#personal translation

"On many a warm night, he'd often lie bare upon the lake's shores, veiled by linen twill alone - thenceforth the nature, in its entirety, the low hum of pallid springs, the sea's dim moan, the grandeur of night would whelm him far within a sleep so very true and blithe, whither he'd embrace the life of a mere plant, freed of sorrow, freed of reverie, freed of desire."

Anyway, here goes my comparative translation. One obvious difference is the honorifics. A friend told me that MC in English, although witty, can somehow border into bitchiness. I do have to agree. Why? I subscribe to verisimilitude because MC came from the future and no one knows it. The lack of the translated honorifics makes it strange. MC calls Nobunaga, Shingen, and Kenshin "-sama" , Hideyoshi, Mitsuhide, Yoshimoto with "-san", Sasuke, Yukimura, Mitsunari and Ranmaru with "-kun". Then, just names for Masamune and Ieyasu,.as demanded. Why is this important? Textual body language and relationship of the characters become different. Hideyoshi calls Nobunags "LORD", yet MC calls him straight as Nobunaga. Again, just verisimilitude.

I will try my best to get through this for three months. Then, I will go home. Deciding to stay in Azuchi Castle until I timeslip once more, I bowed my head in the vast hall filled with warlords.

" I am under your great care, everyone.", and upon saying it, a hand held and forcefully lifted my chin upwards.

Nobunaga: I will treat you VERY well.

可愛いがる is more of treating well in terms of spoiling or petting.

[Treat me well.. what is he planning to do?]

" Please, let go of me!"

The moment I whisked off Nobunaga-sama's hand, the room vibe suddenly changed.

Hideyoshi: You, do you understand what you sre doing?

MC: What I ...isnlt this something already expected?

Hideyoshi: something expected, you say?

[Atari mae: while it's translated that way, it can come across implying a condescending tone or assumibg the validity of one's statement. ]

With an angered expression, Hideyoshi-san stood up slowly.

Ieyasu: He's beginning his usual thing again.

Masamune: It's probably a good plan to apologize to Hideyoshi now.

MC: EH? Apologize to Hideyoshi-san, not to Nobunaga-sama?

Why?--- as questions pile in my mind, Hideyoshi-san's hand touches the sword resting on his hip.

Hideyoshi: such rudeness to Nobunaga-sama requires a thousand deaths.

[that is such an over reaction.]

Mitsuhide-san and Ieyasu-san stopped Hideyoshi's tracks, who was moving aggressively towards my direction.

振り込む- to step on someone's space. In short, invasionom of someone's personal spsce which is very rude and aggressive in their culture.

Hideyoshi: Let's go of me, you two. It's something you cannot shrug off.

[He is angry because of me whisking his hand.]

Hideyoshi: There is no woman who won't be delighted to be held by Nobunaga-sama. What the hell is your agenda?!

"i don't have any agenda or such. Besides saving Nobunaga-sama, I was only there because of circumstances."

Hideyoshi: I will cut you thoroughly , until you throw up nothing.

Despite Mitsuhide-san and Ieyasu-san restraining him, Hideyoshi-san forcibly attempts to shake them off.

Hideyoshi: Prepare yourself.

The sight of the silver sword smoothly pulled out from its sheath sent chills to my spine.

Nobunaga: Calm down.

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Hi anon, it’s cool! Being a translator does require advanced language skills (in both languages, ex. Spanish & English) and being able to write well. Depending on the languages you’re translating, the job market can be very different. It also depends on what kind of texts you want to translate. So I would recommend asking a Spanish into English translator about their advice!

If you’re in college, can you take a translation course to try it out? I was able to take a French into English translation course when I was in university, and I really enjoyed it. I went on to get a degree in translation (which you don’t need, but it helped me get the skills), and now I do freelance translation. A fair amount of translators are able to make it full-time work, but I do want to be honest & say it can be hard and I only translate part-time. I have a day job in an office (doing something unrelated to translation/languages) and that pays my bills. But I really do like translation and working with French :)

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Bruno Mars: «French audience is here to party and dance»

Bruno Mars keeps achieving great success with his album «24K Magic» and the Tour that comes with it.

During an interview for NRJ, the singer talked about his will to make the crowd move with his songs.

Listen to his interview!

With « 24 K Magic », Bruno Mars only has 1 purpose: make his audience dance. A will to «set fire» visible during his Tour.

Between fireworks, lighting effects and incredible musical atmosphere, «24K Magic World Tour» is an authentic ode to celebration. An essential purpose for Bruno Mars who chose with caution the songs for his album.

«For my new album, just because I liked the music. I wanted to have a blast in the studio. I was coming in, and I was like “today let’s try reggae or this ballad I’m working on,” like “Treasure” or “Locked Out Of Heaven.” But for "24K Magic," I really tried to transpose one emotion. When you listen to the album, you know exactly what you’re about to experience.”

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Represented by emblematic songs like  «24K Magic» or «That’s What I Like,» Bruno Mars found a lot of inspiration in the 80s and the 90s to write his album. An inspiration that we can feel though the rhythms and sounds of his songs.

Hi! I took French literature as my Bachelor’s in university, and then went to graduate school for a Master’s in French translation. I had taken a translation class in undergrad, so I knew I really liked it and I wanted to be a translator. In grad school, I improved my skills at translation and got a degree in it. Then I started freelancing, and I’ve found clients through friends of friends and by using online profiles on freelancing websites.

You don’t have to have a degree to translate, but I would recommend some kind of training and experience with both languages. There’s a large translation community on twitter too- don’t be afraid to ask people questions!

Sure! I studied French Literature in undergrad, and then French Literary Translation in grad school. You don’t need a degree in translation in order to translate/get work as a translator, but for me it helped as I wanted to hone my skills as a translator. What you need to be a good translator are good language skills (in both of your languages), research skills, business sense, and to be professional.  I worked for an agency a bit after I graduated, and since then I’ve done freelance work. Now I have profiles on proz.com, linkedin, twitter, upwork, and tm-town, which all help advertise my services and help me connect with clients. I do have an unrelated day-job, but I hope to one day be a full-time French translator, and eventually get paid to translate French novels into English!