So, after more than a week of hashing it out (and going off topic several times lol), the joint translation project of @lesvaleurs and I is done! I wanted some Chinese translation help (I only speak Cantonese so my reading and Mandarin comprehension isn’t great) and I asked lesvaleurs if she wanted to help. She agreed and this is the fruits of our labour! Here is our translation of the opening song for “Quan Zhi Gao Shou,” 信仰 (Xin Yang).
The King's Avatar - 全职高手 (Quan Zhi Gao Shou) 主题曲《信仰》 Opening theme: Conviction 作曲/编曲/混音：孙玉镜 Composition/arrangement/audio-mix: Sun Yujing 作词：熊可；梁莎 Lyrics: Xiong Ke; Liang Sha 演唱：张杰 Singer: Zhang Jie Translated by: Hotarla & lesvaleurs
寒风飘雪街灯残影 In falling snow and freezing wind; in the remnant shadows of street lamps 往日足迹消隐 The footprints of the past fade away. 夜空下聆听 Under the night sky, listening to 归来的序曲 The overture of return. 千机伞 The Thousand Chance Umbrella, 锋芒辉光 It’s sharpened point shining 一如既往远方 Just as it did in the distant past. 看星火* See a single spark 燎原八荒* Starting fires through desolate plains 烧成你我倔强 Burning into us our unyielding will.
从头再来 Starting again from scratch, 巅峰辉煌 Reaching the pinnacle of brilliance. 前行的路上 Journeying forward 有你在身旁 With you by my side. 十年热血写信仰 Conviction composed by a decade of passion 荣耀永不散场 Glory will never end.
*Translator’s note: When I first saw the line “燎原八荒,” I tried to translate it separately on its own and, no matter what I did, I couldn’t make heads or tails out of it. After adding the previous line “看星火” and, after a long discussion, lesvaleurs pointed out that the lines may be a reference to a Chinese idiom. “星星之火，可以燎原” is a Chinese idiom which means “a single spark can start a huge blaze.” With the two song lines combined, it became “看星火, 燎原八荒” which takes the two characters “星火” from the first half of the idiom and “燎原” from the second half.
On another (possible hidden meaning) note, lesvaleurs pointed out that a certain saying, "兴欣之火, 可以燎原" happens to be popular in the fandom. 兴欣 (“Joyful Flourish” or “Happy” depending on the translator) is the name of Ye Xiu’s team, named after the internet cafe he works at. It’s a play on sound and pronunciation from the original idiom listed above as “星星” is pronounced “xīngxing” while “兴欣”is pronounced “xīngxin.” In other words, "兴欣之火，可以燎原" plays on the original idiom, turning it into “Joyful Flourish’s spark can start a huge blaze!”
