, ask her whether it's blue that's the colour of youth in Japan, as 青梅, 青年, and 青春 all use ao.

As an example that is actually relevant to this Wiki, take Guy and Lee. They're called ao, but it's beyond obvious that what is meant is that they're green. —ShounenSuki (talk 19:08, September 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * The etymology of 押忍 is rather complicated. Apparently it's a combination of an abbreviation of and, which apparently refers to learning endurance through gaining control of the self.
 * 忍 is probably given as 'shinobu' because that's the most common reading outside of fiction. It's read as 'shinobu' when used as the name for several species of fern as as a common boys' name. —ShounenSuki (talk 22:40, September 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * The answer would be neither. I started learning Japanese because there was a boy who I was in love with in high school who was learning the language. I keep on learning it even now because I want to become a Dutch–English–Japanese translator (and eventually add Chinese to there as well and possibly Arabic). —ShounenSuki (talk 23:09, September 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * The Dutch word would be 'middelbare school', which literally translates to 'middle school' ^^ I'm just used to using 'high school' when using English. —ShounenSuki (talk 23:50, September 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * You would be somewhat correct in saying that 神羅天征 is 'just a series of kanji'. After all, that's how it would appear at first sight. That's why a translator also has to have a wide knowledge of the cultures associated with the language he's translating to and from. See, in Japanese and Chinese culture, there's this concept summarised as . This is usually translated as 'All-Covering Forests and Ten Thousand Things'. In other words, everything in existence.
 * Now at first sight, this doesn't seem as having a lot to do with 神羅天征, but that's again where the culture thing comes in. Nowadays, everyone who likes playing video games and is old enough to have played Final Fantasy VII — like Kishimoto-sensei — would think immediately of the corporation when hearing the word 'shinra'. Add to this the rather rare variant of 森羅万象, 神羅万象, and now we have a connection with 神羅天征.


 * In 神羅万象, the 神羅 part is meant to evoke the idea of an omnipresent god — or multiple, for that matter. So in 神羅天征, I translated it as such as well. 天征 could be interpreted as 'heavenly subjugation' or 'subjugation of heaven'. This is were context comes in. Pain, the person 神羅 is referring to, obviously isn't 'subjugating heaven', so 'heavenly subjugation' is the better translation here.


 * In the end, 羅 isn't actually translated. It's there for the sound and to invoke a Buddhist feeling — it's used in many, many Buddhist names and terms: the meaning of 'penis' your teacher gave comes from this kanji being used as an abbrevation of the Buddhist term, who was a demon trying to seduce the Buddha with women. This idea eventually lead to its name becoming a slang term for 'penis'.


 * As for systems, I don't have any. Each translation has its own problems and difficulties. Just look a bit further than you might think you need to do. Don't take things at face value, especially when they might include references and puns. —ShounenSuki (talk 11:46, September 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * The の is implied. Adding it is both unnecessary and would ruin the connection to the four-character idiom. —ShounenSuki (talk 13:29, September 10, 2011 (UTC)


 * The Third Tsuchikage is called the in the ending blurb of chapter 513. These blurbs are always left out of the tankōbon, though, so I'm uncertain of its relevance. —ShounenSuki (talk 19:54, September 10, 2011 (UTC)