First encounter with Gertrud (translations)
KEIN DURCH GANG ZUTRITT VERBOTEN
(NO PASSAGE, ACCESS PROHIBITED)
BEKAMPFE SCHADLICHE INSEKTEN !
(FIGHT HARMFUL INSECTS !)
Puella Magi ? Actual insects ? We'll never know
DA I BLUENDEN ROSEN SOLLEN DER (x2)
(BLOOMING ROSES ARE SAID TO BE THE [...])
DAS SIND MIRUMBEKANNTE BLUMEN
(THESE ARE FLOWERS I KNOW)
Die ersten knospen sollen gepfluckt sein
(The first buds should be picked)
(at this point in the translation I was screaming without sound. I know Madoka Magica is heavily inspired by german litterature (I am in no way germanist but I know pieces of litterature and theater) but that bit of translation, DAMN. It's the text that appears during the first time we see Mami fight Gertrud's familiars. I'm in shambles. Gertrud accepting and recognising her despair is part of her and she doesn't want it anymore.(putting this in correlation with the final stage of a puella magi, how by accepting the despair that is part of them they become more powerful and all that stuff like Sayaka able to call her doppel and shit; someone did a good analysis in video or post but I don't remember who or when. Or she's talking about Mami & Co bc she's threatened.)
JA. SIESIND MIR AUCH and WIR SIE AB ? are also repeated a lot at the end.
JA. SCHNEIDE SIE HERAUS ! JA. SCHNEIDE SIE AB !
(YES. CUT THEM OUT ! YES. CUT THEM OFF !)
Oh my fucking god am I going to cry. If Gertrud says that to Mami, she's actively encouraging her to destroy her despair (yay assisted suicide)- puella magi bring hope even to witches. If those are orders to or from the Anthonys then it's just a "classic" matter of Puella Magi VS Witch.
UND DIE SCHLECHTEN BLUMEN
(AND THE BAD FLOWERS) π‘πΌ
STEIGEN AUF DIE GUILLOTINE
I must admit that I did NOT expected the guillotine. But, Gertrud has an Effiel Tower in her barrier. Makes kinda sense. The identity of the BAD FLOWERS can still be either the Anthonys (in a self-consciousness view from Gertrud living and hating her despair) or Mami & Co (BAD FLOWER who wants to KILL ME)
DIE ROSEN SCHENKEN WIR {UNSROR}
WE GIVE THE ROSES TO [USROR]
JA. SCHNEIDEN WIR SIEAB !
YES. LET'S CUT THEM OFF !
Now I'm starting to think that it's the Anthonys talking. (Like "To mistress : we are bored" from the Clara dolls to Homulilly.)
(Still, those words both applying to the Anthonys towards Mami & Co and to Gertrud wanting to get rid of her despair is cool.)
(this part is a bit of bullshit, I can't make the letters out of the bottom of the butterfly card and the words alone don't make sense. so for
UNBEKANNTE DAS SINDMIR KEINDUR
UNKNOWN THAT ARE NOT TO ME
DAS SIND MIR UNBEKANNTE BLUMEN (repeated a lot of times)
(THESE ARE FLOWERS UNKNOWN TO ME)
DAI BLUHENDEN ROSEN SOLLEN DER
(BLOOMING ROSES ARE SAID TO BE THE [...])
DAI BLUHENDEN ROSEN SOLLEN DER
KONIGIN SORORU GESCHWENKT SEIN
(I cannot for the love of Godoka find any correct translation. What I found is shit but have it)
BLOOMING ROSES SHOULD BE OF QUEEN SORORU, meanwhile GESCHWENKT SEIN is translated as "BE PIVOTED".
That's what I used ! Some of the runes aren't up to date, so I recommend translating with the og alphabet in case you have a doubt on one of the writing of the runes.
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