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Kent/Sain Supports
Commissioned by harblkun, whose love for FE7 is undying. She wanted to see me (re-)translate some of the FE7 supports, with copious notes for all the things that might've fallen through the cracks.
To that end, I did these translations blind to form my own opinion of the text, and then added in the localization for comparison later. As such, some of the differences you see may just be stylistic differences between myself and Treehouse, so don't take the difference between "Ah, Kent!" and "Ho, if it isn't Kent!" too seriously.
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1 Even though Kent is speaking to Sain using plain (non-formal) forms, as buddies, there's something ridiculously stately about the way he structures his sentences. Anyway, I don't think the Japanese necessarily has Kent saying "save some enemies for Eliwood," just that Sain should take the others into consideration. That could mean anything from "save them some xp" to a more likely "stop overextending, ruining our formations, and forcing us to make an early charge to save you, while distracting us from other allies who may need our help."
2 The possessive pronouns like "our" aren't there textually in the Japanese. Japanese grammar doesn't demand their presence. I'm filling it in myself that Sain is speaking to Kent in a buddy-buddy you-and-me way, and not only for himself.
3 For the sake of consistency, I've rendered "mattaku" as "sigh" pretty much everywhere here. If I were to localize this for real, I'd probably alternate between "for heaven's sakes" etc.
4 It's interesting that Treehouse left out Kent's concern for Sain's safety, considering that it's explicit in the original.
B Support
5 To be clear, this "our" is actually textual.
6 These two lines almost feel like an aside for Sain, as if he's half responding to what Kent said about guarding one's lord, and half talking to himself about Kent.
7 Literally "senpai".
8 The word he uses here is "koi", for the crush-y, passionate, lusty flavor of love.
9 His stutter is seriously intense. Like, I think the "Abloobloobloo" meme might actually be in-character for this guy.
10 Literally "aibou".
11 I don't think Kent would use this kind of expression in English but it's the closest to the literal meaning here.
12 This kind of sentence fragment, with the verb implied, is pretty common in Japanese. If I were localizing I'd probably render this more like, "I am simply doing my duty..." or something. Treehouse's solution is pretty perfect actually.
13 This use of love is "suki," casual crushy flirty like-love.
14 The word he uses literally means (horse-mounted) knight but is also used for the FE7 cavalier class. I chose to render it as "knight" since it's invoking the age-old idea of the romantic knight on horseback.
15 This use of love is "ai," serious deep love. (But it's Sain, so how serious can he be?)
16 The Japanese idiom used here is actually literally like "taking off one layer of clothing," used to mean "pitch in and help," and while I can imagine in this context of that anime trope where someone tosses away their jacket to mean that they're joining the fight, I can't help but laugh at the mental image of Sain being like "brb taking off my shirt for you".
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17 Literally all that's here is "We'll call out to the girls, and in one great..." but Kent cuts him off, and unfortunately, in Japanese the verb comes at the end of the sentence but in English it comes in the middle. Treehouse apparently thinks it's "we'll call the girls and have one great party" while my first impression was "we'll catcall the girls and in one big stampede..." (perhaps because I can't imagine Sain actually knowing enough girls who would take up his invitation to a party).
18 Literally "It's your bad habit again, Sain."
19 Sentence fragment again. "Even Lady Lyndis...". I autocompleted this sentence to "You've never even confessed your love for Lady Lyndis (for pessimistic fear of failure)" in my head and couldn't see it any other way until I saw the localization. Grammatically it could also be "That's why Lady Lyndis never found out how you feel" or "That's why Lady Lyndis never returned your calls, you moodkiller" or as Treehouse seems to have read it.
20 The original idiom used here is literally something like "to have your feet swept out from under you", meaning that one succumbs in a fight to a tricky dirty move. In English it ironically sounds too much like the romantic idiom "swept off your feet".
21 The original order in the Japanese text is what I've written here--Sain says "You have me," first. But to Treehouse's credit, I originally mistakenly wrote "I have you" first, considering that Sain just got done saying that he himself isn't alone. IMO the localization's order reads better than the original.
22 Literally "it's as you say," but I like "that is true" because I feel like Kent is conceding a point to Sain at this point in the conversation.
23 This last exchange sounds more hardcore than it really is. Sain's parting "tanomu" and Kent's response here of "makasete oke" is a pretty standard JRPG exchange. It's just that moment in the shounen anime where two guys exchange meaningful eye contact and nods. The Treehouse solution is pretty good.
To that end, I did these translations blind to form my own opinion of the text, and then added in the localization for comparison later. As such, some of the differences you see may just be stylistic differences between myself and Treehouse, so don't take the difference between "Ah, Kent!" and "Ho, if it isn't Kent!" too seriously.
C Support
| Character | Localized | Japanese | My Rough Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent: | Sain! | セイン！▼ | Sain! |
| Sain: | Ah, Kent! | お、ケントじゃないか！▼ | Ho, if it isn't Kent! |
| Kent: | Take it easy out there, all right? We’re not the only ones fighting here, you know? Feel free to let Lord Eliwood face the enemy now and again. | あまり無理を しない方がいいぞ。▼ 戦っているのは 我々だけではないのだ。▼ エリウッド様たちに 任せた方がいいこともある。▼ | You shouldn't be so reckless. We are not only ones fighting. We should lend support to Lord Eliwood and his group.1 |
| Sain: | But then… How can I show off my grace in battle? | けどそれじゃ、▼ 俺の華麗な活躍を 見せられないじゃないか？▼ | But to do that, shouldn't I give them a show of my beautiful performance? |
| Kent: | For whom do you intend to “show off”? | ・・・誰に見せるんだ？▼ | ... Showing who, exactly? |
| Sain: | Why, all of the lovely ladies in our camp, of course! This is the best time to catch their eye, you know. I’ve got to look good for my admirers! | もちろん、味方の 美しい女性たちだ！▼ こういうときが 一番のチャンスなんだ。▼ ここで一気に、 いいとこ見せないとな！▼ | The beautiful women in our army, of course! Times like these are our2 best chance. Here's where we've gotta give showing off a shot! |
| Kent: | You will never change, will you? You should think more of the needs of our whole group, instead of rushing off into the fray like a berserker! | ・・・まったく 相変わらずだな、お前は。▼ そんなことにばかり 熱心になって、▼ 自分の身の安全を おろそかにしてどうする。▼ | ... Sigh.3 You haven't changed at all. Why in the world do you only ever dedicate yourself to this sort of thing, disregarding even your own safety?4 |
| Sain: | I’ll be fine, Mother! And I’m off! | 大丈夫、大丈夫！ 先に行くぞ！！▼ | It's fine, it's fine! I'll go on ahead!! |
| Kent: | Sain, wait! What a bloody fool… | お、おいセイン！▼ まったく・・・ しょうがない奴だ！▼ | H-hey! Sain! Sigh... there's no helping that fool! |
1 Even though Kent is speaking to Sain using plain (non-formal) forms, as buddies, there's something ridiculously stately about the way he structures his sentences. Anyway, I don't think the Japanese necessarily has Kent saying "save some enemies for Eliwood," just that Sain should take the others into consideration. That could mean anything from "save them some xp" to a more likely "stop overextending, ruining our formations, and forcing us to make an early charge to save you, while distracting us from other allies who may need our help."
2 The possessive pronouns like "our" aren't there textually in the Japanese. Japanese grammar doesn't demand their presence. I'm filling it in myself that Sain is speaking to Kent in a buddy-buddy you-and-me way, and not only for himself.
3 For the sake of consistency, I've rendered "mattaku" as "sigh" pretty much everywhere here. If I were to localize this for real, I'd probably alternate between "for heaven's sakes" etc.
4 It's interesting that Treehouse left out Kent's concern for Sain's safety, considering that it's explicit in the original.
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| Character | Localized | Japanese | My Rough Translation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent: | …… | ・・・・・・▼ | ... | |||
| Sain: | Kent! Is there something troubling you? | ケント？ どうかしたか？▼ | Kent? Is something up? | |||
| Kent: | Sain. No, it’s nothing. | セインか。▼ いや、何でもない。▼ | Oh, it's you, Sain. No, it's nothing. | |||
| Sain: | Then why are you staring off into the distance like that? What are you looking at? Hey, is that…Lady Lyndis? Ohhh, I get it now! | ぼけーっとして、 どこ見てたんだ？▼ ああ、リンディス様か！ そうかそうか！▼ | What were you looking at with that slack-jawed expression? Oooh, Lady Lyndis!? I see how it is! | |||
| Kent: | …I merely hoped to see if she were all right. It is our duty to protect our liege, is it not? | ・・・ご無事かどうか 確認していたんだ。▼ 主君の身を守るのは 我らのつとめだからな。▼ | ... I was checking as to whether she was safe, since guarding one's master is our5 sworn duty. | |||
| Sain: | Yeah. Sure it is. Say, Kent? | なるほどね。 ま、いいけどな。▼ だがな、ケント。▼ | Oh, I get it... Well, that's fine.6 But you know, Kent? | |||
| Kent: | Yes? | 何だ？▼ | What is it? | |||
| Sain: | As your older, wiser companion, let me give you a word of advice. It would never work. | 先輩として 一つ忠告してやろう。▼ 身分違いの恋は いろいろと苦労するぞ。▼ | As your mentor,7 I offer you a word of warning. Love8 across class lines comes with many hardships. | |||
| (ケント、上下に揺れる) | (Kent's sprite moves up and down) | |||||
| Kent: | What? What are you talking about? | なっ！ なな何を言っている！▼ | Wha! Whwhawhat9 are you talking about!? | |||
| Sain: | You can’t hide it from me, partner! I can tell just by that dumb look on your face! | 俺に隠し事は できないぜ、相棒！▼ お前のその顔見てれば すぐわかるさ。▼ | You can't hide anything from me, partner!10 I can tell it from a glance at the look on your face. | |||
| Kent: | Sain, do not presume to know what I am thinking! I just… As her knight… | お前といっしょにするな！▼ 私はただ、 臣下として・・・▼ | Don't lump me in with you!11 I merely, as a retainer...12 | |||
| Sain: | Oh, get over it! You can admit it, can’t you?! I mean, she is beautiful, and she is kind… How could anyone not have feelings for her? | 隠すなって！ いいじゃないか。▼ リンディス様は 美人だし、優しい方だ。▼ 誰だって好きになって 当然だろ？▼ | I'm telling you, don't hide it! It's all right, see? Lady Lyndis is so beautiful, and so kind, who wouldn't fall in love13 with her? | |||
| Kent: | …… So, Sain… You, too? | ・・・・・・▼ では、セイン お前も・・・？▼ | ... Then, Sain, you also...? | |||
| Sain: | Of course! Falling for beautiful women is what we cavaliers do! But I guess I will have to let you take the lead here, since that is truly the knightly thing to do for one’s partner… | もちろんだ！▼ 美しい女性を愛するのは 騎士のつとめだからな。▼ だが、親友のお前になら ここはあえて道をゆずろうじゃないか。▼ | Of course! Because it is the duty of a knight14 to love15 beautiful women. But for an old friend like you, I shall stay my hand. | |||
| Kent: | H-Hold on! Who said I intended to– | ま、待て！ 勝手に決めつけるな！▼ | H-hold! Stop jumping to conclusions! | |||
| Sain: | Because, you know, I really owe you one… Right, Kent! I’m going to leave the way open for you, now! And…feel free to rely on my vast library of experience with women. Because…you certainly will need it…won’t you? | お前にはいつも 世話になってるからな。▼ よし、ケント！▼ 俺がお前のために 一肌脱いでやろう！▼ 俺が積み重ねてきた 経験と技術をお前にも教えてやる。▼ お前は そういうの、苦手だろ？▼ | Because you're always taking care of me, you know? All right, Kent! I'm gonna roll up my sleeves for you! 16 I shall impart to you all of the technique and experience I've gathered through the years. 'Cause you're not good at this kind of thing, am I right? | |||
| Kent: | I’ll grant you, talking to women has never been my strong suit. | ・・・確かに、 否定はできないが・・・▼ | ... That is true, I cannot deny. But... | |||
| Sain: | Right, then! Shut your mouth and open your ears! Your lessons will begin with basic flattery! | よし！ じゃあ黙って この俺についてこい！▼ まずは女性をほめる 練習からだ！▼ | All right! Now keep quiet and follow me! First, we're going to practice flattering women! |
5 To be clear, this "our" is actually textual.
6 These two lines almost feel like an aside for Sain, as if he's half responding to what Kent said about guarding one's lord, and half talking to himself about Kent.
7 Literally "senpai".
8 The word he uses here is "koi", for the crush-y, passionate, lusty flavor of love.
9 His stutter is seriously intense. Like, I think the "Abloobloobloo" meme might actually be in-character for this guy.
10 Literally "aibou".
11 I don't think Kent would use this kind of expression in English but it's the closest to the literal meaning here.
12 This kind of sentence fragment, with the verb implied, is pretty common in Japanese. If I were localizing I'd probably render this more like, "I am simply doing my duty..." or something. Treehouse's solution is pretty perfect actually.
13 This use of love is "suki," casual crushy flirty like-love.
14 The word he uses literally means (horse-mounted) knight but is also used for the FE7 cavalier class. I chose to render it as "knight" since it's invoking the age-old idea of the romantic knight on horseback.
15 This use of love is "ai," serious deep love. (But it's Sain, so how serious can he be?)
16 The Japanese idiom used here is actually literally like "taking off one layer of clothing," used to mean "pitch in and help," and while I can imagine in this context of that anime trope where someone tosses away their jacket to mean that they're joining the fight, I can't help but laugh at the mental image of Sain being like "brb taking off my shirt for you".
A Support
| Character | Localized | Japanese | My Rough Translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sain: | Hey, Kent! We’ve learned quite a bit on this quest, haven’t we? | なあケント！▼ 俺たち、この戦いで随分 成長したと思わないか？▼ | Hey Kent! Wouldn't you say we've grown a lot through this war? | ||
| Kent: | I suppose. | 多少はな。▼ | A little. | ||
| Sain: | You suppose? Why, when we get back to Caelin, we should gather all the lovely lasses we know and have one big, magnificent– | 多少どころじゃないさ！ キアランに帰ったら、▼ 女の子たちを呼んで ひとつ盛大に・・・▼ | Not just a little! Once we've returned to Caelin, we'll say hello to the girls, and they'll come running in one great--17 | ||
| Kent: | Don’t start with that again, Sain. This is no time for gaiety. There is still much fighting ahead of us. Either one of us could fall in the battle to come. | また悪い癖だ、セイン。▼ 気を抜いている場合ではない、 本当の戦いはこれからなのだ。▼ 私もお前も、いつ 命を落としてもおかしくはない。▼ | This again, Sain?18 This is no place to let down your guard, for the real battle begins now. It would not be unusual for you or I to lose our lives one of these days. | ||
| Sain: | You always expect the worst. That’s why Lady Lyndis never… | お前は、すぐ悪い方へ 考えるからな。▼ そんなだから リンディス様にも・・・▼ | That's because you always think so negatively! That's why you've never even told Lady Lyndis--19 | ||
| (ケント、上下に揺れる) | (Kent's sprite moves up and down) | ||||
| Kent: | Hold your tongue. I’ll have none of your foolishness now! Just keep your wits about you, that’s all I’m saying. One overconfident lurch into danger could easily– | う、うるさい！▼ とにかくお前は、 もっと気を引きしめろ。▼ そんなふうに油断していては、 いつか足元をすくわれるぞ。▼ | S-shut up! Anyway, you need to focus yourself more. With how careless you are, someday you'll find a knife in your back.20 | ||
| Sain: | Overconfident? Who’s overconfident? I know this isn’t going to be easy… But I’ll not let that shake me. After all, I’m not alone. I’ve got you. And you’ve got me, right? Right? | 別に俺だって、 油断してるわけじゃないぜ。▼ 楽な戦いじゃないってのは、 覚悟の上だ。▼ けど、不安はない。 俺は一人じゃないからな。▼ お前には俺がいる。 俺にはお前がいる。▼ だろ？▼ | It's not like I indulge in carelessness. I know to expect that this will not be an easy war. But I'm not worried. Because I'm not in it alone. You have me.21 And I have you. Right? | ||
| Kent: | Yeah, you’re right. | ああ、 そのとおりだ。▼ | Yes, that is true.22 | ||
| Sain: | So let’s get riding, shall we? And watch my back, partner! | じゃ、 そろそろ行くか。▼ これからも 頼むぜ、相棒！▼ | Well then, let's be off! I'll continue to count on you, partner! | ||
| Kent: | Of course, my friend! With honor. | ああ、 任せておけ！▼ | Yes, I place my trust in you!23 |
17 Literally all that's here is "We'll call out to the girls, and in one great..." but Kent cuts him off, and unfortunately, in Japanese the verb comes at the end of the sentence but in English it comes in the middle. Treehouse apparently thinks it's "we'll call the girls and have one great party" while my first impression was "we'll catcall the girls and in one big stampede..." (perhaps because I can't imagine Sain actually knowing enough girls who would take up his invitation to a party).
18 Literally "It's your bad habit again, Sain."
19 Sentence fragment again. "Even Lady Lyndis...". I autocompleted this sentence to "You've never even confessed your love for Lady Lyndis (for pessimistic fear of failure)" in my head and couldn't see it any other way until I saw the localization. Grammatically it could also be "That's why Lady Lyndis never found out how you feel" or "That's why Lady Lyndis never returned your calls, you moodkiller" or as Treehouse seems to have read it.
20 The original idiom used here is literally something like "to have your feet swept out from under you", meaning that one succumbs in a fight to a tricky dirty move. In English it ironically sounds too much like the romantic idiom "swept off your feet".
21 The original order in the Japanese text is what I've written here--Sain says "You have me," first. But to Treehouse's credit, I originally mistakenly wrote "I have you" first, considering that Sain just got done saying that he himself isn't alone. IMO the localization's order reads better than the original.
22 Literally "it's as you say," but I like "that is true" because I feel like Kent is conceding a point to Sain at this point in the conversation.
23 This last exchange sounds more hardcore than it really is. Sain's parting "tanomu" and Kent's response here of "makasete oke" is a pretty standard JRPG exchange. It's just that moment in the shounen anime where two guys exchange meaningful eye contact and nods. The Treehouse solution is pretty good.
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dude, abloobloobloo is basically canon