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jqsilver
tiny buster
Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:44 pm Posts: 1
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 Lo-fi Boy, Fighter Girl
I haven't seen any translations posted for this song, which I really like. Here's a first draft, based on [url=http://lyricwiki.org/The_Pillows:%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%2C_%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB]lyric wiki[/url]'s kanji.
I took a lot of liberties with the implied context, and I have no idea what
ラリービーチ or バギースクール are really supposed to be. I definitely would appreciate your thoughts on both what the song really is about and on improving my translation skillz.
よろしく
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On a rally(?) beach that’s about to choke
Blown on by the same wind
By chance (we?) pick up a treasure box
Break the lock and let’s open it
They’re cheering
Awesome
One life
Lo-fi Boy
Show off your hidden pride for her
Fighter Girl
Taking the hang-ups seriously
he’s watching over you
Baggy(?) school’s war preparations
Hit by the same rain
There’s a phone box left in the ruins
Let’s break in the door and hide
A great escape
Not surrendering
One life
Lo-fi Boy
A futile clown is softly
Helping someone, huh?
Fighter Girl
Your trouble and wounds will surely
Someday be rewarded
They’re cheering
Awesome
One life
Lo-fi Boy
Show off your hidden pride for her
Fighter Girl
Taking the hang-ups seriously
She’s watching over you
hey
(everything else is in English)
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:50 am |
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Marekenshin
moderator
Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:28 pm Posts: 12301 Location: Lost Angels
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I'll take a look at it this weekend sometime, I don't like hte translation what's-his-name did ages ago either.
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:41 pm |
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Jono
vain dog
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:32 am Posts: 386 Location: Jersey
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 Re: Lo-fi Boy, Fighter Girl
Necropost! I was looking for these lyrics and noticed the two different translations ([url=http://www.pirouzu.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=156&hilit=fighter+girl]link to other translation[/url])
I see that the older translation in the link is more interpretive and this one is more direct. The translations also differ in some lines. I'm wondering which is the better version, or are they both crap? Neither version is really satisfying... can someone do better?
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Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:19 pm |
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Marekenshin
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Joined: Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:28 pm Posts: 12301 Location: Lost Angels
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 Re: Lo-fi Boy, Fighter Girl
Super rough shot I took at it just now. Probably some mistakes lol. For the first part, I put "pushed at" because "blown by the wind" isn't really something we say in the Englishes. For "one life," I put it to "this life," because I feel he's not trying to make a specific Bob Marley reference but more talking about that specific life. Could be wrong, though. For the line "your futile clowning around probably saved someone," I think the sense was less "futile" and more "no longer needed," but can't think of a good way to say that lol.
Pushed at by the same wind on a crowded rally beach Let's break open the lock on this treasure chest we stumbled across
Celebrations all around, It's wonderful, this life
Lo-fi boy, Show off the pride you keep hidden tonight Fighter girl Your shameless determination is surely watching over you
Struck by the same rain in a buggy school preparing for war Let's break down the door and hide in the telephone box of this abandoned building
A great escape, we can't give up this life
Lo-fi boy Your futile clowning around probably saved someone Figher girl Even the trouble that hurt you will surely be paid back someday
Lo-fi boy Show off the pride you keep hidden tonight Fighter girl Your shameless determination is surely watching over you
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Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:07 pm |
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Jono
vain dog
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:32 am Posts: 386 Location: Jersey
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 Re: Lo-fi Boy, Fighter Girl
Holy shit that was fast Thanks a lot Mare!
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Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:31 pm |
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