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PoR Stefan/Soren Supports
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I think the Stefan and Soren supports are a stellar example of both how Soren is more forceful, and more interestingly, how this affects the characterization of another character. Context is everything and can make a creeper out of a passionate philanthropist.
Note: The way Stefan speaks is impossibly archaic. I do not claim to have all the nuances of his speech here. Stefan's speech is mostly well-translated in the localization, except for his occasional flamboyancy (which I suspect was an attempt at going for the antiquated way he speaks).
EDIT 1/9/13: Not that archaic. Just a little old-fashioned.
% at the end of a line means that the above two lines correspond to those two lines in the Japanese taken together, but not each to their corresponding line. (That is, some elements were transposed to make the translation more natural.)
PoR Stefan/Soren C Support
*1 The word that I have rendered as "comrade" has a number of meanings, all suggesting that the subject is a member of the other person's in-group. "One of yours" is a pretty good translation of it.
PoR Stefan/Soren B Support
*1 The wording here is idiomatic for "to go into a huddle," but that perhaps imparts a more clingy-and-frightened vibe than intended in English. Alternatively, football.
PoR Stefan/Soren A Support
*1 The word 己 here rendered as "yourself" is derogative.
*2 For those curious, the term for Branded in Japanese is 印付き, literally Marked,and it is probably read as "intsuki." [EDIT: The RD glossary says it is read "shirushitsuki".] I could swear that at some point I stumbled upon the official reading of the kanji and it was slightly different, but I can't seem to find that anymore.
*3 My previous note was in error. (This is a neutral reference to people-who-bear without an emphasis on humanity or beorcness.)
*4 More literally, these three lines read: "Even so, I thought until three years ago that I passed through the years normally." Due to the particulars of Japanese syntax, both the idea of "even so" and "I thought" are in the last line, so I tried to convey that in the above.
*5 I am extremely unsure of this line. I think he's saying, "When you don't even know what you're doing with yourself anymore," but he might also be saying something quite different. The grammar is foreign to me.
*6 Note that the term for "Spirit Charmer" and "Spirit's Protection" was originally the same term, 精霊の護符, which is literally "Spirit's Charm". It appears to refer to both the mark itself and the procedure the mark represents, but does not directly refer to people who have it.
Japanese
English
I think the Stefan and Soren supports are a stellar example of both how Soren is more forceful, and more interestingly, how this affects the characterization of another character. Context is everything and can make a creeper out of a passionate philanthropist.
Note: The way Stefan speaks is impossibly archaic. I do not claim to have all the nuances of his speech here. Stefan's speech is mostly well-translated in the localization, except for his occasional flamboyancy (which I suspect was an attempt at going for the antiquated way he speaks).
EDIT 1/9/13: Not that archaic. Just a little old-fashioned.
% at the end of a line means that the above two lines correspond to those two lines in the Japanese taken together, but not each to their corresponding line. (That is, some elements were transposed to make the translation more natural.)
PoR Stefan/Soren C Support
| Character | English | Japanese | My Rough Translation |
| Stefan | ... | ……… | ... |
| Soren | Who goes there? | ……何かご用ですか？ | ... Do you have some business with me? |
| Stefan | Don't be so alarmed. I'm...one of yours. | そう警戒しなくていい。 私は…おまえの仲間だ。 | It's fine to lower your guard. I'm... a comrade*1 of yours. |
| Soren | One of ours? Unlikely. | ！！ | !! |
| Stefan | Yes, one of your kind. I see that you pretend to be something you aren't and have lived among foreigners. | ……その格好…自分を偽り 異邦の中で生きてきたのだな。 | ... That appearance... it's because you lie about yourself and have come to live within a foreign country, isn't it. % |
| Soren | ... I, I... | ………… ぼ、僕は…… | ... I-I... |
| Stefan | Hmmm...I see that I've puzzled you. I'll let you stew on what I have said. Let's sit and talk next time our paths cross. | いきなりでは 戸惑わせるばかりか。▼ ひとまず、退く。 …次はゆっくり話をしよう。 | Has my abruptness has done nothing but perplex you? % For the present, I step aside. ... Next time, let us converse at leisure. |
| Soren | ... | ……………… | ... |
*1 The word that I have rendered as "comrade" has a number of meanings, all suggesting that the subject is a member of the other person's in-group. "One of yours" is a pretty good translation of it.
PoR Stefan/Soren B Support
| Character | English | Japanese | My Rough Translation |
| Soren | ... | ……… | ... |
| Stefan | You don't fit in with this roving band of beorc, do you? Your stone sticks out from the wall. | ベオクの群れにいながら 上手く馴染めていないようだな。 | While being amongst a party of beorc, it looks like you haven't adapted very skillfully, hm? |
| Soren | Oh. It's you again. | ！！ また…あなたですか。 | !! You... again? |
| Stefan | Come down to the colony in Grann Desert. Others live there. Others like you. You know...the Branded. | グラーヌ砂漠にある 隠れ里に来ないか？▼ おまえと同じ…印を持つ者が 身を寄せ合って生きている。 | Won't you come to the village in the Grann Desert? % Others like you... people bearing the mark have gathered and live together.*1 |
| Soren | I don't know what you're babbling about, but you're embarrassing yourself. I belong here, thank you. | あなたは…何か思い違いを しているようですが…… とにかく、大きなお世話です。▼ …僕の居場所は…… ……ここにありますから。 | You... it seems you are under some sort of false impression... % Anyway, it's none of your business. ... Because my place... ... is right here. % |
| Stefan | I see... Well, if that's the case, I won't twist your arm. | そうか… では、無理強いはすまい。 | Is that so... Well then, forgive my insistence. |
| Soren | ... | ………… | ... |
*1 The wording here is idiomatic for "to go into a huddle," but that perhaps imparts a more clingy-and-frightened vibe than intended in English. Alternatively, football.
PoR Stefan/Soren A Support
| Character | English | Japanese | My Rough Translation |
| Stefan | This war will be over soon enough. Why are you still pretending to be something you aren't? | 間もなく戦いが終わるな。▼ おまえは… これからもベオクたちの中で 己を偽りながら生きていくのか？ | Before long, this war will end, hmm. You... After this, will you again lie about yourself*1 while living among beorc? % |
| Soren | Why do you keep bringing this up? I don't know what you're talking about! | ………僕は、 やはり…【印付き】なんでしょうか。 | ... I, is it because, as I thought ... I am Branded?*2 |
| Stefan | You're Branded--there's no doubt about it. I can tell. I'm just like you. | 間違いない。 私たちには同族は分かる。 | I have no doubt. We can recognize those of our race. |
| Soren | ... | ……… | ... |
| Stefan | You've grown quite good at hiding it. But, it's merely a matter of time before your heritage becomes...evident. | 隠せている間はいい。 その印が【精霊の護符】ではないと 気付く者はほとんどいない。▼ だが…時間の問題だぞ。 | For a time, hiding it works. While our mark is not a Spirit Charm*6, people*3 who can recognize this are rare. However... it's just a matter of time. |
| Soren | ...Evident? | ……… | ... |
| Stefan | You may have already started to notice. We age differently than the beorc. Of course, the specifics of it depend on the type of laguz blood that flows in your veins. | うすうす感じているだろうが、 私たちは…年の取り方が ベオクたちと異なる。▼ ひいているラグズの血にもよるが… 総じて成長が緩やかになる。 | Although we probably take little notice, Our... aged way of talking differs from the beorc. And also caused by our laguz blood's presence... Our growth in general becomes slow. |
| Soren | I thought I was aging normally... Well, until about three years ago. | …３年ぐらい前までは 普通に年を経ていると…… ……思っていたのに。 | ... Until about three years ago, I aged normally... ... or so I thought.*4 |
| Stefan | You won't be able to remain in the same place. Beorc aren't very observant, but even they will soon catch on. | 同じ場所には留まれないぞ。 ベオクにはいつか気付かれる。 | We can't stay in the same place. We will be recognized by beorc someday. |
| Soren | That may be true... But I will not leave Ike's side. | それでも… 僕はアイクの傍にいたい。 | Even so... I want to be at Ike's side. |
| Stefan | ...When the time comes--and you will know when--ride to Grann Desert. You have friends there. | ……… どうしようもならなくなったら、 グラーヌ砂漠に来い。▼ そこに、おまえの仲間がいることを ……忘れるな。 | ... After you become unsure of what to even do,*5 come to Grann Desert. Your comrades are there. ... Don't forget. |
| Soren | ... | …………… | ... |
*1 The word 己 here rendered as "yourself" is derogative.
*2 For those curious, the term for Branded in Japanese is 印付き, literally Marked,
*3 My previous note was in error. (This is a neutral reference to people-who-bear without an emphasis on humanity or beorcness.)
*4 More literally, these three lines read: "Even so, I thought until three years ago that I passed through the years normally." Due to the particulars of Japanese syntax, both the idea of "even so" and "I thought" are in the last line, so I tried to convey that in the above.
*5 I am extremely unsure of this line. I think he's saying, "When you don't even know what you're doing with yourself anymore," but he might also be saying something quite different. The grammar is foreign to me.
*6 Note that the term for "Spirit Charmer" and "Spirit's Protection" was originally the same term, 精霊の護符, which is literally "Spirit's Charm". It appears to refer to both the mark itself and the procedure the mark represents, but does not directly refer to people who have it.
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(You can tell my vocabulary sucks and I compensate with dictionary whoring.)